I was talking about EXID's LE, not JJONG :p
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
Gotta support the female rapper/producer idols
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
But on the subject of Jjong, disagree about Love Belt, it's really niiiiiiiice.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 8 January 2015 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Weirdly enough YongHwa (of CNBLUE) might end up releasing the Jjong song you're looking for: http://youtu.be/eo3ctVOivRA
I was expecting a boring/rockist/singer-songwriter direction from him so it's nice surprise to see an RnB track with a hip hop guy. I hope it's wacky!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 8 January 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
what i want from jjong is more in the direction of "orgel" or "symptoms" or even taemin's "danger" and "ace"...but hey! there are some pretty weird sounding chords sifting in and out of that yonghwa tune. curious to hear where it goes, especially since cnblue never caught my ear.
― soyrev, Thursday, 8 January 2015 01:26 (nine years ago) link
Only CNBlue song I like is "Can't Stop (Me Now)" but that was their most recent one and Yonghwa does have a pop song voice.
The falsetto on "Nightmare" is what I want from Jjong, so yeah...
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 8 January 2015 04:27 (nine years ago) link
Or "Evil" or "Obsession" (which I believe Jjong wrote way back when, the lyrics at least).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 8 January 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
daaaamn i would've loved this Jung Yong Hwa song if it weren't for the rap. really kills the vibe. still decent on the whole but it's too much of a push and pull.
― soyrev, Friday, 9 January 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
at least it's more interesting than jonghyun's title track... man what a let down :/
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Yong Hwa's sounds like two different songs that were both pretty good separately and didn't really gain anything from being put together... and I kinda like the rapper more than Younghwa on this track, whoops. But not bad. Funny to think of his end-of-year collaboration with Zico being a precursor.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
taemin's (very solid) mini was a gammon, made me think (esp. after Everybody) that jonghyun's mini would go in a comparably adventurous direction. turns out he made an adult contempo record, top to bottom. can't imagine the impetus behind that, other than the likelihood that this is just what he really likes. judging by the collaborations SM really gave it room to be his pet project.
― soyrev, Friday, 9 January 2015 22:46 (nine years ago) link
When I think about it, his track for IU and some of the tracks he'd play on his radio show were like this too (but more bedroom lo-fi which was charming).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 9 January 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
Ii girl Hani (of EXID) lipsyncing Jinsil (of Mad Soul Child)'s parts on a Mad Clown song. I don't usually like Mad Clown's rap style but he fits here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzNqcc__uRs
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 9 January 2015 23:17 (nine years ago) link
IT girl Hani, I meant
Wiggle Wiggle grew on me and I think Mileage will as well... especially when spring rolls around cos it's such a spring track.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 9 January 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
for the folks reading along at home (and this'll be my video allotment for the week):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDfixuXfMT4
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 9 January 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
i'm not used to being two weeks deep into a year and having zero quality k-pop yet.
― soyrev, Sunday, 11 January 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
Everyone is clearing way for BoA's 15th anniversary release.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 11 January 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
The fact BoA is only 28 still seems so crazy to me; she's one of those artists I've known about since I was really little because of my older sister + my cousin. Same goes for Beyonce from when she was in Destiny's Child.
Wiggle Wiggle's grown on me as well. Mileage is a cozy track.
― misterjoshua, Monday, 12 January 2015 00:47 (nine years ago) link
apparently BoA is barely a factor even in the japanese market nowadays. but maybe the 15th anniversary marketing push will do some good in drumming up nostalgia sales.
― soyrev, Monday, 12 January 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
okay, "neon" by jonghyun is really nice. great '90s RnB throughout, and then the bridge goes J Dilla mental. wish all the songs had curveballs this wild.
best of the lot, though, is "Fortune Cookie," a bonus track limited to the physical edition - and i have no fucking clue why. it's basically Voodoo status. super sophisticated...modulates awesomely too, some of the weirdest RnB i've ever heard out of korea. here's a slightly botched bootleg for the time being:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52rX07pSMzw
― soyrev, Monday, 12 January 2015 02:07 (nine years ago) link
Neon is def my favorite on the mini, really incredible production on that. Definitely feel the D'Angelo vibes on Fortune Cookie. Also digging Beautiful Tonight.
― misterjoshua, Monday, 12 January 2015 08:10 (nine years ago) link
― soyrev
She goes top 10 with her singles and albums on the Oricon and held a tour there last fall, she has a steady core fanbase that's obviously smaller than her peak powers when she was pushing a million copies per album. You don't stay on top for 15 years. But even Ayumi struggles topping charts these days - compared to most newer solo female stars in Japan BoA's still in an enviable position (RIP Jasmine's career).
In Korea last real promotional activity was with Only One which was one of the 30 best-selling songs of that year. (full disclosure: I went to her first solo concert on Korean soil ever in 2013).
