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K-Pop Fanboy/Fangirl |OT6| Thank You for Love
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Wendel Clark
Member
we need a poll to find out, no no eul!
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I've been saying this since Hoot. Their love is religious, man.
jongkookie
Member
The sharp edges on her face still bothered me so I just went in there and basically used the color from the space and made an outline then blurred it out a little bit and now it looks as good as I want it to.
Thanks for the help man!
neoism
Member
lol the MV is nice and they all look fab.. but song is only ok.. not really good for repeated listens...
link to album
The 2nd half of the album will be released tomorrow
Lion Heart
PARTY
Fire Alarm
Green Light
Paradise
Bump It
neoism
Member
i hope we get at least 2 more japanese albums before the are done...
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Superior WG bros/sistars must stick together.
Not sure what you mean by trying to find something that isn't there. Check out the album thread on Reddit - plenty of blind praising of what is a really lazy effort (So far, who knows, maybe the second half will blow me away - at this point I doubt it). And there are people calling it their best album yet.
Their first self titled album/Baby Baby repackage were pretty good for the time - but at this point I just can't let them go for phoning in albums like this just because they've already reached peak popularity. They're part of SM, who is giving interesting and frankly better music to just about all of their other groups at this point. There's NO reason why SNSD shouldn't be held to the same standards as their peers.
IGAB as a song is great - the album though? Not sure what you're on. Pink Tape is one of the best albums released by a girl group in Korea in years. I can count the number of times I've gone back to listen to IGAB front to back on one hand.
neoism
Member
yup IGAB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pink Tape...Not sure what you mean by trying to find something that isn't there. Check out the album thread on Reddit - plenty of blind praising of what is a really lazy effort (So far, who knows, maybe the second half will blow me away - at this point I doubt it). And there are people calling it their best album yet.
Their first self titled album/Baby Baby repackage were pretty good for the time - but at this point I just can't let them go for phoning in albums like this just because they've already reached peak popularity. They're part of SM, who is giving interesting and frankly better music to just about all of their other groups at this point. There's NO reason why SNSD shouldn't be held to the same standards as their peers.
IGAB as a song is great - the album though? Not sure what you're on. Pink Tape is one of the best albums released by a girl group in Korea in years. I can count the number of times I've gone back to listen to IGAB front to back on one hand.
just the song
josecitoxnyo
Member
Kids.
Peers? None of F(x) singles has reached the same quality/success than the best SNSD's singles, or even their average ones, you're asking them things that SM knows they don't need. That's why i was saying you're trying to find something that simply is not there.
Lazy effort? Maybe, safe would be a better way to describe it, i disagree that SNSD needed to reinvent itself after what happened last year, in fact they had to do the opposite, use their most classic guns and prove that last year was a bump in the road.
Take it easy, let them fanboy all day, we know that none of SNSD's album will be better than the 1st Japanese album.
I'm still not understanding what the last two sentences here are saying.
As for comparing f(x) singles and SNSD singles. Of course they haven't had the same kind of chart success. SNSD sell on their name alone. They could record a track with their farts as the only backing track and it would sell just as well. Quality however? f(x) has had a string of quality title tracks in the past few years - not only that but for two years in a row they released solid, cohesive albums where pretty much every track was of the same or similar quality to the title track.
If you're okay with SNSD releasing boring stuff like this and getting praise for it, then fine. But I think it's just lazy.
Nothing classic SNSD about this release my friend.
Also, I'm definitely taking it easy don't worry. There is nothing wrong with actually discussing the quality of music released as opposed to just posting gifs of the video all day.
My post on Reddit's thread about the album got downvoted into obscurity because I made a decent criticism of the album.
neoism
Member
Song is boring, I didn't mind the first verses, but the chorus sucks all the energy the song could have (not much, but still). Looking forward the last MV still.
Shots fired. And ramyeon, pls, for your mental health, stay away from reddit.Also, I'm definitely taking it easy don't worry. There is nothing wrong with actually discussing the quality of music released as opposed to just posting gifs of the video all day.
Yeah man, it's pretty dark over there.
2009, bros
This comeback is their most expensive.. ever? Three music videos, one of them way out of a box, staggered promotion. And it worked. They managed to build up hype, Party did really well despite not being the greatest song ever (better than Lion Heart, though).
