Kpop: Berry Good (베리굿)

If you are going to do sweet and pretty in kpop you better do it good because this is the number one style of especially female groups especially at the start of their career. This is why Berry Good have been very much under my radar so far, delivering a well polished but still rather thame aegyo (korean for sweet, like the japanese kawaii). This ends mostly with Angel which has that extra personality and quality that makes it stands out. They still would do even better I think if they dared step outside the sugary niche but hey if it works why break it?

• Berry Good - Angel
• Berry Good - Love Letter (러브레터)
• Berry Good - My first love (내 첫사랑)
• Berry Good - Because Of You (요즘 너 때문에 난)

Jpop: Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

It is probably inevitable that one sooner or later comes to Ayumi Hamasaki when blogging about jpop, as she is one of the most popular pop stars in Japan due to her lyrics and being more active in her own music production than most japanese pop idols.

• Ayumi Hamasaki - part of Me
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Song 4 u
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Because of You
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Ballad
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Fairyland
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Marionette

Jpop: Orland

Consisting of three synths and one drum, Orlando is a retro-indie act from Japan which does 80s style synth-disco. Even though their newest video "Because Of You" for the first time consist of their own film material it continues the feeling of earlier works, which were made of old video clips.

• Orland - Magic
• Orland - Because Of You
• Orland - All That You Give
• Orland - The Twilight Hour
• Orland - Stardust

Kpop: UV - Because of you (너 때문에)

The duo UV brings on another style change with their Because of you, which is nowhere the comedy of Girl You Wanna Stay, but instead is a uptempo ballad which actually works quite well. And a little help from Seong Hun from Browneyed Soul helps too.

• UV ft Seong Hun - Because of you (너 때문에)