I wasn't trying to say YG does this exclusively my bad for not clarifying.
To this day New Sun as a stage name makes me cringe every time I hear it. Young Cream is truly next level wtf tho
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I wasn't trying to say YG does this exclusively my bad for not clarifying.
To this day New Sun as a stage name makes me cringe every time I hear it. Young Cream is truly next level wtf tho
Wendel Clark
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There's also that one guy named FeelDog. Google tells me his group is Big Star.
Haha I was expecting someone to say something about JinE, there just something about her that works for me and that doesn't for others.
Main things:
Black Pink debut (Boombayah and Whistle)
I.O.I subunit debut (Whatta Man)
Zico and Seolhyun are dating
broz0rs
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Ryu Sera (9M) - 하루하루 /Good Person OST
Sera singing the theme song for new K-drama, Good Person.
Sera singing the theme song for new K-drama, Good Person.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Might fuck up the plans they had.
This is a few days old now but AOA recently celebrated its 4th anniversary, which included a rare sighting of the mysterious (and almost unrecognisable) 8th member:
Seungah in Phuket ( ;O____O) Part 2
Awww, classic trolling opportunity missed. Should've left out the 'l' in Seolhyun.
Good for Sera! Really nice to see her getting a bit of mainstream attention.
Seungah in Phuket ( ;O____O) Part 2
Awww, classic trolling opportunity missed. Should've left out the 'l' in Seolhyun.
Sorry Trix. 
Good for Sera! Really nice to see her getting a bit of mainstream attention.
wolfwolfwolf
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HBD Bomi.
Just noticed that Victoria's Instagram post supporting that crazy Chinese claim over the South China Sea has 3 million comments. For reference, Taylor Swift's post about the Kanye shit has a mere 553 thousand comments. Probably a record but hard to find out since anything you google just gets 'most liked' stories.
Fei also competed with Bieber over most disliked MV on youtube after her comments
Proper treatment of BoA on today's SMTOWN stage https://twitter.com/REIYA_1210/status/764446023070519297
Proper treatment of BoA on today's SMTOWN stage https://twitter.com/REIYA_1210/status/764446023070519297
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Yay Bomi <3
Some people don't seem to fit the idol life/role very well but she always seemed to flourish like it's natural to her, like Hyosung.
YG paid the Olympic committee for this to happen.
neoism
Member
WJSN looks interesting. Looks like it could be cheesy or epicor both.
Ah thanks figured it must be something along those lines.
SNSD visual and Chinese ballad singer Yoona for China VOGUE.
Legendary leader of all Sly Foxes and SNSD alike Taeyeon preview for CeCi Korea.
o man deem ceci pics 😵
questionmark
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Just watch the CL solos. They will sound the exact same that Jennies would.
AgentChris
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Jennie gives off a more cute vibe than CL.
Not really.
DAT slide though. Fuck they're so good.
broz0rs
Member
oh wow, that was legit amazing. I don't even really like the songs all that much, but this is some next level performance. the fact that they know how to look good for the cameras speak volumes about their training.
The lady who made Blackpink's songs with Teddy (and some previous YG stuff) https://www.instagram.com/bekuhboom/
Spudnik Sweetheart
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Hi kpopgaf!
Haven't really properly bothered with kpop for a while. Friends were hyped for Black Pink so watched the Inki(?) performances with them. Nine Muse's subunit song is cool. It reminds me of Gangkiz which is great. Black Pink were fun to watch. I really like Boombayah.
She looks like Sunny Hill's Jubee (to me).
Haven't really properly bothered with kpop for a while. Friends were hyped for Black Pink so watched the Inki(?) performances with them. Nine Muse's subunit song is cool. It reminds me of Gangkiz which is great. Black Pink were fun to watch. I really like Boombayah.
Sorry, who is this in the pic?
Even if he did you gotta admit that's good promo
She looks like Sunny Hill's Jubee (to me).
evilpigking
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The weekly music shows really gotta step up their camera work. It's been terrible for years, no excuse especially when it is prerecorded like Inki
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Alright...
1) Lisa still #1 but it's narrower. Rose's singing is better live yet all except Jennie had trouble staying in the pocket (I presume this means she's truly the main rapper). Lisa turned up the cute/turned down the fire while others kept a wider expressive range, so she takes a step back there (even tho she's really fucking cute), but she hit all of her lines stronger and so took it back.
2) I fully expected someone to go off-key on Whistle's bridge. Good job really being able to sing.
3) OMFG.... @Inki's shitty camera work during Whistle. Was it recording 2 seconds behind what the cameramen were seeing or something?
4) Dancing seemed alright but... I don't know because of shitty camerawork.
5) Standing around in the house thing for Whistle was even more awkward than Winner's debut.
1) Lisa still #1 but it's narrower. Rose's singing is better live yet all except Jennie had trouble staying in the pocket (I presume this means she's truly the main rapper). Lisa turned up the cute/turned down the fire while others kept a wider expressive range, so she takes a step back there (even tho she's really fucking cute), but she hit all of her lines stronger and so took it back.
