Jpop: BoA - Lookbook

After the success (and quality) of BoA's "Kiss My Lips" earlier this year, I was careful with expecting more of the same this year, but here is "Lookbook", her 39th (!) single in Japan, and again she shows of her star quality both in singing and dancing. The theme is obviously fashion, with both obvious visual que's but also lyrical references like the title (a lookbook is a collection of photos etc for a model) or terms like OOTD. A nice EDM track really.

• BoA - Lookbook (Shorter YouTube version)
• BoA - Lookbook (Full version, slower loading)

Ukrainian pop: Kazaky

What probably strikes you when watching one of the videos of the ukrainian electropop group Kazaky is of course their looks and dancing which very obviously connects to gay-culture, something which they seems to do fantastically and they has gathered fame from this (among other things, featuring prominently in one of Britney Spear's videos...). Watch their funny parody of airport control intimacy or their high heels in "Love". I suggest you start with "Touch Me" and then watch the new "Strange Moves".

• Kazaky ft The Hardkiss - Strange Moves
• Kazaky - Touch Me
• Kazaky - Pulse
• Kazaky - The Sun
• Kazaky - Love
• Kazaky - Dance and Change
• Kazaky - Last Night
• Kazaky - Crazy Law