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Friday, January 1, 2016

[PLAYLIST] KPOPPY's Best Of 2015 : The Eclectic Mix

A re-cap of my general guidelines.

Only songs with MVs
Synergy: The video and song amplify each other
Innovation or anything that feels fresh
We embrace weird here
No OSTs
And when push comes to shove... personal taste trumps...

2015 was a hell of a year. Last year, I tended to favor material off the beaten path. This year, the mainstream seemed to have a weird little fire under its butt. Lots of bold moves, different sound, and bucking trends that have been the norm for years. This made for many difficult playlist-crafting sessions along the way. And even now there are at least twenty songs that I could easily switch out, so we'll include some honorable mentions at the end.

I'll quickly mention a few trends I noticed. Black and white. So much greyscale in MVs this year. Not just frequency, but mostly paired with songs I loved. I started a playlist early in the year and kept it going.
HERE'S THE BLACK/WHITE/GRAYSCALE PLAYLIST.

Another trend brought me great joy. Girl groups in flats! For a long time female idols have been wearing high-heels as the standard. This led to choreography being mostly the stereotypically hyper-feminized style of burlesque/go-go/cabaret/vogue dance... as they were styles born out of wearing such shoes. It's a fundamentally different kind of limited movement and posture. Sometimes watching dudes dance in heels illustrates this best. It's not the gender, it's the shoes, and the cultural associations we connect with them.

But there has been a slew of ladies wearing sneakers, flats, or going barefoot. Lots of the new girl groups have had much freer, more energetic, and aerobic choreography because of this, which is awesome. myB, Lovelyz, Gfriend, Red Velvet, Oh My Girl, CLC, April, and Gain among others, all kept their heels on the ground and gave high-energy performances as a result.

Huge thumbs-up from me.

FINALLY TO THE PLAYLIST.
My top 30 eclectic mix. The order is purely chronological.

Link to the full playlist on Youtube

The deep dive into my choices below.

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Monday, January 4, 2016

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[MV] Dalshabet - Someone Like U

[MV] CocoSori - Dark Circle

[MV] Gary (feat. Gaeko) - Lonely Night

[MV] Seo Ye Ahn - Permeate

[MV] Rooftop House Studio (feat. Ben) - Whatever

Sunday, January 3, 2016

[MV] J.Counter (feat. Stringer) - All My Life

Friday, January 1, 2016

[PLAYLIST] KPOPPY's Best Of 2015 : The Eclectic Mix