― abcfsk, Monday, 12 January 2015 08:45 (nine years ago) link
SXSW lineup:
http://sxsw.com/music/news/2015/k-pop-night-out-showcase-returns-third-year-sxsw
Hitchhiker, Crayon Pop and Epik High are the headliners.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
Tahiti coming on strong in another Brave Brothers track: http://youtu.be/M9medBE7GD4
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 04:16 (nine years ago) link
There's no WAY they can use that choreography on broadcast
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 04:17 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for digging up those Jonghyun tracks <3
I feel like ever since Lee Hi's "It's Over", there's been this trend of Kpop companies picking the safest boringest track on the album for the single (which they didn't used to do).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 04:27 (nine years ago) link
well i appreciate that Brave realizes he/they can't keep cranking out the same template anymore. good to finally hear a little variety from him again
― soyrev, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 06:42 (nine years ago) link
"Brave Brothers recycles the same songs over and over" is a misconception - the producer Kang Dong-chul (AKA Brave Brothers - a single person) has always tried out new styles. It's just a question of whether you'll be one of the lucky groups getting a meticulously constructed exploration of whatever new style or trend dude is currently pursuing, or whether you'll get a cast-off recycled throwaway song dude spent two days on.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 00:57 (nine years ago) link
Speaking as this board's resident Brave Brothers fan :p
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
when Brave is on he/they are on, but no denying that 4minute "only gained weight" is a rewrite of 4minute "like water?," AOA "short hair" a rewrite of AOA "miniskirt," etc
― soyrev, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 07:08 (nine years ago) link
(which, i might add, are my four favorite brave songs in a long time)
LE's been my fave girl group member since her debut basically and now she seems to be everywhere. This is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tj5EDxXmZQ
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 09:30 (nine years ago) link
not sure i like it yet but JJCC (jackie chan's group) just came back with a song that's 2012-grade k-pop ADD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRHcId9ENk0
― soyrev, Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:18 (nine years ago) link
I wanna like that but the stadium-chant parts are pretty low-level... A+ thievery though, there's snatches of a bunch of different recent songs in there
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 15 January 2015 04:14 (nine years ago) link
Mr. Kim is nice!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 15 January 2015 04:15 (nine years ago) link
And "Fortune Cookie" got a quickie MV: http://youtu.be/G7PeqM_HnAQ
If we keep talking about it maybe we'll get one for "Neon" next.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 15 January 2015 04:21 (nine years ago) link
I'm kind of looking forward to UKISS, actually. Maybe I'm just used to their voices but there's something about "Smart Love" (the pre-release track) that elevates it above garden-variety schmaltz (maybe it's the brisk tempo): http://youtu.be/M9If2kigxr0
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 15 January 2015 04:25 (nine years ago) link
New group gunning for current-SNSD's spot with vintage-SNSD's sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKMeRMAVaDw
I thought Lovelyz were wimpy but I like this!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 15 January 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
verse vocals feel so stilted and tuned...chorus is aight. choreo is cool! might click for me in time, lovelyz took a while
― soyrev, Thursday, 15 January 2015 13:50 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yotstIG8_3k
― abcfsk, Thursday, 15 January 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
From last year, but I played Jun Hyoseong's "Goodnight Kiss" a lot
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 15 January 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
You liked that one, ∞? I thought it was a case where the "experimental structure" (all chorus all the time) didn't really work.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 16 January 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link
Sailor Moon!
forapper, yeah, I thought it was decent track? What have you been listening to lately?
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 16 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
Wiggle Wiggle... and Kpop from 2012, English pop songs, and Angel.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 16 January 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
I actually like that Wiggle Wiggle track
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Saturday, 17 January 2015 00:50 (nine years ago) link
"wiggle wiggle" is a solid comfort zone k-pop track with an awful awful pre-chorus. brave was right that the song needs a dramatic break to keep it from getting too circular, but it sounds like he had one idea, tried it, realized it's pointlessly atonal, then said fuck it when hellovenus' people seemed to like it anyway.
― soyrev, Saturday, 17 January 2015 08:22 (nine years ago) link
went to an old bookstore in shinchon and made off with my first handful of 2000-won used CDs. some absolute lost gold here that's just not on the internet. going to consider ways i can get these online in nicely blended, moody soundclouded mixes that have the right kind of visual aesthetic to appeal to and beyond the extant koreaphile contingent...
― soyrev, Saturday, 17 January 2015 08:23 (nine years ago) link
no one posted the video to fortune cookie yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9CjXKisv-s
― misterjoshua, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
This album track is rly good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hlhSif-CRw
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 21:56 (eight years ago) link
Hmm looks like GD has a composing credit on that one, maybe that's why I like it *shrug emoji*
Really nice remix of Hot Pink (except for the end) at the SBS end of year show, by the way. I enjoyed the remix of 'Hero' (Monta X) too, even SBS's techical issues couldn't duck with it. Remixes were enjoyable in greneral, I hope some of 'em show up somewhere else in a higher quality format.
https://youtu.be/rLauBWbtOtwhttps://youtu.be/MZStnVrYqqQ
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 28 December 2015 05:03 (eight years ago) link
SBS gayo managed to fuck up the audio in whole new ways. Also the year end shows should just have collab stages or something. More killer less filler. Enjoyed IU finally performing Twenty-three on TV, though.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
I'm nominating the WG album for the ILM EOY poll now.. seems to me like the most obvious shot at a k-pop album charting (showed up on some publication lists) but since I'm the one nominating it on the last day, maybe not?
