#Yeseo I love you but you are killing me

[wonwonyoyo]

I was going through your blog bc I love the vibes 🩷 and I guess I'm a little late but trying to be objective:

Gyuvin is kinda like Xiaoting (unsupported vocals, not a fully developed rapper but! perfect for killing parts, eye catching, main dancer/center material)

Yujin is like Yeseo (not really a vocalist or a rapper either but doe eyed cuties, cry babies, perfect maknae vibes, visuals, powerful dancers)

I used to not like them at all but I realized that it is hypocritical of me to judge them while I was voting for these girls so now I'm defending them xd

wait you’re so sweet thank you :( 💕

AND YES YUJIN IS SO SO SO YESEO CODED

my thinking was always that it’s a show where they want trainees who can develop and get better day by day and those two showed so much development:( that’s why i’m sure they deserved it

welcome to the gyujin protector squad🫶

[dragonfly0808]

hey, since Kep1er made their comebacks recently, just wanted to ask you, did you watch GP999?

And, since they don’t have official positions, what do you think their positions should be according to their skills?

Also, who is your bias in the group?

I did watch GP999 I really wanted Cai Bing, Rui Qi and Yurina to make it :(

As for positions…

Yujin- Leader, Lead Vocalist

Mashiro- Co-leader, Lead Vocalist, Lead Rapper (I know she hasn’t really rapped in Kep1er songs but just trust me)

Xiaoting- Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist (would have said Sub vocalist before but Galileo… damn) and Sub Rapper. FotG. Second Center.

Chaehyun- Main Vocalist, Center (she is a good center it just took her a bit and you can fight me on that)

Dayeon- Main Rapper, Lead Vocalist and Lead Dancer

Hikaru- Main Rapper and Main Dancer

Bahiyyih- Lead Dancer, Lead/Sub Vocalist and Sub Rapper. FotG.

Youngeun- Main Vocalist, Main Dancer, Sub Rapper

Yeseo- Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Lead Rapper

I realize some of these may be unpopular opinions, Idc, cause they are just that PERSONAL OPINIONS. Don’t come for me

I am horrible at picking a bias cause all the girls are great and I feel like they all have at least one moment in which I was like HOLY SH- but if I had to chose, gun to my head… probably Mashiro. I just really love her voice and almost all my fave tracks have a killing part with her

[ugbobae]

IM BO BAE  🡢 bobby

reintroducing my muse, im bobae. goes by bo, bobby, bae for the most part but appreciates any and all potential nicknames or puns made on and WILL steal them to use on merch. probably wants to open a streetwear brand on her own someday but that shit’s expensive. the girl is a hustler, grew up broke and is not about to go back to that so catch her putting food on the t a b l e and if you wanna call her out for selling out, well, be her guest. not that it won’t bother her, no she’ll be pissy and sad about it for sure. she’ll also vandalize your property if the situation presents itself. ya girl is a walking misdemeanor. she’s a rising star which means hongdae is turning it’s back on her, something she has extremely complicated feelings about.

her primary genre is electropop and she pulls heavy influence in sound from artists like yelle, yeseo, yaeji, neon bunny, iu (selectively) and others. i’ve got a playlist if you’re interested 6v6. basically i want all the drama and angst and all the possible heartwrenching bs so hmu!

we went to elementary/ middle school /kindergarten together on the wrong side of seoul and played latchkey kid mischief together while our dads finished lengthy factory shifts, we were basically family but life separated us for xyz reasons, now we’re chillin again in hongdae and its kind of weird but nice and nostalgic

we’ve mutually admired each other’s music for awhile now and are finally getting a chance to work together, but there’s a real possibility of backlash for either / both of us due to current rumormongering around bobby’s career so maybe you want to back out or maybe its kind of strained

we came up together in the scene before bo was ‘bobby’ and we were mad close. but, when bobae transitioned to a more electronica type of sound it became kind of strained, because you felt she lost her roots and in general both grew up a lot since then. so there’s some kind of spark or familiarity or wistful connection there but now they’re left feeling at odds trying to chase a lost friendship when our paths have diverged so much

a frequent dalliance, bobby doesn’t exactly NOT sleep around but she’s not a one night stand kind of girl either. she makes big promises and doesn’t follow through, so you can be guaranteed up to one to two months of fun fun fun and then its intermittently reappearing in your life every few weeks like nothing happened. out of sight out of mind?

