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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Relaxer on December 14, 2015, 02:05:18 pm
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Rather than shit up multiple threads about my terrible ways, I'm making a thread to blather on and on about the hottest new musical scene today: shrieking Asian teenagers wearing color-coordinated outfits.
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And just to start this thread out right, let's all enjoy the greatest KPOP song ever: Gee by Girls Generation. Just look at them! God I wish we could embed YouTubes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ)
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1476178686022375/
A couple of my friends are throwing a K-Pop dance party at the backstage area of Black Cat on January 30th. I was considering going, at least for part of the time.
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And just to start this thread out right, let's all enjoy the greatest KPOP song ever: Gee by Girls Generation. Just look at them! God I wish we could embed YouTubes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ)
151,868,989 views!~
how many of those do you think relaxer put in ;)
Sorry man, can't get into this stuff
just seems like its being marked to creepy old men and not teenage girls??
I will not lie though...my kids have gotten me into BIGBANG - FANTASTIC BABY (https://youtu.be/AAbokV76tkU)
geez that had 191 mil views!
But probably not your thing as it's a Boy Band
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And just to start this thread out right, let's all enjoy the greatest KPOP song ever: Gee by Girls Generation. Just look at them! God I wish we could embed YouTubes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ)
(https://j.gifs.com/9rrBMJ.gif)
i can't imagine why this is popular with older married men.
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**NSFW**
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And just to start this thread out right, let's all enjoy the greatest KPOP song ever: Gee by Girls Generation. Just look at them! God I wish we could embed YouTubes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ)
151,868,989 views!~
how many of those do you think relaxer put in ;)
Sorry man, can't get into this stuff
just seems like its being marked to creepy old men and not teenage girls??
I will not lie though...my kids have gotten me into BIGBANG - FANTASTIC BABY (https://youtu.be/AAbokV76tkU)
geez that had 191 mil views!
But probably not your thing as it's a Boy Band
I understand it's not for everyone. I think it's incredibly well-manufactured and -delivered pop, and though I love a lot of genres, good pop is always going to have a place in my hard heart.
As for Bigbang, yeah... there's just no way. I can't get into any male KPOP or any other pop at all. They just look so ridiculous, and they're always trying to look so gruff and tough that I can't masturbate listen to that at all.
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I can't get into any male KPOP or any other pop at all.
So no love for DJ DOC? They were the biggest musical group in South Korea during the year that I lived over there. I really dig them and wish they would reunite for a new album.
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There are literally zero boy bands from any part of Asia that I like. Granted, I haven't really tried, but they all look so goofy with their scowls and perfectly sculpted hair and jewelry and make-up. It's completely absurd. Now, put all of that on a 15 year old girl from Gwangju? SOLD!
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If you make it out to the Korean bbq in Annandale [Honey Pig, I believe] they play KPop videos non stop.
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Rather than shit up multiple threads about my terrible ways, I'm making a thread to blather on and on about the hottest new musical scene today: shrieking Asian teenagers wearing color-coordinated outfits.
(Thank you)
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almost an onion posting...
South Korean girl group called 'Oh My Girl' claim 'denied entry to the US on suspicion of being prostitutes' (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3357947/Eight-members-Korean-pop-girl-group-say-denied-entry-LAX-suspicion-prostitutes.html?ito=social-facebook)
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can there be a version of this for gay guys? please. oh wait . . . it already is.
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The only one I know is Shonen Knife.
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The only one I know is Shonen Knife.
the 90's are calling you
they are more garage rock and they write their own tunes...so not really appropriate in this thread
unless you think all Asian female musical acts are the same
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I think Pizzicato Five is the proper 90s reference, even though they were more in the lounge-camp camp if I remember correctly
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And as long as I'm here, how about starting off your day with some catchy beats and gyrating teens?
T-ara is one of the leading KPOP bands and one of the older ones, having been around for about 6-7 years now. Unlike the other leading lights like Girls Generation and f(x), who seem to really push their 'little girl' image, T-ara have matured over the years and their image is much more adult though their music is still hyper and candyish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhezLlzHCM8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhezLlzHCM8)
One annoying thing about T-ara videos is they have these interminable intros that go on forever. Fortunately, this is not the case with Roly Poly.
