The Wild and Wacky World of K-Pop

[Rick Jones]

Anyone familar with K-pop knows about Dingo's Killing Voice series, were either a group or an artist comes on the program and sings both past hits, b-sides and their newest stuff. Today, TWICE appeared on the show for the first time and they sang 19 of their songs. The most notable thing is that if you're familiar with TWICE's discography, you'll know that this barely scratched the surface and they could easily do multiple episodes or make the episode like 5 hours long. Either way, I enjoyed it a lot.

I only recently got to the point where I know all the members by name about a month ago.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Seventeen will become the first K-pop group to perform at the Glastonbury festival this June.

Glastonbury’s first K-pop group is a reflection of years of Korean government strategy

SEVENTEEN’s performance will mark a major milestone in Korea’s decade’s long strategy to take Korean popular culture to the world.

theconversation.com

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

So yesterday, me and my family were watching clips from Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survival on Mnet's YouTube channel and one piqued my interest, which was a cover of Charlie Puth's "Dangerously" by Jay Chang and Bitsaeon.

 

[Space Cadet]

Babymonster made their comeback today with the song, "Sheesh." They also released their 1st mini album/EP Babymons7er, which contains one other new song("Like That," co-written and produced by Charlie Puth) and re-recordings of their first two singles now that member Ahyeon is back in the group.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

New K-pop girl group Illit have released their debut EP Super Real Me, which includes the single "Magnetic".

ILLIT Enter K-Pop World With Unprecedented, ‘Magnetic’ Debut

In a whirlwind of magnetic charm, ILLIT, the latest girl group sensation from HYBE LABELS and BELIFT LAB, stormed onto the global music scene.

www.forbes.com

 

[Space Cadet]

Girl group Kiss of Life has released the MV for their latest single, "Midas Touch." The single album of the same name is also out as well.

 

[Rick Jones]

Kiss of Life is one of my favorite groups right now.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Twice's Nayeon is set to release her first solo music in two years.

TWICE's Nayeon makes a solo comeback after 2 years

According to a report by Xports News on April 9, Nayeon is set for her solo comeback in June. This marks two years since the release of her first so…

www.allkpop.com

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Illit has become the first K-pop group to have their debut single chart in the Billboard Hot 100 as "Magnetic" debuted at number 91 as well as being the seventh K-pop girl group to have a single reach the American charts.

ILLIT earn first Billboard Hot 100 hit with viral single 'Magnetic'

K-pop girl group ILLIT have scored their first Billboard Hot 100 hit with their viral debut single, 'Magnetic'.

www.nme.com

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

K-pop girl grouo Cherry Bullet have announced their disbandment.

K-pop girl group Cherry Bullet have disbanded, label confirms

Cherry Bullet has officially disbanded, the K-pop girl group's agency FNC Entertainment has confirmed in a statement.

www.nme.com

 

[Space Cadet]

IVE made a comeback yesterday with the song, "Heya." Their newest EP, IVE SWITCH is out.




Seventeen has released their first Korean greatest hits album called 17 Is Right Here. Here's the MV for "Maestro":





Rock band Xdinary Heroes is back with their first full-length album, Troubleshooter. Here's the MV for "Little Things":

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Korean internet giant Kakao has given the green light to acquire a stake of SM Entertainment.

Kakao gets greenlight to acquire controlling stake of K-pop agency SM Entertainment

Kakao has received a conditional approval from South Korea's antitrust regulator to acquire a controlling stake in SM Entertainment.

www.nme.com

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

RM has revealed concept photos for his upcoming solo album Right Place, Wrong Person.

BTS’ RM Unveils Concept Photos for Upcoming Solo Album ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’

BTS' RM's new solo album 'Right Place, Wrong Person' is coming soon. See the new concept photos.

www.billboard.com

 

[Space Cadet]

NewJeans made their comeback on Friday with a single album. The songs are "How Sweet" and "Bubble Gum." Here are both MV's:

 

[Rick Jones]

With all of the stupid drama going on around them, it's still nice to get some breezy pop songs in time for summer.

 

[Space Cadet]

Aespa made their comeback yesterday with the song, "Armageddon." Their first full album of the same name also came out. Here's the MV:



Boy group Treasure made their comeback today with the digital single, "King Kong":




And finally, Korean R&B singer/rapper Jay Park has released the MV for his new song, "Taxi Blurr." It features Natty from the girl group Kiss of Life.

 

[Rick Jones]

Supernova is still stuck in my head so I need to check out Armageddon now.

 

[Space Cadet]

TWICE member Nayeon has released her second mini album/EP NA today. Here's the MV for the lead single, "ABCD":

 

[Space Cadet]

Technically this is a Japanese release since they're making their debut there but NewJeans released both "Supernatural" and "Right Now" today. I'm including it here because both songs include enough Korean lyrics to qualify it here. Below are both MV's. The notable thing about "Supernatural" is that legendary producer Pharrell helped co-produce it, mainly because it samples the Japanese song, "Back On My Mind" by the singer, Manami, which Pharrell helped produce back in 2009. He came back to re-do his adlibs for NJ's song.

 

[Rick Jones]

Nayeon's ABCD reminds me of the Pop/R&B anthems from the early 2000s by artists like Amerie. A very nostalgic sound for me.