25 Days Of Christmas Countdown Day #17: Top K-pop 2015

So unlike my earlier lists which were all time lists, now we're on to the year specific lists. The first of these is K-pop 2015. For the past couple of years, I felt like K-pop was on a decline. In 2014, I felt like K-pop had taken a nosedive into that decline like it had never before. There's really only a handful of songs I can name from 2012-2014 that I would still call today "pretty good", unlike 2009-2011 where K-pop was at it's peak. This year, however, the releases have actually been pretty good. I'd say that 2015 is a great turnaround for K-pop and I'm hoping that it continues into 2016. As I don't listen to boy groups much anymore, this list is all from the ladies lol.

#10: Twice - Like Ooh-Aah

#9: EXID - Ah Yeah

#8: Girl's Day - Ring My Bell

#7: 4Minute - Crazy

#6: AOA - Heart Attack

#5: Nine Muses - Hurt Locker

#4: Red Velvet - Dumb Dumb

#3: Brown Eyed Girls - Brave New World

#2: Wonder Girls - I Feel You

#1: Oh My Girl - Closer

Enjoy! What are your thoughts on K-pop this year?

Music Discovery Mondays (Nov. 16, 2015)

Sorry for not posting regularly! It's probably going to be like this until mid December. I thought I would have more time but I just don;t :(

Track #1: Ai Otsuka - Laugh

This song is proof that I really need to look into more mainstream J-pop acts instead of sticking mainly with idol pop. I just wish it wasn't as hard to find music videos and such of their songs to watch.

Track #2: Red Velvet - Oh Boy

Red Velvet's been really impressing me this year. They put out some really great music. I love how this song is so poppy. It reminds me a lot of 2010-2012 KARA or SNSD.

Track #3: Juice=Juice - Ijiwaru Shinaide Dakishimete yo

I've been going through my CDs recently, and ever since I came across this single again it's been stuck in my head. Juice=Juice has put out some great songs recently, but I agree with many others that say their indies/first year holds their best tracks (sans Senobi...which is the best thing they've ever released). The whole "jazzy yet pop" feel worked so much for them. Sorry for those of us in the USA who can't watch it on YT...below you'll find a handy proxy link to let you view it!

Proxy: Click Me!

Enjoy!

New Music Thursdays (September 10, 2015)

Is it just me or have the last two weeks been bland for new releases? There's either been nothing or very average songs. I guess this is just the downtime in between periods of massive releases.

Track #1: 2Eyes - Pippi

I feel bad that their company might be facing a lawsuit over this song. Although it was kind of stupid on the company's part that they did make sure that there would be repercussions for using the Pippi name. If they had just done the look there likely wouldn't have been an issue, but I can understand why using the name might cause issues. The song itself is pretty catchy. I didn't like what they had come out with before, and while this doesn't compare to the other girl group songs of this year, it's leaps and bounds ahead of their other material. Pippi was released on August 15th.

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Track #2: Red Velvet - Dumb Dumb

SM Entertainment's newest girl group. They seem like a young f(x) with their new comeback, which is totally fine with me because f(x) is the best of the SM groups. This song is a bit scatter-brained but insanely catchy. I've had the "dumbdumbdumbdumb" beat stuck in my head all day. Their first full album, The Red, released September 9th.

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Enjoy!