lol yes. was going thru today's releases earlier and watched that video and was like "what in the world?"
― oscar bravo, Monday, 17 May 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
I like it - I'm a sucker for anything OG SM sound with YYJ at the helm, of course, and I think the backing track is a bit besides the point - the fun is in the various vocal diversions.
― abcfsk, Monday, 17 May 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
was gonna say that taemin is in his imperial phase but then when isn't he?
TAEMIN - ADVICE
kinda fun
TRI.BE - RUB-A-DUM
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
20% of the time i think bibi is too minimalistic for my tastes and 80% of the time i think she's a genius
BIBI - BAD,SAD AND MAD
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMweEpGlu_U
oh the new BTS single is decent instead of insufferably bland like most of their post-western breakthrough stuff has been. still totally unambitious but like i'll take this over "dynamite" easily
― ufo, Friday, 21 May 2021 11:31 (two years ago) link
"rub-a-dum" is quite fun indeed
― ufo, Friday, 21 May 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3RA7bi5FUM
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 11:34 (two years ago) link
that's pretty good, production in the second verse especially fun
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 11:49 (two years ago) link
oh wow dreamcatcher are playing primavera??? wild
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
love that everglow
and rub-a-dum is such a jam!
some recent stuff i liked:
Easy by WJSN THE BLACKhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG0o2RWTKh0
Bonnie & Clyde by YUQI (from g-idle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE8yKldv_oo
Ring Ring by Rocket Punch - has some old school Sweetune vibes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_SmwQ06TQE
― Roz, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 02:41 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d74cH816kFQlightsum - "vanilla" is fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWEkeqJ2djMtwice go for comically tropical vibes on "alcohol-free" but somehow pull it off? by all rights this should have been unlistenable saccharine nonsense but it's actually quite enjoyable
― ufo, Friday, 11 June 2021 11:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQMg8-Ku3JI
eternity - "i'm real
this is totally baffling, i think the concept for the group is their faces are all generated with AI tech or something? but the end result there is really bad lol. and the music is bizarre, an uncanny valley of a pop song to go with the video? everything about it is just slightly off in a fascinating way
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 10:24 (two years ago) link
been a couple of months since anything caught my ears. liked this tho
DPR LIVE - HULA HOOPS(ft Beenzino, Hwasa)
also
E.SO - ORGEL
― oscar bravo, Saturday, 31 July 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
THE BOYZ - THRILL RIDE
WEEEKLY - HOLIDAY PARTY
ROCKET PUNCH - BUBBLE UP
― oscar bravo, Monday, 9 August 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
yeah there were a few months where it seemed like there were no good songs at all, but now everything's sounding great again! Really like that Weeekly track, and "Bubble Up" reminds me of early Twice.
Love this AKMU song with IU, bit of a departure in sound for both the group and YG: NAKKA
Members of SISTAR continue making awesome summer jams post-disbandment: HYOLYN & DASOM - Summer or Summer
SF9 keeping my k-pop garage house dreams alive: SF9 - Tear Drop
Just a fun track: HYO - Second (feat. BIBI)
― Roz, Friday, 13 August 2021 10:09 (two years ago) link
xposts to ufo
i finally watched that eternity video and oh my, that is terrifying but yeah weirdly compelling at the same time. I feel like there's a semblance of a decent song in there but the vocals/visuals are all wrong lol
― Roz, Friday, 13 August 2021 10:13 (two years ago) link
that's a terrific group of tracks. love the beat drop in the sf9, and the hyo is glorious as well. i am a bit of an iu agnostic but am feeling that akmu collab.
― oscar bravo, Friday, 13 August 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9RzZpV460k
new red velvet is fun, not their most exciting but it's solid
― ufo, Monday, 16 August 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
the whole mini is really good
― ufo, Monday, 16 August 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
"Queendom" was a bit disappointing I thought, but will check out the mini.
I ended up listening to the AKMU collabs EP, and it's pretty decent if a little bit all over the place, stylistically. They always have such lovely melodies. And amazed that YG allowed them to shoot videos for every song lol.
Like this one: Hey Kid, Close Your Eyes (feat. Lee Sun Hee)
― Roz, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 06:03 (two years ago) link
found 'queendom' the track to be meh, but enjoyed the mini.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
stray kids' new one is a tad disappointing in that it's basically a retread of "God's Menu", but it's still pretty good. they definitely have settled into a signature sound: maximalist horns (helpfully telegraphed here by the lyric "horns get louder and grander, honk honk"), nonsense punctuating sounds, shifting tempos, intensity dialed up to 11.
also, their new album is titled "NOEASY" in case anyone suggests they aren't self-aware.