I'm really late to this but the reason Tymee was eliminated is because she and Jace completely flopped the teamwork challenge while Kisum and Jimin actually did what they were supposed to do: work well together. They had good chemistry. For all the hype Tymee got before the show started she didn't really do much. Let's not forget the round where she wanted to perform their ballad sitting down, which Jimin and Jolly V disagreed with, and then the judges tore them to shreds so those two performed acapella verses they'd smartly prepared in advance.
I still say people were too harsh on Jimin. She didn't do anything with San E. He was thirsting over her from the very beginning but she dad-zoned him in like episode 1. Not her fault he was being a creep. But at the end of the day, Jimin had the best and most successful single from the whole show so I'm happy. (Also Kisum's Superstar is brilliant, she sounds so good on that track.)
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Anyway, I'm quite surprised that I kind of enjoy Lion Heart. I mean, it doesn't come anywhere near their best efforts, but I think it's pretty good. Fun choreo, nice visuals, and the songs themselves aren't that bad. I still reckon You Think will be superior though.
Party is still trash, Check remains superior
Lion Heart, I like the chorus but the build up until there is unremarkable. It's still pleasant.
MV is a mix of IGAB and My Oh My... It's a visual slayage but the blatant product placement (which at least means some good bucks) and bad oppa stuff is cringe worthy. Waiting for (gritty sequel?) 'You Think'.
Fire Alarm is a mess.
Green light is much better and probably my favourite.
Paradise is also decent even if doesn't stands out much.
Bump It is too inconsistent for my taste. Still ok though.
BTW a Japanese album is expected still this year.
MV is a mix of IGAB and My Oh My... It's a visual slayage but the blatant product placement (which at least means some good bucks) and bad oppa stuff is cringe worthy. Waiting for (gritty sequel?) 'You Think'.
Fire Alarm is a mess.
Green light is much better and probably my favourite.
Paradise is also decent even if doesn't stands out much.
Bump It is too inconsistent for my taste. Still ok though.
BTW a Japanese album is expected still this year.
As a sone for years myself, I'm kinda disappointed aswell so far.
Lion Heart is okay but it's definitely not a song to listen on repeat.
Party was just your random generic summer song, so I'll pass on that.
Fire Alarm is decent, could be better if it was more balanced.
Green Light is a good filler.
Paradise has its charms but the overall feeling is still quite bland.
Bump It is by far the best to me.
I'm looking forward to the next part and hoping for better stuff !
Lion Heart is okay but it's definitely not a song to listen on repeat.
Party was just your random generic summer song, so I'll pass on that.
Fire Alarm is decent, could be better if it was more balanced.
Green Light is a good filler.
Paradise has its charms but the overall feeling is still quite bland.
Bump It is by far the best to me.
I'm looking forward to the next part and hoping for better stuff !
Speaking of Unpretty Rapstar, here's a teaser for Jace's new song featuring Kisum. It sounds...pretty good actually.
Jace is fine as a studio rapper. She's just awkward as fuck on stage and has no charisma or presence at all.
This is pretty much accurate.
Half-assed dancing while holding instruments you don't even use just looks stupid and awkward.
Those live performances are pretty much forgettable.
except Yubin
I've never heard any of her stuff but from what I know, I can't say I disagree with that.
Genie (Japanese) - The Korean version has an ugly video.
Flower Power
Paparazzi
Bad Girl - Terrible quality for an official video for some reason.
The Boys
Girls' Generation
Wake Up
Run Devil Run
Into The New World
Show! Show! Show!
Mr Taxi
You-aholic
Beautiful Stranger
Reflection
Way To Go (Himnae)
Hoot - KPopGAF's official theme song
I Got A Boy
Karma Butterfly
The Great Escape - Amazing
Hope that helps!
salty_Josh
Member
SNSD was a mistake. Nothing but trash.
rooflapimp
Banned
they b good for some monkey spanking doe
josecitoxnyo
Member
I'm still not understanding what the last two sentences here are saying.
As for comparing f(x) singles and SNSD singles. Of course they haven't had the same kind of chart success. SNSD sell on their name alone. They could record a track with their farts as the only backing track and it would sell just as well. Quality however? f(x) has had a string of quality title tracks in the past few years - not only that but for two years in a row they released solid, cohesive albums where pretty much every track was of the same or similar quality to the title track.
