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Sunday, July 31, 2016
Saturday, July 30, 2016
[MV] Taewan - Problem
This is pretty tight.
Sounds kinda like The Weeknd.
Would be cool to have a Korean version instead of all English.
[MV] Beenzino (feat. YDG) - January
Visually beautiful.
I really appreciate that Beenzino's videos generally veer sharply away from the usual western rap/hip-hop cliches.
[MV] D.HOLIC - Color Me Rad
Warning for strobing images/light.
Supposedly this group is on the verge of disbanding, especially if this doesn't do well. I don't think it's doing them any favors.
I kept wanting them to break into some jumpstyle or shuffling during the chorus. Lol.
Needed higher energy choreo in the very least.
Supposedly this group is on the verge of disbanding, especially if this doesn't do well. I don't think it's doing them any favors.
I kept wanting them to break into some jumpstyle or shuffling during the chorus. Lol.
Needed higher energy choreo in the very least.
Friday, July 29, 2016
[DEBUT] GUN (feat. Crucial Star) - BEEP
Official channel link
GUN was a trainee featured in Starship's NO.MERCY.
He's also the cousin of Mino (WINNER).
[MV] Yoon Jong Shin (With Gaeko) - Empty City
I swear I've seen this longboarding woman on the frontpage of reddit a bunch of times.
And I believe it's called longboard dancing.
I like the track a lot. Laid-back. Summery. Chill.
[PROMO/CF] NCT 127 - Taste the Feeling
Station #25
Hey, kids! Drink Coca Cola!
PSA from AlleyBetwixt: Hey, kids! Don't drink Coca Cola!
Drinking sugary garbage is bad for your health!
Lol.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
[MV] UNICORN - BLINK BLINK
Warning for light sensitivity. Lots of strobing/flashing images.
Especially in the choruses.
I like the collage kaleidoscopic parts.
Dance version (no strobe effects!):
Especially in the choruses.
I like the collage kaleidoscopic parts.
Dance version (no strobe effects!):
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
[MV] Choi Ye Geun - Gloomy Story
Really liked her 'Super Moon' debut last year.
A bit of the melody reminds me of Sun Hee's 'Fox Rain'. Pretty.
[MV] Song So Hee - Love, Season
Check out Sohee's rendition of 'Tomorrow' on Immortal Songs from a couple years ago.
One of my favorite traditional performances ever.
[MV] Seoul Siblings - Seoul Real Estate/Morning Holiday
Seoul Real Estate/Property:
Holiday Morning:
Holiday Morning:
Monday, July 25, 2016
Friday, July 22, 2016
[MV] f(x) - All Mine
Station #24
Refreshing video! Uplifting. Apparently Amber put it all together.
And I'm pleased to see the overwhelming likes so far. Victoria also supported China's position in this ongoing conflict/scandal. Seems like the positive sound/video and the work and presence of the other members is countering any potential backlash thus far..ALL MINE OUT NOW!— Amber J. Liu (@llama_ajol) July 21, 2016
Had a lot of fun filming and editing the vid! Hope you guys enjoy! 뮤비 재미 있게 만들었어요 많이 즐겨봐주세요! #fx https://t.co/ODubPYXZuQ
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
[MV] Fei - Fantasy
The literal male gaze. Lol.
Kind of a cool idea. I think it needed some subversive element. Like the viewer being a woman or anonymous or the VR taking an unexpected turn.
And the dislikes again... Fei is Chinese, so the current conflict will affect her promotions the same as Zhoumi. Tough sell for her solo debut.
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[MV] Summer 11 - Our Nights are More Beautiful than Your Day
(aka. the most amount of tags on one post ever lol)
OTL
Artists: Bomi & Namjoo (Apink), LE (EXID), Chaeyeon (DIA), Seo Inyoung, Lee Seok Hoon (SG Wannabe), Taewoon (₩uNo), Yang Da Il, Brother Su, Chancellor, Kang Minhee (Miss $)
[DEBUT] Eyedi (feat. Loopy) - Sign
A little tricky to find info on Eyedi. This seems to be her debut.
It's produced by Jeff Bernat who has produced a lot of other recent R&B-ish tracks I like.
Like this one too! Pleasant.
[MV] LAYSHA (feat. NASSUN ) - Chocolate Cream
One of those girl groups that focuses on erotic live performances... like Bambino.
Again, it's not the sexual concept that bothers me. Not really. It's the choices the director/editor makes for the MV that bothers me.
Can you imagine a boy group with an MV like this shot-for-shot?
The closest equivalent would be N.O.M., which was way outside the mainstream, controversial, heavily stigmatized, and literally the only group of it's kind that I'm aware of.
But this kind of directing for girl groups is excessively common.
This is the problem as I see it.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Monday, July 18, 2016
[MV] ZHOUMI - What's Your Number?
The dislikes. Ouch.
Unfortunate timing as there's a major political conflict happening between China and several other maritime countries about who claims territory of the South China Sea, specifically with the Philippines right now. Some Chinese Kpop artists, including Zhoumi, have publicly stated their support of China, which has inflamed a ton of backlash from... almost everyone who isn't Chinese.
[MV] Stellar - Crying
Brave Sound not quite hitting it for me on this one.
Upbeat and fun, but a bit too generic to stand out.
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Sunday, July 17, 2016
[MV] FTISLAND - Take Me Now
Official channel link
More like FTIsland's heavier Japanese sound coming through.