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I need a massage.
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I finally have a reason to click on this thread:
North Korea?s rock chicks
Songs of praise
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A North Korean girl band fails to take China by storm
Dec 19th 2015 | SEOUL | From the print edition
HARDLY had the group of two dozen winsome North Korean musicians arrived in Beijing, than they were on a flight back home. Their first ever overseas concert, set for December 12th at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (the ?egg?, as the giant building in the centre of the Chinese capital is known), had been cancelled. North Korea?s state news agency removed its gushing coverage of the all-female band?s tour from its website. Chinese censors swiftly erased news of the cancellation from their country?s social media.
Mysterious last-minute plug-pulling on performances by foreigners are the norm in China. But they usually involve the discovery of political incorrectness: a singer?s sympathy with Tibetan independence, for example. The North Korean soft-rock band, Moranbong, could hardly be faulted on that score. Their number ?A Song of a Big Haul of Fish? is typical: according to the North Korean news agency it describes an ?abundant life under socialism?.
More to the point, Moranbong is a favourite of North Korea?s leader, Kim Jong Un, who is said to have set it up himself three years ago as a ?standard-bearer on the ideological and cultural front?. Its five lead singers, who expose an unusual amount of leg for such a puritanical country, have been credited with ?arousing? every member of the 1.1m-strong North Korean army. Mr Kim, it is thought, selected the women personally (his fondness for them is reciprocated in their song ?We Can?t Live Without His Care?).
Xinhua, a Chinese state-run news agency, said that the band?s tour had been called off because of ?communication issues?. Theories range from North Korean anger over gossip in South Korea?s press about a rumoured dalliance between Mr Kim and the bandleader, to North Korean ire over the low rank of Chinese delegates attending the concerts, to Chinese displeasure at lyrics heard in a dress rehearsal?too effusive, maybe, about the North?s nuclear programme (a video of North Korean missiles being launched featured in at least one of Moranbong?s shows).
But few think the incident means ties are getting frostier again. China?s foreign ministry was quick to say that it would push ?co-operation forward on all levels, including cultural exchanges?. According to some, North Korea?s ambassador to China apologised to local officials for the cancellation. A former senior official at the Blue House, South Korea?s presidential office, says there has been ?very serious? discussion between North Korea and China about a possible visit to Beijing by Mr Kim?his first since assuming power four years ago. That long-awaited debut is still one to watch out for in 2016.
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21684184-north-korean-girl-band-fails-take-china-storm-songs-praise
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relaxer: i still don't accept your obsession with *pop, but i now understand it (http://www.fuse.tv/2016/01/family-guy-k-pop-sistar-korea-episode).
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Aaaand the expose:
http://www.radiolab.org/story/kpoparazzi/
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see, relaxer . . . just like that.
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I actually referred to this thread when we had a going away party for a friend going to South Korea... Spent the better part of a afternoon down the kpop rabbit hole!
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I was digging the 오마이걸 (OH MY GIRL) - PINK OCEAN (EP) the other day; very catchy.
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killsaly, I love that album, it's a quality pick. I also love the cover of it. Perfect representation of KPOP
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/2315349c2134c8af83106daa47d0886f/tumblr_o4pe4t0UnH1tlizxro1_500.jpg)
Last night I was listening to this and just loving it.
(http://ext.pimg.tw/blue8145/1424340534-863226133_m.jpg)
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Last night I made a mix while messing around with Traktor that was 오마이걸(OH MY GIRL) versus Ital Tek versus Babymetal versus Moderat... I might post it later, I thought it was fun.
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An interesting weekend for fellow connoisseurs of screaming Asian teenagers gyrating to technicolor beats. New albums by Perfume and Babymetal appeared to the delight of many including this guy (points to Sweetcell, who is completely taken by surprise and drops his bagel)
Perfume's Cosmic Explorer is already shaping up to be one of my records of the year. Producer/songwriter/mastermind Yasutaka Nakata just might be my favorite artist of the past few years. Between Perfume and Capsule, this guy makes techno-pop that I find incredibly appealing. I prefer Capsule's clean beats to Perfume's more vocal-centric music, but really, anything this guy does is gonna work with me.
