rolling kpop 2020

Slightly 'off-topic', but this popped up in my youtube. It's a recording from the concert IU had to do the same day her friend Goo Hara died. The news reached her midway through the concert, I think. This is the final song. She says, "I'll pull myself together and do this last song. You guys must be worrying [about me]. It's really.. really... be well, everyone. The more difficult this world is, the more we have to care for one another... Man, it's very.. Even if this world loses its warmth, if only people show each other love... Anyway, I'll sing this wholeheartedly." And she does fight through the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFiSgzfXRcY

man i don't think i can watch that. I still can't watch that video of Lee Hi freezing up while singing "Breathe" in tribute to Jonghyun. </3

swervy ft. paloalto - why same beat as 'color eye' i think

red square - color full

agust d -daechwita

secret number - who dis?

plus i must be a sucker for suzanne's vibe because after loving 'can't hang' earlier in the year i'm also feeling suzanne - do not fear heartbreak

ooh that suzanne track is lovely

no mention on this thread about how kpop stans have become a considerable bloc of the revolution? clicked on a "whitelifesmatter" hashtag on twitter yesterday and it had been comprehensively hijacked by people posting kpop palmface gifs.

It’s talked about a little bit over on the Twitter thread on ILE - it’s not particularly surprising imo, kpop stans have always been both politically aware and tremendously good at organising.

More interested in Kpop artists who have spoken out in support. She hasn’t had the best history in terms of acknowledging previous controversies surrounding appropriation etc but so far the best statement I’ve seen is CL’s:

CL said what some of these kpop artists will never admit pic.twitter.com/D7ZoLN1Ypr

— ً (@LISANATlON) June 4, 2020

A roundup of everyone else’s responses here: https://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/25969284.html

https://www.newsweek.com/chilean-government-blames-k-pop-recent-protests-1479151

10 years after the fact here is an ode to pep era barca

momoland - tiki taka

dding was one of my absolute favourites last year and here's
jvcki doing her thing this year

jvcki wai - fadeaway

bleeps and sirens make me happy

gaeko/nitti gritti/kaku - pass out

more bleeping

sik-k,pH-1,Jay Park,HAON - gang remix

low key hazy

punchnello ft. meenoi - us

not enough jvcki wai in fadeaway imo

love the beats on this, Lovelyz member doing something that doesn't sound anything at all like what her group usually does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stm2HanD6-8

"tiger eyes" is good but makes me think the producer has been listening to billie eilish

lol totally

The #1 retro-obsessed producer working in Korea right now is Park Moonchi. She released a single earlier this spring under her own name (she's not the one singing here obviously) and it's a deliciously mellow serenade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTd4gMriSr8

Last year she formed a 90s style k-pop girl group with Stella Jang, CHEEZE and Lovey, which she produced, to great results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liah0NIQxeU

And she's done some deliriously feel good tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50T9G-O7gU

She also does some mainstream, high profile producing, including Suho's latest single. But it's when she's recognisably in her own ballpark she's at her best. Her youtube channel is recommended. She's also on the keys for the new KIRIN x Hoody single: https://youtu.be/jsUrWT36Tpg

It's hard to keep track of all channels and platforms and output, but so much good has happened to Korean media from the breaking up of the big broadcasters monopoly on stars... alternative paths are now viable. Youtubers, streamers, etc. Kim Mina was a weather presenter who lost her job, but through her online presence and instant appeal as a funnywoman she appeared all over the place and finally got big enough for it to become a full time career. The big broadcasters have been so woefully male-heavy in terms of funny hosts, so it's always nice to see the structures uprooted. She's so funny, and there's quite a bit of stuff English subbed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nk-SH6VmIU

"summer love..." is lovely

She also showcased some of her recent remixes on the Jae Suk / Hyori / Rain episodes of Jae Suk's show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD7Br9DMYFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7pNOSpPsuI

Three songs released today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8YW1tlsmE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASekpYn6V8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZRDjFIFJs

like the Hwasa (loved last years 'twit') and the 3YE.

love this beat

BewhY X Simba Zawadi - Hymm

this is lovely but somehow seems not of this century to me

Baek A Yeon - Looking For Love

and so does this

D1ce - Draw You

real itzy vibe

Weki Meki - Oopsy

BlackPink - How You Like That

"look at you, now look at me" is stuck in my head now, thankfully too old to be insecure about my looks, but damn.

Woodz - Love Me Harder

Golden Child - One(Lucid Dream)

This is good, and the upcoming "Naughty" sounds even better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujb-gvqsoi0

YYJ and Kenxie, OG SM producers, collaborating here

Kenzie*

finally catching up with thread - thanks for those Park Moonchi tracks abcfsk, they were great!

blackpink tracks still sound like 2NE1 leftovers from 2014, get one new idea, Teddy Park.

there have been two excellent blackpink singles ("whistle" and "as if it's your last") but everything else they've put out has been so boring but i guess it still sells

Chung Ha with a very Chung Ha track: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsvoDgmfUwc 

(g)i-dle doing a victory lap of sorts - breezy track that namechecks all their previous hits with a typically killer rap verse from soyeon: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKoeJ3xlx4& 

love the beat on this (they're kinda my favourite boy group these days -God's Menu was enjoyable too, if a little generic):  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZSv3aMGg5Q  

k-pop's really been so good in 2020. 

forgot about this, my favourite thing either zico or rain has put out in years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG6B2ME4Mm8 

gorgeous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQSse3b2ge4

thought the new zico was weak, much prefer 'any song' from earlier in the year.

(g)i-dle okay but 'oh my god' about 100x better

🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏

xp

GFRIEND • Apple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VmLuWDkHYQ

a song i like from this year! soyeon mvp as always

RAIN and LEE HYORI are the biggest stars of the summer with two tracks in the top 5... what year is it? Well Yoo Jae Suk's project of bringing back the big star summer single is successful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKfHHtiSjs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942NkXvAtAM

enjoying yukika's city pop revival

i like that yukika

for some reason it puts me in mind of sophie ellis-bexter

from a few months ago but i like

GWSN - Basooka!

oh and from a couple of days ago

Oneus - Come Back Home

love everything about this except the chorus

Pink Fantasy - Shadow Play

quite like this too

Eric Nam - Paradise

couple of jessi tracks, one from july and one from today

Jessi - Nuna Nana

Jessi - Numb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTowEKjDGkU

i'm about a half step away from becoming obsessed with these guys, a month removed from road to kingdom they're coming for hamlet

Oneus - To Be Or Not To Be

song of the summer for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIeahm_gz4M

pretty joyous

We’ve got a dedicated thread for that:

where the hell is the summer jams 2020 thread?

Jenyer - Bad

ex monsta x member channel(zero)s frank ocean

Wonho - Losing You

Yes Sir! Yes Sir! Yes Sir!

Ateez - Thanxx

new KARD which seems like it's about fan/idol culture

Kard - Gunshot

love bea miller's voice and soyeon's verse

K/DA - The Baddest ft. (g)i-dle, bea miller, wolftyla

plus

Blackpink - Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez)

Lee Hye - Erase You