Archive for the 'Korean Music' Category
January 21, 2009
태군
Last week a new artist debuted and since I quite liked the song, I thought I'd share the MV of it with you all. The artist's name is 태군 (Taegoon), and it looks like he's going to be leaning towards the dance/R&B style of pop that's pretty popular right now. This song is called Call Me, and it's not all that amazing, it's pretty standard fare but I quite liked it anyway:
The rather emotionless/possibly robot guy with a gun is 김재중 of 동방신기. I found it a rather random appearance! Apparently the two are friends, and 김재중 was helping to pimp his friend's debut out a bit.
태군's dance style actually reminds me quite a bit of 비, even some of the scenes remind me a lot of 비's MVs. Anyone here familiar with 비 and thinks the same? A few of... Show more
January 14, 2009
Gee gee gee gee gee~
소녀시대, or Girls Generation, is a girlgroup that it seems you either love, or hate. They are often compared to the Wonder Girls (another love-or-hate situation, apparently), a comparison that I think is unfair - to both groups. Their music style is vastly different, as is their image. The plans their companies have in store for them is also incredibly different, and while on the surface pop is pop, if you look deeper then you will see that they are in fact being geared towards certain specific goals and niches. JYP has his sights set on America for his 5 member girlgroup, while SM Entertainment is quite content to keep their 9 girls doing their thing at home.
One thing both groups do have in common though, is their fair share of fans and... Show more
January 7, 2009
2008 Mash-Up, JYP & 비 Dance Special
A friend showed me this a couple of days ago and I thought it was pretty cool, and wanted to share it with you guys. It's a mash-up of some of the biggest songs of last year.
And at the MBC Music Festival at the end of December, there was a JYP and 비 special dance performance that I thought was awesome. Check it out!
December 17, 2008
23rd Golden Disk Awards & some more 박효신
Last week the 23rd 골든디스크상, the Golden Disk Awards, were held. I'm not entirely sure but apparently the results are calculated by a formula that consists of : 60% music sales, 20% popularity vote and 20% committee evaluation from December 2007 to November 2008. There's a whole lot of politics under the surface though, some labels in the past have boycotted the event, and it's all really just a big mess waiting to happen. But instead of getting into that, we'll just take a look at who won what. There's a few awards you can grab for yourself at the Golden Disk Awards. The biggest is the 대상, it's the holy grail of the night. The next is the 본상 award, and then finally there are YEPP awards for various categories.
동방신기 grabbed themselves the... Show more