Sounds fantastic. Cool video, too.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
[MV] Neon Bunny - Room 314
Her full album is available on Bandcamp: [Stay Gold]
Great chill music all the way through. Neon Bunny is love.
Friday, July 15, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
[MV] Jay Park & Ugly Duck - Ain't no party like an AOMG party
Supposedly Jay Park makes the English subtitles for his videos.
Make sure you turn them on for Ugly Duck's part at least. XD
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Monday, July 11, 2016
[DEBUT] VROMANCE - SHE
Official channel link
Finally the official debut of the brother group to MAMAMOO.
Pretty excited about these guys and I love the video! Love the dancing! Legit ballet dancers! Hwasa being adorable! WOO!
[MV] GFRIEND - NAVILLERA
Official channel link
If Glass Bead, Me Gustas Tu, and Rough had a baby with faster bpm...
The retro feel of the MV is cool.
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Saturday, July 9, 2016
[MV] Unnies - Shut Up
KBS's Official link to The Unnies - Shut Up
I'll copy this from Wikipedia:
The show features an all-female cast consisting of Ra Mi-ran, Kim Sook, Hong Jin-kyung, Min Hyo-rin, Jessi and Tiffany, and follows their attempt at fulfilling each cast member's dream using a budget of 2,196,000 won or approximately $2000. The cast members formed a special girl group named "Unnies" and released a Park Jin-young-produced single titled "Shut Up", featuring Yoo Hee-yeol.It was Min Hyo-rin's dream to debut as a girl group member, hence this MV.
It's definitely becoming the year of TV show groups, if only for temporary fun.
[MV] Pentagon - Young
Official channel link
Pentagon is a boy band being formed on yet another Mnet survival show.
This is not their debut. Just some kind of reward for these contenders.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
[MV] J-Min - Way Back Home
Station #22
J-Min has mostly done musicals and OSTs, but has been active since 2007.
[MV] C.I.V.A - Why
C.I.V.A is a satire/parody project formed on Mnet's show The God of Music 2.
Honestly not that bad for pure jokes. Lol.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
[MV] TEEN TOP - Love Comes
This is a special release for Teen Top's 6th anniversary.
Supposedly this was going to be their debut originally instead of Clap.
[MV] NCT 127 - Fire Truck
So, I'm trying to keep up with how NCT functions, but failing...
Here's SM's blurb from the description:
NCT 127 will be debuting with their first mini album “NCT #127’” on July 10th at noon (KST). This Seoul-based team consists of seven members named WIN WIN, YUTA, MARK, HAECHAN, TAEYONG, TAEIL and JAEHYUN. The number 127 refers to the longitude of Seoul, and the team will be aiming for world stage. Their title track “소방차 (Fire Truck)” is a beat-heavy track fusing hip hop and trap with lyrics about their hopes to free people from stress with music. Enjoy the music video of their title song “소방차 (Fire Truck)” and stay tuned for the updates!
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Sunday, July 3, 2016
[MV] SKULL&HAHA (feat. MC Minji) - Don't Laugh
The dancing seems more suited for an EDM track. Not reggae.
But the dance team is pretty legit. Fun to watch.
Friday, July 1, 2016
[PLAYLIST] KPOPPY's first half of 2016
The most obvious trend this year is simply escalating the amount of girl groups promoting with the cute/aegyo/schoolgirl concept from last year. While it's an interesting trend, only GFRIEND/BerryGood are in here. Last year it looked like companies were heading towards being more experimental and 'International' with their sound. In my opinion, that rings true so far. Projects like SM's Station seem to be doing fairly well. Navercast and V app live streams have become quickly significant. Lots of industry activity online should be interesting to watch expand.
Link to the full playlist on Youtube
In chronological order:
- Dal Shabet - Someone Like U
- Lucky J - No Love
- NiiHwa - Say Yes
- Yoon Jong Shin (feat. Tablo) - The First
- Stellar - Sting
- Phonebooth - The End of the Earth
- GFRIEND - Rough
- ZICO - I am you, you are me
- Daybreak - Spotlight
- GINGEE - the Sun
- GRACE - I'M FINE
- Kim Jaejoong - Love You More
- Brave Girls - Deepened
- Ladies' Code - Galaxy
- Jun Hyo Seong (feat. D.Action) - Find Me
- DAY6 - Letting Go
- N-SONIC - Excalibur
- MAMAMOO - Woo Hoo
- BerryGood - ANGEL
- Mighty Mouth (feat. Sora) - NICE 2 MEET U
- BTS - Save ME
- XIA - ROCK THE WORLD
- Luna - Free Somebody
- Heize (feat. DEAN) - Shut Up & Groove
- Drug Restaurant - Mistake
- Jeong Jin Woon (feat. Tiger JK) - Will
- Younha (feat. HA:TFELT, Cheetah) - Get It?
- Kiha & The Faces - Kieuk
- KISUM - No Jam
- Yoon Jong Shin (feat. Hanhae, KittiB) - Meaningless
Highlighted videos and my thoughts on them below.
Some bonus non-single tracks I loved at the end!
[MV] Leeteuk X Suho X Kassy X Cho Young Soo - My Hero
Station # 21
Note #20 was an English track:
Lee Dong Woo X Orphee Noah - Definition of Love
Which was kinda cool, but... all English.
[MV] VAV - No Doubt
A bit of an improvement from the previous releases sound-wise. But there's still like no low end, an odd mix, and rather raw vocals. Pretty location/drone shots
And my pet peeve about untrained dancers being in pointe shoes.
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