[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: October 29th - November 5th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/62366.html
This week's listing features new music from Bang Yedam, MIRANI, xikers, Wonho, ILLIT, plus many, many more!
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[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: May 13th - 20th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/77534.html
This week's listing features new music from xikers, TAEYANG (BIG BANG), WOOAH, TAEYONG (NCT), plus many more!
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen KARD -- Back To Life -- Simply K-Pop.
I found myself getting teary as I listened to this farewell -- or should it be hasta siempre? - song from KARD. I haven't enjoyed their recent releases that much, so I was gratified to hear them going back to a tropical house sound reminiscent of their earlier material.
I chose this stage because I like seeing the choreo, and the outfits are the best of all the stages and videos that I have seen.
It's a shame that they never broke through in a big way in South Korea. I hope they have derived a sense of achievement as well as monetary compensation from their success with Latin American fans.
Although I didn't understand every line of the song, I was moved by the themes of support and loyalty voiced in the song. Some might dismiss this aspect of the song as World Cup anthem corniness, but in an age where cruelty and faithlessness abound, I would rather accept this lyrical offer at face value than bind myself in the armour of cynicism and so make myself insensible to hope and human connection.
KARD -- Back To Life -- Simply K-Pop
https://youtu.be/grpTwfpBSh0?si=EjV1nID-XP0FOAtY
To the Korean government & ministry,
You want to the world to embrace #Kculture #Kcontent #Kdrama #Kpop and so on but you are dismissing and ignoring the voices of the global community. That is not acceptable.
The American culture and the US Dollar are global hence everyone has something to say for and against them.
That is the price you pay when you go global. You cannot dismiss and ignore the voices of your global fans.
#PerfectCrown must stay!
한국 정부와 부처님께,
당신은 세계가 #Kculture #Kcontent #Kdrama #Kpop 등을 받아들이길 원하지만, 글로벌 커뮤니티의 목소리를 무시하고 무시하고 있습니다. 이는 용납할 수 없는 일입니다.
미국 문화와 미국 달러는 세계적이기 때문에 누구나 찬성하고 반대할 수 있는 말이 있습니다.
그것이 바로 글로벌에 진출할 때 지불하는 대가입니다. 글로벌 팬들의 목소리를 무시하고 무시할 수는 없습니다.
#PerfectCrown 크라운은 남아 있어야 합니다!
Second #blog post. I wrote about #IU and saints and why I think she is one.
https://dogfox.codeberg.page/posts/IU/
Titles on the feed pages are still a little screwed up, but...
> "Other insults that have been hurled include comparing Southeast Asian people to chimpanzees, mocking the English proficiency levels of South Korean netizens as well as the high suicide rate in the country."
Midweek New Music Roundup :: February 4th - 11th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/67223.html
This week's listing features new music from ATEEZ, Blue x Ten, Monsta X, Suho (EXO), KANGDANIEL, IVE, plus many more!
#Korea right now:
Government: Let's make the world embrace #Kculture #Kcontent!
Koreans: Delete #PerfectCrown from existence!
Also Koreans: Only Korean voices matter.
World: You want us to embrace your culture and products but ignore our voices? You just want our money?
Of course it's biased.
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/bts-rm-victim-racism-feud-korean-sea-netizens/
1. Koreans attacked Indonesia's top girl group, No Na, first
2. Indonesians returned the favour
It's wrong, yes, but you can't blame ASEANs. YOU started it.
[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: May 20th - 27th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/77671.html
This week's listing features new music from SHOWNU x HYUNGWON, BIBI, Taemin (SHINee), can't be blue, Boyfriend, plus many more!
Was #Spotify hacked? I don't think this "song" belongs to these artists. The song is a South Asian language, not Korean. And it doesn't appear to be a song at all and the recording quality is really bad too.
Midweek New Music Roundup :: February 11th - 18th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/67764.html
This week's listing features new music from WOODZ, ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, plus many more!
[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: May 27th - June 3rd https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/78043.html
This week's listing features new music from aespa, SHINee, TREASURE, K.will, ONEWE, plus many more!