If you're okay with SNSD releasing boring stuff like this and getting praise for it, then fine. But I think it's just lazy.
Nothing classic SNSD about this release my friend.
Also, I'm definitely taking it easy don't worry. There is nothing wrong with actually discussing the quality of music released as opposed to just posting gifs of the video all day.
My post on Reddit's thread about the album got downvoted into obscurity because I made a decent criticism of the album.
You're still not understanding that SNSD does'nt need the same kind of ideas that made an F(x) album so great, they don't need that full cohesive album to get the public attention neither sales, put some good songs, make a good single, fill the rest with whatever you have in the table and that's it.
Am i ok with this? Specially in Korea? No, not at all, but i get it, it's not surprising at all if you go back and see every Korean release since their debut. Go back to their previous album, IGAB was to the majority a fantastic single, the album is random songs which mostly are boring crap.
I stopped wanting that kind of album you look for in SNSD since The Boys, it won't happen, ever. Japanese releases tho, are a whole different thing.
I know they don't need that to sell - but it's really stupid to accept that as the status quo simply "because it's always been that way".
You don't need to tell me about their past albums, I've been following SNSD since their pre-debut days. Literally the only Korean album of theirs I can listen from start to finish without getting bored is their self titled/Baby Baby repackage. And that's mostly due to nostalgia.
But that doesn't mean I'm not going to criticise them for continuing to release lazy stuff. You're basically saying to just shut up and not say anything because that's the way it's always been. That's such a silly way to think.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
How did I miss this woman all these years?! She's adorbs and funny as hell.
Sunmi army shall grow!
josecitoxnyo
Member
No, what i'm basically saying is that, this is SNSD we're talking about, remember?.
What you're basically saying is, why can't i ask F(x) to release a song/single like Genie?, they could, but they won't, they are not that group or musical concept.
Of course i want more from them, i won't get it in a Korean release, that's a fact.
OG Wonder Girls was seriously something special. Finding those videos to post has led me down the rabbit hole on a nostalgia filled YouTube session and reliving all the memories. So good to have them back, although it'll never be quite the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXqvP565NEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QtCOnZjVJw </3
This is not what I'm saying at all.
I don't want them to release the same music that f(x) does. I want them to release good quality music instead of phoning in releases with B-sides that all sound the same every couple of years.
josecitoxnyo
Member
They won't, why do you think Eldren's list a couple posts back is made of 14 singles or promoted songs? The rest are from their 1st japanese album and some random good song of another one LMAO. That's SNSD, that works for SM, so why even bother changing it?
Don't get me wrong, we're on the same side if we're going to critize this, but, i'm not blind to the facts and already got to this conclucion years ago, this is their formula, they won't change it unless they have to.
The demo already sounds good but things are missing, i'm getting a hard time thinking which parts go to who, but still.
superseohyun
Member
holy sh!t this haircut is worse than seohyun's.
Sunmi, the original Taeyeon stan. God bless her.
Yo those bangs were all the rage back then.
They can definitely stay in the past.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I've skimped out on WG material from way back when (call it Nine Muses syndrome... Not the members I know? Don't care lol). But I really need to fix this. All of these videos are hilarious.
josecitoxnyo
Member
HYUNA - 4th Mini Album 'A+' AudioTeaser
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Edit: SNSD "You Think" - The best they've done in 2.5 years. Something taeyeon.jpgs can legitimately fawn over.
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Edit: SNSD "You Think" - The best they've done in 2.5 years. Something taeyeon.jpgs can legitimately fawn over.
Still not better than f(x)/RV's stuff
I've listened to You Think twice and I still can't remember what the chorus sounds like. Not doing it for me I'm afraid. While Lion Heart was formulaic here credit is due and say it was stuck in my head all day.
The other half the album ranges from boring and forgettable (One Afternoon) to obnoxious (Show Girls). Whatever. I'll give the album another shot tomorrow morning when I wake up with the tracks in the proper full length order to see if that helps the pacing, but I don't think I'll be coming back to listen to this very much at all.
The other half the album ranges from boring and forgettable (One Afternoon) to obnoxious (Show Girls). Whatever. I'll give the album another shot tomorrow morning when I wake up with the tracks in the proper full length order to see if that helps the pacing, but I don't think I'll be coming back to listen to this very much at all.