[MV] LOOΠΔ / Chuu - Heart Attack

Give me those Magritte apples all day every day!!!
Different feel from the recent ones. Very theatrical. The b-side is still in that R&B range though. More towards house.
Chuu is the 10th LOONA girl to be introduced. Getting very close to 12 now!

I'm going to quote this from the description, because I'm living for this narrative they're crafting:

The new single lets the fans take a peek into what JiWoo, who has already been a popular trainee among fans, had to go through to become ‘Chuu’, and her desire to be loved by Yves, who also has said in her lyrics, “my heart that wants to be like you gets colored, filled with you.” 

The titled track “Heart Attack” does not interpret the feelings of being in love in a serious way, but with Chuu’s own adorable emoticon-like ways. The music video has references to historical and fictional figures such as the artist Rene Magritte, Hans Christian Andersen’s short story “The Little Match Girl”, and John Appleby’s novel “Aphrodite Means Death”... 

... When four girls who denied the garden of Eden gathers, the party begins.

My kind of party.

[MV] Younha - Parade

AAAHHHH. Might have one of those last minute additions to my top 30 list for the year. I love this! It's so happy! Groovyroom has produced so many tracks I've adored this year.

[MV] Sunwoo Jung A (feat. IU) - C A T

Official channel link

[SPECIAL MV] NU'EST W & SEVENTEEN - HEAVEN

Have to post this. So cool.
NU'EST W and Seventeen did a collaboration stage at the MAMAs this year, but as is typical of such award shows, the camerawork was less than optimal for seeing the actual performance. Here we get to see the full choreography in all its glory. Live sound complete with foot stomps. I love me some foot stomps. The song was made specifically for the collab. Fun having a total of seventeen guys for it.

[MV] Giriboy (feat. George) - The Graduate

Official channel link

[MV] Eric Nam - Hold Me

[MV] Yoon Jong Shin, Jung In - The Coldness

Well, that was depressing.
Jong Shin's December release.
Nice seeing Bae Doona in a music video!

[MV] EXO - Universe

I just listened through EXO's winter album, which is lovely. Haven't been a fan of their main EDM/trap stuff, so hearing their more ballad/R&B-focused sound was really nice. I recommend it if you're into that sort of thing.

[MV] Uhm Jung Hwa - She

Awww, a sweet little retrospective on her career. That's cool.

[MV] BUMZU (feat. Sik-K) - I'm Good

Official channel link

[MV] 7th Street - Yesterday's Star

[MV] TWICE - Merry & Happy

[MV] Crush - Be By My Side

Talking at the beginning. Song starts at 1:12.

[MV] Eddy Kim - POOM

[MV] Giriboy (feat. Kim Seung Min) - Whyyoumad

[MV] MAJOR9 artists - Goodbye Santa Claus

Collaboration of MAJOR9 artists including: VIBE, 4MEN, Ben, Kim DongJun, Francis, and YO$AP.

[DEBUT] Kim Young Geun - Under Wall Road

[MV] Kim YongJin (with ARKAY) - Alt+F4

[MV] KONSOLE - Always

[MV] CHEEZE - See You Again

[MV] 2LSON (feat. Hannah Jang) - Mona Lisa

Nice voice.
Got an excellent dancer for the MV, too.

[MV] MoonMoon - Fish

[MV] wetter - You n Me Us

[MV] Kyungri X Jeong Jinwoon - White Christmas

[MV] Roh Ji Hoon - No Worries

Missed this guy. I like his voice. Still not sure why he is called 'Roh' and 'Noh'. The Hangul is Noh, but when he was with Cube, they always called him Roh. Anyway, the full song can be heard here:

[MV] HIZY - Self-Portrait

[MV] ABRY - Lonely Christmas

[MV] LAYSHA - PINK LABEL

NSFW kinda...



Laysha is one of those erotic performance groups.
They have relatively decent production quality compared to other groups like them.

[MV] WeAreYoung - Thanks

[ADMIN] SHINee's Jonghyun, our Jjong...

Couldn't bear thinking about this post, but I think I'll do it now while it's still raw... for my own process. I will not be posting music videos for a few days. I'll try to catch up at the end of the week and weekend. Thank you for your patience.

Kim Jonghyun of SHINee has passed away.

In the full post there is SM's official statement, some links, and my personal response to what has happened. Everything is after the jump-cut so it can easily be skipped for anyone having too difficult a time with all this. Please do not read further if frank discussion of this event would overwhelm you.

To Shawols, I love you.

To the greater Kpop community, hold each other tight.
Provide all the support you can and embrace support yourself if you need it.

To Jonghyun, thank you for sharing your voice and your music.

You've worked so hard.

♥

[REMAKE] NCT DREAM - JOY

Station2 #36

Bit a wild mash-up of Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, and some original stuff.

[MV] LEESUN (feat. eastmerlin) - I love YA

[MV] XIA Junsu X Lim Chang Jung - We were...

Official channel link

My boy, Junsu! He's still in military service.
Don't often hear a full-out ballad by two big male voices anymore.

[MV] Brand New Music collaboration - Baby Can I

Official channel link

Bumkey, Chancellor, Sanchez, Taewan, Yang Da Il, and MXM.

[MV] Woodie Gochild (feat. Jay Park, Dok2) - Let's Get It

Dok2's part is only in the full audio track.

[MV] LONG:D (feat. Kim Doyeon) - All night

Cool song. Nice atmosphere.

[MV] Lee Juck - Compass

[MV] B.A.P - HANDS UP

Official channel link

[MV] Soyou (feat. Geeks) - The Night

Official channel link

[PROMO/CF] BTS - With Seoul

BTS being BTS at the end. Lol.

A lot of Korean tourism stuff is building up ahead of the Winter Olympics, which will be in PyeongChang in February. Getting close!
Available as a free download on Seoul's tourism website.
[VisitSeoul.net link]

[MV] Uhm Jung Hwa - Ending Credit

Uhm Jung Hwa feeling her 80s Flashdance, Paula Abdul, Madonna, 'I have the sudden urge to go watch The Breakfast Club and Dirty Dancing' fantasy... and I'm living for it.