(http://tunegate.me/userfiles/images/Perfume_Cosim_480_ttu.jpg)
Babymetal's Metal Resistance is a whole different animal. This is more like Atari Teenage Riot doing JPOP, more for fans of Andrew WK than, say, Pocket girls or Up Up girls. Whenever I listen to Babymetal, my first thought is its the greatest thing in the world but after a couple minutes, I'm usually thinking of what I'm going to listen to next.
(http://i.yai.bz/Assets/57/908/l_p0050190857.jpg)
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(points to Sweetcell, who is completely taken by surprise and drops his bagel)
man...that would make a great Vine material
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Lol at the Atari Teenage Riot comparison...
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Babymetal Confused The Hell Out Of Americans Last Night With Their Debut TV Performance (http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/babymetal-confused-the-hell-out-of-americans-last-night-with-their-debut-tv-performance?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social)
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Digging Laboum - Fresh Adventure
(http://www.allkpop.com/upload/2016/03/content/laboum_1458833289_laboum.jpg)
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I tried that Laboum and found it too ballady and mid-tempo for me. I didn't think it was bad, just not enough to grab me. I like my beats to be bangin and my teenagers to be shrieking.
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I thought 상상더하기 and 3 Strike Out had good beats. Caterpillar is a ballad of course, also not my thing, but I did like the two aforementioned tracks.
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https://soundcloud.com/killsaly/oh-my-girl-b612-killsaly-mixital-tek-babymetal-moderat-dj-mix
오마이걸(OH MY GIRL) - B612 Killsaly DJ mix (versus new tracks by Ital Tek, Babymetal, Moderat )
^ something I made the other day while bored
I am happy with it minus like a four second section around 1:16...
This is the reason I am getting JPOP and KPOP tracks, for DJ mixes, not for purely listening to them like I do a lot of other music.
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Just bought tix to the Babymetal show at the Fillmore. I don't love the new album, but I suspect I'll be kicking myself in the dick if I miss this show.
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relaxer is probably the promoter for this..but just incase he didn't know
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I'm so bummed I missed that ^^^ but I just couldn't make it.
Meanwhile, I am LOVING this ep:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/HyunaAwesomeAlbumCover.jpg)
HyunA -- A'wesome ep
HyunA was the *real* brains behind the tragically now-defunct 4Minute, but her fans can be comforted by the fact that this may be the best Asian pop release of the year.
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My casual flirtation with Kpop is going full scale fanboy at the moment. I knew the line was crossed when I get excited a new Red Velvet mini album dropped today and yesterday i was looking at the social media for signs of a new blackpink release...
(http://www.allkpop.com/upload/2017/01/af_org/red-velvet-wendy_1485273170_af_org.jpg)
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Oh, Kosmo, you'll be hoeing it up with random skanks a la Relaxer by the end of the month. . .
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Meanwhile, I am LOVING this ep:
HyunA -- A'wesome ep
I like this so far....thanks for the recommendation and listing to her other stuff...roll deep!
now I can come to the table with a good reco for my young KPOP fans (sad times)
I did find this interesting foot note...She is also well known for her appearance in Psy's worldwide hit "Gangnam Style",
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the visuals part of KPOP really disturbs me
There is an element of... they all look like skinny high school girls...who are just a little naughty with their super short shorts.
is it all music factory stuff or does an artist like HyunA actually write the songs?
or does she just show up for the vocal tracks and photo shoots....endless photo shoots, videos about photo shoots.
the imagery of KPOP (hardly differs from western corporate pop music for the last 60 years)
IMO seriously discredits this genre
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I dont' get it...its like the Backstreet Boys but with Korean preteen females?? WTF is this?
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I dont' get it...its like the Backstreet Boys but with Korean preteen females?? WTF is this?
And just to start this thread out right, let's all enjoy the greatest KPOP song ever: Gee by Girls Generation. Just look at them! God I wish we could embed YouTubes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ)
(https://j.gifs.com/9rrBMJ.gif)
i can't imagine why this is popular with older married men.
