I guess I'm in the minority that likes Bad Boy more than their last two singles... winter is the best season for RnB and the production on this is so nice.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
I really like the Go Won track too!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
I like Bad Boy a fair amount, and more than Peek-A-Boo, but it's summer here. it's probably their best r&b single so far but Red Flavor is my favourite single of theirs.
― ufo, Thursday, 1 February 2018 06:06 (six years ago) link
Thoughts on Holland, the first openly gay idol? song isn't great imo but am glad there's actual making out in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVzGsh0zRec
And I really like how breezy this iKon track is (their actual title track was bleh). The fun choreography helps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZOvqE1pxg
― Roz, Saturday, 3 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
He has a nice voice (Holland). The BF is cute. There have been other idols who were all-but-out but it's something different to have a scene that purposefully removes the ambiguity. I wonder if he'll end up with a niche audience like Double A (never forget).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 3 February 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
or the fabulous, Kazaky-inspired N.O.M :D https://youtu.be/3vmlYkbcVeA
yeah someone on omona pointed out that even Adam Lambert hasn't had any gay scenes in his videos, which honestly surprised me considering how long he's been out.
― Roz, Sunday, 4 February 2018 05:25 (six years ago) link
I'm reading that most of Holland's fans are international, which could be a problem for him financially (again similar to Double A). A solo singer is a lot cheaper to produce than a group though, hopefully he'll make it.
I have to say that I like Love Scenario more than Beautiful... on the one hand Love Scenario is really minimal and sparse, so on that count it's kinda boring but on the other hand it's got the old-tyme-country feel with the weird off-beat rhythms like Bae Bae had and that's a recent YG production trend I enjoy and support.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 5 February 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
Another excellent single from Sunmi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4qfN5UeFvQ
New Suzy is good too, kind of Bad Liar-ish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgT4CPv_CCE
― Roz, Thursday, 15 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
Finally an NCT release that fulfills the promise of the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0DqRstCgj4
It's young, hip, melodic, retro, current, and has an easy chorus. And for once the easy chorus/dense throwback harmonies aren't at odds with the rest of the song!
Though I do like BOSS too.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 03:45 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMdTzq5xEQ
Like here, they are still making unusually melodic hip hop over a decent beat, but they don't know how to incorporate the more traditional "kpop" melodic content, except by suspending the beat for a few bars.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 03:55 (six years ago) link
great sunmi trackthe riff reminds me of 'fight for this love'
― nxd, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 10:52 (six years ago) link
Sober is quite good but I think I'd like it more if it had a moment of cartharsis like Bad Liar does with "oh baby let's make reality actuality" etc.
I really like all the overlapping vocals in the Baby Don't Stop chorus, definitely one of the best NCT singles.
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
Right??? And right before it ends, there's some straight-up jazz do-wop harmonies.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 March 2018 03:35 (six years ago) link
Be ba da loo bob beep bop ba
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 March 2018 03:36 (six years ago) link
Lol this is the first time I'm watching the "BOSS" video - that is both great and hilarious.
And "Baby Don't Stop" is just great, period. Those vocal arrangements are incredible.
― Roz, Thursday, 1 March 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
Bad Boy has grown on me quite a lot. Roller Coaster still great, glad to see Chungha killing the charts.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 3 March 2018 09:39 (six years ago) link
Interesting to see if Momoland can follow up BboomBboom and become a truly major group. I enjoy their Egyptian Shumba-like screams live. Seems Japanese interest is high.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 3 March 2018 10:03 (six years ago) link
@Roz that's not the official video for BOSS, it's just something MNet does. I kinda prefer it tho lol.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?FvuYGPS9J0Y
Is there some brand value to putting "ft Jay Park" on a Loco song? Because I'm not sure what he adds to this lmao.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:39 (six years ago) link
whoops forgot the v=, here's the link : https://youtu.be/FvuYGPS9J0Y
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:40 (six years ago) link
OMG guys... this is the most brilliant marketing scheme of 2018...