[MV] Taeyeon - This Christmas

[MV] SAAY (feat. Crush) - SWEATY

Ooo! Sexy song.
Missed her official debut a few months ago, but it's in English. Apparently super-sexy sounding songs are her thing. I love her voice. I'll put her debut, 'Circle' in the full post.

[MV] LOOΠΔ / ViVi, Choerry, Yves - The Carol 2.0

From the description, this sub-unit is called 'ViRryVes', but I don't know if that's just a temporary thing for this Christmas release or if there will be more...

[MV] DPR LIVE - Text Me

[MV] Car, the Garden (feat. Ohhyuk) - Island

[MV] Dear, My Fool

[MV] TWICE - Heart Shaker

I wish the camera was steadier for more of this.
It's cute. Twice the TWICE!!!
I like these choreo-based MVs for them.

[MV] Younha (feat. pH-1) - Hello

Official channel link

[MV] 40 - Wet

Pretty sure this is only rated 19+ because he's smoking a cigarette.

[MV] Sophiya - For The Record

[MV] Junny Kim - MAYBE

[MV] TAEMIN - Day and Night

[MV] Heechul, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Solar - Charm of Life

Station2 #35

Entirely parody.

[MV] Starship Planet - Christmas Day

Official channel link

K.Will, Soyou, Boyfriend, Cosmic Girls, Mad Clown, Junggigo, Yoo Seung Woo, Brother Su, Monsta X, Duetto, Jeong Sewoon, Lee Kwanghyun, Mind U... so many people aaahhh! Not sure if I got everyone.

[MV] Yangpa - Trembling

[MV] Jang MoonBok, Seong HyunWoo - Don't Be Scared

These guys were on Produce101.

[MV] Kim Youngchul X JeA - An Ordinary Christmas

Official channel link

Lol. Youngchul is too much.

[MV] DPR LIVE - Martini Blue

Carrying through those gorgeous landscape shots from Jasmine.

[MV] KARD - Trust Me

Official channel link

[MV] GOT7 - Teenager

[DEBUT] THE BOYZ - Boy

New Cre.ker Ent. group. 12 members. A bunch of them have appeared in other MVs or on TV shows like Produce101 and Kpop Star 6. They also had a reality show leading up to debut called 'Flower Snack'.
Nice MV. The choreo performance shots are cool, albeit slightly disorienting.

Performance version:

[MV] Sohee, Kim Sang Gyun - Childlike

Official channel link

Hunus Entertainment's Holiday collab.

[MV] Cardean - Insomnia

Funky. I think this is a new band?

[MV] Mighty Mouth - Instagram

NSFW: Instagram models, pole-dancing, bikini babes, etc...



Not unusual for Mighty Mouth to do something goofy, but their leads are usually so catchy you can't get them out of your head. This is not one of those catchy leads.

[MV] DAY6 - I Like You

[MV] Jaurim - XOXO

[MV] HyunA - Lip & Hip

Official channel link

[MV] Zion.T (feat. Lee Moonsae) - SNOW

[MV] Han Dong Geun - Undoable

Official channel link

[MV] SUMIN - MIrrorball

[MV] KISSES - ... (Dead-End)

[MV] Pretty Brown - Away

[MV] Jung Key - First Love & Only You

First Love (feat. Yuju of GFRIEND):



Only You (feat. Yoo Sung Eun):

[MV] FR:EDEN (feat. Dopein) - Twilight

[MV] RAIN - Gang

I really don't think this style suits Rain. Odd choice.

[MV] Baek Ah Yeon X Wendy - The Little Match Girl

Station2 #34

[MV] The Barberettes (feat. Gilgu Bonggu) - White Blanket

[DEBUT] KISSES (feat. Sik-K) - Hope You're Ruined

[MV] NewKidd - Will You Be Ma

[MV] Wilcox (feat. Boni) - Rose

[MV] Fishingirls - With Mr. Sungmin

[DEBUT] fromis_9 - Glass Shoes

Technically their pre-debut. This is the group that was formed on Mnet's show 'Idol School.' Just watched them perform at the MAMAs in Japan yesterday and they had nice clean choreo.

[DEBUT] BLK - HERO

These guys had an intro video back in November that was pretty cool.
I'll embed it in the full post.

[MV] Jackson Wang - OKAY

[MV] 1NB - Where U at

WARNING: NSFW heavy petting, bloody violence, gore, and implied cannibalism?!



Wasn't sure these ladies would actually get their follow-up after Stalker came out in February. Still creepy af!

[MV] jeebanoff (feat. Changmo) - Timid

[MV] JUSTHIS & Paloalto (feat. CIFIKA) - Brown Eyes View

[MV] John Park - SMILE

[MV] NAUL - Emptiness in Memory

[MV] VIANN x KHUNDI PANDA - Sinkhole

[MV] KODI GREEN, MacAilley (feat. Belle, kuki) - View

[DEBUT] Cherry B - Her

IU is credited as the lyricist.

[MV] LOOΠΔ / Yves - new

New LOONA lady!
From the Hangul, Yves basically sounds like Eve and if you read into the description you can see the Eve/Eden/apples theme is intentional. I didn't know what the heck to think of this project when it got started, but they're doing a pretty great job so far keeping the hype up.
Yves is the 9th of 12!

Choreography version:

[MV] JUN.K - A Moving Day

[MV] MAP6 - Love is Gone

Official channel link

This song sounds like AOA's Mini-skirt and Infinite's discography had a baby.

[MV] MXM - SAVE THE REST

[DEBUT] Busters - Dream On & Lalala

Dream On:



Lalala:



These actually have some decent production for nugus. Lalala has like... marimba or synth marimba, which is interesting?!
Their name is the exact same Hangul as the rock group BURSTERS, which is unhelpful. Lol.

[DEBUT] BLAH BLAH - Good Job

This is the 'Black' version. There's a 'White' version as well. I'll embed it in the full post.

