ANNYEONG~~~ SloMover - pre-debut SNSD member, former YG trainee, former After School Pre-School girl, auditioned for JYP but was beat out by Dahyun, and Produce 101 contestant (ranked #286!) - reporting in for duty. Easter not only sees the Easter Bunny thotting about and Jesus being the ultimate stunt queen with ha resurrection, but also the eagerly awaited (kind of) 9th edition of the K-Pop Justice Song Contest! So what's this round's theme? KPSC IX: THE ALBUM TRACKS Would we stan acts like SHINee, EXID, Red Velvet or LOONA as hard as we do if their album tracks weren't so experimental and strong? Probably, but we wouldn't have the in depth conversations that we currently do. Sure, title tracks are were all the effort is put in, and historically Kpop is a genre that is textbook definition of 1x killer single surrounded by a sea of filler dirge (e.g. see my Sistar rate!) - but in recent years, groups have really come to care about the art of an EP/mini-album/album, crafting strong bodies of work. Nowadays the album tracks really reveal the musical identity of an act. So lets give thanks to the unsung heroes of Kpop - the songs that we love just as much as the titles, but are only ever performed on tour (if the group is popular enough to tour) or in a horribly butchered edit on the music shows (again, only if the group is popular enough to warrant a second stage). HOW IT WORKS: PM me your chosen album track ONLY ONE SONG PER ARTIST IS ALLOWED, if a song and/or artist has already been submitted, you will need to submit another track by another artist. THE RULES: What can't I enter? NO songs previously submitted in prior rounds (See Master List HERE + Round 8 entrants HERE) NO title songs - this includes sub-titles (e.g. BLACKPINK's Don't Know What To Do or Forever Young) or joint titles (e.g. 2NE1's Go Away/Clap Your Hands/Can't Nobody) NO songs with official videos (e.g. After School's Play Ur Love or Red Velvet's I Just, despite how shit the video is) Ok... So what can I enter? Album tracks only! Songs performed on any of the music shows are fine, as long as they don't fall into any of the above exclusions Other language releases by Kpop acts are permitted DEADLINE: Wednesday 1st of May - no strict time deadline, whenever the last timezone crosses over to the next day. Hopefully you guys discover new tracks through this round which maybe will make you want to explore an artists' discography. But most of all, have fun! Xoxo, Slo <3
~THE VOTERS~ @vague @BEST FICTION @FunkyButChic @eliminathan @Dangerous Maknae @Oleander @Empty Shoebox @Salami @Kuhleezi @Slice of Life @askew @codecat @Deja-Boo @Coming Century @soratami @OspreyQueen @ThighHighs @eccentricsimply @Vixen @Serg. @Cotton Park @junglefish @thommyh @He @Ana Raquel @Island @evilsin @ohnostalgia @Sanctuary @RUNAWAY @Twinkle @savilizabeths @Wills
~THE SONGS~ Son Dambi - Super Duper Wonder Girls - One Black Night APink - Drummer Boy Red Velvet - Look SNSD - KARMA BUTTERFLY f(x) - Airplane T-ara - One & One Oh My Girl - Twilight Dreamcatcher - Diamond Miss A - Lips Taemin - Crazy 4 U GFRIEND - You Are Not Alone Crayon Pop - 다가와 (Get It Here) After School - Love Beat Twice - Turtle Monsta X - Calm Down WJSN - Baby Face Sunmi - Black Pearl LOONA OEC - Uncover 2NE1 - If I Were You CLC - I Need U DIA - Pick Up The Phone EVERGLOW - Moon Weki Meki - Metronome Stellar - Insomnia Mamamoo - Sleep in The Car BoA - Outgrow ~Ready Butterfly~ (G)-Idle - $$$ EXO - The Eve Sistar - Lead Me Brown Eyed Girls - Wave Blackpink - SEE U LATER Fromis_9 - Coloring
Final Results #33 @FunkyButChic : APink - Drummer Boy 2 #32 @RUNAWAY : Sistar - Lead Me 10 #31 @OspreyQueen : Monsta X - Calm Down 13 #30 @Wills : Fromis_9 - Coloring 17 #29 @Deja-Boo : Crayon Pop - 다가와 (Get It Here) 18 #28 @ohnostalgia : (G)-Idle - $$$ 21 #27 @thommyh : EVERGLOW - Moon 24 #26 @soratami : Twice - Turtle 26 #25 @askew : Taemin - Crazy 4 U 27 #24 @Island : Mamamoo - Sleep in The Car 29 #23 @vague : Son Dambi - Super Duper 30 #22 @evilsin : BoA - Outgrow ~Ready Butterfly~ 31 #21 @Ana Raquel : Stellar - Insomnia 34 #21 @ Serg. : 2NE1 - If I Were You 34 #19 @Empty Shoebox : T-ara - One & One 43 #18 @savilizabeths : Blackpink - SEE U LATER 53 #17 @Slice of Life : Miss A - Lips 55 #16 @junglefish : DIA - Pick Up The Phone 56 #15 @Coming Century : After School - Love Beat 57 #14 @He : Weki Meki - Metronome 58 #13 @Sanctuary : EXO - The Eve 62 #12 @codecat : GFRIEND - You Are Not Alone 63 #11 @Kuhleezi : Dreamcatcher - Diamond 68 #10 @Cotton Park : CLC - I Need U 72 #9 @Salami : Oh My Girl - Twilight 73 #8 @Twinkle : Brown Eyed Girls - Wave 74 #7 @Vixen : LOONA OEC - Uncover 87 #6 @ThighHighs : WJSN - Baby Face 99 #5 @eccentricsimply : Sunmi - Black Pearl 102 #4 @eliminathan : Red Velvet - Look 113 #3 @Dangerous Maknae : SNSD - KARMA BUTTERFLY 117 #2 @Oleander : f(x) - Airplane 135 #1 @BEST FICTION : Wonder Girls - One Black Night 211
DDD I'm ready to watch the orbits tear each other apart over whether a + + song deserves a place over one of the solo girl's magnificent b-sides.
RED VELVET HAVE BEEN ENTERED SNSD HAVE BEEN ENTERED T-ARA HAVE BEEN ENTERED F(X) HAVE BEEN ENTERED That's a lot of heavy hitters but there's still a lot of A+ acts still to be submitted!
OH MY GIRL HAVE BEEN ENTERED DREAMCATCHER HAVE BEEN ENTERED MISS A HAVE BEEN ENTERED TAEMIN HAS BEEN ENTERED GFRIEND HAVE BEEN ENTERED
As far as Slicey and I are concerned, there is only one correct choice for this round. Everything else is a bad choice.
I am! This round starting exactly when I'm in the middle of a long trip with no access to my laptop though, ihavetolaugh.gif