STRAY KIDS - Thunderous
― Roz, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 06:49 (two years ago) link
new brave girls is nice and catchy
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 07:21 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZECe-55HY
yeah it's fun
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 07:54 (two years ago) link
I really like the Red Velvet mini! Pushing and Pulling is maybe their most openly spicy track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYNU9D3mV68
Personally I like Knock Knock the best, Red Velvet are so good at RnB, that track really plays to their strengths as vocalists I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1VghRUV508
I do like how even in Queendom, which is like mostly straightforward pop, they throw a couple jazzy chords in a short chromatic run on the chorus (on that "Bling Bling" part). This is just what kpop is like now.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 27 August 2021 02:45 (two years ago) link
I really like the Brave Girls track! Finally a worthy follow up to the viral hit.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 27 August 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3FVZNbm31w
i love it...
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 27 August 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
the guitar hook sounds vaguely familiar, it's probably from a popular song right?
but they just did such a good job with this!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 27 August 2021 03:20 (two years ago) link
also don't think anyone posted this, but it's probably the got the hook that's been stuck in my head the most this summer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzOjwL7IP_o
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 27 August 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
And just catching up, but that AKMU track is incredible!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 27 August 2021 03:32 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMwJtMJLXE0
lol the CL album is apparently finally coming out in october after what, 6 years? this actually plays to her strengths for once
― ufo, Saturday, 28 August 2021 02:11 (two years ago) link
that's better than her previous tracks but still don't love it. lol @ her roping in John Malkovich for this though
― Roz, Saturday, 28 August 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link
Yeah i'm not too into this. She sounds good but the lyrics are like... already at the level of BTS Butter reaching for the most casual listener when she hasn't really broken into the market yet outside out the kpop and industry circles. If that makes sense.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 28 August 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
Like way too obviously aware of the mainstream listener.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 28 August 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLlnf3dVzWU
thank you youtube recommendation engine
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 28 August 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
4 member vers of BTOB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-rD_vr_2xQ
the instrumental bridge at about 3min is really cool!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 2 September 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja0MZQOWl1w
stayc - "stereotype"
one of the stronger girl group singles this year
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
a change of pace, v beach house/snow patrol to my ears
NELL - BEAUTIFUL JEOPARDY
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
ballad of the year imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbIJV4aJRIA
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 08:39 (two years ago) link
The most divisive of kpop groups back with another jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPdWvnAAurg
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 10:28 (two years ago) link
rolling up for the final 5 seconds of your music vid
JESSI - COLD BLOODED(with SWF)
― oscar bravo, Saturday, 16 October 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=lisa+lalisa&view=detail&mid=4B2D07A38DF623B1A5B54B2D07A38DF623B1A5B5&FORM=VRRTAP&PC=EMMX04
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 16 October 2021 23:45 (two years ago) link
i still don't really know what to make of "savage", there's some nice sound design i guess but the song just isn't there. it's fragmented in a bad way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-kl89T3Tnw
this (ichillin' - "fresh") would be great rather than just good if they made it a little hookier but there's still a lot to like here
― ufo, Thursday, 11 November 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
love this
― nxd, Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jhxOwcaw0
billlie - "ring x ring" is pretty decent
― ufo, Sunday, 14 November 2021 06:54 (two years ago) link
^ A Kim Eana / Lee Minsoo joint
― abcfsk, Sunday, 14 November 2021 08:20 (two years ago) link
CHUNG HA - KILLING ME
also some christmas music
STRAY KIDS - CHRISTMAS EVE
found the new everglow song 'pirate' quite dizzying,to my ears there are at least 5 or 6 different bits of songs incorporated and unfortunately i only liked a couple of them. styling immaculate tho.
EVERGLOW - PIRATE
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
think i screwed up that everglow link think this one should work EVERGLOW - PIRATE
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnpUv1Vj5MA
loona - "hula hoop"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y40Ma6HXbw
onf - "goosebumps"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--FmExEAsM8
ive - "eleven"
"killing me" and "pirate" are fun and lmao "christmas evel" is ridiculous in a good way
― ufo, Saturday, 4 December 2021 10:44 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdnTGnm6Yk
It's really funny what lessons kpop producers take from current trends... "that Justin Bieber song is doing pretty well, why don't we do a song about Peaches?" XD
"Feels good to be the bad guy" and the outfits are my favorite part of this.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 4 December 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link