https://0.soompi.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19085054/the-boyz2.jpg
What's the 1 thing preteen girls love more than Boyz?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
The spoiler sounds awesome too, I'm excited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJPq0I0WmdQ
GIDDY UP, guys!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
Also JYP on a roll with the self-produced boygroups... this one has a rock/hiphop sound as if some Korean American kids who grew up on eminem and linkin park were later given a chance to produce an idol group.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:47 (six years ago) link
GAH...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVleKuOsck
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
this one has a rock/hiphop sound as if some Korean American kids who grew up on eminem and linkin park were later given a chance to produce an idol group.
oh good, i was trying to figure out where that familiar sense of secondhand embarrassment was coming from.
― Roz, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkY8HvgvBJ8
middle section of the new LOONA is maybe a little too disjointed but I love the rest of it
― ufo, Friday, 30 March 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
chorus seems a bit lacking, but it's a lot better than the last one (GoWon's). The other song on her single is great too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3eG6AWyDI
Their sound design is incredible - i can't wait for their group debut.
― Roz, Friday, 30 March 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
I think she's a little weaker than other vocalists in LOONA, which makes the chorus sound lacking. But her emoting on the verses is good. I like the last section starting at 3:45 when they put all the echo effects on, other sections were a little predictable.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 30 March 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
Dunno if EXID's new jack swing will bring back all their fans who drifted away but I really like it, it's chill without being boring (lots of breaks for vocalists to show off):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Q1JiptOTxno
Could use maybe a change in tempo or volume though. I was a bigger fan of DDD.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 2 April 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
I really like that too, it could use a more distinctive bridge or something to change things up as you said, but I prefer it to DDD
― ufo, Monday, 2 April 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
Love this track, sounds very SHINee-esque.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNH7X46gMjQ
― Roz, Thursday, 5 April 2018 11:16 (six years ago) link
that's pretty good, I love the bridge especially
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 11:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0p1bmr0EmE
Helpful youtube commenter:
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― abcfsk, Monday, 9 April 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
decent but it's pretty TWICE-by-numbers
― ufo, Monday, 9 April 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
TWICE-by-numbers >>>> 90% of K-pop
― Roz, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
Plus the video really is a delight
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
it's a total earworm even if it's not as exciting as Likey
― ufo, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
I'm a fan of Giddy Up, even if they didn't put the horses in the actual MV.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:22 (six years ago) link
best horse-related choreography since Gangnam Style.
― Roz, Monday, 16 April 2018 03:32 (six years ago) link
Yup!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7EMEwHPpQY
Really nice jazzy b-side from CLC. They have good voices for this style, it really makes me wish April's "The Blue Bird" was their song instead. (See also: CLC "Distance" for a song that mines the same emotional territory as April's "The Blue Bird" but less jazzy/Jpop-y with a more straightforward drum machine beat and throwback fast-sad rap.)
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:48 (six years ago) link
The whole CLC album is good, I like "Like That" a lot too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qnbzT5jmNs
For all you LOONA fans of chopped and screwed stuff.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:50 (six years ago) link
Can I just say, because it just missed my 11-favourite-songs-of-the-moment-fuck list, how much I like LOOΠΔ’s “Rosy”, even if it’s sort of the B-side?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbeQ4zn-buI&list=PLhHsVaKji0ug6X8rp5o2KYmTt-ajUfR-X
― breastcrawl, Monday, 16 April 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
My favorite nasal-voiced, whiplash-loving boy group back at it again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv8UhEjL2yA
Nasal rap, nasal rock, nasal crazed breakdown, nasal pop chorus, it's all there <3
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 02:17 (six years ago) link
Also, auto-post for VIXX, who reward but don't demand your attention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctZLEYlU4s
It's a very layered song, and interesting to hear everyone but Leo singing low and keeping the vocal runs short. It goes with their new, restraint is sexy vibe.
