Jpop: Wagakki band - Fireworks (華火)

Before, Wagakki band from Japan has made brilliant, but still, covers of songs in versions where they play them with traditional instruments in historical dresses (kind of - fantasy versions more like). Now they release their first original song, Fireworks (Hanabi).

• Wagakki band - Fireworks (華火)

Kpop: Queen B'z

The group previously known as P.O.P Con in 2012, made a "re-debut" as Queen B'z this autumn with the somewhat different bloody vampire-hunter styled "Bad". Come Christmas Day they softened this with a cutesy song "2014 Wishlist" (2014 희망사항). While being a quite ordinary song, it is still better than many other sub-par - holiday offerings from kpop super-groups.

• Queen B'z - Bad (original version)/Bad (performance version)
• Queen B'z ft Byun Jin Sub - 2014 Wishlist (2014 희망사항 )