Jonathan EmmesediThank you @Erzbet for stepping up once more and organizing #KpopMonday .
For #1stGenerationKpop , here is S.E.S with this delightful disco track:
S.E.S -- Just A Feeling
https://youtu.be/A-8EhJA2J74?si=LgR0nad_LJTThCFh
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🧵 1/2
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 IVE – Blackhole.
I've chosen this because I've had the song on my brain, I like the outfits, and I'm pleased that my liking this song provides me with an opportunity for posting a video with my bias Ahn Yujin giving it her all.
If you're not sure who Yujin is...
IVE -- Blackhole -- Music Bank 260306
https://youtu.be/31GRJUUpYHI?si=wB8_S6Kl-4yM0CNl
BLACKHOLE - IVE [뮤직뱅크/Music Bank] | KBS 260306 방송
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 Hearts2Hearts – Rude.
Loved everything about the chorus and Carmen and Ye-on's parts. In general I enjoy the bouncy, ultimately disco derived house sound. I wish they had gone a little lighter on the rap and I am afraid that Stella's English passage was a painful reminder that I am not in the target market.
The MV has a lot going on but does not feel cluttered to me. Lots of great outfits, but my favourites were the tennis dresses.
Overall, I liked "Rude" a lot and can see why this bright sound works for them; it works for this fan too!
Yet I must say that I hope that they will return at some point to the more mysterious atmosphere of "The Chase".
No doubt when it comes to my opinion though, SM couldn't even care less...
#Kpop #KpopOfTheWeek #Hearts2Hearts
#Rude #GirlGroups @kpop @[email protected]
Hearts2Hearts -- Rude
https://youtu.be/F7sGJVUrkjQ?si=bVlpKzcLywEF8Mss
Hearts2Hearts 하츠투하츠 'RUDE!' MV
Should I stay up until 3:00 AM for the MV release?
Hearts2Hearts 하츠투하츠 'RUDE!' MV Teaser
https://youtu.be/YwRs3mrgUKE?si=mcV7afkyvqVp884P
Hearts2Hearts 하츠투하츠 'RUDE!' MV Teaser
CSJH The Grace -- My Everything
https://youtu.be/ZSuOWnXVKE8?si=t9LGG8iOnvrYL3AF
Happiness and prosperity to all celebrating the Lunar New Year!
I have a Kpop girl group wish: please include more harmonizing when arranging the vocals.
Because so many fans want their own individual bias to have their own special moment, the temptation to arrange as a concatenation of individual parts is strong - see countless social media "line distribution" and "unfairness" posts.
Now listen to the "My Everything". Wonderful, yes?
Don't get me wrong - I love, love , LOVE the performance aspects of Kpop, and I am not claiming that we never hear harmonies in Kpop today. I just wish we could hear more...
The Grace 천상지희 더 그레이스 '열정 (My Everything)' MV
VIVIZ
Both Hearts2Hearts and WJSN will be coming back before the end of this month.
Am I being a greedy multistan when I express a hope for VIVIZ announcing a comeback soon?
🧵 1/2 WJSN
How beautiful they look!
I must say, though, that if I had not already known how Dayoung ( second from right) looks now from her last September's very Californian solo debut "Body", I would not have recognized her. Compare with a picture from a couple of years ago...
Hearts2Hearts
Roll on the 20th and the release of "RUDE!"
Imagine clicking on the one thinking you were going to get the other!
Lovelyz -- Ah - Choo
https://youtu.be/v7qisJ_KuYI?si=8qbnTVJjNUARXIlO
러블리즈(Lovelyz) "Ah-Choo" Official MV
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 Fifty Fifty – Wish You Were Here.
Unlike many men of my age, I have never treasured the original Pink Floyd song as an especially meaningful all time favourite; I quite like it, but it's never occurred to me to think of 'Wish You Were Here" as outstanding in any way.
The Fifty Fifty cover, on the other hand, has impressed me. I much prefer the instrumentation here, but above all the girls' timbres, ad libs, and harmonies make this version strike sympathetic chords within me in a way that the original has never done.
I hope Fifty Fifty continue with songs like this, "Gravity", or "When You Say My Name" -- that is, material which allows them to show off their vocal talents to their best advantage. As well as finding them pretty and charming, I like their singing so much that I feel I must support them even if come out with songs like "Skittles" that I do not care for at all.
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (Official FIFTY FIFTY Cover)
https://youtu.be/vJYWz7gvKzM?si=j4YHD5oCmP-9fySS
#Kpop #KpopOfTheWeek #FiftyFifty
#WishYouWereHere #PinkFloyd #Rock #GirlGroups