Looks like #2NE1 unofficially "officially" ended. 😭
[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: February 25th - March 4th
https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/70032.html
This week's listing features new music from Lee Youngji, Big Ocean, YOUNHA, Bang Yedam, NMIXX, Eric Nam, plus many more!
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Ji Won -- Call Me Up.
Ji Won, formerly of Cherry Bullet, with a charmingly catchy pop song. An effective opening with the chorus and a nice build in the prechorus win me over. The stylist has used red and navy blue to good effect in Ji Won's outfit.
I note that the song was composed by Anna Lindgren, the Finland Swede who also worked on TWICE -- The Feels, Kep1er -- Giddy, and many other Kpop hits. Why are these Nordic countries such fertile grounds for pop music?
I've chosen to feature this stage because I don't like the MV one bit. It's not because it's AI; -- I still haven't sorted out what I think about that technology -- but on account of it being just an animation. What was stopping the agency producing something with Ji Won herself? I also have to say that I do not love the chibi influenced style of the MV.
Ji Won -- Call Me Up-- M Countdown 260806
https://youtu.be/VyOn5-JMWHs?si=o0iNJ5XJZwc3geuM
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[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: March 4th - 11th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/71000.html
This week's listing features new music from WOODZ, Solar (MAMAMOO), ATEEZ, ONEW (SHINee), plus many more!
I saw the hashtag #RUDEphilosophy and wondered if it had anything to do with Hearts2Hearts.
Hearts2Hearts -- RUDE -- 260313
https://youtu.be/46leb_MOhIY?si=iTIR39nnBpO9dGjT
I love Carmen's pink oojamacallit...
Midweek New Music Roundup :: March 11th - 18th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/72362.html
This week's listing features new music from AB6IX, P1Harmony, Hoshi (SEVENTEEN), plus many more!
[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: March 18-25 https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/73197.html
This week's listing features new music from BTS, YUNA (ITZY), P1Harmony, DK (SEVENTEEN), plus many more!
〈Have Filipinos ‘Moved On’ from K-pop?〉
https://rollingstonephilippines.com/music/filipinos-moved-on-from-k-pop-opm-streaming/
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen KiiiKiii -- Pop Off Pop Off.
This might not be music for the ages, but it is mostly fun for its just under two and a half minutes of duration; I love the build up to the chorus, but what comes just after the chorus not so much...
Although I often post stages or performance videos for #KpopOfTheWeek, I've chosen the MV this week for a pair of reasons. In the first place, I loved all the Apple oojamacallits in the first half of the video, and then delighted in all those Sicilian locations in the following section. Then, watching a live stage, I found myself thinking that the song really needs the visual support; it comes across to me as somewhat insubstantial otherwise.
KiiiKiii -- Pop Off Pop Off
https://youtu.be/UsbRoaH6y-Q?si=goFAXrDYGqzAHYqO
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that has particularly impressed me. This week I have chosen Eunha, SinB, and Umji -- Ulsan College Festival -- 261030.
Oh joy! They're back! Although they are not using the name VIVIZ here, they not only perform some favourite VIVIZ songs but also look more beautiful than ever. In fact, Eunha looks so gorgeous that she manages to overcome my distaste for the #BigClumpyBoot !
The fancam takes in the whole stage. If you want to jump to a particular song, here are the times; I have omitted those for the ments:
0:03 -- Shhh!
7:41 -- La La Love Me
10:52 -- Hypnotize
14:19 -- Bop Bop!
21:50 -- Maniac
Eunha, SinB, and Umji
https://youtu.be/KqiGrtoMCSY?si=wLAJ5EVZAlw3NQuQ
#Kpop #Eunha #SinB #Umji #VIVIZ #Shhh #LaLaLoveMe #Hypnotize #BopBop #Maniac #UlsanCollegeFestival #KpopStyling
[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: June 10th - 17th https://abuelaskpop.dreamwidth.org/78412.html
This week's listing features new music from i-dle, The Rose, JUNNY, RIIZE, JUN.K (2PM), plus many more!