ride or die besties, soul bonded, tell you everything, the one person that bobae actually doesn’t ghost out on unintentionally. literally she’d kill someone if you even seemed like you wanted it. maybe you’re exhausted by her though, she’s a lot. hopefully someone who is a slight foil to her, someone more solid to weigh down her flighty kite string.

literally just the messiest mess of obsession and love and just being completely over the top about each other, in destructive ways. like just fully a big mess of nonsense and back and forth and all the drama and theyre both just way in too deep and also fully hung up on their own issues and its visceral and brutal and soft and terrible and wonderful.

i’d also love any kind of obnoxious antagonism for the sake of fun, so feel free to throw that at me. those reasons tend to be more interesting if theyre predicated on existing stuff tho so no premade there!

SOUL CRUSHING ANGST FIRST LOVE EX. details tbd based on plotting i just love misery

spontaneous little bits and bobs

we always run into each other at the bus stop going to jog by the han and after awhile i finally came up to you to say hey and now we’re running buddies and its a nice safe space away from the judgement she usually gets but then oops she sees u around the scene and realizes where she knows you from finally and now its not the same

i heard you shit talking me when you didnt know i was around and then you caught me trying to vandalize your motorcycle / some other petty crime lol

i sang guide for one of your tracks and then you heard one of my new songs being shopped around and now we’ve become creative partners that play off each other’s ideas to develop one another, and maybe we’re mutual muses for each other n its just a great creative friendship full of mutual improvement

you caught me making questionable and likely dangerous choices when fully drunk and either went along with me and now we’re tight as fuck or dragged me back to safety and now we’re tight but also in the way where you resent ‘babysitting’ a fool when trashed

substance abuse friends enabling poor decisions idk

people who resent her for the choices she’s made for her career would be interesting too

[luvreyn]

My Manhwa List (2019) pt. 4

And the list continues ~

The Reason Why Raelina Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion

Summary:

Poisoned to death by her own betrothed?! Eunha didn’t wake up in a novel’s story just to get killed off again as an unfortunate extra! To change her story she needs a cover… 6 months pretending to be the fake fiancée of the novel's male protagonist, Duke Noah Wynknight. But will this cold-hearted, angel-faced demon of a man really help her avoid another ill-fated ending?!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

this is like my second discovered manhwa so it’s very high on my list

plot = 6/5 the plot twists are awesome hail the author

noah freaking wynknight

mc is smart and capable and knows how to use guns she is no damsel in distress my friends

mc knows and uses her knowledge efficiently

adam 

art style - 6/5

the king is awesome

the villain is unexpected bcuz ohmygahd i didnt see that one coming

R A E L I N A

noah being in love 

the reasons and logic are all justified and reasonable

very lovable characters that you would understand

has the right amount of angst/comedy/romance/drama 

facial expressions are on point they are memeable 

in conclusion: read this because this is one of the best manhwa ever like ever i mean who havent read this gem you’re missing out if you havent

My Life as an Internet Novel

Summary:

Every novel has the usual cast: a gorgeous heroine, handsome boys vying for her attention, and a homely best friend at the heroine’s side. Dani, an ordinary student and avid reader of internet novels, is all too familiar with these tropes. But she never imagined that one day she’d wake up at the center of one herself! Her new fictional world is complete with a beautiful best friend named Yeoryung, and four impossibly good-looking boys who all happen to be in her class.  Dani is determined to stay out of the way and not get involved in the twists and turns of the plot. But is she really just the sidekick -- or is Dani actually the leading lady? Anything is possible in the world of a novel!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

the mc’s reasons and fears are justified and reasonable 

the characters are all lovable 

plot = 5/5 very diff from iseka-ish stories that just went with the flow of their new life this mc’s reactions are realistic and shouldn’t be invalidated 

art style is decent

yeoryong loving her bff and prioritising her is love

the characters are complex and have their own personality

yeoryeong x dan - i

the bff’s bro is handsome

the male characters are all handsome and cute and understanding

spoiler: they believed in their friend and that’s pure friendship 

their friendship are goals i just want to cry because they didnt invalidate the feelings and fear of the mc 

yeoryeong x eun ji ho

dan - i x chun young

Lady Beast 

Summary:

