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T-ara – Lies/Wanna Play @ Inkigayo

3 Aug

T-ara are back! There’s been some changes and they now have 6 members and they seem to be following the Hallyu trend of big girl groups that all dance and sing and rap. Granted, these girls don’t have the finesse or experience of say 2NE1 (who are going from strength to strength), Girls’ Generation (who seem to be the most popular girl group at the moment) or Wondergirls (making waves in America) but I do like them. I think they have some of the stronger voices in K-pop. However, I wish they would practise more and not lip-sync eh!

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T-ara – Good Person ver 1

1 May

So, I’ve been on a bit of a K-pop kick recently. I dunno, I just think it’s pretty awesome. T-ara, a new girl group from Mnet, has just released their first MV for their debut single Good Person ver 1. The MV is a little boring, but I think the song is rather awesome! I was a little weary of a new girl group, especially after listening to 2NE1’s lollipop song… But I was surprised by how great T-ara sing! The song has a lot of emotion and powerful vocals. Girls’ Generation are undoubtedly my favourite, but T-ara might just be up there for second place with Wonder Girls ^^

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BoA – I Did It for Love

17 Apr

Sooo… the video for the much hyped second single from BoA’s self-titled English debut album, I Did It for Love, has recently dropped! And it’s pretty darn awesome! I’ve never seen BoA dance as amazing as she does in the video. It’s non-stop, incessant dancing something special! It’s amazing! The video reminds me of Rihanna’s Umbrella a lot, but I can’t think of any singer/entertainer that can dance as good as BoA. No one. Nope, no one at all! Britney, Ciara, Rihanna, Shakira, Beyonce, whoever you want to suggest, BoA, technically, is a much better dancer!

The song itself is also pretty cool, definitely one of the best from her album. I also think this being treated more like the proper first single, Eat You Up was more of a taster, to introduce BoA to the country, and now this is the proper single. Anyways! Check it out! It’s definitely my favourite PV of the year so far!

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Girls’ Generation – Gee

11 Apr

So, I’ve loved J-pop and C-pop for a few years now, but there’s a certain kind of pop music that’s getting my feet tapping. No, not Icelandic pop music, K-pop (Korean)! Korea definitely has one of the coolest, trendiest [insert superlative here] cultures at the moment. Korean cinema is arguably the coolest and most innovative (along side, say… Spanish cinema).

Not merely a country with awesome films (Lady Vengeance being one of my favourite movies of all time), it also has pretty awesome pop music. This isn’t necessarily music that is new, progressive or slick. It’s pop music at it’s cutest bubbliness! What could be more cute than 9 Korean girls bouncing around and singing ‘Gee gee gee gee gee gee’ over the place? It’s awesome~

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