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[Dice]

I agree that ICC is good as an ambient song. I set it to play while I did other stuff and that well allowed me to ignore the weakness of the verses but the hook was still grabby, offering some jams to an outside task. It'd be great for going here to there or working out or playing games.

 

[ramyeon]

Bizzy, Tiger, Yoon Mirae!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms-EBUYHu9I&spfreload=10

 

[roaSone]

ICC is so good, and to be honest I like both the Red side and the Velvet side. They rock both styles.

 

[isuzu]

RV album review:

ICC - 10/10 Joy is the best and the song is catchy
Automatic - 8/10 it's chill, I like it
Something Kinda Crazy - 7/10 a bit generic but it's pretty good to listen while high
Stupid Cupid - TTS reject. 5/10
Take it Slow - boring but I like it 7/10
Candy - meh 3/10

overall: ok album, but it goes downhill after automatic. Joy is the best member.

 

[AReed]

Yoona won't be attending SMTown Taiwan. Next to get kicked, confirmed.

Also Sulli, Lay, and Tao won't be attending.

 

[josecitoxnyo]

#ThePowerOfSeulgod 12 hours later.

#RedVelvet ICE CREAM CAKE 12AM KST RANKING:

MelOn - #2
Genie - #1
Bugs - #1
Olleh - #1
MNET - #2
Naver - #2
Daum - #2
Soribada - #2

They will win a music show, prepare for their first win. #Believe

Miss A teaser pic for "Colors".

 

[kiyomi]

suzyyyyy

 

[llehuty]

Teaser of Cube's new girl group

씨엘씨 (CLC) - Pepe (Teaser)

Expected something better from cube... *shrug*.

Hyosung Day was successful. We were heard by the kpop gods and now Hyosung will be having a comeback next month.

Damn April. Dal Shabet, 9muses and Hyosung, can't get better than that

Spoiler

Yesit can, with a Kara korean comeback, but it's not going to happen.

"f(x) was..." -amber

rip

So sad...

Yoona won't be attending SMTown Taiwan. Next to get kicked, confirmed.

Also Sulli, Lay, and Tao won't be attending.

I wonder if we'll get OT6 before this thread ends.

 

[Loci]

Teaser of Cube's new girl group

씨엘씨 (CLC) - Pepe (Teaser)

Expected something better from cube... *shrug*.

 

[ultra7k]

ICC has made me a Red Velvet fan, definitely gets better the more you listen to it. Also the other tracks are solid.

 

[Loci]

Bow.

 

[Dice]

how can you not even post jiin

 

[luso]

#ThePowerOfSeulgod 12 hours later.



They will win a music show, prepare for their first win. #Believe

Miss A teaser pic for "Colors".

They look awful in there, they're goofy, terrible photos.

 

[llehuty]

K-pop girl group with a cute member... I AM SHOCKED

 

[Eldren]

f(x) died so Red Velvet could live. Automatic and Ice Cream Cake are both so good.

So many photoshoots already this year. Proud Hyo stan.

 

[roaSone]

Dating Alone aired 7eps so far, but no subtitles yet...

Spoiler

Still I'm gonna watch it

 

[Loci]

K-pop girl group with a cute member... I AM SHOCKED

na, something's off with her face

 

[Cuddler]

*Just listened to the Red Velvet mini, I liked Automatic and Candy, even if not that much. Automatic could be much better if it wasn't so monotone, which make the song sound a little repetitive, still a quite good song. I also listened to the Super Junior D&E mini and is (surprisingly?) good imo, Sweater and Jeans and Can you Feel it (even if they are completely different) stand out for me and even the title song, Mother and The Beat Goes On are good.

*

Spoiler

I'm one of the few that liked Be Natural

i dont think theyre actually talkin about cake

"Gimme that, Gimme that Ice Cream" lol

 

[AReed]

Yo this Kisum girl is super cute.

 

[josecitoxnyo]

So... yeah.