An arranged marriage that ends in a body swap?! The quiet Princess Elissa has lived a miserable life thus far. To get away from it all she agrees to marry the war tyrant, Duke Ginger of Landall Kingdom. But by some evil curse, the new couple wakes up in each other's bodies! Between royal functions to attend and getting used to their physical changes, can they keep their cool long enough to find a way to switch back? Or will they be stuck like this forever?!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

red haired characters are awesome

plot = 4/5 the body switching concept is put nicely and are nicely done 

art style = 4/5 

reactions are funny

ml is husband material

ml teasing the mc 

number question: why are they swapping bodies no one knows

light read so read it you want to just have a good time 

The Contract Concubine

Summary:

As the deadliest assassin in the Seong Empire, Yeseo is stumped by very few jobs that come her way. But when Emperor Ahon hires her to find the spy hiding in his palace, she must also play the part of his new airheaded concubine as a cover. It takes all her patience to keep up her lovey-dovey act with Ahon during the day, and all her smarts to sniff out the enemy at night. If only she could wrap up this job quickly and collect her handsome reward-- but with so many suspicious officials and the tangled web of alliances inside the court, it's hard to tell who the true culprit could be. Can Yeseo catch this mysterious spy before she loses her sanity and blows her own cover?

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

what can i say, i just love stories that has politics and history

funny and fantastic

A H H O N

it has a lot to offer 

art style = 5/5

plot = 4/5 

i think this has dark themes but surprisingly it’s a light read for me bcuz of the pov of yesuh

who is the traitor who is the spy

the white silver fox dude reminds me of gin ichimaru

ahhon x yesuh

Daughter of the Archmage

Summary:

Mabel’s been mocked her whole life for her nonexistent magical ability, but when she finally meets her true father, it’s the all-powerful archmage, Raquiel! Forced by an imperial pact to let her go long ago, he can now welcome her into his home, with his half-wolf butler, three nymph sisters, a fox halfling, and a kind disciple to watch over her. But dark secrets from his past threaten to catch up with them. Will his magic be enough to protect her? Could she even come into a power all her own?

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

if you love wmmap, you’re gonna love this

plot = 3.5/5

art style = 4/5

ngl rykell is one of the top candidates for best daddy award

rykell doesnt hate his daughter ok 

sweet and adorable father-daughter moments

maybelle deserves the world

this is a warm and light read if you just want to enjoy reading 

p.s the scanlation team is dropping this because the author said so BUT there’s going to be an official english translation next year (i think jan 2020?) 

a lot of questions that’s going to make you want more

[anna-something]

hello friend, can you share an updated list of your favourite girl group/female soloist mv's?

HAPPILY MY FRIEND! Including the past ones as well (and keeping the format) so this is truly just an updated version ! Again, I probably forgot some because I have a sieve brain but this is definitely an improved upon version! 

bolded means they’re not only my fave MVs but fave songs too! not all my fave title tracks are here aha

My aesthetic faves:

Ailee - Home

Ladies Code - The Rain

Oh My Girl - Colouring Book

9muses - Sleepless Night

WJSN - Dreams Come True 

Yubin - Thank U Sooo Much

Luna - Even So

Saay - Sweaty

BoA - Camo

Yeseo - Privacy, Yeseo - Bitches Rule

Girls Generation - Into the New World

CLC - Where are You

Sonamoo - I (knew it)

Apink - I’m So Sick

Brown Eyed Girls - Kill Bill

F(x) - 4 walls

Gugudan - A Girl Like Me

Brave Girls - Deepened

Sunmi - Heroine, Full Moon

Dreamcatcher - Chase Me, Dreamcatcher - You and I (also Fly High and Goodnight because my arse is owned by DC)

this section is what I would call..