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You guys are over thinking this.. Just listen to them sweetly singing the la la la's and smile inside
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But I really enjoy Girl's Generation's last full length "Lionheart". Like a lot of k-pop it runs the gamut of bubblegum, ballads, etc.
And yes I have wondered myself about some of the imagery of k-pop and Oh My Girl and Red Velvet really do push the edge of that. And plastic surgery is pretty much a given amongst k-pop stars. But, I tend to just listen to the music and certainly don't need to follow the stuff on social media
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My beautiful thread!
For all of my lecherous ways, I come at (on?) KPOP purely from an audio perspective and never watch the videos. This is mostly because I don't have the patience to watch anything these days but there's also an element of, cmon dude that's tacky.
The other night I was on 270 driving home at like 1:00 am and this song came on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc_RH1PdZlY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc_RH1PdZlY)
The verses are good but nothing to blog about, but when that chorus took off, I damn near drove off the side of the highway. SO GOOD. Seriously, it was kinda frightening and I was thinking "jesus, get a grip" and continued on. Then like 45 seconds later AOA and I sang " ONE TWO THREE FOUR" and then I swerved across three lanes of traffic and took an exit I didn't even want to take.
That's the power of KPOP.
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so every time this thread comes around, I get a little creeped out after I go to youtube and watch some of these videos and listen to some of these songs, that fall into the category of kpop or any other name it is called.
I am not sure why I get creeped out, but it makes me think of guys who are into the most shocking of perversion sex there is . . . the kind that actually gives you an immoral chill through your body if you listen to them explain what they like when it is just them and the partner/victim.
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Man, you guys are really over-thinking this.
Pop music? Relying on sex appeal? Why that would never happen here!!!
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the imagery of KPOP (hardly differs from western corporate pop music for the last 60 years)
IMO seriously discredits this genre
I do conceed that groups like The Ronettes to The Runaways were all sexualized for a male audience
but it's so overt and constant and frankly hard to ignore
My young girls and I love listening to music and we've used spotify a bunch, but youtube has also been a part
But I watch a few of these vidieos..... and seriously I don't know how the web-filter hasn't tagged this as kiddie porn
and I can honestly say I enjoy the music tremednosly
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bunch of pervs if you ask me...
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I ignore it all. Because they're Asain.
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Sorry man, can't get into this stuff
just seems like its being marked to creepy old men and not teenage girls??
I can honestly say I enjoy the music tremednosly
You've progressed beautifully in just over a year, my friend.
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I am a conflicted guy, what can I say
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Sometimes you just need to listen to Highteen's Boom Boom Clap and watch your day get exponentially better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1HGKGpHtKI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1HGKGpHtKI)
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what I do understand is the pop,piness of it, the catch and the beat and how it gets you moving at first, though it really does becoming grating after a while, but what I don't understand is why this genre, why a bunch a japenese girls that you see at comic con prancing around like youthful . . . whatever the mind goes to. there are sounds like this you can get from other places, no?
There have been girl groups in this country, but nothing surmounting to a whole craze of white American farm girls or similar, who play up the heights of barely legal sexual appeal, the only way our country's television and now internet can, singing the most bubblegum of bop dance appeal music. They can't, because of the kids, I guess. So then you have these groups, that are there from Japan, to fill the void. Ok, I guess I get it. Does the fact that you have to like manga, Japanese anime, comics, basically be a nerd have anything to do with why someone would like this form of music? don't you hate it when someone asks you, why you like something, that you like.
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you lost me ::)
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Yeah, that was one of walkonby's more incoherent posts.
But I'll see if I can parse some of your verbal mangling.
Yes, it can start to sound all the same. That's the way jazz felt to me before I started listening to it more closely. Also, the songs I post are usually all going to be bangers. There's plenty of great mid-tempo songs, even ballads. But if I'm trying to convert people or share the BEST songs, they're going to be thumpa-thumpa-thumpa shriekers.
I have no idea what question you're posing at the end of that first paragraph.
And yes, there are current girl groups in the western world, and I like a lot of them. The thing is, they're much more rooted in R&B and hip-hop and less in electronic/dance. So I think Fifth Harmony makes good pop music. And my #1 favorite album of 2016 was a 5 piece from Wales called Baby Queens. I hear a lot of KPOP influence in Grimes and I feel like Nicki Minaj was toying around with it. But I still believe some western artist or band is going to take this sound and just go massive.
