Kpop: PSY - New Face & I Luv It

The first above and two first below is from "I Luv It", the rest from "New Face"

PSY will ofc never top his super hit "Gangnam Style" from back in 2012 (getting close to 3 billion views!), but he still pushes out videos that gets 10s of millions of views. The two new releases from the new album "4x2=8" is "I Luv It" & "New Face". I think they don't quite come up to "Daddy" and "Napal Baji" from the last album, but they aren't bad and the videos are still very fun to watch. And if you wonder, it is Son Naeun from A Pink and the "Pineapple Pen" guy of viral video fame, Pikotaro.

• PSY - I Luv It
• PSY - New Face

Kpop: A Pink - NoNoNo

A Pink is finally back, their latest track "Hush" was released more than a year ago. The new "NoNoNo" is aegyo (female sweetness) overload. While last years Hush worked quite well as a standalone music song, NoNoNo is more ordinary, while still by no means bad. Welcome back, A Pink!

• A Pink - NoNoNo

Kpop: Top 20 first quarter 2013

As I just realized I have been posting quite a lot of good music latetly, I thought I's round up my top 20 kpop favorites from the first three months of 2013. I rate song and video together, but will mention special cases where the video/song is clearly better than the other. I had actually thought to do only top 10, but I ended up with 20 videos I really want to tell you about. Lets start at the (still excellent) bottom and work upward:

20. RaNia - Just Go. Attitude and the right beat. That's enough really.

19. D-Unit - Talk to my face. Actually D-Units weakest song, but it is still good.

18. Teen Top - I wanna love. Nice flow even in the rap sections created an uptempo song that makes me happen to listen to.

17. Evol - Get up. The manage to pull of a monotone beat and rap to make a song I like, which I would not have betted on beforehand. Kudos to them.

16. My Name - We are the night. Nothing special stands out, it's just the refrain and general sound which is really likable and a bit bittersweet.

15. SHINEE - Dream girl. I expected a dramatic video from SHINEE and I got it, plus a kid of retro vibe I really like. It's really well crafted and could really have been top 10 but for the same reason that it feels a bit familiar.

14. BoA - Disturbance. The queen of kpop rules. One minute of BoA got more style than ten other kpop videos. Her presence is just over the top. I never miss a song from her.

13. MFBTY - Sweet dreams. While some may argue that the song is great too, it is the video that makes this a must see. A top list based 90% on the videos would put them top three this spring.

12. Sistar19 - Gone not around any longer. I couldn't actually care less about the (much talked about) butt-wiping part in this video, it is the song and refrain that matters, the melancholy and bitter tones.

11. H - Lose control. Hes got style, he's got the voice. Sooo sweet singing.

10. Speed - It's Over. The subunit from Co-Ed School has managed to establish them as a an act to be counted on having videos where both dance and music creates a whole that is not to be missed.

9. CN Blue - I'm sorry. One of the few more rock sounding songs in this list, but it really belongs here.

8. Hong Jin Young - Boogie Man. Modern trot with a nice song and smiling video.

7. Kim Sori - Dual life. Different video and a rather fresh song concept have given this one a top spot for me.

6. B2st ft A Pink - Oh my baby. Really an ad video, this just makes me cry inside that we dont have this kind of stuff in Sweden. Only thing that would make me return to watching normal TV.

5. Boyfriend - I Yah. Probably the strongest refrain loop this spring. I Yah, I Yah, I Yah!

4. Mr Mr - Highway. I *really* shouldn't care so much about the story in this video, but somehow it adds quite much to the overall value. Still, the song in itself is a given in my playlists.

3. Vixx - On and On. Nazi women using the boys of Vixx as artillery bullets to rescue a damsel in distress? Funny and alien styling? This video is just so fantestic *but* the song is top notch too.

2. Dasoni - Good bye. I really liked Exid's song "Every Night", so I was frustrated when they created a sub-unit which then would potentially hinder new songs from Exid. But I was soo wrong. This is a pop classic and the one I have played the most on my iphone.

1. Girl's Day - Expect. Wow. The video, the song and the text just fits perfectly together.

Kpop: Kang MinHee (강민희)

Miss $ member Kang MinHee has released her first single, It's You. Its filmed with that "home video" style we all have come to love/hate. Regardless of that, the song itself is quite OK.

• Kang MinHee - It's You

Kpop: B2st ft A Pink - Oh my baby

Must be coincidence that Eun Ji happens to get into three pics here..

A promotional video for a clothing brand (Skoolook 스쿨룩스), Oh my baby, sees B2st and A Pink collaborate in a futuristic video that is quite nice.Again I feel quite envious of this kind of kpop ads.Why cant we have this instead of the usual dreary ad-breaks we have in Sweden?

• B2st ft A Pink - Oh my baby (5! My baby is an alternative spelling since 5 is pronounced "oh")

Kpop: Yang Yoseob (양요섭)

The single Caffeine from Beast main vocalist Yang Yoseob is a real gem, both in its sound and melody, but also the delivery, which is quite well tailored to the mood of the song. He has done a number of duets and solo songs for dramas and such also, here I link one done with A Pink's Eunji (which I just love in her role in Answer Me 1997).

• Yang Yoseob - Caffeine (카페인)
• Yang Yoseob and Jung Eun-ji - Love Day (러브 데이)