Females! + Their Differing Degrees of anger Emotions!  

9muses - Remember, 9muses - Love City

Dreamcatcher - Piri, Dreamcatcher - What

Sunmi - Gashina, Sunmi - Siren

MelodyDay - Restless

Taeyeon - Something New

EXID - Ah Yeah

Yezi - Cider

Wonder Girls - Why so Lonely

CLC - No

Song Ji Eun (of Secret) - Don’t look at me like that  (the description actually explicitly states that the song is about love between same sex, different races, prejudice + love etc. - anyhoo just thought I’d throw that in there)

Summer ! Happiness ! Fun ! In MV form!

Red Velvet - Red Flavour

Sonamoo - Friday Night,  Sonamoo - I Like U too much

Luna - Free Somebody

Apink - Remember

9muses - Hurt Locker

Sistar - I swear *insert most of Sistar’s MVs here*

Girl’s Day - Darling

Hyolyn - See Sea, Hyolyn - Bae

Gugudan Semina - Semina

final section of ahahah I am incredibly in love with girls:

Secret - Poison

BoA - Game, BoA - Valenti 

Hyolyn -  Dally 

Sunmi - 24 Hours

After School - First Love

Hyuna - Lip & Hip

9muses - Drama (Wild, Dolls, Glue, Lip 2 Lip, News, Gun, Figaro, Ticket etc. I adore them)

also all of Sonamoo’s MVs I haven’t already listed. so. Deja Vu. Cushion. I think I love U. whenever the bloody hell TS decides to finally allow them to do Happy Box Part 3 I expect it will also be on this list.  (just to stress I first wrote this a whole year ago and we’re only now, march 2019, getting Happy Box Part 3 - presumably….)

[randomobsessionsofa30something]

10 kpop songs released in June 2018

As a norm I don’t include songs in english in this monthly lists even if kpop artist released them but there was a couple of interesting releases this month so I thought I should break my own self imposed rule.

1. Blackpink-Ddu-du-ddu-du. Blackpink came back with her new EP Square up and it’s so great. Their title song is a very YG song with a seriously catchy chorus. A must listen for all kpop fans for sure.

2. Taeyon- Something new. So this song really starts as the title says as something new for a Taeyeon song. The first time I listened to it I was not a fan because I thought it would be different but after listening to it a couple of more times it won me over. I was actually surprised it didn’t do better on the charts then again there was some pretty big releases this month.

3. Yeseo- Bitches rule. This is the first song in my list in english. Yeseo is an artist I found just a few months ago and she’s really something. She dropped a very interesting album. I find Bitches rule bizarre yet familiar. Love the artsy MV.

4. Tiffany Young-Over my skin. Tiffany dropped a new english song produced by Far East Movement. It’s a sexy pop song. 

5. Taemin ft Bewhy- Pinocchio. This song was released as part of the show The Call where artists get put together to collab. Since I heard Taemin would collab with BeWhy I just knew it would be epic. As expected, I loved this song.

6. Killagramz ft Kisun&Don Mills-Icebox. This song was actually not what I was expecting from Killagramz but I loved it. Loved Don Mills here.

7. BTOB-Only one for me. I love Ilhoon and Minhyuk’s chill rap in this song but I have to confess this song feels a bit too simple. The vocals are obviously on point as always with BTOB tho’.

8. Nu’est W- Deja vu. Since I watched Produce 101 I really wanted to like Nu’est W’s songs and even if I get why Where you at was so popular and I do think is catchy I just never got into it. However I absolutely Deja vu!! I’ve been forgetting to listen to the album but I have high hopes after listening to this song.

9. DPR LIVE-Playlist. DPR Live has been killing it and this song is no different.

10. Epik high ft End of the world-Sleeping beauty. Epik High collaborated with a japanese band called End of the World (Sekai no Owari) and the result is just beautiful. This is so my kind of music. Love End of the World’s vocals. It forced me to check out that band.

