Kpop: Younha (윤하)

Korean Younha has had a rich solo career, as much in Japan as in Korea, but in this latest song she is singing in korean, and with two other great personalities, Ha:tfelt (when is her comeback btw?!) and Cheetah, which makes for a video full of attitude and colourfulness.

• Younha ft Ha:tfelt & Cheetah - Get It? (알아듣겠지)
• Younha - Run (런)
• Younha - Umbrella (우산)
• Younha - Girl (Japanese song)

Thai pop: Slot Machine

Slot Machine is a thai pop band that has been around for quite some time now (2000) and they have been steadily gaining ground abroad and their english versions of newer singles is another sign of this I think. The new "Say What You Want" is an excellent example of a smooth and liable piece of time- and placeless pop that everyone should get to hear.

• Slot Machine - Say What You Want (English version)
• Slot Machine - Say What You Want (ยังเหมือนเดิม, Thai version)
• Slot Machine - I Know, I Know (English version)
• Slot Machine - I Know, I Know (ค้น, Thai version)
• Slot Machine - Give It All To You (English version)

Kpop: Romeo - Miro

The boys of Romeo is back with "Miro" (surely that is a play on words, i.e. mirror?), and it's a nice song with a good flow and charming performance by the group members.

• Romeo - Miro

Kpop: Bada (바다)

15 years ago, around the turn of the millennia, maybe the most popular girl pop group was S.E.S. and Bada (then Sea) was one of the members. Now she makes a comeback and both singles sounds really great and she gives of that kind of energy that feels very much summer.

• Bada ft Kanto - Flower
• Bada - Amazing

Kpop: Drug Restaurant (드럭 레스토랑)

Ever since his audition and following success in the korean reality show Superstar K4 in 2012, the voice of Jung Joon Young has evolved and it has become more and more clear what a perfect sound it has for rock music, with its signature darkness and feeling. After him becoming more and more part of the band first named after him (JJY Band) they now has gone full circle and renamed them to the less self-centred name Drug Restaurant, but the sound is still unmistakably JJY-ish, and happy am I for that. The song Mistake is a glorious emo piece and the video is well produced and interesting in itself.

• Drug Restaurant - Mistake
• JJY Band - OMG
• Jung Joon Young - Teenager
• Drug Restaurant - Sexy Bomb (Audio only) 
• Drug Restaurant - What?! (Audio only)

Thai pop: Aof (อ๊อฟ)

Thai/Chinese singer and actor Pongsak Rattanapong, as his real name is, has a positive energy that really gets me going in this new video "Just One Night".

• Aof - Just One Night

Kpop: Wheesung - Hold Over (제껴)

Wheesung has always move somewhere in between being part of a group for real and being a successful solo artist, and it doesn't really matter because most of the stuff he participates in works well. He has a charm and a voice that goes striaght through the screen. The new "Hold Over" is yet another great example of that. Also noting: again DHL has made a quality product placement... ;-P

• Wheesung - Hold Over (제껴)

Kpop: Sistar - I Like That

Sistar has made some of my favorite kpop gems of all time, "Give It To Me", being the number one. On the other hand they, like most other kpop groups, almost always release sub par songs during summer for some reason. Imagine then my surprise when their new "I Like That" is just the opposite - musically great and a surprisingly dark video (a chinese theme also) for the time of year. Made me a bit close to crying to be honest. #kpopnerd

• Sistar - I Like That
• Sistar - I Like That (Areia remix)