Top 6 Kpop MVs: Go with the Flow
There was a time as a newbie Kpop listener that I deliberately went out of my way to find songs without raps. As a ’90’s Backstreet Boys girl, I just could not fathom why a perfectly good harmony needed the upheaval of a rap section?! Fast-forward six years and now some of my favorite Kpop tracks rest firmly in the rap genre! Imagine my delight when I discovered the following rappers showcasing…
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Narsha is back in the way we deserve. This is a song for the girls and the gays who kick it at the gay club. Work bitch WORK
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Song : It’s Raining (ft. Verbal Jint)
Artist : Stella Jang
Album : Colors
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baby, let’s get out of here, 같이 밖에 나가자.
let’s walk without a trace, let’s rock without a trace.
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버벌진트 (Verbal Jint) '좋아보여 2023' OFFICIAL AUDIO
Very pleasant song. Nice, smooth instrumental!
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버벌진트(Verbal Jint) - Have Something Like Oil On It (기름 같은 걸 끼얹나)
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Music Monday #233: Narsha - Game (feat. Verbal Jint)
release: December 2023
genre: Kpop
cw: flashing/strobing lights
And now for something completely the same - more Kpop! A brand new release (relatively speaking, it's nine days old now, but close enough) that takes me back to first Hallyu wave (and slightly earlier, since arguably first wave was '03 but first gen is now retcon'd back to the 90s) dance club hits, both in sound and visuals, especially YG artists like Taebin and Lexy.
So for those not familiar. Narsha first appeared on the Kpop scene as part of the girl group Brown Eyed Girls. In 2006. So yes, the fact that she's still actively making music in an industry that has a serious sexist ageism problem makes me unspeakably happy. And considering that I've been listening to Verbal Jint's productions since I discovered Kpop in the early 00s, I was pretty excited to see this collaboration pop up in the release schedule. Better still, it did not disappoint. The sound has upgraded for the current era, but "Game" still very much feels like something I'd hear in a club in the early 00s with a fairly simple bass beat and Narsha's smooth vocals. Verbal Jint only contributes the one rap verse towards the beginning, but that songwriting is definitely him. Simply put, this is an earworm, especially that chorus.
The video spends the bulk of its runtime on Narsha as she sings her way through a variety of photoshoot sets in a trimmed down production that further reminds of an earlier era. Her singing scenes are intercut with a couple of more dynamic scenes - Narsha standing still in a moving crowd, Verbal Jint dancing on a couple sets, and the two of them in a car together as if on a date. The costuming, Verbal Jint's dance style, and the use of a soft filter on the date scene all combine to further the nostalgic feel, with only the aspect ratio to really betray that this was produced with modern screens in mind.
After a ten year break from solo activities, "Game" marks Narsha's second single of the year. Both "Game" and "Blush," along with her previous works both solo and as part of Brown Eyed Girls, are available now wherever you prefer to do your Kpop streaming.
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[歌詞翻譯] Verbal Jint - Actress/Actor (feat Uneducated Kid)(Prod. Verbal Jint & Doplamingo)
發行: 23.09.07 / 專輯: k-xy: infp
(Verbal Jint])
Action, reaction
Now I know you were just actin
Facts, 本色
Thought you were real but you were just ratchet
Action, reaction
嗯 我打一百分
Actin, actin
Back then you were actin
(尹)汝貞 (全)度妍
(李)秉憲 (鄭)載憲
(李)泰利 (鄭)浩妍
Everything thats unsaid
本應要察覺 一直在演戲
有所出入吧 各自的詮釋
I know I suck I do suck
At reading the signs
若重返那時 audition那樣
應該讀得懂你的神情眼色
當初看漏眼的cliché 來 重作
演技服人 就這感覺 再拍一條
Action, reaction
Now I know you were just actin
Facts, 本色
Thought you were real but you were just ratchet
Action, reaction
嗯 給你打個一百分
Actin, actin
Back then you were actin
演技 全靠演技 你看 我演喪屍
演技 搭戲 劇本 我僅僅是道具
悉心挑選配角 出現在你鏡頭
存在感稍微顯眼的 立刻解雇
你的計劃 按理應當順利進行
行外人 看不出劇崩
你的自編 自演勝者
You win and I lose 我伎倆就幾招
你看在眼內吧 但學夠了 如今我也
(Uneducated Kid)
走在 路上 帥死得死途人
眼睛 眨眨 是女的都哭了
公演 台下 暈的七葷八素
秘密 我要 帶入我的墳墓
入教Uneducated 你的人生 由我支配
她說昨天晚上夢見我 所以內褲全濕透
我約好時間 就是為了方便我遲到
Im a rockstar 我身上的 你碰不起
My money so long 心情好比太珍兒
別再裝什麼逼了 你這個_____
比起TANAKA Psick大學 (小品)其實是我搞起
不過沒關係 我是大人 我有大量
(Verbal Jint)
Action, reaction
Now I know you were just actin
Facts, 本色
Thought you were real but you were just ratchet
Action, reaction
唔 我打一百分
Actin, actin
Back then you were actin
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Oh my god, Narsha was hiding another comeback!
Game, featuring Verbal Jint, drops on 9th of December
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