[kmusiceveryday]

On this week... It's one of my favorites. We start off with some powerful indie/electronic female artists. It's a good mix of house, techno, dance, and electronic music from KME All-Stars Cifika, OOHYO, Peggy Gou, and Yeseo. Speaking of Yeseo, she just released her 1st LP titled, "DAMN RULES," and it's nothing short of amazing. Please go check it out and the rest of her work if you haven't heard her before.

Then we round out the episode with some great RnB vibes from a range of artists like Shaun, Nieah, SLCHLD, and more! All songs range from various intensities, grooves, and tempos but are absolutely great. I love every track I put on this episode and hope you all enjoy it as much as me. Enjoy!

Insta: www.instagram.com/kmusiceveryday iTunes: apple.co/2gOchE7

KMEM 075 Tracklist:

1. OOHYO - Papercut (Kr. Version) 2. Yeseo - Damn 3. Cifika - Pieta 4. Peggy Gou - Six O Six 5. Kirara - ct16072 6. Aseul - Give Me Five 7. Yeseo - Honey, Don't Kill My Vibe 8. Shaun - 생각나 (Feat. 오반 (OVAN), SUMIN) 9. Mutang the $eoul Kid - 부유해 (Feat.Ted Park) 10. SLCHLD - When I Leave feat. Oceanfromtheblue, RNMK 11. SHUUÜ - Hole In My Heart 12. Kidkat - Out All the Time 13. Nieah - Nighty Night 14. Woogie - Play Me feat. Sik-K, Penomeco 15. Lil' Cherry - #ALL4MYSELF feat. Yunhway, Tommy Strate, Jito Mo, Jvcki Wai 16. Crush, Bewhy - 0-100

[solplparty]

[Playlist] 여성 보컬 Korean Female Artists Best 20 https://youtu.be/dj8fB0l49q4 Playlist l Korean Female Artists Best 20 Track List 0:00 / 선우정아 - 구애 (求愛) sunwoojunga - Propose 03:33 / 새소년 - 나는 새롭게 떠오른 외로움을 봐요 Se So Neon - I'm Watching a Loneliness Just Arisen 07:23 / 민수 - 섬 Minsu - Islet 10:24 / 프롬 - 영원처럼 안아줘 (with 카더가든) Fromm - Hold Me Like It's Forever (with CAR, The GARDEN) 13:26 / 이채언루트 - 길모퉁이 Echae en Route - Street Corner 17:45 / 사비나앤드론즈 - 고양이로트 (Catrot) Savina & Drones - Catrot 20:41 / 백예린 - As I am Yerin Baek - As I Am 24:35 / 리리코이 (lili coy) - Hahoo lili coy - Hahoo 27:54 / YESEO (예서) - Damn YESEO - Damn 30:11 / 문선 (MOONSUN) - 뭇 (Un Certain Ver.) MOONSUN - Moot (Uncertain Version) 34:06 / YUNINI - 날 사랑해줘요 YUNINI - Love Me 37:46 / 민열 (MNYL) - 아보카도 (AVCD) Mnyl - Avocado (AVCD) 42:07 / Charming Lips, Summer Soul - Kill Your Darling Charming Lips & Summer Soul - Kill Your Darling 45:43 / SOWALL - 사랑이 뭔지 종일 생각해 SOWALL - I've Been Thinking About What Love Is 48:48 / 위수 (WISUE) - 촌스러운 사람 WISUE - Uncool As Me 52:20 / 김사월 - 키스 Kim Sawol - Kiss 56:23 / 김사월 - 수잔 Kim Sawol - Suzanne 59:19 / 김마리 - 그대를 찾아낼 거야 Kim Marie - To Find You 01:02:03 / 윤지영 - 문득 Yun Ji Yeong - Eternal 01:04:54 / 끝없는잔향속에서우리는 - # In the endless zanhyang we are - # | POCLANOS Website : http://poclanos.com | POCLANOS Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/poclanos | POCLANOS Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/poclanos POCLANOS

[livinglifeonpause]

