Monday, May 20, 2019
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
[MV] EXID - ME&YOU
Hani and Jeonghwa didn't renew their contracts with Banana Culture and the company said the other three who re-signed will be focusing on solo work. Not disbanding officially, but this is probably the last full-group EXID release for a long time. T__T
Monday, May 13, 2019
[DEBUT] LIM JIMIN - Loveholic
Lim Jimni is also in Play M Entertainment's trainee group known as Play M Boys.
Solo debut first!
Thursday, May 9, 2019
[MONTHLY] Favorites for APRIL 2019
We had big releases last month with BTS and TWICE. 'Boy With Luv' and 'FANCY' have been stuck in my head since they were released. Even though I prefer BTS's darker sounding tracks, BWL was a ton of fun and FANCY is just straight-up an earworm.
But! For April, I went with IZ*ONE and So!YoON! for my top picks. 'Violeta' feels gorgeous, lush, and full of energy every time I listen, and HOLIDAY is just the kind of groove I'm always in the mood for.
A bunch of indie choices in here for April, like YUNGDAN's 'Keep Going', which has an awful video there is no point in watching, but the song is chill.
In the full post: BOL4, MINHYUN, FLAG, Woogotsa, BTS, Eian, YUNGDAN, Kisum, TWICE, Joy o'clock, Newkidd, BOYCOLD, and PERC%NT,
But! For April, I went with IZ*ONE and So!YoON! for my top picks. 'Violeta' feels gorgeous, lush, and full of energy every time I listen, and HOLIDAY is just the kind of groove I'm always in the mood for.
A bunch of indie choices in here for April, like YUNGDAN's 'Keep Going', which has an awful video there is no point in watching, but the song is chill.
In the full post: BOL4, MINHYUN, FLAG, Woogotsa, BTS, Eian, YUNGDAN, Kisum, TWICE, Joy o'clock, Newkidd, BOYCOLD, and PERC%NT,
[DEBUT] Leo Kang (feat. Nody Cika) - LIKE THIS
I think this guy is from the boy group 'KINGDOM', but they're super-indie and haven't really released an MV yet.
[MV] Beenzino (feat. E-Sens) - OKGO
Back from military service!
Auto-tuning Beenzino's pretty vocal tone is killing me. :(
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
[MV] WE ARE THE NIGHT - Bunker
Gentle warning that the MV is a little... bloody? Pretty song though.
Friday, April 26, 2019
[DEBUT] NewKidd - Tu eres
Pretty strong. They had a few sub-unit/pre-debut songs before this, but this is their official debut.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Sunday, April 21, 2019
[MV] Jay Park - Dank
Hey, it's my favorite chill R&B version of Jay Park!
Jay announced he's planning to retire in a couple years, so I'm guessing he'll be putting out material at his typical level of relentless hustle before then. Lol.
[MV] Stephanie - Man On The Dance Floor
Her classical training is obvious as ever when she moves. Lol.
Good to see her still making music.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
[DEBUT] KATIE - Remember
Bumping this up again to add the new version with Ty Dolla $ign.
Basically the same song (which is so good!) with a singing interlude from Ty.
Video still gorgeous with some new imagery in there.
Original post (180608):
This is all English, but the video is too spectacular to pass over. She has a cool voice as well.
Katie Kim won K-Pop Star 4. She was with YG, but she moved to AXIS in the midst of preparing her debut. YG is still her distributor for now.
Basically the same song (which is so good!) with a singing interlude from Ty.
Video still gorgeous with some new imagery in there.
Original post (180608):
This is all English, but the video is too spectacular to pass over. She has a cool voice as well.
Katie Kim won K-Pop Star 4. She was with YG, but she moved to AXIS in the midst of preparing her debut. YG is still her distributor for now.
[DEBUT] 1THE9 - Spotlight
They also had a 15 minute long video called 'The Story' released ahead of this. I'll put it under a cut.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
[MV] 1THE9 (feat. Crush) - Domino
1THE9 was formed on the show 'UNDER19'. This is their pre-debut.
They have a year-long contract as a group.
[MV] Fishingirls - Enamoured
Lol. I don't really know anything about these ladies, but I like them a lot.
[MV] GIRL CRUSH - Memories
NSFW (19+ warning)
GIRL CRUSH is one of those 'erotic performance' groups that tour the festival circuit, like Bambino or Laysha. Lots of gratuitous boob, crotch, and butt shots in the MV. Song is fairly decent though. One of the better productions I've heard from this type of group.
GIRL CRUSH is one of those 'erotic performance' groups that tour the festival circuit, like Bambino or Laysha. Lots of gratuitous boob, crotch, and butt shots in the MV. Song is fairly decent though. One of the better productions I've heard from this type of group.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
[ADMIN] Regarding the Burning Sun / hidden camera scandals...
Seems like a necessary post to make at some point. How about now? Lol.
So, I mostly keep these things separate, but if you also use reddit's /r/kpop it's probably not a secret that I'm a moderator there. I use the same username everywhere. Since the end of January, we've been covering this massive Seungri, Jung Joon Young, Burning Sun, molka, corruption, etc, scandal. It has taken a huge amount of work from our mod team to stay on top of it. It's the primary reason I've been a little slower with updating KPOPPY recently.