― abcfsk, Saturday, 2 January 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
f(x) has a slightly higher chance I think - seemed to notice quite a few non-kpop thread ilxors raving about 4 Walls on Twitter. Plus they've placed before.
― Roz, Saturday, 2 January 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
Was January 2 the last day??? Damn
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 03:29 (eight years ago) link
Will stand behind Reboot tho, good album
Since it's the new year though... is it time to start a new thread? Because 2016 is off to a more kickin start than 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR6ge_NYXNE
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 03:44 (eight years ago) link
Also since I came around on Hot Pink... have an acoustic version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9aJPIcX3Q
As good as that 2NE1 IDC acoustic from back in the day!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 03:51 (eight years ago) link
(Or better, honestly)
oooooooookay, i'm redoing a spotify list for this thread, top down. Gonna take me a day or two.I am listening to SO MUCH kpop via this right now.
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
:D
Local college radio station is doing top 10 of 2015 lists... tuned in to the Kpop list tonight, from #6 the order went
#6 Four Walls - f(x)#5 I Feel You - Wonder Girls#4 Catch Me if You Can - Girls Generation #3 I - Taeyeon#2 Don't Be Shy - Primary ft. Choa, Iron#1 Bang Bang Bang - Big Bang
And I gotta say, CMIYC and Bangx3 improve a LOT when they're blasted over car speakers
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 7 January 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link
wow, that was a real experience getting a year's worth of k-pop over several (and i do mean several) hours.
I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with most every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.
K-pop's eccentricities make it VERY difficult for a non-speaker to search for songs, especially amongst an artist base that appears to have been named on twitter and is more or less ungoogleable. That said, 130+ tracks, most all from this year! Enjoy!
Rolling K-Pop Thread Spotify Playlist
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 January 2016 06:52 (eight years ago) link
forks, you are a hero and a saint, fyi
― Roz, Thursday, 7 January 2016 08:39 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for that list. That will be a great step towards giving due to all the great songs I didn't listen to or only barely
Speaking of which
My k-pop songs of the year.. mostly from the top of my head, subject to change
1. IU - Twenty-three2. IU - Heart3. Suran - Calling in Love4. Hyuna - Roll Deep5. Nieah - No Rush6. 4Minute - Crazy7. BoA - Kiss My Lips 8. EXID - Ah Yeah9. Primary - Don't Be Shy10. Neon Bunny - Romance in Seoul11. Red Velvet - Dumb Dumb Dumb12. Kim Sawol - Bedside13. D.Holic - Chewy14. G.Soul - Crazy For You 15. Wonder Girls - I Feel You
Albums: 1. BoA - Kiss My Lips2. Kim Sa Wol - Suzanne 3. Wonder Girls - Reboot4. Red Velvet - The Red5. Primary - Vol 2 6. IU - Chat-Shire
Hyukoh didn't quite fit on the lists but I have to say I've quite enjoyed them, for a regular ol indie band
― abcfsk, Thursday, 7 January 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
I'd thought about nominating D.Holic - Chewy for the ILM tracks but didn't get around to it.
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Thursday, 7 January 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
New thread, since we're wrapping up the year: K-pop (2016)
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 8 January 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
I'd have to think about my top 20... probably the Jun Areia remix of 9 Muses' Sleepless Night would be on it: https://youtu.be/Bzhc1UggIO8
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 8 January 2016 00:26 (eight years ago) link
Maybe also Lim Kim Stay Ever... I can't remember if we talked about it in this thread or not. https://youtu.be/fjXeup1ZbX0
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 8 January 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
Or maybe they're just on my mind since they're recent
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 8 January 2016 00:30 (eight years ago) link
Albums: 1. Wonder Girls - Reboot2. f(x)- Four Walls3. Red Velvet - the Red 4. iKon - Welcome Back, but only if they repackage it with the three new singles5. Girls Generation - Lion Heart
Mini-albums: 1. Miss A - Colors2. Hotshot - I'm a Hotshot 3. Seventeen - Boys Be 4. Oh My Girl - Oh My Girl (First mini album)
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 8 January 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link
Oh yeah I forgot Awoo
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 January 2016 05:35 (eight years ago) link
voted awoo on my ilx singles ballot
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
mostly due to this thread!
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2016 16:16 (eight years ago) link
This one snuck up on me after they added a video, great RnB jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWTsl8sAJFY
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 01:33 (eight years ago) link
not sure whether to file until 2015 or 2016...
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 01:34 (eight years ago) link
GAON's end of year chart is out, by the way:
http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/17330907.html
Didn't realize miss A and Baek A Yeon had done so well, good on them though.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 01:36 (eight years ago) link
There's something a little off about this
http://0.soompi.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/29230246/lovelyz1-800x450.jpghttp://0.soompi.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/29230407/lovelyz-21.jpg
Not that there's any immediate danger of students getting hold of guns in Korea.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 30 January 2016 10:16 (eight years ago) link
Mostly just funny.