Fav songs from Jan - March:
Brave Girls - DeepenedHyomin - SketchGfriend - RoughStellar - StingFiestar - MirrorB.A.P. - Feel So GoodCosmic Girls - Catch MeLadies' Code - GalaxyTeen Top - Warning SignJun Hyo Seong - Find MeNU'EST - Overcome4Minute - HateYezi - CiderRed Velvet - One Of These NightsDalshabet - Someone Like UAOA (Cream) - BabyTaemin - Press Your Number
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Sunday, 10 April 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
incl. exclusive interviews with the creative director, songwriters, choreographer, stylist, and MV director
http://www.k-pendium.com/007
― soyrev, Sunday, 10 April 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
Nice!!!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
More major labels getting in on the indie game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUYUXopFqq0
Happy for BYG considering BAP's is tamer than ever now.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 14:40 (eight years ago) link
^BAP's music
Solid OMG write up there soyrev, great to hear from some of the less exposed members of the creative team
Taekwondo athletes turned Crayon Pop-like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9evdOqOQPQ
― abcfsk, Friday, 15 April 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Single off Up10tion's new mini:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGzFv3g3luA
None of the other tracks on the album are all that interesting, but man these guys can sing. They sound kinda like if EXO was only made up of Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol and Suho.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 18 April 2016 22:19 (eight years ago) link
New Lovelyz album is great (and v. cohesive) from start to finish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWjz03e-h9w
Here's the single:
https://youtu.be/S_IBk0RCsOo
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
Expecting good things from Seventeen's debut album (to be released later today) too!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
Lovelyz have released a few great albums now, really trustworthy production.
The chorus on the new Twice single is so big - love it.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 04:49 (eight years ago) link
Really? Cause Cheer Up sounds so simple to me... then again Ooh Ahh grew on me, so maybe this will too
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
MrJ agrees with me on Lovelyz vs. Twice BTW:
https://youtu.be/mp9DGwzD2SMhttps://youtu.be/9JXfrxoyyXE
Also here's his Seventeen analysis:
https://youtu.be/80om8TiEFg0
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
Playlist updated through April.
ILM's Rolling K-Pop Thread Spotify Playlist
― ulysses, Thursday, 28 April 2016 14:51 (eight years ago) link
Regardless of your favorite it's a new golden age for girl groups commercially - three rookie groups going top tier in Gfriend, Twice and Mamamoo, Lovelyz establishing themselves as a 2nd tier group, mid-arch groups like AOA, A Pink, Exid and others chugging along, wildly successful new era experiment in IOI (leading to Japanese brand iDOLM@STER doing a Korean reality-style thing).
I think quality control is a big part of the reason.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 1 May 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
The I.O.I lead single sounds a bit crap though https://youtu.be/1BVV9UqELbA
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 04:33 (eight years ago) link
Amazing crowd singing along for Gfriend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBd0nS4ONk
― abcfsk, Thursday, 5 May 2016 06:10 (eight years ago) link
The Lovelyz track is p killer, I hadn't heard it. What is so successful abut IOI? I'm underwhelmed by "Dream Girls" but thought "Crush" was p good. If every K-pop group's video was just them rocking out in the studio I'd be fine with that.
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Thursday, 5 May 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
What is so successful abut IOI?
Produce 101 is surely the most talked about tv show in Korea this year, everyone had their favorites, everyone voted, several of the girls are already mainstream names, Pick Me was a big hit when the show was running.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 5 May 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
Yeah it was surprisingly successful, and even though the management must be a total nightmare with *everyone* being signed to different labels, they've been getting a surprising amount of work, CF deals, a mini-tour, going to K-con in Paris, etc...
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 6 May 2016 00:48 (eight years ago) link
I knew VIXX had a LOT of musicality but I was still surprised by how good they are live here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjYfFQDbXOM
You can't fake this kind of musical chemistry... They're one of those pop groups that's really a *group*, you know?
(I like the song, too.)
