Kpop: Top 20 third quarter of 2013

Time to sum the third quarter of 2013 up. I may have been moving more and more into eastern european music, but there is still lots of kpop that catches my eye. A good song weighs heavier than a good video, so the list seldom raises a video higher than its song takes it. The clear exception this time from thiat rule is the number 3 spot, see more below...

20. Lim Kim - All Right. It is all in the refrain and how it is delivered. Can become irritating but Kim manages to avoid it well.

19. Nu'est - Sleep Talking. A nice number and song all in all.

18. UV - No Way Can't Be. Dripping with irony, it is still quite a nice track too, the guys of UV has done it again.

17. G-Dragon - Coup D'etat. I just love the video, but the song is just repetetive.

16. Defconn - Notorius Girl. Its the singing that does it.

15. Bjorn - Empty Desire. An odd bird here, but still very likable electropop.

14. Ailee - U&I. Talk about presence! Ailee can really lift a medium track with her charisma which she does here.

13. Brown Eyed Girls - Kill Bill. The sexiest unnis on the kpop scene returns and delivers again.

12. Five Dolls - Soulmate #1. Retro is the theme here and it works quite well.

11. Infinite - Destiny. The only surprise here is that it didnt place higher but it's just something extra missing from an otherwise cool track.

10. Bebop & H.U.S. - Maem Maem. A very perky and catching indie track.

9. Seungri - Gotta Talk To U. Male big-city elegance with a well-tuned song.

8. B.A.P. - Hurricane. The first song I liked from popular B.A.P., and if it wasnt for the terrible Engrish in the refrain ("The Loof") it would have been even higher on the list.

7. LC9 - Ma Beat. Shockingly explicit violence that in the end is just right for LC9. A must see for 2013.

6. Mr Mr - Waiting for you. They simply just have got such a nice sound to their songs. Well written and crafted and thats it really.

5. Kara - Damaged Lady. The girls gott class. They got style. Nuff said.

4. Lee Jung Hyun - V. I just love the video, I am a sucker for the theme "badass strange woman kidnaps helpless man"... ;(^_^)

3. Sunmi - 24 hours. Plainly: this is the sexiest video of this list, all hands down. What stops it from winning is that it can actually loose its edge when played too often...

2. After School - Heaven. You can debate whether this is Kpop as it is sung in japanese but it is a real pearl anyways withs its borderline seedy looks combining with the sweet disco track to form something really unextectedly etheric.

1. Jewelry - Hot & Cold. Just plain kpop pleasure done perfectly. Per-fec-tion.