"Eux de VIXX" is a very coherent album, rise producer Ravi.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rb5ISGbAbU
Sounds good
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 09:16 (six years ago) link
I know it's meant to be like "heartfelt", but Ha:Tfelt always just makes me think of fedoras.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 April 2018 08:18 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Z9-kr504w
― abcfsk, Monday, 23 April 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
Some Sweetune for spring
That's a collab between Park Jiyeon (ex-GLAM) and Park Kyung, by the way.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 17 November 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
EXID come back with one of their best earworms yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAdmzjsFVQo
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
NCT putting melody in their hip hop again, the producers have nailed the formula, this is really good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjy2v7zEI0
It kinda has a similar aesthetic to EXO's tempo, but younger / edgier / trendier.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
Really like Hani on the bridge of that EXID song
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 1 December 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
For those of us who miss old school BAP... plus one of these guys has a really impressive ability to shout on pitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It8JCNyFW38
If 5 minutes is too long for you, they shortened it to 3 1/2 for the broadcast version (this is worth watching IMO): https://youtu.be/FA_yq0mLgHw
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 1 December 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
So have there been any consensus stand out hits this year? Out of curiosity and also, of course, looking forward to the ilx best of the year voting.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 08:46 (five years ago) link
nothing's been quite as exciting as last year's highlights in LOONA's amazing run, and Red Velvet, Twice and Blackpink all releasing their best singles but there's still a lot i like
a quick list of some favourites:BTS - IdolOh My Girl - Remember MeNCT U - Baby Don't StopNCT 127 - TouchLOONA/Olivia Hye feat. JinSoul - Egoist(G)I-DLE - HANN (Alone)Sunmi - SirenYubin - LadyApink - I'm so sickRed Velvet - Bad BoyRed Velvet - Power UpBrave Girls - Rollin' (New Version)Hyolyn - See Sea
out of those, i'm certainly voting for "Idol", "Remember Me" and at least one NCT track, and maybe a few of the others
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 09:28 (five years ago) link
I could support GIdle, maybe Sunmi, BTS, well, they've had a year anyway. Will probably add IU, though still disappointed we didn't get her top 77 last year. I'll be voting for BoA's Woman in the album poll.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 09:47 (five years ago) link
'power up' for me
― nxd, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 10:49 (five years ago) link
Merry and happy 2018 from Twicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfUGjK6gGgs
― Jeff W, Friday, 14 December 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
That's a great list, ufo... I'm down to vote for everything on it up to Siren.
I'll add:Momoland - Bboom Bboom Pentagon - ShineSeventeen - Oh My Chungha - Roller CoasterGFriend - Time for the Moon Night Dean - Instagram Lee Jin Ah - Run (with Gray)**NCT 127 - Boss NCT 127 - Simon Says Minseo - Zero The Boyz - Giddy UpApril - Oh My MistakeSHINEE - Countless
Other songs I'm thinking about but don't feel strongly about: ONF - Complete Got7 - Lullaby
And the ones no one else will vote for:Brand New Boys (MXM) - Ya Ya YaSoyou - All Night (with SIK-K)Day6 - Shoot Me** UNB - Black Heart SHINEE - Lock You Down
**Mostly as a stand in for the songs from these artists I wish I'd nominated last year lmao, but both songs are pretty hooky.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
Also, this is separate from my year-end list, but here's my JAZZ WATCH 2018 list for those who are interested:
Lee Jin Ah (with Gray) - Run Dean - Instagram Soyou (with SIK-K) - All Night Minseo - Is Who? Brand New Boys - Ya Ya Ya UNB - Black HeartApril - The Blue BirdFromis_9 - Dancing Queen SHINEE - Retro BTS - PlutoHeize - First Sight
Fully expecting this trend to jump over from Korea to the US at some point, or maybe that's just my wishful thinking.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhXDFl6tmVY
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
To let you guys know how serious this is, we have two local very good jazz stations these days they are the only thing I listen to on the radio.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
Basically last year would have been a great time to nominate some jazzy Kpop
(example: Heize - JengaLee Jin Ah - Random Day6 - What Should I Do)
and these songs have grown on me a bunch, so this year is my chance to make amends.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Also add CLC - Seventh to that JAZZ WATCH 2018 list, I think I might nominate all the tracks on it just for laffs.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
i could definitely get behind 'Run' and 'oh! My Mistake'. i'd forgotten about 'Run' but it's excellent
― ufo, Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
Since I feel so strongly about this, I went ahead and made an 8tracks playlist for ya'll. Some of the songs on it are from 2017 tho:
https://8tracks.com/subdee/jazz-watch-2018.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
I love oh! my mistake, have you seen the video of April doing it live acapella after the audio cuts out at some college festival? They aren't power vocalistss by any means but much stronger than I'd thought.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
Not sure if there's a consensus pick yet but I *still* haven't gotten over the vocal arrangements on NCT U's "Baby Don't Stop" so that's probably going to be my highest-placing K-pop pick.
