Thursday, December 28, 2017

[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



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[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



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[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!

Friday, December 22, 2017

[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

Thursday, December 21, 2017

[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

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

[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.

Saturday, December 16, 2017

[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...



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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



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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

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

[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

Saturday, December 9, 2017

[MV] TAEMIN - Day and Night

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



Station2 #35

Entirely parody.

[MV] Starship Planet - Christmas Day



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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



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Lol. Youngchul is too much.


Thursday, December 7, 2017

[MV] DPR LIVE - Martini Blue



Carrying through those gorgeous landscape shots from Jasmine.

[MV] KARD - Trust Me



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[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



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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.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

[MV] DAY6 - I Like You

[MV] Jaurim - XOXO

[MV] HyunA - Lip & Hip



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

[MV] Han Dong Geun - Undoable



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[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