And I can easily answer why I like it: it's great music. The best KPOP has great songs, strong and enjoyable melodies, super catchy choruses plus there's often 2 or even 3 of them, good production, and beautiful voices blended together. I have zero interest or experience with anything to do with anime, comic con, comics or My Pretty Pony.
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my last question was simply asking that question I don't think people can really answer. why do you like the music you like? I, can not understand the appeal of kpop, and I wanted your true opinion of why you think you like it, compared to other genres of music? for some reason, I thought one had to be obsessed with all things Japanese anime video gamers that go to comic cons, and the such, to appreciate kpop, for some reason.
relaxer answered actually, quite perfectly.
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I've always loved the sound of women's voices singing together. HUGE fan of the Supremes, Shangri-Las, Marvelettes, Martha Reeves & Vandals, etc. And I loved a lot of the 90s retro-soul girl groups from the UK like All Saints, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, etc. If anything, KPOP was the most logical extension of something I'd always had inside me
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I much prefer something like the Raveonettes to the KPOP. But I need that darkness and angst. KPOP is tooooooo sweet.
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But I still believe some western artist or band is going to take this sound and just go massive.
I agree
I need that darkness and angst. KPOP is tooooooo sweet.
I agree as well
Baby Queens.
good stuff
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Blackpink have a new single out "As if it's your last", not that i have been checking routinely for something new from them or not ;) Anyways, it feels like a safe k-pop track for them, not nearly as standout as their first singles. Hopefully, a new mini album or whatever is in the works. and yes my obsession with k-pop continues...
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Apparently, K-pop has its own US festival.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/25/arts/music/kcon-k-pop-festival-review.html
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Wow, that was interesting and I'm glad to know about it. But holy shit that line-up sucks. For one thing, boyband KPOP is just the most pathetic thing. All these plastic hairless elves trying to sound all badass and shit, it's hilarious. And the only proper KPOP band they could get was Twice, who are ok but not even remotely one of the leading lights. If they'd said that 4Minute was reuniting at this thing, I'd be on Expedia right now booking a ticket.
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Kpop and poop both have four letters and a p followed by an o AND preceded by an o
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Blackpink have a new single out "As if it's your last", not that i have been checking routinely for something new from them or not ;) Anyways, it feels like a safe k-pop track for them, not nearly as standout as their first singles. Hopefully, a new mini album or whatever is in the works. and yes my obsession with k-pop continues...
yeah, listened to it last night and was not impressed
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Cosmic Girls have the song of the summer so far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNBLlmrExNw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNBLlmrExNw)
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Relaxer - I need your help with this one:
Fashion Monster - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivkxpAVVC4)
Any good?
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yeah I can help...JPOP and kinda annoying IMO
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yeah I can help...JPOP and kinda annoying IMO
Thanks. The Angels have been trolling Ohtani in Spring Training by using that as his walk-up song, and I was wondering just how bad they were trolling him. He addressed it yesterday saying, "yeah, that's not my song."
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ok that makes sense
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I keep meaning to post in this thread.. but for relaxer check out Dreamcatcher kind of the K-pop equivalent of Babymetal
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Relaxer - I need your help with this one:
Fashion Monster - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivkxpAVVC4)
Any good?
Kyary really divides the western Asian pop community, with some thinking she is a legend and others finding her spazzy manic style overly grating. I'm in the middle and don't listen to her much HOWEVER I have 'Fashion Monster' on my Best Ever Azn Songs playlist and always welcome it. Plus, just watch that video. How can you not love it?
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I will try Dreamcatcher. Babymetal was a great show but I haven't listened to them since then. I don't turn to Asian pop to hear squealing guitars, ya know?
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I don't care what this thread is about or what you are talking in here . . . I just came around for the fact, I saw the name Relaxer and
Gurl.
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You wouldn't find me attractive now. I had a real bad bike-car accident a few weeks ago and I'm all broken up and scarred.