 

[jongkookie]

Random note... I was listening to RV's mini during my commute and the moment I made this thought, I just couldn't get it out of my head.

Spoilered for those who don't wanna get spoiled by this somewhat sad fact, let's just say it's another artist... again spoilered since you're probably gonna hate me when you read it lol.

Take It Slow and Candy are almost, nay 90% of it is an emulation of

Spoiler

A-Pinkeu's sound.

 

[kiyomi]

So... yeah.

Yeah.

 

[Dice]

Yeah.

Why share that unquoted when you can share better quality and quote.

Also the other members are better.

 

[josecitoxnyo]

Why share that unquoted when you can share better quality and quote.

Also the other members are better.

Because it was the first link i saw, Dice senpai pls don't hit me.

The unquote was to give some volume to that ass tho.

 

[llehuty]

I don't get why Fei is now stuck with padding when she is pretty great with her natural almost non-existent ass. That square ass shape that padding gives is awful.

 

[kiyomi]

Also the other members are better.

stahp

 

[AgentChris]

Epik High – Billboard Interview

[Real miss A] episode 1. Music Date with Suzy (Feat. London)

 

[llehuty]

Sungah unleashing her instincts once again

She's da best

Even if she didn't choose my pic at mnet's meet & greet, she is still da best.

Even if Star Empire tries to ruin her with short hair and making her rap, still da best

STILL DA BEST

 

[Kuno]

4Minute's "What's Your Name" and "Huh" are playing on a radio in the environment during a campaign mission in Battlefield Hardline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM_qlPnQZgY

 

[llehuty]

Perfume Live at SXSW | STORY (SXSW-MIX)

When will k-pop?

 

[Peru]

Perfume Live at SXSW | STORY (SXSW-MIX)

When will k-pop?

Perfume revolutionize the biz every time they step on stage.

tricot - AND
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5A4nSOZ4o5VGeshIZbKVT1
Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-n-d/id971675838

 

[AReed]

Perfume Live at SXSW | STORY (SXSW-MIX)

When will k-pop?

Been there and done that.

 

[llehuty]

Been there and done that.

lol, like the place where they did that life changing performance actually matters.

 

[Peru]

Been there and done that.

Been there didn't do that or anything close to it.

 

[Ym1r]

jpop sucks, I wont accept japan for throwing alan dawa dolma out the window.

I miss her avex PLS WHY... WHYYY???

also I don't and will never get perfume. Even when I was like Japan >>>> Korea status, they were far from anything I would have listened to.

 

[AlphaDragoon]

jpop sucks, I wont accept japan for throwing alan dawa dolma out the window.

While I cannot comprehend disliking Perfume, I 100% agree with Japan being failures on the count of Alan. She's so damn good, and so hot. Fuck you Avex.

 

[llehuty]

also I don't and will never get perfume. Even when I was like Japan >>>> Korea status, they were far from anything I would have listened to.

We already know you don't like exciting music.

#pray4Ym1r

 

[Ties]

Been there and done that.

delusion, i dont see either of these BUDGET kpop groups investing in holographic technology for their performances but you tried!

 

[Peru]

also I don't and will never get perfume. Even when I was like Japan >>>> Korea status, they were far from anything I would have listened to.

Takes some sort of courage to admit you're deaf to good music, I guess.

 

[Ym1r]

Takes some sort of courage to admit you're deaf to good music, I guess.

I think it's just their voices, that squeaky, highly modulated sound or whatever they do to it just doesn't appeal to me and never will. Anybody who uses it is an automatic dislike for me.

I'm sorry you can enjoy that, and I refuse to.

 

[Kuno]

I used to love jpop but it got really, REALLY boring to me. Everything started to sound the same. Their popular charts are STILL so stuck in the past and fresh new artists get buried under their weight. All these acts are super popular now and chart highly with every new release, even though they debuted years ago:

Arashi (Debuted in 1999)
EXILE (2001)
Lead (2002)
AKB48 (2005)
Southern All Stars (1978)
Mr.Children (1989)
Kobukuro (1998)
Pornograffiti (1994)
SMAP (1988)
KAT-TUN (2001)
TOKIO (1994)
(actually all Johnny's boybands)

The pop charts in Korea are full of fresher sounds, save for the rare anomaly like Shinhwa.