[MV] Huh Gak - Only You

Official channel link

[DEBUT] Hey Men - Jelly

[REMIX] BTS & Steve Aoki - MIC Drop

Photosensitivity warning for flashy light from 1:43 to 2:15.



#1 trending on Youtube as I post this. #1 on iTunes in the US and 50+ countries...
There are four versions of this song:

• The original on their album. (live performance)
• This version, remixed by Steve Aoki, with more English lyrics.
• This same track plus a feature with Desiigner is playing on US radio. (link)
• And finally a Japanese version. (short PV)

The timing of this post-AMAs debut, on Black Friday, is pretty ideal. More records are being broken already. BTS is absolutely killing it right now. KILLING. IT. Glad to have the energy of this choreography immortalized in official MV form. Jimin and J-Hope are  insane... jfc.

[MV] PENTAGON - RUNAWAY

Official channel link

[MV] PENTAGON - VIOLET

Official channel link

[MV] D.ear X Jaehyun (NCT) - Try Again

Station2 #33

[MV] HONEYST - Someone to Love

Official channel link

[MV] Dok2 - CRAZY

[MV] Rhythm Power (feat. Crush) - Dongseong-ro

[DEBUT] I'll - I Don't Want U Back

Gotta get some better artist names up in here.
Nice atmospheric sound.

[DEBUT] JUNKY GREY - Grey Desert

I think these guys are new. Just the duo. A K-rock group styled after visual-kei J-rock.
Very reminiscent of HYDE or L'arc-en-ciel.

[MV] TARIN - YOU'RE DOING FINE

[MV] Yoo Seung Woo - Anymore

[MV] KARD - You In Me

Official channel link

I was fascinated seeing romantic relationships played up in a co-ed group, because that seems like a risk... AND THEN IT TOOK A TURN. WTF. I don't even know how to feel about this! Lmao.

[MV] Wanna One - Beautiful

Edit: Bumping this again because the performance version was just released and it's so pretty it's worthy of a boost.






This crazy convoluted Kdrama plot... lmao. Use that Produce 101 budget!
The song is nice. Korea will love it. Well-timed feeling for the season.

[MV] Epik High (feat. Jongwan of NELL) - LOST ONE

Tablo said he subtitled this himself.
The video is tied in to a movie called 'Forgotten', due out soon.

[PROMO/CF] Zion.T - Nu Day

Quite a few nice CF songs this year. This one is for Volkswagen (obviously!).

[MV] Basick - STARTER

[MV] Kassy - Listen to this song

[MV] JUN - When I Call

This guy is/was a part of BgA (as Jeungri) with NigaHiga/Wong Fu Productions. But he does lots of Kpop covers in violin as a youtuber and has his own music.

[MV] Phonebooth - Leave Myself

[MV] BANHANA - Someday

[MV] Ga Eun - Falling in love

[MV] Monday Kiz, Kim Bo Kyung - White Dress

[MEDIA] BTS at the American Music Awards

That @BTS_twt arrival though. 💯 #BTSxAMAs pic.twitter.com/TGxo4PvNFY

— AMAs (@AMAs) November 20, 2017

BTS will be performing on the American Music Awards tonight. I'll probably be compelled to make a long post about it after everything is over and I've had time to process it. You can find resources and streaming links over on reddit if you'd like to watch live. I'M NOT COMPLETELY FREAKING OUT--YOU ARE!!!

LINK TO /R/BANGTAN on REDDIT

Edit: The lighting was dark, the camerawork was bad, half the performance was shots of the audience losing their minds (which was kinda fun), the fanchants were muted, and the mics sounded weak on the broadcast.

But then ARMYs come through with a bunch of fancams where you can actually see them, watch the full choreography, hear the EXTREMELY LOUD fanchants, and can really tell they had live mics (Jungkook's "Let's go! Let's go!" at the end). Not sure if this particular cam will stay up, but here's one:

I, for one, am completely thrilled.
Their [VLIVE] after the show is also all kinds of delightful.

[MV] Red Velvet - Peek-A-Boo

Never mind the kids and the wife... hide yo pizza delivery boy!

The mix sounds really flat/quiet on this MV to me, but I'm not finding a better alternative. MelOn might be the best.
Anyway, I really like this! Just finished listening to the full album It's what I was hoping to hear for their first 'Velvet' album, but it ended up being too ballad-heavy. This album is more in the vein of quirky R&B I wanted. The 2nd track 'Look' is my favorite, which is very funky 80s R&B.
My jam.

[MV] Samuel - Candy

[MV] SNUPER - Dear

[DEBUT] YUSEOL - Ocean View

Nice debut.

[MV] ALi - No Way

[MV] Soyou, Sung Si Kyung - Still

[MV] George - Boat

You think it's going to be a joke.
And then it turns out really nice.
Still funny though.

[MV] LambC - Lady

Drum. Cat.

[MV] Lovelyz - Twinkle

[MV] Fly to the Sky - Your Season

Official channel link

[MV] Guckkasten - Stranger

New Guckkasten makes me a happy lady!

[MV] DIA (solo artist) - Fly Girl

[MV] KIGGEN (feat. SOLAR) - CLOUDY

Official channel link

[MV] Yoon Jong Shin (with Minseo) - Yes

[MV] Koh Na Young - Clumsy

NSFW: Restrained/abused(?) woman being man-handled.
The context might be that it's all acting/fake, but it was still disturbing to watch for me personally.
So, fair warning.

[MV] Collective Arts, Minsu - Chum

[MV] LambC - WINTER

[MV] Kim Dong Wan - AFTERIMAGE

Slightly disturbing imagery and a little blood. Nothing very graphic.

[DEBUT] ABRY - The Dream of Ugly Duckling

Sounds like these ladies can really siiing.

[MV] Swings (feat. Jay Park, Crush) - Clock Out

Pleasant beat. Kinda wish the whole track was just Crush. :P

[MV] divin' - Deep In

Always nice to come across an obscure artist/song with zero expectations and end up loving it.

