Kpop: Flashback with Rainbow

I felt like going back in time, with the kpop girls of Rainbow. If you're feeling nostalgic too, here's a few good ones I haven't added before.

• Rainbow - Gonna Gonna Go! (japanese version)
• Rainbow - Mach (japanese version)
• Rainbow - To Me (내게로..)

Jpop: Osaka Syunkasyuto (大阪☆春夏秋冬)

This funny group with singer Maina in the front has done some rather enjoyable covers of artists like Justin Bieber, Spice Girls, Queens and Jackson Five, but my favorite is Kill the King (by Rainbow). Therefore I am very happy that they decided to do a parody version (as if it wasn't fun enough before) which is called "Furo (Bathe) the King" and which ofc takes place at one of the very popular public baths in Japan.

• Osaka Syunkasyuto - Furo the King (風呂・ザ・キング)
• Osaka Syunkasyuto - Furo the King (original cover)
• Osaka Syunkasyuto - Wannabe (Spice Girls)
• Osaka Syunkasyuto - Baby (Justin Bieber)
• Osaka Syunkasyuto - We will rock you (Queen)

Kpop: Top 10 of the first quarter of 2015

The first quarter of 2015 has passed and again I find myself with many good songs. I may become more demanding as my relationship to kpop matures, but there are obviously still quite a number of good videos to be had.

Honorable mention goes to Yoonmirae, Tiger JK & Bizzy in MFBTY for their colorful "Bang Diggy Bang Bang".

10. Infinite H - Pretty. An easy and charming video that mostly fascinates by the (un?)intentional homo-eroticism.

9. Skrillex ft Diplo, G Dragon & CL - Dirty Vibe. If this is what we will be getting, I'd love to see more of these kind of east-west crossovers in the future.

8. 9Muses - Drama. New member constellation but keeping with the successful concept, this time 9Muses used a cafe meets theater set as a background for their usual beauty contest.

7. Lizzy - Good Bye PMS. The video is really just super fun with mixing Godzilla like fights with a PMS medicine commercial (sic!), and the song isn't bad either.

6. Crayon Pop - FM. I love what Crayon Pop stands for. More nerds in kpop! The video is pure anime/super hero nerdiness, and the song is better then most they have released the last year.

5. Fiestar - You're pitiful. This is basically a well crafted and very traditional girl group kpop song, and it works well for giving their fans a great time. But, and yes there is a but, it should have hade a bit more variation to make it really take off.

4. Rainbow - Black Swan. A dark return for the girls of Rainbow, the song has all the right drama and with just a little more variation it would have been top 3 this quarter.

3. Jonghyun ft Zion T - Deja Boo. Charming and smooth singing in this video from Shinee member Jonghyun.

2. Tey - Dangerous. A cool and sexy debut from Mr Mr's Tey, with a song that is precisely the right level of dramatic while keeping up the tempo.

1. Hong Jin Young - Love Wifi. This isn't cool. This isn't updated. This is old school, before there even was kpop. And it is super charming. I love trot when it is done with this much fun.

Jpop/rock: Molice

The trio Molice from Japan draw their inspiration from various rock/punk sources in the 70s/80s/90s in their own unique combination that sometimes makes me like it even though this kind of noise-intensive usually is to much for me nowadays (I always've loved metal, not the more punk/jumpy sort of guitar-based music).

• Molice - Rainbow
• Molice - Romancer
• Molice - Into YOU
• Molice - Headphone
• Molice - Fatema
• Molice - Hole!!
• Molice - Ms. Panic

Kpop: Rainbow - Black Swan (블랙스완)

It *is* a bit strange, this new video from korean Rainbow. New and dark, their return single "Black Swan" seems to be about them losing their mind and the music somehow manages to mix polished kpop and at the same time conveying a slightly uneasy feeling. Or, maybe the composition simply isn't good enough(a bit flat and static), I'm not sure. But it is fascinating to watch.

• Rainbow - Black Swan (블랙스완)