There are some cool Japanese acts like Perfume, but most of the Japanese music that I like these days (which isn't a whole lot) doesn't really sell there. I'm a big fan of FEMM but they flopped hard. The new CAPSULE album was cool too.

Utada needs to come back and save jpop.

 

[isuzu]

Red Velvet - Candy (live)

 

[Peru]

That's rubbish but if you just pay attention to the irrelevant Oricon top 3 then yeah, you'll be left ignorant of what's really happening. J-pop is all about the fresh sounds and new ideas these days.. girl groups with experimental attitudes left and right, singer songwriter pop talents pushing boundaries, no limits to what concept and sound you can go for. It's better than ever.

 

[AgentChris]

'Roommate' to end this season soon and kick off a new season with new members

That sucks. Jackson, Young Ji, Park Joon-hyung and Jo Se-ho will be missed.

 

[Broank]

delusion, i dont see either of these BUDGET kpop groups investing in holographic technology for their performances but you tried!

Weren't Kpop groups doing holographic concerts years ago though? I think SM even owns a bunch of equipment and theaters where there are musicals and stuff.

 

[Ym1r]

Jay Chou also did a performance with a holographic Teresa Teng.

 

[Kuno]

That's rubbish but if you just pay attention to the irrelevant Oricon top 3 then yeah, you'll be left ignorant of what's really happening. J-pop is all about the fresh sounds and new ideas these days.. girl groups with experimental attitudes left and right, singer songwriter pop talents pushing boundaries, no limits to what concept and sound you can go for. It's better than ever.

Not sure where the rubbish is, what I was saying is pretty factual. I don't have time to search every nook and cranny for the awesome underground/indie acts. I still can enjoy new jpop but it's harder and harder to find. I like ESPECIA a lot, for example.

Feel free to recommend stuff here because I don't know how to find the good stuff anymore. At least with kpop I can watch one of the weekly network music shows and find new music that I actually like. Watching TV Asahi's Music Station (probably the most popular music TV show in Japan) would be like torture. Their next episode has garbage like Kobukuro, J SOUL BROTHERS (EXILE offshoot), Kis-My-Ft2 (Johnny's group), Southern All-Stars, and Yuzu (1997 debut).

 

[Peru]

Not sure where the rubbish is, what I was saying is pretty factual. I don't have time to search every nook and cranny for the awesome underground/indie acts. I still can enjoy new jpop but it's harder and harder to find. I like ESPECIA a lot, for example.

.

Not talking about underground indie acts. Oricon #1 does not reflect mainstream listening habits, only loyal fan clubs. Even on the Oricon though you can find these fresh sounds. Hello Pro groups sound better than ever, all of them. Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQT4STlXz0 And when popular idol groups sound like this, how can you long for the old days? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdKNNXuraPs Especia, yes, but they're one in a million of fresh acts like that, a meeting of scene artists and mainstream, Dempagumi, Team Syachihoko, BiS offsprings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkd3H4tEf4 , groups outdancing kpoppers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfbQuU7vI4Y , queen Oomori Seiko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbKu4Xx0_Us

etc

 

[vanty]

Just click on links of pop stuff people say is good in the Japanese music thread and you'll find stuff you like pretty quickly. Here's some godtier gear to get you started.

 

[Kuno]

Thanks guys, I'll try to check out your recommendations. I know a little about the Hello Pro groups, but I'm biased toward the old H!P stuff (I was even in a H!P subtitling group back in the day).

I still think the overall skill gulf between Jpop and Kpop is huge though, in both singing and dancing. Maybe that'll change though.

EDIT: I checked out all the links, I liked Tentenko, Oomori Seiko and TEMPURA Z vs Charisma.com. I'd never heard of any of them before, so thanks again


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