2018 JOTY (Top 100)

100) BOiTELLO Stay

99) Teen Top Go Away

98) Mamamoo Egotistic

97) RM seoul

96) NU'EST W Help Me

95) HeyGirls Nog Yeojwo

94) EXO Tempo

93) iKON Goodbye Road

92) Sophiya (ft DA￦N) Let's Get Lost

91) SHINee Everytime

90) NCT Dream We Go Up

89) iKON Beautiful

88) EXO Smile On My Face

87) BOYMOD (ft Yeseo) Physically

86) Boi B (ft Ted Park) Neymar

85) Sunmi Heroine

84) Bay.P Woo

83) EXO-CBX Gentleman

82) GLABINGO On My Body

81) EXO-CBX Vroom Vroom

80) Kanto Salty

79) iKON Love Scenario

78) EXO Oasis

77) Loco X Hwasa Don’t

76) EXO-CBX Lazy

75) UNB Feeling

74) GLABINGO Click

73) Teen Top Seoul Night

72) Baekhyun X Loco Young

71) Woodz (Luizy) ft Sumin Pool

70) Hyorin See Sea

69) NCT 127 Regular

68) NCT 127 Come Back

67) BTS Airplane Pt.2

66) ONF Complete

65) MAKTUB (ft 이라온) X (Cross The Moonlight)

64) VICTION Time Of Sorrow

63) Jackson Wang Dawn Of Us

62) NCT 127 Where Are U From?

61) Seungri (ft Mino) Where Are U From?

60) Nano Punishment

59) Carla Hate U

58) Monsta X Livin It Up

57) Solid Into The Light

56) SEVENTEEN A-Teen

55) Muzie (ft Space Cowboy) I Can’t Let You Go

54) Kim Donghan Goodnight Kiss

53) SEVENTEEN Thanks

52) Seungri (ft BlueD) Love Is You

51) IMFACT The Light

50) Seungri (ft B.I.) Mollado

49) J-Hope Daydream

48) EXO Love Shot

47) NCT U Yestoday

46) Seungri (ft Slander) Scream

45) NOIR Travel

44) ESBEE Fly Away

43) iKON Killing Me

42) Junhyung Go Away

41) Super Junior (ft K.A.R.D) Lo Siento

40) Yoonho (ft Ziu) Don’t Sleep

39) IMFACT NaNaNa

38) BIGFLO Upside Down

37) Park Jimin April Fools (0401)

36) Flowsik X Jessi Wet

35) BTS Love Maze

34) EXO-CBX Blooming Days

33) EXO Sign

32) NCT 127 Simon Says

31) Yunho (ft Taeyong) City Lights

30) EXO Gravity

29) NCT Dream 1,2,3

28) VIXX My Valentine

27) EXO Damage

26) BTS Fake Love

25) PRISITN V Get It

24) Red House Endless Night

23) HALO O.M.G

22) NCT U Boss

21) Red Velvet Bad Boy

20) RAUDI (ft FLØRI & Jword) Stay Up

19) VIXX Scentist

18) The Unit (Kanto, Jeup, Seyoong, Timoteo, Taeho) No Way

17) MINO Turn Off The Light

16) NCT 127 Knock On

15) A.C.E Take Me Higher

14) BLACKPINK DDU DU DDU DU

13) BUMZU I Don't Miss U

12) MOMOLOAND BAAM

11) BIGFLO P.M.P

10) EXO Ooh La La La

9) Monsta X Jealousy

8) Sophiya Fyre

7) Hyorin Bae

6) NeonPunch Moonlight

5) SATURDAY MMook JJi BBa

4) CLC Black Dress

3) NCT U (Taeyong & Ten) Baby Don’t Stop

2) MOMOLAND BBoom BBoom

1) Hyorin (ft Gray) Dally

[seonyi]

yeseo - let it all go

url: don’t get it | not bad | nice | good job | love it omg | who did you kill

theme: not my type | ehh | decent | I like it | pretty amazing | I’m stealing it

icon: don’t get it | not bad | nice | pretty | flawless omg | brb killing myself

posts: not my type | not bad | nice job | love | perfection | give me your password