When I got hit, I was biking over to a sexy hangout so had taken a viagra for that extra little push. It's really an experience lying in an ER covered in blood, multiple bones broken, and having your face stitched back together while sporting a wild boner.
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POTW
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seriously. that first paragraph had me thinking "relaxer has lost his edge", but the second para had me all "HE'S BACK!!!".
man, the shit ER staff have to deal with...
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Paging, nurse walkies. Why yes . . . a sponge bath is in order.
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Probably the worst part (as anyone who's experienced a similar situation) was that not only did I have to divulge that indeed I'd taken viagra earlier that night, but I had to divulge it like 50 times to different doctors and nurses and they'd chuckle or stammer or blush. I'd ease the tension by putting my hands in my lap and saying, look now I can count to eleven!
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Relaxer ..All About That Hallyu
http://www.koreaculturedc.org/En/Explore/Content.asp?Idx=892&Part=SE
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Hooooly shit, I cannot believe I missed that. DAMMIT
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Clearly the success of BTS is having a ripple effect for K-POP venturing overseas...
Minzy (ex-2ne1)
the club
12/2
https://www.dancebreaktour.com/
"Join me live for a comeback performance and all my solo and 2ne1 music! I'll also be premiering a short film about my personal story of my journey from 2ne1 till now.
This tour is a platform I'd like to use to promote Mental Health awareness, Suicide Prevention, and women empowerment! All very important issues dear to my heart.
I will also be featuring several guest artists, including the talented Made By Crooks, and some talented winners of my comeback challenge (coming up Oct 20)"
Lots of solo female K-pop tends to be a bit sappy for my likes, but i've enjoyed Minzy's tracks...
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Damn, I'd be all over this, except I'm not paying $50 per ticket for a show that could end up being crap. I can just see it being a half hour video, Minzi performing 4-5 'medly' songs, her turning it over to some no-names, and then she comes back for a couple songs and GOODNIGHT PHILADELPHA!
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/The_Great_Seungri_album_cover.jpg/220px-The_Great_Seungri_album_cover.jpg)
This is my album of the year, no question. This video is insanely awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MtOeuCgh8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MtOeuCgh8)
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though you didn't did the kpop boyz...
I've liked your pick of Hyuna in the past, but IMO this guy sucks and is more full of himself than the Bebs (and that's saying a lot)
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I've really gotten into the boy bands this year. Goldenchild's first ep is amazingly good, although subsequent ones weren't that hot.
I just checked my 'favorite kpop songs' playlist and all I've added to it in the past few months are boy bands: EXO-CBX, The Boyz, TheEastLight and my man Seungri. I can see not digging Seungri, I guess. I think of him as an Asian Timberlake rather than Bieber. I think his record is pure quality from start to finish.
'Beep' by April is the only girl band song from 2018 that I've flagged. Dang.
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did you bike accident impact your fetish for tween Asian school girls
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i think it's a more general reflexion of Relaxer becoming bored of women. he ran around matin'n'datin anything with ovaries for a few months, went there and did that, and now the horndog got a hankering for some new strange...
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Boy bands maybe the only music I absolutely will not listen to....
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There’s a Korean sausage joke somewhere in there, I just know it.
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TIL...
Big Bang has have sold over 140 million records and counting, making them one of the biggest-selling boy-bands in the world beating out American favorites like the Backstreet Boys and the Jackson Five
If you haven't heard the 2012 hit Fantastic Baby (https://youtu.be/AAbokV76tkU) you are missing out (no you are not)
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BlackPink
"In Your Area" US Tour
Misleading tour title, is not in my "area"
April 17 -- The Forum, Los Angeles, California
April 24 -- Allstate Arena Chicago, Illinois
April 27 -- Firstontario Centre Hamilton, Ontario
May 1 -- Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
May 5 -- Infinite Energy Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
May 8 -- Forth Worth convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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Goddammit. I would KILL to see Blackpink. But I won't drive to Jersey. Quite honestly, I'm very surprised they're playing arenas, even if it is just half a dozen of them
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I was a little surprised too that they were playing 20k stadiums.
yeah...not an option for me either to drag the kids to Newark NJ on a Wednesday
(odd almost all of these dates are Wednesdays...must be cheaper to get these big venues?)