[MV] Baek Ji Young - DESTINY

[MV] NewChamp - Training Zombie

Featuring artists: Sleepy, Zol P, Chillin Ovatime, Feless, Woodie GoChild, and Luda.

[MV] Marychou - LOVE KING

[MV] LAZYBONE - Tinkerbell

This gave me the giggles.
Also just a fun little punk/rock jam.

[MV] JooHee - Goodbye Now

[MV] SURAN (feat. Crush) - Love Story

[MV] TAEMIN - Thirsty

The inconsistent lighting and camera movement makes this really disorienting.



Station2 #31

[MV] VICTON - Remember Me

[MV] Gugudan - Chococo

Beware if creepy dolls freak you out (ahhh lol).



If Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was even more of a fever dream...

[DEBUT] Rothy - Stars

Beautiful voice!

[MV] Choi Gogi (feat. Chikko, Mackoy) - Second Way

[MV] Urban Zakapa - When we were two

[MV] G.URBAN - Just Friend

[MV] Kim Sohee (feat. Yezi) - SobokSobok

[MV] EXID - DDD

There's some rapid strobing light at the start and a couple other spots.



I'm-bring-in'-sexy-back...
This is really fun and the ladies look amazing. Solji is still managing her thyroid condition, so she won't promote with the others. But her voice is on the album!

[MV] MONSTA X - DRAMARAMA

Official channel link

[MV] Block B - Shall We Dance

The styling is a mess. Interesting sound though.

[MV] SOMA - Someday + Face Me

Both tracks are extremely chill and pretty.

[OST] Jimin Park - Say I Love You

From the Meloholic OST.

[MV] SEVENTEEN - CLAP

Appreciated that Wes Anderson-esqe intro. Lol.
Trying to figure out how I feel about the electric guitar in this. It's cool, but it might be making the song drag a bit? Hmm.

[MV] Super Junior - Black Suit

So much brass!

[MV] SONAMOO - I (knew it)

Official channel link

[DEBUT] Jeon Soyeon - Jelly

Solo debut after being fairly popular on Produce101 season 1.

[MV] DAY6 - All Alone

[DEBUT] Gate9 - Chemical

New 9-member girl group.
Looks and sounds pretty good once it gets going.

[MV] Nick & Sammy - Without You

Official channel link

[REMAKE] JINBO (feat. Chancellor) - My love by my side

Official channel link

Original by Kim Hyunsik.

[MV] KREAM - Photograph

Official channel link

Completely different from the last track I heard from him, which was DALLA.

[MV] WE ARE THE NIGHT - Deeper In Love

[MV] Muzie (feat. XQ) - Sindorim

[MV] Eddy Kim - Bet On Me

Official channel link

[MV] MINAH - 11°

Official channel link

[MV] ASTRO - Crazy Sexy Cool

[MV] VAV - She's Mine

[MV] Nieah - Baby I

[MV] Stella Jang (feat. Olltii) - Cheerleader

Official channel link

[MV] The Rose - Like We Used To

[DEBUT] SOLE (feat. THAMA) - RIDE

Devine Channel started their own label in collaboration with Sony.
SOLE is their first artist to debut.

[MV] SOMA - In My Phone

[DEBUT] Hyeongseop X Euiwoong - It Will Be Good

More of the Produce101 season 2 contestants debuting.

[MV] Crucial Star (feat. Brother Su) - send me

[MV/MEDIA] THE UNI+ (music videos)

My Turn (all participants):



KBS's The UNIT is one of the newest idol survival shows. This one is dedicated to giving 'failed' idols another chance or giving newly debuted groups an opportunity to get some media attention. Three introductory MVs are out now, which I believe are from challenges in the early episodes, but I've barely started watching!

I'll put the other two in the full post. There's one for all the gentlemen competing and one for all the ladies competing.

[MV] LOOΠΔ ODD EYE CIRCLE - Sweet Crazy Love

Nice groove.

[MV] Super Junior - One More Chance

Only Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, and Siwon.

[MV] BeatBurger - MONSTER

BeatBurger's MVs are always nuts.
That was a creepy adventure.

[MV] VOISPER - Save As

Official channel link

[MV] JUNIEL - I Drink Alone

[DEBUT] WH3N - Something that You Left

[MV] TWICE - LIKEY

Without the 'Me likey likey likey' parts, I'd like this a lot. Lol.
The pre-chorus is great.

[MV] NRG - 20th Century Night

Oh my gosh, NRG. Throwback and a half.
I don't think they've done anything since like '05.

[MV] Gavy NJ - You said you were happy

[MV] Yoon Jong Shin - I Am You

I feel a strong urge to get my tango on.

[MV] Yoo JaeSun - Feeling Something

[MV] PLAYBACK - Want You To Say

Official channel link

[MV] EPIK HIGH (feat. IU) - Love Story

[MV] Samuel Seo - Off You

[LIVE/COVER] Kangta X Wendy X Seulgi - Doll

Station2 #29
Original sung by a couple of the Shinhwa guys (2001).

[MV] Eunha (GFRIEND), Chunji (TEEN TOP) - Hold Your Hand

[MV] Yuju (GFRIEND), JIHOO (IZ) - HEART SIGNAL

[MV] ALi, Paul Kim - For less than a month

[MV] JIMIN (AOA) - Hallelujah

I think we'll be hearing a lot of Despacito-esque guitar for the rest of the year.
This MV is also uploaded to 1theK and FNC's official channel, but the audio quality is bad on both of them. WKorea appears to be the proper source. Much better sound.

[1theK upload]
[FNC upload]

[DEBUT] IN2IT - Amazing

The final 8-member team from BOYS24.

[MV] Lalasweet - A Night in Seoul

[OST] NiiHwa - What I Want

I don't always post OSTs, but when I do it's a chill percussive track from NiiHwa.
From the Mad Dog soundtrack.

[MV] SONIC STONES - Answer

[MV] Louie, Soyou - Monitor Girl

Warning: Gunshot to the head right at the start.