As of the time posting this, we're up to our sixteenth megathread and this thing looks like it's just going to keep going and going and going.
Trigger warning if you don't know about this stuff and start clicking through. Be careful. Sexual assault is a significant facet of these stories.
Our timeline / catch-all for news
Our Who's Who compiled list of who is involved
Megathread 16
In the full post, I'll detail how all of this stuff is going to impact what I do here.
So, I mostly keep these things separate, but if you also use reddit's /r/kpop it's probably not a secret that I'm a moderator there. I use the same username everywhere. Since the end of January, we've been covering this massive Seungri, Jung Joon Young, Burning Sun, molka, corruption, etc, scandal. It has taken a huge amount of work from our mod team to stay on top of it. It's the primary reason I've been a little slower with updating KPOPPY recently.
As of the time posting this, we're up to our sixteenth megathread and this thing looks like it's just going to keep going and going and going.
Trigger warning if you don't know about this stuff and start clicking through. Be careful. Sexual assault is a significant facet of these stories.
Our timeline / catch-all for news
Our Who's Who compiled list of who is involved
Megathread 16
In the full post, I'll detail how all of this stuff is going to impact what I do here.
[MONTHLY] Favorites for MARCH 2019
March was packed! I had like five tracks that could have been my top choices. Tried to pare it down, but I still ended up with 18 MVs in the full post. They might all struggle to load in. Beware! Lol.
Going with these two for the top. SUNMI's 'Noir' and RM's intro for BTS's new era 'Persona'. But Subin's 'Katch Up' and TXT's 'Crown' debut were also super strong contenders and they easily could have fit in here too.
In the full post: Jus2, KEY/Soyeon, Jang Dong Woo, TXT, Subin (DALsooobin), Hong Jinyoung, EPIK HIGH, GWSN, Park Bom, The T-Bird, Adios Audio, MAMAMOO, VSiiGN/JK Kim Dong Uk, EDEN, Jeong Sewoon/PENOMECO, Vincent Blue, JBJ95, and CIFIKA/Crush/Woo.
Going with these two for the top. SUNMI's 'Noir' and RM's intro for BTS's new era 'Persona'. But Subin's 'Katch Up' and TXT's 'Crown' debut were also super strong contenders and they easily could have fit in here too.
In the full post: Jus2, KEY/Soyeon, Jang Dong Woo, TXT, Subin (DALsooobin), Hong Jinyoung, EPIK HIGH, GWSN, Park Bom, The T-Bird, Adios Audio, MAMAMOO, VSiiGN/JK Kim Dong Uk, EDEN, Jeong Sewoon/PENOMECO, Vincent Blue, JBJ95, and CIFIKA/Crush/Woo.
Friday, April 5, 2019
[MV] BLACKPINK - Kill This Love
Absolutely stunning production in the video.
Unfortunately, not into the song at all. I'm craving a core melody and there just isn't one. It's all bombastic beat. I'm sure it'll be huge for worldwide fans.
[MV] KU ONE CHAN (feat. Chang Sukhoon) - Dear you
This sounds like something Alice Vicious would do.
Strange but nice.
[PROMO] MOMOLAND - BANANA CHACHA
Theme song for the the kids' TV show 'Pororo the Little Penguin'.
There's a version of the MV with Pororo in it. I'll put it under the cut.
[MV] NEVADA #51 (feat. Purple J) - Sun (and Moon)
This band has an album called 'Solar System' with a song for each of the planets.
Very indie, but kinda cool.
Monday, April 1, 2019
[MV] DEAN (feat. Sulli & Rad Museum) - dayfly
Nice to hear Sulli again.
The end of this MV stressed me out so much. Lol.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
BTS (RM) - Persona (MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA)
Been listening to this all day. Very freakin' excited about this comeback. There have been hints of them throwing back to their older stuff for a while, which is what I've been hoping for. 'Persona' pretty literally references and samples RM's Skool Luv Affair intro from way back in 2014, animation included.
'Map of the Soul' is the name of the whole era/concept. 'Persona' is the first part (album will release on April 12th). Seems likely that 'Shadow' and 'Ego' will be the next parts. BigHit always gets elaborate with their marketing though, so who knows?!
[DEBUT] Fantamony - Only One For Me
Don't know anything about them, but acapella groups are always my jam and they sound awesome.
Also 'Fantamony':
Monday, March 25, 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
[MV] MOMOLAND - I'm So Hot
I believe a couple of the ladies are out for health reasons.
Got the snake charmer tune in there. Kinda feels like it's pushing for the virality of BBoom BBoom or even Baam, but it's a little too generic for me.
Monday, March 18, 2019
[DEBUT] EVERGLOW - Bon Bon Chocolat
New Yuehua Ent. girl group.
The auto-tune is killing be, but it's a strong track.
Friday, March 15, 2019
[DEBUT] The T-Bird - ROCK STAR
Another 'popsical' group. This sounds like pretty typical pop to me.
Good though!
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
[MV] Park Bom (feat. Sandara) - Spring
Bom's back!!!
Didn't know Dara would feature so much. Really nice to have them both on this. I just want all the 2NE1 ladies to triumph after the garbage they went through at YG.