K-pop (2014)

that's really good. kind of an early ymo sound there.

The choreography is what's impressive to me!

Actually I don't listen to that much K-indie, just enough to know that retro-80s and electro-pop were Things for a while. Maybe someone else can answer your question, ∞.

hah, yeah! also really good! (x-post)

@forapper, cheers. That Chi Chi tune did the trick. That's the general vibe I'm looking for. I'll check out her album.

Had to stop that Litter video because I kind of hate The Killers.

Philtre was cool, as is Mirror Boy, but singing would definitely be nice.

I really need to learn Korean.

Chi Chi are an idol group and they're disbanded, sadly :( Their track <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Y8B9p6uPc";>Love is Energy</a> is quite good as well.

Whoops >__> Here's the link: http://youtu.be/93Y8B9p6uPc

Sweet, forapper! Love that there is such a strong modulation on that track.

You're my k-pop hook-up, bro!

I'm going to listen to their albums.

Listen to Neon Bunny's first album! (Link)

You might also like Blady - Type B Girl http://youtu.be/BqWAJLEpw8M

Another group that might not survive for much longer...

BTW SPEED-Zombie Party is a lot of fun, in a Why-So-Serious-was-too-serious-and-not-Michael-Jackson-indebted-enough kind of way. It's also good for exercise! (http://youtu.be/_tXdPuQTBls)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDG3BQRdDY

Crayon Pop MV!

And here's NS Yoon-G looking hottt in her latest:

http://youtu.be/xeKGc00MN48

All of the spandex-booty-shaking of Stellar, none of the blatant-over-the-top objectification.

BoA's US premiere finally last night

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkHjxdECQAIObz9.jpg

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

BoA dancing all over this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P9In3mjpP4

this movie looks sooo terrible, but I've also seen every Step Up movie and this can't be any worse than the second one. looking forward to seeing it someday. :D

I've seen it twice already, heh. The plot hardly registers, cutout cardboard characters and all, except for its silliness. Derek and BoA have chemistry together despite the script though and the reason to watch this is scene after scene of BoA dancing around film sets, which is a glorious thing.

lol no one watches dance movies for the plot anyway.

meanwhile, you all know how much I love Infinite/Sweetune and all their maximalist gloriousness, so here's the instrumental version of their 2011 hit "Before the Dawn" - the video is a reedited version of the original MV.

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

I don't know why they decided to release an instrumental album at all, especially since the whole point of Infinite imo is anthemic choruses sung in perfect harmony. But I guess I'm here for all the OTT videos too. XD

@forapper, I've not been ignoring you. You've just given me a lot to work with!

I've been listening to a lot of music :S

That Blady track is really good!

So is Speed, but I don't think it'll suit my exercising regime when I'm lifting over 100 lbs of iron :)

BoA's new anime opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOJqPmtiW4

Lotsa intervening life events, but, with the help of David Frazer (as usual), I was on the Crayon Pop's Crayon Trot move as it was happening, here, here, here (where I mistakenly thought they were also the ones in elegant attire rather than just the ones in old aunty attire), and here.

My favorite Neon Bunny track is "First Love" (I haven't heard all of her records, but this was the ending track on her 2012 EP, Happy Ending).

Neon Bunny is a big hole in the singles jukebox review-o-graphy

Speaking as the person who suggests most of the K-Pop covered there, I had't heard of them! I will check them out.

Yeah she's on her own label I think, not a big player in k-pop per se but has received quite a bit of attention on non-kpop sites. Released a single last month, everything else she's done is great as well.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1nck3p_exo-k-overdose-dance-practice_people

Link may disappear soon - it's a leak (or "leak") of EXO's comeback song 'Overdose'

And it's pretty awesome... like "put this song on repeat" awesome.

And here's some old-school RnB from a new group: http://youtu.be/ZLFKMgYNqZw

Jay Park!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrHZ6LUBMsA

If he only comes out with one jam a year, in the spring each year, I'll be happy.

That's nice

Everything old is New again: http://youtu.be/dmKsjhW64bI

You'll wanna skip to 0:53

Block B continues with the Joker/crazy clown theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zvN1Pjzn8

Also, this is accurate: http://blockblicious.tumblr.com/post/82163234541/how-block-b-mvs-are-made

So I went back to Seoul again this past week for vacation, since I didn't get enough the first time

Having had a real chance to walk around for a week, I'd say I heard (playing in retail shops) 70% songs from CRUSH, 20% Mr.Mr. (just the single) and about 10% other

Strangely at all the k-pop merch stores I went to it was really hard to find much of 2NE1 anything

I don't know if I can get behind that Block B single, and I say that as someone with diagnosed ADD. On the other hand, if Zico was helping out with SPEED, it would explain a lot.

I think I played it ten times in a row but can't seem to recall anything about the song after. Great video though.

actually, i don't think I've liked any Block B song since Nilili Mambo - they're a talented and interesting group but they always seem better in concept than execution.

Very Good grew on me live, and I like the songs Zico produced for D-Unit. But yeah, same. They're lucky they came to an agreement with Brand New Stardom so they can still do Nalina at their concerts.

Rumors that scenes from Jiyeon (T-ara)'s solo MV are being scrapped because they show her drowning in a box of water on set, in light of the ferry disaster.

And this is old, but decent: http://youtu.be/QYMpINYh4pk 100% are always putting out singles that are squarely boyband but just that bit above average, maybe because the singing is solid.

Looks like Spring is cancelled in S. Korea this year - the April/May festivals and the lovestruck idol music - but here's a Spring song from the remaining 2/4 of Offroad that's not half bad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE6uRMTs-nc

Their group name is lolzy also

Every track on the Instant Downloads Top 10 chart is an EXO track right now... that must be why SM decided to put 5 songs on each of the 2 versions of their (Underdogs produced) mini.

Here's the mini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbohqf64mNA&list=PLdFtvQzKN-ok6F9mbrplsKbimpEKVy5yz

Besides the single, Moonlight and Thunder are the standout tracks.

Overdose is pretty good. Pre-chorus and chorus packs a punch. Another case of the complex SM in-house/ foreign team co-production

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bm-92kbCQAAP6nW.jpg

2.7 million views already o_O

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI0DGvqKZTI

great song, just wished it belonged to a less boring group. EXO are so goddamn bland, but it works for them I guess.

EXO aren't bland, but you have to dig a bit - their image is even more tightly controlled/they're under even tighter lockdown than most idols.

The key to what's interesting about EXO is following EXO-M on Chinese TV, and following the Chinese members (especially Kris & Tao) on weibo, because those outlets are less tightly controlled (and Tao can't be tamed).

In general this group spent a bit *too* long in media training, and errs a bit *too* much on the side of not giving offense, but there's some fairly nutty stuff going on if you look a bit closer.

If you have an hour and a half to kill, here's an actually entertaining show with EXO: http://youtu.be/VIB7bMBFfaA