Never fails to baffle me that knives are blurred out, but straight headshots are fine.
Anyway, dunno what kind of Looper madness is going on here... or why it's only half a song.
If you want to hear the whole thing: [unofficial audio link]

[MV] Young Cream (feat. Blino) - BANANA

[MV] EPIK HIGH (feat. Oh Hyuk) - HOME IS FAR AWAY

A little snippet of LOVE STORY at the end, which features IU.
Going to listen through this album as soon as I'm done posting.
New Epik High is always a joy!

[MV] LOOΠΔ ODD EYE CIRCLE - LOONATIC

Interesting track for Loona.
Kind of a streaming consciousness English thing going on there.

[MV] KillaGramz (feat. Hash Swan) - Coloring

[MV] Lim Chang Jung - Do You Know That Person

[MV] Wheesung/Realslow (feat. Hash Swan) - Aroma

Wheesung started his own label. His new stage name and label name are both Realslow.
Bit of an odd choice so far into his career.

[MV] DMEANOR - Do Nothing

[MV] HEYNE, Minsoo - LOVE is Blind

[MV] Danny Gold & FNRL - Hand In Hand

[MV] 4MEN - Break Up In The Morning

Official channel link

Some MVs are so packed with every Kdrama cliche that I can't take them seriously.

[MV] MARMELLO - Can't Stop

[REMIX] EXO - Power (R3HAB Remix)

Station2 #28

[MV] Double K - Cypher (Multiplayer)

[MV] JeA - Only without me

[MV] Winterplay - Es Tu Vida

[DEBUT] JBJ - Fantasy

These guys participated in Produce 101. All from different agencies. They're like a second Wanna One in that way. They were very popular on the show, but just missed out on the top 11, so there was a big/positive public response to the idea of putting them together in their own group. The contract for JBJ is set for 7 months, but extension is possible if they do well.

[MV] A.C.E - Callin

Photo-sensitivity warning for lots of flashing/strobing light.

[MV] The Barberettes - Fall Is Coming

[COVER] SOLAR - Alone People & Autumn Letter

Alone People (orig. Lee Jeong Seon):



Autumn Letter (orig. Kim Min Ki):

[MV] pH-1 (feat. Jay Park) - Donut

[MV] O.WHEN - Fall In Love

[MV] Jubi (Sunny Hill) - Autumn Rain

[MV] ALEPH - No One Told Me Why

[MV] MOONSHINE X Dash - Feel Feel

[MV] XION (feat. Woodie GoChild) - Lookin'

[MV] TAEMIN - MOVE

Taemin will always be the spritely 14 year old kid he was at debut to me. Been quite the privilege to see that kid develop into the performer he is now. Extraordinary. Especially cool to see him push some concepts that I wouldn't typically see SM being comfortable with. Good for him.

There's also performance versions. One is focused on Taemin and includes the backup dancers. I'll put it in the full post. The other has just Taemin and Koharu performing. It's on [VLIVE].

[MV] HIGHLIGHT - Can Be Better

Official channel link

[MV] BTOB - Missing You

Official channel link

[MV] SEVENTEEN SVT - Pinwheel

Just the vocal unit: Jeonghan, Joshua, Woozi, DK, Seungkwan

[MV] Doyoung X Sejeong - Star Blossom

Station2 #27

NCT's Doyoung and Gugudan/IOI's Sejeong.

[MV] GOT7 - You Are

Lyric video version

[DEBUT] Stray Kids - Hellevator

These kids are going to be JYP's new boy group. This isn't technically their debut. There will be some kind of survival audition show starting on the 17th, but I don't know if that means some will be cut before the end, or if it's just a getting-to-know-them through challenges. kind of thing.

[MV] VARSITY - Can you come out now?

[PROMO/CF] Block B - My Zone

Commercial for the LG V30.

[MV] JYP (feat. Heize) - Regrets

[MV] Pungdeng-E - Stay

[MV] Jung Dong Ha - Your Season

[MV] Jane Jang - velvet

[MV] Monday Kiz - When Autumn Comes

[MV] Yoo Seung Woo - Tonight

[MV] Parc Jae Jung - The Villain

[ADMIN] A smoke-laden update

FYI, I'm in Northern California. KPOPPY is named thusly for our lovely California poppies around here. Since the middle of the night on Sunday, I have been in the eye of a firestorm that has massively destroyed significant areas of the place I've called home for 31 years. I am insanely lucky to still have my house. Many of my friends had only minutes warning to flee their homes before they burned down behind them. I was without power/internet for a while and shifting around to safe areas.

I'm one of the fortunate few to be safely in my home again, but the region is still burning and things could change at a moment's notice. Doing a big update while I can right now (grateful for something 'normal' to do), but I can't guarantee I'll be as on top of things for another week or two. Glad to still be with you.

If you're interested, donations can be made to North Bay Fire Relief.

♥

[MV] SF9 - O Sole Mio

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[MV] UP10TION - Going Crazy

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[DEBUT] RAINZ - Juliette

Another unit/group formed from PRODUCE 101 season 2 contestants. Companies represented: C2K Ent., 2ABLE Co., 2Y Ent., OUI Ent., GON Ent., K-TIGERS Ent., and WH Creative.

[MV] HA:TFELT (feat. PUNCHNELLO) - Read Me

[MV] HA:TFELT (feat. Gaeko) - I Wander

This is really nice, but I've had enough of burning buildings and sirens this week.
The start had me grimacing.

[MV] Wooyoung (2PM) - Still Here

[MV] MASC - Do It (+ Run To You)

I'll put Run To You in the full post.

[MV] Davichi - To Me

[DEBUT] Hash Tag - Hue

[MV] SEVENTEEN SVT - Lilili Yabbay

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Also called '13 Dance of the Month'.

[MV] NU'EST W - WHERE YOU AT

NU'EST's sub-unit while Minhyun completes his contract with Wanna One.