following: no sorry | just followed | yes | you mean stalk what

[sisteroutsiderkuci]

episode 4 - 10.24.18

K-Pop and J-Pop

https://open.spotify.com/user/gabbysalinardo/playlist/26urrMqYGJ1NLgWsIeV7Wa?si=7Liue7FzS5uItCJT1npBZA

artist - song - album

*** indicates NEW releases (within 3 months)

WINee - May - May ***

Ele - Out Of My Side - Out Of My Side ***

Uza - Remember Everything (feat. Lokid) - Focus

Seoulmoon - Coconut Love 코코넛 러브  - Coconut Love 코코넛 러브

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - PONPONPON - ぱみゅぱみゅレボリューション

BONNIE PINK - Heaven's Kitchen - Heaven's Kitchen [Remaster]

PAIIEK - Bonjour (feat. Hyun-Ah Park) - Le Regard ***

YESEO - Honey, Don't Kill My Vibe - Damn Rules

LOVE PSYCHEDELICO - Your Song - THE BEST I

Mika Nakashima - Kiss of Death (Produced by Hyde) - Kiss of Death (Produced by Hyde)

Shoko Nakagawa - Sorairo Days - Big Bang!!!

Kozypop - Process (feat. H:Sean) - Seoul Vibes, Pt. 2

withyou - Night - Night ***

BoA - ONE SHOT, TWO SHOT - ONE SHOT, TWO SHOT - The 1st Mini Album

The KoKos - A Nightless Sleep - A Nightless Sleep

Aseul - Always with You - Asobi

Anna Tsuchiya - Switch On! - Switch On!

Neon Bunny - Tell Me 말해줘요 - Tell Me 말해줘요 ***

Red Velvet - Dumb Dumb - The Red - The 1st Album

SUNMI - Siren - WARNING ***

LiSA - Datte Atashino Hero - LiSA Best (Day)

Every Little Thing - fragile - 4 FORCE

Kumi Koda - Guess Who Is Back - DNA ***

Hyolyn -  달리 Dally (feat. GRAY) -  달리 Dally

EXID - DDD - Full Moon

APRIL - Oh! My Mistake - APRIL 6th Mini Album 'the ruby' ***

GFREIND - Sunny Summer - GFRIEND Summer Mini Album 'Sunny Summer'

Lil' Touch - Girls' Generation - Lil' Touch - The 1st Single *** 

[kpopgerapitico]

Song of the Week

I’m procrastinating what I should actually be doing by writing this. So, nothing new here.

This is a long one because I had time, so I went for it! And there are a LOT of ballads that I actually talked about for once.

Honorable Mentions:

Distorted is as accurate name musically for Kim Ye Na’s new song. The vocals are ballad-y, soft and ever so slightly strange in their melodic choices. The background is decidedly not a ballad though, with piano mixed into electronic mixing of too many different sounds to count. The only change I would make is a little bit more of a comprehensible structure, because the song gets to the end in one big build that doesn’t seem to ever really hit the peak it means to.

Martin Smith does an decent job on the ballad for this week, and the MV has a cutish plot, but I’m too salty over the lack of cool guitar solos. You have Jung Sungha, and you waste him like this.

I’m not sure if it’s the atmospheric cello, or the vocals that are so breathy as to almost not be there, but NUZ’s You is surprisingly compelling to me, at least in the first half. When the vocals drop out a bit, I lost interest.

I stuck with Jung Seung Hwan’s It’s Raining because I trust him to have great vocals, and also because of the video. Because this is the gold standard for me for ballad videos with just the artist. If you aren’t going to have a plot, you better have some perfect composition. And this single shot is perfectly composed It is lit beautifully, it, almost assuredly was cheap, and it highlights the artist. Oh, and the vocals are great, and the background music didn’t annoy me too much, so it was all around a win. (I could write a whole thing about the use of only like 5 distinct frames in this video and how it affects the mood, but I will stick with just what I already said).

