Just a quick post before I go to visit my friend; heard this new song by newcomer Ssemy. At first I was like: ‘eh… this doesn’t sound too good…’ but it’s so catchy! Definitely has influences from Victoriana and doo-woping. Catchy~
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Chae Yeon – Shake
11 AugNow, I love Chae Yeon for being a sassy confident performer. Lord knows she isn’t the best singer or dancer but she has a lot of personality and seems friendly, but also a bitch. I bet she’d claw Hyori’s eyes out to be considered the sexiest Kpop star. That’s beside the point though; Chae Yeon recently came back with a mini-album (everyone in Korea is releasing mini-albums, why?) with her first song called Shake. Shake is pretty catchy but less dancey than her older songs. I wasn’t really blown away by her new stuff, it all sounds very similar and not that catchy. But! The best thing about her most recent work is her live performance dance routine. Oh my god, I will never get over it. It’s major epiq lols – especially if you use it as a victory dance. Check it out below~
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T-ara – Lies/Wanna Play @ Inkigayo
3 AugT-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 MaySo, 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 AprSooo… 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 AprSo, 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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