To be honest, i wasn't that impressed with the boys initially but its a grower. and the thing is, i can never get sick of the song somehow.
Time Machine is the best MV SNSD have done in awhile. Really glad they changed it up. YoonA is so gorgeous. And I keep watching Hyosung's Naughty Girl + Crazy In Love performance. She has it. I need her to go solo!
Time Machine is so refreshing especially when we've been bombarded with various MVs with dance routines. The shots are gorgeous!
The Popjustice 20 ₩on Music Prize! New to K-Pop? You NEED to listen to these: Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra SNSD - Gee SNSD - Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) 2NE1- Fire 2NE1 - I Don't Care 2NE1 - Go Away T-ara - I Go Crazy Because Of You SHINee - Lucifer After School - Bang! 4minute - HUH Miss A - Bad Girl, Good Girl Super Junior - BONAMANA 2011 NOTABLE RELEASES: Sunny Hill - Midnight Circus Hyuna (of 4minute) - Bubble Pop! *Popjustice Song Of The Day (Monday, 18 July 2011) After School - Shampoo Orange Caramel (of After School) - Bangkok City DBSK - Why (Keep Your Head Down) T-ara - Roly-Poly 2NE1 - I Am The Best Park Bom (of 2NE1) - Don't Cry f(x) - Pinocchio (Danger) Miss A - Good-bye Baby Rania - Dr. Feel Good (Korean Ver.) Infinite - Nothing's Over Infinite - Be Mine ALBUM RECOMMENDATIONS: T-ara - Breaking Heart (Repackage) 2NE1 - To Anyone 2NE1 - 1st Mini Album SHINee - Hello (Repackage) BoA - Copy & Paste (Repackage) Bada - Look At The Sea (Albums may be purchased from: Yesasia, DVDHeaven) CF (COMMERCIAL FILM) SONGS: Big Bang & 2NE1 - Lollipop Brown Eyed Girls - Smile Chock Chock Son Dam Bi & After School - Amoled Super Junior & SNSD - Seoul DJ MASA MASHUPS: 2010 Pt. I 2010 Pt. II 2009 Pt. I 2009 Pt. II Adios 2008 Girl Group Special K-Pop In A G6 BY GROUPS/ARTISTS: FEMALE GROUPS... After School Bang! Shampoo Because Of You AH Diva Wonder Boy (A.S. Blue sub-unit) Come Back, You Bad Person (Kahi solo) Bangkok City (Orange Caramel sub-unit) A-ing♡ (Orange Caramel sub-unit) Brown Eyed Girls Abracadabra Sign How Come (Live) LOVE Hold The Line (feat. Jo PD) Mama Mia (feat. Sunny Hill) (Narsha solo) Bbi-Ri-Bop-A (Narsha solo) Irreversible (Ga-In solo) CSJH Dana & Sunday One More Chance Dal★Shabet Supa Dupa Diva Pink Rocket Davichi 8282 My Man Love And War Women’s Generation (with Seeya and T-ara) Wonder Woman (with Seeya and T-ara) f(x) NU ABO Pinocchio (Danger) Hot Summer LA chA TA Chu~♡ Girl's Day Nothing Lasts Forever Twinkle Twinkle Hug Me Once Jewelry One More Time Love Story *Last performance Kara Lupin Jumping Mr. (Live) Wanna Pretty Girl Honey Miss A Bad Girl, Good Girl Breathe Good-bye Baby Rainbow To Me A Sweet Dream Rania Dr. Feel Good (Korean Ver.) Dr. Feel Good (English Ver.) Secret Madonna Shy Boy Magic Starlight Moonlight Sistar Push Push Shady Girl How Dare You Ma Boy (Sistar19 sub-unit) So Nyeo Shi Dae (SNSD) a.k.a. Girls' Generation Gee Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) Run Devil Run Hoot Oh! Into The New World T-ara I Go Crazy Because Of You Bo Peep Bo Peep Roly-Poly T.T.L (Time To Love) (with Supernova) Like The First Time Why Are You Being Like This yayaya Wonder Girls So Hot Tell Me Nobody 2 Different Tears 2NE1 (Popjustice thread) Fire I Don't Care Go Away I Am The Best Can't Nobody Clap Your Hands Follow Me Lonely Hate You You And I (Bom solo) Don't Cry (Bom solo) 4minute HUH I My Me Mine Mirror Mirror Muzik Hot Issue Heart To Heart Bubble Pop! (Hyuna solo) *Popjustice Song Of The Day (Monday, 18 July 2011) Change (feat. Junhyung of Beast) (Hyuna solo) MALE GROUPS... Beast Bad Girl Shock Fiction Breathe Beautiful Big Bang Tonight Love Song Haru Haru Last Farewell Lie High High (GD&TOP sub-unit) Look Only At Me (Taeyang solo) I Need A Girl Heartbreaker (G-Dragon solo) Turn It Up (TOP solo) B1A4 O.K CNBLUE Love Love Girl I'm A Loner Intuition Dalmatian Lover Cop Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK) a.k.a. TVXQ! Mirotic Wrong Number Why (Keep Your Head Down) Epik High One (feat. Jisun) One Minute, One Second (feat. Taru) Umbrella (feat. Younha) Love Love Love FT Island After Love Infinite Come Back Again Nothing's Over Be Mine BTD (Before The Dawn) Mblaq Oh Yeah Mona Lisa Y Cry Stay Mighty Mouth Tok Tok (feat. Soya) Love Class (feat. Han Ye Seul) SHINee Noona Is So Pretty (Replay) Lucifer Ring Ding Dong A.Mi.Go Hello Super Junior BONAMANA Sorry, Sorry It's You U-Kiss Manmanhani 0330 Finally (Brave Brothers feat. U-Kiss) ZE:A All Day Long Mazeltov 2AM I Did Wrong 2PM Again & Again Heartbeat I Hate You 10 Out Of 10 Hands Up MIXED GROUPS... Clazziquai Lover Boy Co-ed Bbiribbom Bberibbom Too Late Like This Or That (5dolls sub-unit) Lip Stain (5dolls sub-unit) Your Words (5dolls sub-unit) Sunny Hill Midnight Circus W&Whale Break It Down 8eight Without A Heart Goodbye My Love FEMALE SOLO... Bada Yes I'm In Love (feat. Taecyeon of 2PM) (Audio only) Mad (feat. Untouchable) BoA Hurricane Venus Game Copy & Paste G.NA Black & White I'll Back Off So You Can Live Better IU Good Day Nagging (with Seulong of 2AM) Lee Hyori U-Go-Girl (with Nassun) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (feat. Ceejay of Freshboyz) Lee Junghyun a.k.a. Ava Suspicious Man Vogue Girl (It Girl) (Live) Navi Heart Damage (feat. Crown J) Wasted Tears (feat. Hyuna of 4minute) Seo Inyoung Cinderella Into The Rhythm Son Dambi Saturday Night Crazy Queen Uhm Junghwa D.I.S.C.O (feat. TOP of Big Bang) MALE SOLO... Jay Park Abandoned Tonight I Want To Cry (Brave Brothers feat. Jay Park) Rain Rainism Love Story Se7en Better Together