[DEBUT] TRCNG - Spectrum

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[MV] WeAreYoung - The First Moment #1

[MV] DPR LIVE - Jasmine

[MV] AOORA (feat. Will) - SLAY

Featuring a sample (2:00) of the iconic Shangela sugar-daddy speech from season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race (1:45). Dunno why. AOORA did a video with Edward Avila (beauty guru) earlier in the year about Drag lingo... I have no other context. Lol.

[OST] WheeIn - Shadow

From the Yellow OST.

[MV] RaNia - Breathe Heavy

This was released like a month ago. I thought a proper MV might be released for it, but this performance version is the best we got. Figured I'd pop it in here now that we're coming back from the Chuseok break.

[ADMIN] Happy Chuseok!

This will be a slow release week due to the Chuseok holiday. The Kpop subreddit has a nice post compiling lots of Chuseok greetings from many groups/artists. Whether you celebrate or not, let your family or chosen family know you love them. Eat some good food if it's available to you. Put some good into the world to counteract the bad. Much love to you.

♥

[MV] SEVENTEEN SVT - TRAUMA

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Back to SEVENTEEN's hip hop unit.

[MV] DAY6 - When you love someone

[MV] MAX Changmin - In A Different Life

Station2 #26

Changmin back from military service.
Hopefully some new TVXQ material before the end of the year!

[MV] BolBBalgan4 - Fix Me

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[MV] Los (feat. Jay Park, G.Soul) - Bad

[MV] Ahn Seung Hun - Better Than Some

[MV] BolBBalgan4 - Some

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This mini album sounds like it'll be another Korean chart crusher!
Two other videos were released (Blue and Imagine), but they're short versions. Only a minute long each. I'll put them in the full post.

[MV] P.O (feat. Chancellor) - MEN'z NIGHT

Bruno Mars meets Block B wackiness.

[MV] OVAN (feat. JANNABI) - Clicher

The Korean title (그 영화의 주인공) is more like 'protagonist of the movie'.
I wonder if it should be 'clincher' in English... or 'cliche'? Dunno.

[MV] Paul Kim - the Road

[MV] Ants, Serri (Dalshabet) - Jakku

[MV] U-KNOW Yunho - DROP

Station2 #25

Yunho back from military service!
Changmin will have a Station track out soon, too.
This feels so SMP from the later '00s even though the production is more current. Feels very reminiscent of his solo track 'Spokesman' from back in 2007. Interesting.
And the video is Junsu-tier epicness. Lol.

#24 was IMLAY X Laura Brehm's track 'Daylight'. All English.

[MV] K.will - Nonfiction

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K.will always coming through with the emotional gut-punch.

[MV] Royal Pirates - Where U At & Hasta la Vista

Where U At:



Hasta la Vista (english):



Sad news. Royal Pirates is going on indefinite hiatus.
I'm emotional seeing this old footage.
James, the bassist, left Royal Pirates officially back in January. He was injured terribly in a freak accident that mutilated his hand a couple years ago. He attempted to keep it, reconstructive surgery, treatments, etc. Played some keyboard and worked more on production. Just in the last week he posted an update on Instagram that completely broke my heart with a picture of his hand (It's graphic, be cautious if you look for more info on his story). James is obviously going through a very difficult time and may be losing or may have already lost his hand.
The remaining two members will have military service (Sooyoon) and solo composing work (Moon), so they are essentially disbanded as a group for now.
My thoughts go out to James. ♥

[DEBUT] Skooby Doo (feat. NiiHwa, DJ DREV) - Stan Lee

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[MV] NADA - Trippin'

Formerly of WA$$UP.

[MV] B1A4 - Rollin'

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[MV] SVT LEADERS - CHANGE UP

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A SEVENTEEN subunit with just the leaders of each unit:
S.Coups (Hip Hop), Woozi (Vocal), and Hoshi (Performance).

[MV] O3ohn (feat. JOONIE) - kalt

Just came across this dude thanks to reddit. Sounds remarkably like OhHyuk.
This was released back in February. [O3ohn soundcloud link]https://soundcloud.com/o3ohn

[MV] Boys in the Kitchen - See The Sun

Nice little rock jam.

[MV] Sik-K - Earphone

[MV] Brooklyn (feat. KEEZY) - NOTHING I WON'T DO

[DEBUT] monogram - The Child

[REMAKE] IU - Last night story

Lol. The downward spiral.

[listen to the original by SoBangCha]

[MV] LOOΠΔ ODD EYE CIRCLE - Girl Front

A new sub-group for LOONA.
ODD EYE CIRCLE includes JinSoul, Kim Lip, and Choerry.

[MV] SECHSKIES - SMILE

[MV] NIEL X JUSTHIS - What's Good?

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[MV] Sik-K - Your Night

[MV] Crucial Star (feat. Han-All) - study abroad

[MV] APRIL - Take My Hand

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[MV] Seo EunKwang (BTOB) - One Day

Official channel link

Almost thought it was a cover of Goose's Dream from the opening notes. Lol. Nope.

[MV] SugarBowl - Crusin'

[MV] BTS - DNA

The performance looks absolutely insane. I'm all over that.
The vibrant colors. All over that.

I think it falls a bit into the 2017-itis category for me. A little too much crammed into one track. So much going on. But on multiple listens it holds together better. I could lose that off-syncopated snare tap though (or whatever it is). That's killing me.
Just got through the album. Serendipity and Dimple (track 4) are my jimmie-jams. My least faves are DNA and Best Of Me (Chainsmokers joint). But I can overall enjoy the whole thing. Still haven't heard the hidden tracks yet...

[MV] Sunny X Henry - U&I

Station2 #23

[MV] Yoon Jong Shin, Eddy Kim - Now

Official channel link
Part of the SM/Mystic Snowball Project. Hareem and Cho Jung Chi in the instrumental.

Frickin' animated pig got me bawling.

[MV] Rocoberry - Bob Shou Wa

[REMAKE] JINBO (feat. Jay Park) - Just You And Me

Official channel link

KRNB2 is Jinbo's 2nd remake album.
This is a remake of  Just You And Me (그대와 단 둘이서) by Kim Hyun-shik’s from 1986.