Relaxer...why don't you convince Bob B to do a tiny desk...(and give me a +3 ;) )
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I was a little surprised too that they were playing 20k stadiums.
yeah...not an option for me either to drag the kids to Newark NJ on a Wednesday
(odd almost all of these dates are Wednesdays...must be cheaper to get these big venues?)
Relaxer...why don't you convince Bob B to do a tiny desk...(and give me a +3 ;) )
Hatch - is this really a thing your kids are into, or are they your "beard"?
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I'm on the fence about BlackPink...they are one of the better kpopers
I'd not go on my own, but would enjoy the show with the kids if they played the Anthem
but it was my kids (via a hip Koren babysitter) who turned me on to KPOP
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I’ve been listening a bit to the “JPop” group CHAI, who like Baby Queens are girl group with little less pop sheen
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I'm on it
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BTS with the US stadium tour
“BTS WORLD TOUR LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF”
2019 Tour Dates: (capacity)
05/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ Rose Bowl Stadium (90K)
05/11 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field (60k)
05/18 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (82K)
05/25 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Allianz Parque (55k)
06/01 – London, UK @ Wembley Stadium (90K)
06/06 – Paris, FR @ Stade de France (80K)
I know they are big, but shocked they can get venues this size
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Not exactly in the Pop category, .... Thoughts on Otoboke Beaver....
(http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/01/otoboke-beaver.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM8N_wcCNbE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM8N_wcCNbE)
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Thoughts on Otoboke Beaver....
this might have appealed to me when i was 14.
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This was kinda neat, I guess. I thought the song sounded pretty catchy and the video was cartoonily outrageous and fun. But like Babymetal and some other JPOP bands that lean more to the rock/metal end of things, this just doesn't do much for me. Like, the most interesting thing about it isn't the music or the song but the fact that it's four Japanese women playing schizo noise-punk. Ok.
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Since your minds were in the gutter about the name.
The name does not come from slang for ladyparts, it comes from the name of a "Love Hotel" situated near the high school of one of the band members in Osaka.
A Love Hotel is, exactly what you thought it would be.
SideHitch may remember the famous Commack Motor Inn back in his homeland....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBnKEppBXM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBnKEppBXM)
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Since your minds were in the gutter about the name.
The name does not come from slang for ladyparts, it comes from the name of a "Love Hotel" situated near the high school of one of the band members in Osaka.
A Love Hotel is, exactly what you thought it would be.
To be fair, isn't that name even more in the gutter than a slang for ladyparts? You're telling us its a repository for multiple coitally-activated lady-toilet-areas in rapid, never-ending sexual succession. That makes slang for one, standalone ladypart look like a regular nunnery of virtue, by comparison.
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Since your minds were in the gutter about the name.
The name does not come from slang for ladyparts, it comes from the name of a "Love Hotel" situated near the high school of one of the band members in Osaka.
A Love Hotel is, exactly what you thought it would be.
To be fair, isn't that name even more in the gutter than a slang for ladyparts? You're telling us its a repository for multiple coitally-activated lady-toilet-areas in rapid, never-ending sexual succession. That makes slang for one, standalone ladypart look like a regular nunnery of virtue, by comparison.
fair.
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I thought about the Celebrity Crime thread, but I don't really consider them celebrities.....
K-pop star Jung Joon-young quits over secret sex film scandal (https://news.sky.com/story/k-pop-star-jung-joon-young-quits-over-secret-sex-film-scandal-11664072)
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I thought about the Celebrity Crime thread, but I don't really consider them celebrities.....
Shots fired. Relaxer, get in here and start a kerfuffle.
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Wow, that's crazy. I'm not too familiar with Jung but Seungri put out my favorite record of last year.
I'm not going to lose sleep over somebody not considering KPOP stars to be celebs.
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Tool,
Hampton,
5/10,
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Tool,
Hampton,
5/10,
Did they purposely pick the shittiest places in the US for this tour?
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Hampton comes alive!
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Tool,
Hampton,
5/10,
That is quite the genre crossover.
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Tool,
Hampton,
5/10,
That is quite the genre crossover.
