Thursday, October 31, 2019

[ADMIN] Quick update...

Once again, California is on fire. Just like two years ago, I've been in close proximity to a massive wildfire. PG&E has been doing these preventative power shutoffs through the month of October, so posting regularly has been challenging. The most recent of which left me with no electricity or internet for the last five days across two windstorms. Stressssss.

Anyway, will be posting again soon, but needing to decompress a little before getting back into the normal routine. Hope you're all well!

Monday, October 21, 2019

[MV] NU'EST - LOVE ME

[MV] TXT - Run Away



Loving this rock sound for them!

[MV] VAV - POISON

[DEBUT] AleXa - Bomb



Debuting in the new ZANYBROS label. Makes sense the video would be spectacular, since they've made a ton of K-Pop's most iconic MVs.

[MV] TWICE - Be as ONE



4th Anniversary for Twice!

[MV] Akdong Musician - Fish in the water

[MV] ZELO - Drunken Master

[MV] ONF - All Day

[MV] Henry (feat. Rocoberry) - Don't Forget

[MV] Knave - Cloudy

[MV] Joji & Jackson Wang (feat Swae Lee, Major Lazer) - Walking



This video. XD

Friday, October 18, 2019

[MV] BTS (feat. Lauv) - Make It Right



Re-release of Make It Right (b-side on Persona) with a feature by Lauv.

[MV] WENGIE (feat. Minnie of (G)I-DLE)) - EMPIRE

[MV] Bumkey - October Sky



Official channel link

[MV] MONSTA X - SOMEONE'S SOMEONE

[MV] SURL - Dry Flower

[MV] THE ELECTRICEELS - Coolest Waves

[MV] LYn (with George) - Farewell

[MV] TeRish (feat. SKULL) - BURN

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

[MV] N.Flying - GOOD BAM



Official channel link

[MV] Heize - Falling Leaves are Beautiful

[MV] Lim Hyunsik (BTOB) - DEAR LOVE

[MV] Lim Kim - YELLOW



Kinda fascinating to see Lim Kim go in a totally different direction with her music.

[MV] Cacophony - Spring

[MV] Xydo - Spotlight

[MV] ode - Sleepless

[MV] Slow Steady - After A Long Day



Mostly posting for the animation. Caught my eye because I think the dancer is rotoscope animated from a pro dancer performing variations from... Coppelia? Giselle? Seems like a combination of things. Cute.

Saturday, October 12, 2019

[MONTHLY] Favorites for SEPTEMBER 2019

A little late this month due to a series of unfortunate utility-related events. Had a plumbing mess with a couple broken pipes and was also one of the lucky PG&E customers to be hit by the power outages due to the weather creating fire danger. No running water and then no electricity. Basically been camping at home for the last week. Yeehaw.

Some chill, de-stressing tracks at the top. Hoody, as usual, bringing the catchy R&B groove with some nice bass. Then Sunwoo JungA once again with my favorite track from her album, this exquisite near-acappella meditation with a touch of weird. Heaven.





In the full post: HWAJA, Jang Woohyuk/Babylon, CLC, Sonnet Son, TEEN TEEN, Dreamcatcher, TWICE, J-Hope/Becky G, AKMU, Lee Seung Hwan, Samuel Seo, and ONEUS.

[MV] Stray Kids - Double Knot

[MV] Tiffany - Run For Your Life

[MV] Ladies' Code - SET ME FREE

[MV] NELL - See U in Five



Official channel link

[MV] Advanced (feat. SHAUN) - My Bad

[MV] Eian - Runaway

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

[MV] ATEEZ - WONDERLAND

[MV] AB6IX - BLIND FOR YOUR LOVE

[MV] ONF - Why

[MV] GreatGuys - BE ON YOU

[MV] OVAN - Missed Call

[MV] Paul Kim - empty

[MV] Kei (Lovelyz) - I Go

[MV] George - Nuclear Family

[MV] Jinsil X NAU - The Way It Is

[MV] Cacophony - Tell me

[MV] Kang Taegu - Flow



Chord progression reminds me of that Landon Pigg song... Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop or whatever it was called.

[MV] Dason (Joy o'clock) - The Day

Saturday, October 5, 2019

[DEBUT] SuperM - Jopping



I have such mixed feelings about SuperM. The whole thing epitomizes everything about SM Ent. in one package, which I guess is good branding. Since SM has never been interested in building a grassroots fanbase from the ground up--even actively works against that--they are continuing to take the same shortcuts over and over again to push overseas. We won't put work into making easily accessible content to global fans, but we'll throw some of our most talented performers into one group to tap into their already-existing fanbases (ignoring the fact that we're making them angry for taking the guys away from activity in their own groups), over-produce the hell out of an MV, rendering it cheesy, and give them a song that is completely derivative of all the boy group songs we've released in the last five years.

There's nothing wrong with anything here. It's just so SM to do this.
It feels like such a calculated ploy and the over-the-top spectacle leaves me feeling cold.
They would have been better off going real simple with the MV with raw, steady, shots of these guys dancing. That's where the magic would be. Instead it's buried under CG and... vehicles.

[MV] TXT - The Dream Chapter: MAGIC



Love that TXT is doing super-elaborate trailers that are basically full MVs, just like BTS. This is totally mesmerizing. Highly recommend watching the whole thing.

[MV] Super Junior - I Think

[MV] Limesoda - WAVE

[MV] Rich Brian & Chung Ha - THESE NIGHTS



An 88rising collab! All English.

[MV] Jeong Sewoon - When it rains

[MV] ARGON - Give me dat

[MV] ZICO - Extreme

[MV] HaMinWoo (feat. Lee Youngji) - Let Me Love U

[MV] Jang Woo Hyuk - WEEKAND

[MV] Vince (feat. Okasian) - MENNAL

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

[MV] ZICO (feat. Jvcki Wai, YUMDDA) - Daredevil

[MV] ZICO - Human

[MV] ONEUS - LIT



Always always gonna love traditional Korean elements in Kpop.

[MV] PURPLEBECK - Dream Line



Jaejoong's random cameo in this make no sense. Lol. Nice to see him though.

[MV] Samuel Seo - Jungle Riot



Samuel Seo does such odd, but fun stuff.

[MV] Woody, Francis - Vacation

[MV] Leebada (feat. PENOMECO) - High

[MV] Gilme - BAD GUY

[MV] Nody Cika - DALLA

[MV] Minty - Arcadia

[MV] Sandy - DOLMENG-EE

[MV] DIAMOND BRIDGE - Every Moment

[MV] APEACE - Feel So Good

[MV] Lee Seung Hwan - Between Survival & Romance

[MV] Brwn (feat. Life of Van Gogh) - Bird

[MV] JHWA - Substar