2) I fully expected someone to go off-key on Whistle's bridge. Good job really being able to sing.
3) OMFG.... @Inki's shitty camera work during Whistle. Was it recording 2 seconds behind what the cameramen were seeing or something?
4) Dancing seemed alright but... I don't know because of shitty camerawork.
5) Standing around in the house thing for Whistle was even more awkward than Winner's debut.
The whistle perf was awkward, and boombayah was solid. But I don't want to know how many cuts they had to do for the full thing. I found it weird that they were given hand mics in boombayah, moreso with the wonky mic discipline. Not a fan also of the obvious performance cuts, it breaks a bit the magic of a "live" performance.
Minx keeps being the golden standard of girl group debut stages.
Minx keeps being the golden standard of girl group debut stages.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Truth.
crimzonflame
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BLACKPINK is the new wall.
This is how the world ends...
jongkookie
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My thoughts:
1. Isn't Inkigayo's PD the ex-Running Man PD? If so, demote his ass back to RM coz the camera work in this was indeed shit.
2. Jennie was great in Whistle but looked a little out of her mind in Boombayah. She still did great but you could tell the painkillers was dragging her for a bit. That said, going back to what I said before... she definitely has the potential to be something greater. She has fire moments but she also has moments where she's in the rough, once she fixes that, I think she can give Lisa a run for her money.
3. Jisoo is life, she stole the show here. That baby face of hers somehow manages to tread the lines of being hep-hap* and real.
More importantly, I'm starting to think she's kinda the foundation of the group. Lisa and Jennie have such rough hep-hap personalities(at least in their performances) that it seems a little unreal, so Jisoo brings the group down to Earth.
4. Rose is pretty cool too, but tbh I haven't really seen her "contributions" to the group besides being a singer as good as Jisoo. So I'm still gonna reserve my official comments until I can figure it out.
5. I agree with Dice about Lisa except the #1 part. Refer to point 3 for my #1 lol.
Sidenote:
*hep-hap: so I'm gonna start using this word/phrase to differentiate K-hiphop and K-Pop inspired hip-hop lol. I feel like it's fair to separate the two as one is a legit whereas the other is just a lame copy.
1. Isn't Inkigayo's PD the ex-Running Man PD? If so, demote his ass back to RM coz the camera work in this was indeed shit.
2. Jennie was great in Whistle but looked a little out of her mind in Boombayah. She still did great but you could tell the painkillers was dragging her for a bit. That said, going back to what I said before... she definitely has the potential to be something greater. She has fire moments but she also has moments where she's in the rough, once she fixes that, I think she can give Lisa a run for her money.
3. Jisoo is life, she stole the show here. That baby face of hers somehow manages to tread the lines of being hep-hap* and real.
.. sorta like a Sandara actually.
4. Rose is pretty cool too, but tbh I haven't really seen her "contributions" to the group besides being a singer as good as Jisoo. So I'm still gonna reserve my official comments until I can figure it out.
5. I agree with Dice about Lisa except the #1 part. Refer to point 3 for my #1 lol.
Sidenote:
*hep-hap: so I'm gonna start using this word/phrase to differentiate K-hiphop and K-Pop inspired hip-hop lol. I feel like it's fair to separate the two as one is a legit whereas the other is just a lame copy.
BlackPink's Jisoo
These links have been removed, goodbye sweet 60 fps.
On the upside here's the official upload from their channel
BLACKPINK - '휘파람’(WHISTLE) 0814 SBS Inkigayo
BLACKPINK - '붐바야(BOOMBAYAH)' 0814 SBS Inkigayo
I hope we'll see Black Pink on some of the other music shows that YG deigns are suitable from time to time. YG should be working to shore up this initial success whilst giving Black Pink more stage time to improve (regardless of it being a good debut performance). Hyun Suk can't restrict groups to Inkigayo and tout it "a matter of how well can they showcase our artists' stages" anymore after recent camera work in this and other performances.
Edit: I remember Mnet/M Countdown seems to be in YG's good books these days. Regardless, I am hoping for more than 2 shows a week from Black Pink (especially before they fail to get the proper amount of promotion via activities as is typically the YG modus operandi, and then go back into the dungeon)
Edit: I remember Mnet/M Countdown seems to be in YG's good books these days. Regardless, I am hoping for more than 2 shows a week from Black Pink (especially before they fail to get the proper amount of promotion via activities as is typically the YG modus operandi, and then go back into the dungeon)
No leader which is a first I believe among YG groups
While it's a good debut I'm not sure I'll be listening to these songs for ever. Time to roll out the next two MVs.
Throwback sunday: Mamamoo Hwasa and Wheein's seductive Sketchbook performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSR3UWF3mWM
Throwback sunday: Mamamoo Hwasa and Wheein's seductive Sketchbook performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSR3UWF3mWM
Supermanisdead
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Those inkigayo performances sucked.
Wendel Clark
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Been gone for a bit, so much to catch up on.