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 6 May 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBfkgifuoAI
― abcfsk, Sunday, 8 May 2016 08:25 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtjxZoa_LHM
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
Really positive reviews for Jessica's solo album from netizens (it's #1 on melon), but the only track I kinda like is this one:
https://youtu.be/X6BYwilwqI4
She has a great voice, the songs are kinda simple tho.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 May 2016 23:33 (eight years ago) link
Other self-composed or co-composed solos of note:
Tiffany (SNSD): https://youtu.be/9ZELOYRQfj0
Subin (Dal Shabet): https://youtu.be/TkxSc1VlrmA
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 00:26 (eight years ago) link
Really liking the Monsta X mini right now... minus the title track, which sounds like one long teaser.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/wUgiCua_N3o
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 00:25 (eight years ago) link
AOA "Good Luck" is a snoozefest at regular speed (decent vocals but nothing going on the backing track), but more fun at double time:
https://youtu.be/ARvqija65WM
Original, for comparison:
https://youtu.be/sno_genwMz8
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 23:30 (eight years ago) link
Subin better at composing for herself than dal shabet.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 19 May 2016 04:44 (eight years ago) link
My hopes pinned on this to be the girl group album of the year
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ci3lUAAUYAAny4t.jpg
― abcfsk, Friday, 20 May 2016 05:22 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3o_jC6sObE
Makes me miss the Yonsei uni days ;\
― abcfsk, Saturday, 21 May 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
Lee Hi did the same event, it was epic...
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link
I didn't know you went to Yonsei, abcfsk! When were you there?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 00:33 (eight years ago) link
Jonghyun's solo album is legit, guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqrhD_a6gaw
I was there from 2012 through 2013. Good times.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 05:09 (eight years ago) link
quite like the new Oh My Girl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJqhKWo89FQ
― ufo, Sunday, 29 May 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
That songs rocks, it's got those Jpop chords and I love how it goes hard on the chorus... their debut stage was really cool too, the choreography at the chorus really emphasizes the change of pace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCTzLUR8xOk
Good lyrics, too!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 6 June 2016 14:09 (seven years ago) link
UKISS continuing to put out solid albums no one but their fanbase will listen to:
https://youtu.be/3pN7REpLn3I (Staker - single)https://youtu.be/dwgrCPgxZdU (Heartless - NSync-ish throwback jam) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GnBsjwuTcg (Even when I close my eyes - ballad w/ 90s alternative rock harmonies)
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
didn't mean to embed the last link, sorry guys :( Should check out the single if you check out any of these
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
Like. this is the one I should have embedded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pN7REpLn3I
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
Younha ft Hartfelt and Cheetah!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeo_nWsu5cs
I'm feeling the girlpower right now, guys.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 16 June 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
Wonder Girls are coming back and put out a pre-release on vinyl penned by Sunmi https://soundcloud.com/150818/oppaback
― abcfsk, Saturday, 18 June 2016 07:04 (seven years ago) link
Aesthetics are on point, looking forward to that!
SISTAR sounding good as usual:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJVUjmNMF8c
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 25 June 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
Also EXO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73QzQYN8FtE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSH-FVVtTf0
Songwriters were obviously told to aim for Daft Punk with "Lucky One" but the song rocks so... and I like their slow trap jam too.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 25 June 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
playlist updated from top of the thread; lots added over the last few months.
i like how jong hyun "she is" comes off in the hook as if he's saying "oh shiz" like an expletive
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Sunday, 26 June 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
also this:http://www.dailydot.com/geek/kpop-fans-over-30-kcon-panel/?curator=MusicREDEF
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
I hope Wonder Girls spend the next ten years being an awesome mainstream pop rock band (to further prove they didn't just do it as a one-time concept this time the recording features the members instrument playing, unlike last time)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYGODWJgR-c
― abcfsk, Monday, 4 July 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
the concept of that song seems to be "what if 'rude' were good"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
i love it ofc
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
The only other bright spot in an otherwise pretty disappointing July:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-wFp43XOrA
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 30 July 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
Been a pretty good July imo with Wonder Girls surprising total domination.
BLACKPINK is live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dISNgvVpWlo
Boombayah https://youtu.be/bwmSjveL3Lc
― abcfsk, Monday, 8 August 2016 14:35 (seven years ago) link