[MV] Sik-K, pH-1, Jay Park - iffy

[PROMO/CF] Junoflo X Yoon Mirae, Nucksal for KIA Motors

Junoflo (feat. Yoon Mi Rae) - GHOOD MORNING
KIA Picanto



Nucksal - YES I AM
KIA Stonic

[MV] EZ Kim (feat. Taylor) - Place

[MV] LEESUN - CAKE

[MV] Bobby - I LOVE YOU

[MV] Bobby - RUNAWAY

[MV] Yoon Hyun Sang - Silhouette

[MV] GFRIEND - Summer Rain

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[MV] ELRIS - Pow Pow

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Not not sponsored by Kellogg's, Windex, Coca Cola, or Hershey's... LOL.
Catchy hook.

[MV] Jung Min Hyuk - HOLY-DAY

[MV] D.I.P - A Likely Night

[MV] 20 Years of Age - Not Him

[MV] Bizzy (feat. YDG) - What's up Hyung

[MV] Junho (2PM) - Instant Love & CANVAS

Instant Love:



CANVAS:

[MV] SLEEPY (feat. BLOO, Liquor k.jr) - So what

[MV] SugarBowl - A Very Special One

[MV] BewhY (feat. Dok2) - 9UCCI BANK

Crazy instrumental. Weirdly evokes Gershwin for me.
American in Paris or something. Or like... West Side Story...

[MV] Koh Na Young - Stars

[MV] Sway D - Hurricane Love & Go Up

Hurricane Love:



Go Up:

[MV] Monday Kiz - If you leave me now

[MV] THE SOLUTIONS - Thumbs Up

OOOOOooooohhh damn. I love this.
Thumbs up from me!!

[MV] Yoona - When The Wind Blows

Station2 #22

Last week was this purely instrumental Man In the Mirror tribute to Michael Jackson.

[MV] SEENROOT - TOGETHER

[MV] NOVADOX - In My Sight

[MV] NCT DREAM - MY PAGE

[MV] Soyou - The Blue Night of Jeju Island

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[DEBUT] Dasom Kyung - Think I Wanted To Be

[MV] G.Soul - Can't

[MV] Yonko - Butterfly

[MV] BYE BYE BADMAN - Monolove

[MV] XION (feat. Changmo) - OOH AH

[MV] DAY6 - I Loved You

[MV] Pentagon - Like This

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[DEBUT] MXM - I'm The One

More Produce 101 guys. Eventually they'll be in BrandNew Boys once their labelmates are done with the Wanna One contract. MXM is their sub-unit in the meantime.

Tons of boy groups are doing this sound and style right now. I think this is one of the best executed. Nice track.

[DEBUT] Kim Yongjin - NG

I remember this dude from Produce 101 as being diagnosed with glaucoma super young. Pretty talented. Unique video. No idea who the artist is.

[MV] Cho Hyung Woo - Afternoon Dream

The lyrics are so cute. Lol.

[MV] EXO - Power

Chinese version

EXO is doing a comic book concept for their repackage, which is cute.
The over-the-top sound effects muffling out the actual song are kind of a shame.
I was rooting for the budget Portal turret.

[MV] BTS (Jimin) - Serendipity : LOVE YOURSELF 承 Her

Please watch this. It's an experience worth having. It has subtitles in English (thanks, BigHit!), but I recommend just watching and listening once through first, then turning them on.

For the uninitiated, this is Jimin. He's a vocalist and (amazing) dancer in BTS. Typically BigHit takes the intro track of the album to make the 'Comeback Trailer'. The equivalent from the WINGS era was 'Boy Meets Evil', the album's intro track featuring only J-Hope rapping (and dancing). It features one member of the group and sets the concept/theme for the comeback. Serendipity is the first time one of the vocal-line in BTS did the intro. It has always been the rappers before.

Just like 'Save Me' was a bit ahead of the Tropical House curve in terms of Kpop picking up trends in western music, this one is tapping into some of the more spare/organic sounding R&B that's pretty current. Compare to Kendrick Lamar's 'LOVE'.

Y'all know I watch a lot of videos. It takes something incredibly special to earn my highest praise.
Serendipity has all of it.
The video is a masterwork. LUMPENS continues to be my favorite director team working in Kpop. The chill track is lovely. Above all, it is the sensitive vocal production that has me trembling. I'm full of thoughts about this whole piece. I'll just put them in the full post to avoid more clutter.

[MV] B.A.P - HONEYMOON

Official channel link

I cannot deal with mullets coming back to Kpop.
Otherwise really nice.

[MV] Junho (feat. CHEEZE) - Bye Bye

[MV] San E, PENOMECO, Microdot, Kebee - Fresh Up

Official channel link

[MV] PEEJAY X Zion.T - NA B YA

Tight.

[MV] SEVENTEEN - MY I

A special MV for this b-side. Only JUN & TH8 from the performance unit.



Chinese version

[MV] Lee Gikwang - What You Like

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[MV] BLACK6IX - Like a Flower

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[PROMO/CF] DEAN - Run the Streets

For Puma.

[MV] 10cm - pet

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[MV] Henry - That One

All English, but I think I like it more than anything else Henry has done.

[MV] Junho (2PM) - Fine

[MV] Pentagon - When I Was In Love

[DEBUT] IM - SAD STORY

Not to be confused with I.M (MonstaX).
New MBK group. Supposedly there will be 10 guys total, two units, vocal and performance.

[MV] 10cm - Phonecert

Official channel link

Cute lyrics!

[COVER] Crush (w/Wonderlust) - Last Festival (Seo Taiji 25 Project)

[Seo Taiji & Boys performing Last Festival]

[MV] Moon Yirang (feat. Hoody) - APHASIA

[MV] Jeong Sewoon, Sik-K - JUST U

Official channel link

Good to see Sewoon debut after being so popular on Produce101, but not making it in to Wanna One.

[MV] Babylon (feat. Chung Ha) - LALALA

[DEBUT] IZ - All you want

Official channel link

Have some rhythm changes, why don't you?!