Heechul and Min Kyunghoon always have great MVs when they work together. The MV for Falling Blossoms is no different. I like that while they did you the idiot trope they didn’t lean into it in a way that felt disrespectful. It didn’t feel like a caricature, but a bit more like a real person. And of course the vocals sound good, since Heechul holds up to Kyunghoon’s vocals (I think he might actually be the more skilled vocalist). Also, I don’t know why they have the English title as Falling Blossoms, when the title actually translates to Aftereffect. Since I don’t know the lyrics, Idk which is a better title (I’m partial to Aftereffect).

I LOVE a Gray beat. And the beat in Hash Swan’s Wang like Alexander is no different. The chorus is fun, and I’m impressed by Hash Swan’s rapping, which has never really grabbed e in the past (I think because it is pretty high in tone). Also, the title in a play on words and I love it very much.

What can I say, Notorious hits all the beats it needs to to pull off the kind of song it is. And I’ve heard it before, but I am still absolutely all about it. It belongs on a pump up playlist before the big game. And the rock solo was great, especially with the mix adding and taking away EDM elements. It is my first Station song this year that I’ve liked, and a reminder that I like SM’s continued exploration of music.

I figured out what I didn’t like about Weki Meki’s Lalala in the first chorus. The verse is for the most part good. And almost all of the musical elements are stuff I like. Then I realized that the sirens I was hearing weren’t from the hospital outside of my apartment, but were in the song. They cause this building tension that is never able to reach a resolution, because the siren doesn’t ever really stop. And it is so quiet, that you don’t notice it consciously at first, you just feel the roller coaster from it. It makes the first half of the song un-listenable for me now. The second half is good though.

If I ignore some of the fashion in BoA’s One Shot Two Shot (I’m picky, and I’m not a fan of what is on trend right now), I regret going all in on Nega Dola. Because this song is what I was dreaming for from BoA. It is sung beautiful, and the dance is a master class in idol soloist skills. She does not stop moving the whole time, and is stunning throughout. And I am incredibly confused by the end of the video. Just watch it. I can’t decide how to react.

The entire verse of NCT U’s Boss makes me feel like I’m watching what EXO would have been if they debuted just a little bit later: lot’s of bass, harmonies and vocal runs everywhere, and skilled rapping (one of the places where EXO has always struggled). The chorus though is much more NCT in flavor. I like both parts separately. I’m not sure I like then together, but I will give this song a chance to change my mind.

While I’m a fan of I.M’s Fly With Me (how could I not like that bass line), I think he is missing a little bit of contrast. I wish he changed up the pace between the rapping and the vocals. Instead, both are slow, and with a backing track that never really changes either, there isn’t a whole lot of room for interesting things to happen. For example, Who Am I featuring Yeseo does a better job of having contrast, so I know he can do it.

Wheesung’s part in Andenayon is my favorite thing to happen this week. Just . . . please . . . go listen to like the first minute of this song for Wheesung being so so so extra. He’s in later parts too, but that first minute . . . I mean, you can watch the rest too, since there are a bunch of cameos, but I would say Wheesung’s is the best (he ever has a bts thing, which involves him lip syncing and everyone else dying of laughter).

I know intellectually that Yoseob is an idol and so can dance and stuff, but his solo stuff has been a majority ballads, so I wasn’t expected pretty much any of Where I am Gone. Everything in front of the red/pink back lit set is my favorite thing from the video. Oh, and the vocals are great, and the song itself is decent too.

I’m a sucker for contemporary dance, so I love video for Vromance’s Star. It is shot well, with some really fun color filters, and a great use of it’s set. And the song is good in a sort of simple, sort of sexy way. I just wish that it had more of the harmonies I have come to love and expect from Vromance (the live has a little more obvious harmony, thankfully). To be fair though, I’m just excited that they are back, since it has been a year since their last comeback.

Sometimes, I know within the first couple bars of a song that it is going to win the week. That was absolutely what happened this week with CLC’s Black Dress. It is fun and fresh. It is pretty much everything I want from CLC as a group, who has now cemented themselves in my head as 4Minute’s spiritual successor. And they are killing that specific blend of bad-assery and insanely impressive dancing and vocals. They did not have competition this week that was even close.