Other faves, mostly the same as what everyone else has posted: Red Velvet - "Bad Boy" (a real slow-burner for me but it's now kind of my favourite RV song? Weird.)SHINee - "Good Evening" Hyolyn - "SEESEA"TWICE - "What is Love?"Pentagon - "Shine"G)I-DLE - "HANN (Alone)"SF9 - "Now or Never"April - "Oh! My Mistake"
Also was this ever posted here? TSJ reviewed this a couple of weeks ago, and it's incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5CtMLuiqQ
― Roz, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
ooh that's great
― nxd, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PALjhRpnfbk
this is pretty nice
― ufo, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Year-end BANGER from BoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1XOFi42xZM
― abcfsk, Thursday, 20 December 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
#BoAforilxoryearend
WINNER track is really fun! Seungyoon sounds good in that range and Mino's rap is really fun at that speed.
I like the BoA a lot too, SM stays on point with the Latin fusion tracks.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 21 December 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
@Roz
SF9 - Now or Never is nice, and I think we forgot Super Junior - Lo Siento too! https://youtu.be/odl7J8Ms6MQ
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 22 December 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
Though how legitimate a list that doesn't include NCT U - Baby Don't Stop is, I don't know.
oh i'm glad that reminded me of SEVENTEEN - Thanks, i really love that one but keep forgetting to add it to my 2018 playlist
― ufo, Saturday, 22 December 2018 04:08 (five years ago) link
also See Sea is just the ideal tropical house track, so effortless and i love the vocal layering in the chorus so much
― ufo, Sunday, 23 December 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link
Happy holiday whatevers K-Pop people. Here's a playlist with all the songs discussed on the thread this year.
ILM's 2018 Rolling K-Pop Spotify Playlist
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 23 December 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
Thx!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 December 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
This is on just now
[Live] 2018 KBS Song Festival I KBS 가요대축제 !! [2018.12.28]- www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5k9K5iJWuE
*not available in Japan for some reason
― sbahnhof, Friday, 28 December 2018 11:52 (five years ago) link
Videos from last night: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=KBS+Song+2018.12.28
― sbahnhof, Friday, 28 December 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
kpop 2019
here's a new thread
― ufo, Friday, 4 January 2019 05:06 (five years ago) link
Holy crap guys, I got sick and didn't nominate anything for the 2018 year end list :(
I'm just about to check if it's on there, but the best kpop song of 2018 is Heize's Jenga. For some reason, I'd been thinking all this time that it came out last year. Hopefully someone else nominated it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_HR9jIJww
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 6 January 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
thanks ufo!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 6 January 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
Not there, dang :( I'll just continue to talk about it up in this thread then, maybe one day I'll be able to forgive myself for not nominating this and First Sight.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 6 January 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
my vote were for Red Velvet 'Power Up' and IU 'BBIBBBI'this Heize track is pretty great tho!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 6 January 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link