Re: Korean Pop Welcome to Popjustice! There is a Big Band thread floating around, but a general K-pop discussion thread may be a good idea as threads centered around certain East Asian artists tend to go off topic to others because there's no corresponding thread for their peers. I don't know much about K-pop, but I do like Big Bang and some Korean BoA. Also some assorted songs from Epik High and umm... whoever sings D.I.S.C.O. I never really understood the appeal of the girl groups though - I haven't heard one decent song from them so maybe I'll check out some of your recommendations. Interesting little fact - the South Korean government apparently is pumping more money into the music industry in the hopes of either expanding it regionally or to counter a drop in sales due to piracy, etc. Not sure of the details, but interesting nonetheless. If anyone else has any recommendations feel free! I'm always up for discovering new music.
Re: Korean Pop Thank you, jknza22. I've ever seen the Big Bang thread, will probably post something there some other time. Do check out Wonder Girls, I think you will like 'Nobody'.
Re: Korean Pop D.I.S.C.O. is amazing, that could be massive over here! I think Lee Hyiori would do well here too.
Re: Korean Pop I love Hyori and Ivy! I also quite like Shim Mina, though she's a bit of a flop-star, sadly.
Re: Korean Pop Uhm Jung Hwa: D.I.S.C.O. (ft. TOP) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAnsjsyEBwk D.I.S.C.O. is a nice song but I feel it lacks something. Oh I love the rapper in the song, he's TOP from Big Bang. Something I like about the Korean Pop scene is that they have weekly TV music shows (very much like TOTP, CDUK etc.) for artists/groups to perform.
Re: Korean Pop It's very cute but the chorus sort of freaks me out because they sound black but with an Asian accent ...
Re: Korean Pop Oh good idea for a thread.. the big bang one died :( Korean pop is amazing! DBSK/TVXQ are pretty good: Mirotic (Yes Sarah Connor does have an English version of this!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILz5s0TQm8Q Se7en is trying to give America a go apparently.. he has a song with lil'kim which i LOVE: (can only find it live!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl_aytkTr1o But I think the best Korean artist has to be my baby.. Tae Yang from big bang!! Prayer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYQuFjFJwA Only look at me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6C_e0BI3Tw
Re: Korean Pop Digging up this dead thread, here's a couple of songs which I think are quite good: Sori: Newcomer in K-Pop, debut song 'Lips' is very infectious Lips - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvBlUt_rDsY Super Junior: Literally the biggest boy band in the world (13 members), first single 'Sorry, Sorry' off their latest album is a nice dance pop number Sorry, Sorry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5LfIxRJbm0
Re: Korean Pop My friend is Korean and so I got into K-Pop a little bit. I really love BoA but her English stuff appeals a bit more. I also really like the Wonder Girls. Especially So Hot. It's incredibly catchy. Girls Generation are alright. Gee is really catchy but a little bit lame. They're so cute though. That Sori song - Real Lips and Shinee - Love Like Oxygen are so good too. Love the melodies.
Re: Korean Pop I think BoA is alright; I didn't include any of her Korean songs since she isn't active in the K-Pop scene these days plus I think her Korean/Japanese songs would be too 'sugary' for non-Asians' liking. If anything, I like her old song 'Valenti'. She has a few versions of it and if I'm not wrong, in English too. Valenti (Japanese) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG0SHphpJd0 I quite like the Wonder Girls. If I'm not wrong, currently they're preparing to break into the US market (like many of their Korean counterparts) which I think they will fail miserably. I really don't see why these Korean entertainment companies are so keen on launching their stars in a foreign market and in one that is not easy to crack. I love Gee, although I have to admit it gets annoying after one too many listens. I really like 'Lips' by Sori, I think it's really good but it doesn't seem popular.