[MEDIA] A couple notes and BTS for funzies

There's a big strike happening next week for KBS and MBC union members. It means that a number of popular TV shows are cancelled indefinitely as well as the DMC Festival which had a massive line-up of big artists/groups. Hopefully it will be resolved neatly, but there will certainly be some industry interruption in the meantime. [Korea Times article]

All members of INFINITE re-signed their contracts except for Hoya who is leaving the group. A sad day for Inspirits, I'm sure.

The lovely Alex Reid, who was a member of BP RaNia and recently left, just did an AMA over on the /r/kpop subreddit. Bit of a rare opportunity for some candid insight into what the Kpop girl group life is like. [Link to Alex's AMA]

September is looking tantalizing for comebacks. The big guns are showing up with some overlap. EXO's repackage, GFriend repackage, BTS's big comeback, TVXQ with Station singles post-military service, Lim Chang Jung, and possibly Taemin in there somewhere. Potentially big stuff as we head towards festival/awards season. I hope we can get something awesome in there. (IU as well, updated a day later!)

And for fun, we don't get this kind of thing often from western media, so I'll post it in appreciation. PEOPLE (magazine) released a 3-minute interview with BTS months ago, which is funny as is, but they just uploaded a long 20-minute version yesterday that is pretty hilarious and charming. So if you're in need of some giggles, I recommend it. These guys are gearing up for a massive promotional period through the end of the year, so brace yourselves. (Also props to Rap Monster for handling all the necessary English translation duties through their US tour and Billboard shenanigans!)

[MV] Primary (feat. Soyou) - Right?

Official channel link

There are five little short MVs for the rest of the songs on the album. Each about a minute and a half. I'll put them all after the cut along with a link to his shininryu sessions.

[DEBUT] GOOD DAY - Rolly

The Produce101 guys are showing up in so many MVs. Lol.
Not a bad debut, but I wonder when we'll hit peak cutesy-concept for girl groups.

[LIVEMV] Wanna One - Wanna Be (My Baby)

[MV] ZSUN (feat. Nari of WA$$UP) - AH YAH SO NICE

NSFW for some very overt sexy-dancing.



I think she choreographs for KARD(?).

[MV] HyunA - BABE

[MV] The Barberettes - Shoo

Their harmonies are little warm hugs for my ears.

I believe the story behind this song is that Shinae An wrote this as an ode to fangirling over Kang Daniel (now in Wanna One) while watching Produce 101 season 2 this year. Cute!
[link to a relevant post on her Instagram]

[MV] VIXX LR - Whisper

[MV] 10cm - HELP

Official channel link

Well, I'm crying...

[MV] Yoon Jong Shin - Home Made

Incredibly, Jong Shin's 'Like It' from back in June is still killing the charts after getting a perfect all-kill almost two weeks ago. It's a wall.

[MV] Nick & Sammy - Belong To Me

Official channel link

Kinda dig this one.

[DEBUT] Golden Child - DamDaDi

Woollim's new boy group!

[MV] TREI - UP

[MV] DIA - Can't Stop (E905)

A bit late on this one. There was a delay before it was posted to Youtube after Naver and I forgot to backtrack for it once it was up!

[MV] FlaShe - Popping

[DEBUT] Class Mate - My Star

[MV] Sanchez (feat. Yong Jun Hyung) - Mesmerised

Official channel link

[PROMO/CF] Jay Park, Boi B, Double K - Reborn

Promo for Whal Myung Su, which is some kind of drink to improve digestion(?).
Kind of a tight track for an ad. Lol.

[MV] Jackson Wang - Papillon (English)

[MV] HIGHTEEN - Would You

[MV] Kassy - Let it rain

Official channel link

[COVER] Heize - In the Time Spent With You (Seo Taiji 25 Project)

[original Seo Taiji & Boys track]

[MV] Park Ki Young - Lie

[MV] Deepshower (feat. G.Soul) - Found U

[DEBUT] S.I.S - I've Got A Feeling

[DEBUT] GreatGuys - LAST MEN

[MV] Yoo Seung Woo, Younha - Can't Stop This Feeling

Official channel link

[MV] Hoody - HANGANG

[MV] MOVNING - Little Fighters

[MV] Lee Seung Hwan - God Of Money

The depressing accuracy of the chorus. -___-
Seunghwan always seems to do interesting stuff.
I love political/social commentary material in general.

[MV] Kei.G - Planetarium

[DEBUT] S2 - HONEYA

[MV] Jisook, Ilhoon - Baesisi

Ilhoon (BTOB) and Jisook (ex-Rainbow)

[MV] PRISTIN - WE LIKE

Official channel link

[MV] VICTON - UNBELIEVABLE

Official channel link

[MV] MiSO - Pink Lady

[MV] CANDO (feat. Jung Jaepil) - FunFun

[MV] SUNMI - Gashina

Not super into the track, but I love her attitude through the MV.
Reminds me of SPICA's 'You Don't Love Me' a bit.

[MV] MOMOLAND - Freeze

[MV] Reno - My Song

[MV] DIA - DARLING MY SUGAR

[MV] DIA - LO OK

[MV] G-DRAGON - BULLSHIT

This music video is only supposed to be available to people who bought GD's album on USB. Chances are this unofficial upload will be taken down at some point.

[MV] Samuel (feat. Maboos) - One Two Three

Bit of a 1Punch throwback. Heh.

[REMAKE] Jane Jang, GIANTPINK, PERC%NT - Dumb Dumb

Official channel link

A completely different feel from the original Dumb Dumb by Red Velvet. Cool.
Snowball Project for the win on this one.

[REMAKE] Red Velvet - Rebirth

Station2 #21

SM Ent. and Mystic Ent. have this collaborative project going on (Snowball Project). Sharing some artists/producers and also remaking stuff. Station is SM's thing. LISTEN is Mystic's thing. Snowball is the overall collab across both companies. Pretty neat.

[MV] Loco (feat. GRAY) - Summer Go Loco

Official channel link