This is the Red Velvet you want by the way (it's the 2nd title): https://youtu.be/LOgYHIg2Wvs
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 18 March 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
the whole Ladies Code mini is quite nice, and Galaxy is especially great. I really love all the syncopation in the last chorus with the jazzy bass/percussion
― ufo, Friday, 18 March 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
Playlist updated with several additions from earlier in the year that just got onto the spotify catalogue.
ILM's Rolling K-Pop Thread Spotify Playlist
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Monday, 28 March 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
forks <3
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 03:39 (eight years ago) link
Gorgeous new IU song further establishing her folk pop-leanings http://iu-jjang.tumblr.com/private/142065669317/tumblr_o4yg08qzwq1qz9dac
― abcfsk, Friday, 1 April 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
It's not hard to see why Produce 101 is such a hit, just like it's not hard to see why AKB48 has stuck with yearly general elections vote-a-thons. Very compelling TV, compelling personalities. The hype for the 11 girls selected right now is REAL. Bitter aftertaste when you realize they're just a temporary group. The format is better than the details of the show - ideally you'd have a show like this for free agents to make it a real group selection. And of course the AKB fan in me would like to see a big group of girls staying and the competition being about who gets to participate in singles.
― abcfsk, Friday, 1 April 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvHD5B99rhQ
who is this? this cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4vFviZ4qw0
i'd like to hear young thug freestyle on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJe8Def403Q
a+ queen slay
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Saturday, 2 April 2016 18:16 (eight years ago) link
Haven't been following Produce 101, but was really happy when they brought Jinyoung (B1A4) in to produce some of the original music... plus it also gave us this moment of cute crushing hahaha.
T-ara were on some interview show recently and someone let it slip that Hyomin funded a lot of her solo release herself... she's not the best singer but I admire her commitment to releasing music. Sketch is pretty good too.
I don't really like the GOT7 single, but it's doing really well - they have a couple music show #1s and I think they broke the record for best opening week sales on iTunes by a Kpop group.
I do like their 2nd single, which was co-written by JB.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 3 April 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npxqg9p1Q94
I like this male vocalist + female rapper duet trend S. Korea has going on lately, plus Chen and (pressurized) RnB is always good :D
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 8 April 2016 03:05 (eight years ago) link
Punch x Silento single is out and it's competent & in English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-mR9okYYQ
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
Punch is boring and the song has boring lyrics but it's interesting to hear a recognizable voice from the radio doing the "Brave Brother... and your boy Silento" shtick.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
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.
― 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
Lee Hi did the same event, it was epic...
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 00:32 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
quite like the new Oh My Girl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJqhKWo89FQ
― ufo, Sunday, 29 May 2016 15:57 (seven 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