How do you figure? Hampton Coliseum is historically a venue that only terrible, drug-addled Yada bands play at and Tool is basically the hardrock version of a terrible, drug-addled Yada band. Seems on brand.
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Tool,Hampton, 5/10,
That is quite the genre crossover.
How do you figure? Hampton Coliseum is historically a venue that only terrible, drug-addled Yada bands play at and Tool is basically the hardrock version of a terrible, drug-addled Yada band. Seems on brand.
that was very on brand response too...and very accurate
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Tool,Hampton, 5/10,
That is quite the genre crossover.
How do you figure? Hampton Coliseum is historically a venue that only terrible, drug-addled Yada bands play at and Tool is basically the hardrock version of a terrible, drug-addled Yada band. Seems on brand.
that was very on brand response too...and very accurate
I wouldn't expect any of you to dig deeper than the original post, but this wasn't specific to Hampton, the entire tour reads like shittiest places in America for $500 Alex.
Also, I love Hampton, still a shithole though.
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Republicans are Tool fans too!
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Republicans are Tool fans too!
MAGA
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6143/5961391883_00902cd5e2_b.jpg)
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Why on earth are you idiots sullying up the KPOP thread with this tool nonsense?
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Seconded!
And to get us back on track I’m currently fascinated with KPop acts doing New Jack Swing inspired tracks, to the point they are using songwriters from its golden age.
It also means shudder I liked a couple boy band tracks to day I enjoyed
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-american-rb-songwriters-found-a-new-home-in-k-pop-627643/
https://allcatsandmusic.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/new-jack-swing-in-k-pop/amp/
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Why on earth are you idiots sullying up the KPOP thread with this tool nonsense?
Blame the bow tie wearing ginger
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so apparently this lame song is breaking the internet
BTS Returned With Their New Single “Boy With Luv” Featuring Halsey
I think it sucks...they will be on SNL this weekend
Relaxer...you really missed your window a few years ago
You could have capitalized on this bringing KPOP to an American audience
BTS! We haven't seen boy-band fandom like this since the Beatles (https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/entertainment/bts-kpop-album-persona-soul-who-is-trnd/index.html)
they became the first K-pop group to address the United Nations !!!!
They talked about their 'Love Myself' campaign, which was launched in partnership with UNICEF and focuses on global education and the prevention of youth violence.
and here I thought it was a 'pro-masturbation' message
but you decided getting laid was more important and now look at the landscape
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Julian's Korea??
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I’m guessing we’ll be seeing more of the K-pop collaborations with ROTW tracks in the future. The Red Velvet remix of a Ellie Goulding’s Close To You is a nice slice of pop
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8505826/ellie-goulding-diplo-red-velvet-close-to-me-remix
And BLACKPINK’s Cochella was the first time I ever left compelled to stream a festival set. While it was fun, I’m sure it was missing much of extravagance of their arena show.
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ugh, when I thought billie could do no wrong...I'm not liking this trend
brace yourself: A BTS and Billie Eilish collaboration could be on the way.
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Fans of K-pop group BTS flood publishers with Twitter engagement
The hyper-engaged fanbase of BTS, a Korean boy band, and a handful of other popular K-pop groups are bringing American publishers off-the-charts Twitter numbers.
Most Twitter influencer shares per article on popular topics
(https://images.axios.com/fOtFc5lpYZ6cabNGNsnw1xxEJ7Y=/665x365:2088x1164/1920x1080/2019/05/13/1557785227150.png)
The big picture: BTS has a more engaged following than any other entity on Twitter — and it isn't even close. The group's main account generated 400 million interactions from its tweets in the last 3 months, compared to just 105 million from President Trump, according to data from CrowdTangle.
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This weeks Switched On Pop takes on K-Pop through BTS’s Boy With Luv:
https://www.switchedonpop.com/what-btss-boy-with-love-ft-halsey-can-teach-us-about-k-pop/
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sorry DC kpop fans, BLACKPINK doesn't love you: closest date is newark.
BLACKPINK Announces Dates And Cities For Upcoming “BORN PINK” World Tour (https://www.soompi.com/article/1539708wpp/blackpink-announces-dates-and-cities-for-upcoming-born-pink-world-tour)