rolling kpop 2020

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)

blackpink's "ice cream" has nothing on hyuna's

or f(x)'s "ice cream" or even red velvet's "ice cream cake". I don't have any faith in blackpink (or any YG act) producing any good/interesting music so long as they keep working with Teddy who peaked more than half a decade ago.

it's not their best but I really like Dreamcatcher's BOCA, which again finds a new way to play with their signature metal/rock guitar sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfp2bGytsak

found last years 'jopping' ridiculous but fun and like the latest one quite a bit

SuperM - Tiger Inside

for the first time i'm thinking that doing 1000+ sit ups a day might
actually be worthwhile

Wonho - Open Mind

killed it in shinee, killing it in SuperM, killing it solo

Taemin - Criminal

la-la-la la-la-la-la-la

he can’t get it out of his head

<3 Taemin

stray kids continue to be overly intense + supremely enjoyable. that bassline is everything:

https://youtu.be/X-uJtV8ScYk

bass line plus door mime excellence