On media blackout for Cosmic Girls. They have a lot of elements in place, so at the moment song quality is what needs the most improvement. Despite how artificial it could potentially be, I'd support them going in more of a T-ara direction or something along those lines.
As songs of a similar-ish vein, Red Velvet "Happiness" is better than Black Pink "Boombayah." "Whistle" knocks, though.
Not sure how long down the line I'll still enjoy the song, but it works for now and is the best part of a strong debut. Assumed I'd like these girls before the songs released, so it's nice seeing them deliver. Even Jisoo, who I'd initially saw as possibly being your standard fare "pretty one," is growing on me a lot. She pops on stage. Still, I need to hear her and Rosé sing live a few times. Live raps from Lisa and Jennie would be good too, but less essential. I currently like all of them.
My hope is YG doesn't wreck their chances going forward, and Lisa and Jennie avoid veering off into the G-Dragon end of the insufferable tryhard spectrum. YG certainly leaning on sex appeal more than SM have so far. Interested to see Black Velvet/22's trajectory compared to Red Velvet, and a few others. The production team is there, and the talent seems to be as well. Need the output and consistency to match, with more than one album every 5 years.
Jisoo is the visual and de facto leader, though like Min/Jia I could see her sharing unofficial leader duties with Jennie. Fairly certain some outlets have reported Jennie as the leader, though there are still a lot of misinformation which need clarifying.
[BuzzFeedVideo] A Day In The Life Of A K-Pop Star (ft. Amber Liu Of f(x))
Wonder Girls —— [Official CeCi TV] Wonder Girls_August 2016
Jun.K x Baek A Yeon —— [BANBAN live] JUN.K & Baek A Yeon - Don't Go
WJSN/Cosmic Girls —— [NYLON TV KOREA] 우주소녀
Youngji —— [bnTV-INTERVIEW] 성대모사꾼 허영지의 피카츄 성대모사는?
JeA (Brown Eyed Girls) —— [bnt 영상] 브라운 아이드 걸스 제아 화보 영상
JeA (Brown Eyed Girls) —— [bnTV-INTERVIEW] 제아에게 아이오아이(IOI)란?
Taemin (Shinee) Nylon Japan —— NYLON.JP限定！ SHINee”テミン”からのサプライズプレゼント♡
Song Hye Kyo —— [W Korea] SPELLBOUND (그녀, 송혜교
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On media blackout for Cosmic Girls. They have a lot of elements in place, so at the moment song quality is what needs the most improvement. Despite how artificial it could potentially be, I'd support them going in more of a T-ara direction or something along those lines.
As songs of a similar-ish vein, Red Velvet "Happiness" is better than Black Pink "Boombayah." "Whistle" knocks, though.
Not sure how long down the line I'll still enjoy the song, but it works for now and is the best part of a strong debut. Assumed I'd like these girls before the songs released, so it's nice seeing them deliver. Even Jisoo, who I'd initially saw as possibly being your standard fare "pretty one," is growing on me a lot. She pops on stage. Still, I need to hear her and Rosé sing live a few times. Live raps from Lisa and Jennie would be good too, but less essential. I currently like all of them.
My hope is YG doesn't wreck their chances going forward, and Lisa and Jennie avoid veering off into the G-Dragon end of the insufferable tryhard spectrum. YG certainly leaning on sex appeal more than SM have so far. Interested to see Black Velvet/22's trajectory compared to Red Velvet, and a few others. The production team is there, and the talent seems to be as well. Need the output and consistency to match, with more than one album every 5 years.
Jisoo is the visual and de facto leader, though like Min/Jia I could see her sharing unofficial leader duties with Jennie. Fairly certain some outlets have reported Jennie as the leader, though there are still a lot of misinformation which need clarifying.
[BuzzFeedVideo] A Day In The Life Of A K-Pop Star (ft. Amber Liu Of f(x))
Wonder Girls —— [Official CeCi TV] Wonder Girls_August 2016
Jun.K x Baek A Yeon —— [BANBAN live] JUN.K & Baek A Yeon - Don't Go
WJSN/Cosmic Girls —— [NYLON TV KOREA] 우주소녀
Youngji —— [bnTV-INTERVIEW] 성대모사꾼 허영지의 피카츄 성대모사는?
JeA (Brown Eyed Girls) —— [bnt 영상] 브라운 아이드 걸스 제아 화보 영상
JeA (Brown Eyed Girls) —— [bnTV-INTERVIEW] 제아에게 아이오아이(IOI)란?
Taemin (Shinee) Nylon Japan —— NYLON.JP限定！ SHINee”テミン”からのサプライズプレゼント♡
Song Hye Kyo —— [W Korea] SPELLBOUND (그녀, 송혜교
hyemi, kyungri, yeeun, sunmi, sohee, wonder girls, wjsn - cosmic girls, yerin, jei, tiffany, son ye jin, youngji, seungah, soyu, seolhyun, momo, best mina
I'll try to get around to it. Have some Lee Sung Kyung.
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