K-pop

I like that xp

love this kind of ballad. reminds me a lil of mariah? but maybe only because I've been listening to a lot of mariah lately. http://youtu.be/6JpJUlSyXNY

fun throwaway summer jam: http://youtu.be/Udb1rOT48Mo

That Infinite song is really cool. It really gets that kind of sad and lonely, driving late at night feeling? Dunno about the lyrics though - I was expecting something more introverted and nostalgic because of the like, Miami Vice/Kamen Rider sound, but instead they are going to try again to regain the fickle hearts of the public by casting a spell over themselves that they want it. :p But ah well, I can just turn off the subtitles.

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

Same message, different approach. It's about enjoying the moment and the sound/visuals are also hedonistic and indulgent (because Middle Eastern = hedonistic and indulgent??). I like Junsu's androgynous look, he's like the evil Persian dude in 300.

new big bang http://youtu.be/btDd9rOlc2k

^^^these dudes will be performing in my hometown in October. Kind of tempted to go, but not sure I'm prepared to brave the crowd of screaming fangirls.

There's been quite a few tracks I should've posted and talked about here but since it often happens at other places I guess I forget. But you gotta post a new SNSD single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMzPTF6HYM

I like that!

not feeling the new f(x) ep at all :(

Electric Shock is super good though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8I8QGFA1oM

f(x) always on point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaAl6qfWsAs

XD

lol!

<3 Electric Shock. Unusual details in wikipedia articles:

f(x) (play /ˌɛf ˈɛks/; Korean: 에프엑스) is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. The f stands for flower and the x represents the female's double x chromosome. f(x) strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations. The group members have also been nicknamed "function girls".

New Girls' Generation video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3-pUNhYORw

Posted above only with some different scenes.

They did a GREAT performance of it on Music Station today, though.. taken down on youtube but if you find it, watch it.

Up for now http://youtu.be/Guw6BiZxmpE

No wait that's sped up..

http://youtu.be/D2aHXTde57s

This is LQ but better than any of the ones above http://youtu.be/DA7PeBC55q0

(sorry for the spam but at least this makes the thread slightly easier to load)

2NE1 are playing Newark, NJ on 8/17 and L.A. on 8/24; tickets went on sale today and top out at $200 ($300 for the VIP package which includes a gift bag and access to a "soundcheck party").

I have a confirmed assignment to review (and photograph!) the aforementioned 2NE1 show in Newark. Now to figure out who's handling the tickets & photo passes at Live Nation...

I think Kpop is prepared for the Olympics, yo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLunOf5QsYQ&list=PL260E01B49C1B1BA2&feature=plpp_play_all

(It's a playlist)

BoA has composed her new single and it fits her to a t http://youtu.be/PQjovLrnvVo

and almost more importantly, the video allows her performance to shine

That's really cool! It's a very Madonna-like performance without seeming like she's copying anything (because it's so totally BoA). Dance-acting is so cool. I also like the balanced lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hzz4mGyehw

BAP with a Damien Hirst-inspired music video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-EnU-s9Rg

GLAM song about a girl liking another girl:

Can I kiss you baby girl?
Are you a boy? I don’t care.. Passion is key.
Girl I really really like ya, now just leave the rest to me.
A kiss XXO, anyone can be a Romeo.
A kiss XXO, if the heart starts to race, you’re Juliet Juliet.
Because we break the rules, we dodge the rules.
Got the right to break the wall. Everyone move.
Opposition for opposition won’t work- take off the blindfold that covers your eyes.
Be confident. (We’re a minority.) Fling it off.
Yeah don’t stop the beat now. Now is your time, you shine more than anyone else.

Ok, irresistible

http://gawker.com/5930283/did-this-underground-hip-hop-artist-from-south-korea-just-release-the-best-music-video-of-the-year

gif request for loop of 1:54-2:01

Underground? The song is #1! (unless they're saying underground to them, in which case they've already said 'from South Korea' so it's redundant)

Yeah it's the hit of the year pretty much.

Also I think you'll find pretty much every second gif'd on tumblr. Props to Hyuna for her cameo here securing her summer viral #2 after last year's Bubble Pop.

I kinda figured this thread would now be about "Gangnam Style". To answer Gawker's question, yes.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/43025/hallyu-camp-at-the-korean-cultural-center-monday-aug-6/

Not only has South Korean cinema become one of the most interesting movie scenes in the world, the glossy triteness of K-pop has somehow become a worldwide phenomenon. (If you’re not 15 and don’t know what K-pop is, its artists make Justin Bieber seem like Marvin Gaye.) “Hallyu” means “Korean Wave,” an all-encompassing term for the pop-culture revolution, but it’ll take a five-day camp to explain how the nine-member manufactured music group Girls’ Generation (shown) relates to Oldboy, the 2003 stylized excursion into cinematic hyperviolence.

I don't know anything about k-pop, but I thought I'd post that anyway when I read it

Woo-hoo! Less than two weeks till I get to see (and photograph) 2NE1 live!

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

Written by YG's Kush, according to the comments

2NE1 show last night was pretty fucking great. Full review on MSN Music soon.

yeah i'm reviewing it for the voice. it was amazing.

kept making jokes all night about how the backing band was the new power generation and then in between set/costume changes they just launched into this stellar funk jam

The promised review. Short version: Despite some technical problems and delays, it was awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEV5_Uc1a6Y

I know everything's about PSY these days, but alongside Only One promotions BoA has been doing this hit medley that basically shows k-pop pretenders HOW It'S DONE.

http://youtu.be/UHxMPIpYSpM

Perfect.

Also this sit-down performance of Only One http://youtu.be/lw3WK1qWXxI

Love this song so much.

(This thread's pretty heavy on the system so maybe no embeds for a while)

And another performance of Only One w/ dance. Even scaled back because of live vocals she's so... damn cool pulling off those moves. http://youtu.be/4L0T-mh4lms

really really love 'only one'

http://youtu.be/t3ULhmadHkg

^^ fresh off the press, in before 1,000+ viewcount

YES!!

still regretting not getting a ticket to BigBang's show next month (sold out in eight hours. :/)

Am I the only one who finds G-Dragon weirdly Aaron Carter-ish?

Damn, Ga-In http://youtu.be/K64mb5KUhhs

Pretty sure it's the first time masturbation has featured in a k-pop video and also that we don't really see sex as something this nice and sweet in pop videos in general.