The K-Pop Thread

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[Taylor 964]

I feel the need to block that using Adblock lmao.

Wait... what was that other picture I hated and blocked?  

[PoshLife 16,867]

10 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I feel the need to block that using Adblock lmao.

Wait... what was that other picture I hated and blocked?  

 

 

[Taylor 964]

1 hour ago, PoshLife said:

 

 

Thanks

I have quite a few pictures blocked now  

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kyeojyeosseo Red light
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[Taylor 964]

Waiting on Tina's Top 10 albums video

Last years was so amazing  

[Taylor 964]

Taylor’s Favourite Songs of the Year, Best of 2017 and 2018 Predictions

Favourite Songs of the Year

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January

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CLC - Liar
Dreamcatcher - Chase Me
HaSeul & YeoJin - My Melody
I - Song For You
Suzy - Yes No Maybe

February

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Red Velvet - Body Talk
Lovelyz - WoW!
Taeyeon - Fine
Taeyeon - I Got Love
Taeyeon - Time Lapse

March

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Brave Girls - Rollin’
Girl’s Day - Thirsty
IU - Through the Night
LOOΠΔ 1/3 - Love & Live
PRISTIN - Running

April

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Dreamcatcher - Goodnight
IU - Palette
IU - Jam Jam
LOOΠΔ 1/3 - Sonatine
Taeyeon - I Blame On You

May

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APRIL - MAYDAY
Kim Lip - Eclipse
Kim Lip - Twilight
Kriesha Chu - I Want You (feat. Yong Jun-hyung)
TWICE - SIGNAL

June

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JinSoul - Singing in the Rain
Kim Lip & JinSoul - Love Letter
Nine Muses - Remember
Shannon Williams - Love Don’t Hurt
T-ARA - What’s My Name?

July

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Choerry - Love Cherry Motion
Dreamcatcher - Fly High
Dreamcatcher - Sleep Walking
LYn - On & On (feat. Chancellor)
Red Velvet - Red Flavor

August

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CLC - Call My Name
Girls’ Generation - Sweet Talk
HyunA - Babe
MOMOLAND - Freeze
Sunmi - Gashina

September

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ELRIS - Pow Pow
IU - Autumn Morning
IU - Last Night Story
ODD EYE CIRCLE - Girl Front
ODD EYE CIRCLE - LOONATIC

October

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JUNIEL - I Drink Alone
ODD EYE CIRCLE - Sweet Crazy Love
ODD EYE CIRCLE - Uncover
Playback - Untold Story
Playback - Want You to Say

November

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EXID - DDD
EXID - Alice (Jeonghwa solo)
Red Velvet - Peek-A-Book
Red Velvet - Kingdom Come
Yves - new

December

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Chuu - Heart Attack
Taeyeon - Christmas Without You
TWICE - Heart Shaker
Uhm Jung Hwa - So What
Younha - Parade

 

Best of 2017

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I won’t do “best singles” or “favourite album” tracks etc. as they’ll be included in the favourite songs of the year section above. Also - the songs in bold for each month were my favourite of the month.

Favourite Song: “Singing in the Rain” by JinSoul

Best Albums: “Holiday Night” by Girls’ Generation, “Palette” by IU, “Perfect Velvet” by Red Velvet, “My Voice” by Taeyeon

Best Mini Albums: “Prequel” by Dreamcatcher, “Full Moon” by EXID, “Love&Evil” by LOOΠΔ 1/3, “Max&Match” by ODD EYE CIRCLE, “ROOKIE” by Red Velvet

Best Music Videos: All LOOΠΔ MVs, “Remember” by Nine Muses, “Gashina” by Sunmi, “Yes No Maybe” by Suzy

Best Choreography: “Good Night” by Dreamcatcher

Best Western Album: “Dua Lipa” by Dua Lipa

Best Discovery: Hoody

Best Nugus: ELRIS, I and P.O.P

Biggest Surprise: LOOΠΔ's change, my obsession with them and ODD EYE CIRCLE not being named “LOOΠΔ 2/3”  Idk...

Biggest Disappointment: Girls’ Generation’s 10th anniversary… while I did like the album it definitely wasn’t what I was expecting. Also, BLACKPINK and STELLAR’s mess.

Songs I’m Still Listening To From 2016: “Secret” by Cosmic Girls, “Crush” by I.O.I, “Galaxy” by LADIES’ CODE, “World Tour” by Lee Hi, “Step By Step” by OH MY GIRL, “Sting” by STELLAR

Most looking forward to in 2018: LOOΠΔ and Luna (cross your fingers!)

2018 Predictions

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Ailee - comeback in the middle of year, most likely a mini album. Also, I don’t see her doing much on the Western front.

Andamiro - hopefully a comeback at some point with a physical release - I feel like she could just release a full album at this point if she includes her digital singles.

AOA - I’m not too sure with Choa leaving and FNC’s new girl group, but I guess a comeback at some point. Maybe April/May time. Don’t see them having any Japanese promotions, but if they did it would probably be the Japanese version of their Korean release around 1.5 months after the Korean release.

Apink - probably another full length album? Won’t bother predicting Japanese stuff because, I don’t really follow them.

APRIL - two comebacks, probably both mini albums - one in April and the other later on, perhaps November time.

Berry Good - I wouldn’t be surprised if they disbanded to be honest, but I could see them having a comeback around March.

BLACKPINK - well… who knows. I can see their early 2018 comeback being pushed to April-time with “SQUARE THREE” and maybe “SQUARE FOUR” at the very end of the year if we’re lucky. Like, 31st December end of year.

BoA - has her Japanese album coming out 14th February, but probably no Korean promotions.

BolBBalgan4 - 2nd full length album.

Brave Girls - another mini album and perhaps a digital single.

Chung Ha - she finally releases this comeback she’s been teasing for the last 6 months.

CLC - first full length album or two mini albums.

Cosmic Girls - two mini albums, perhaps in February and September.

DIA - release something else where the physical really pisses me off.

Dreamcatcher - have a successful tour, return to Korean and release a mini album in July - perhaps a single towards the end of the year. End of their “gothic” concept (I think it was already announced their next release will be the last?).

EXID - Solji will fully re-join the group. Perhaps first full length album?

f(x) - something, anything. Please SM! The sooner the better at this point. Fingers crossed for 5th album February/March time!

GFriend - Perhaps 2nd full length album in April/May time? I don’t they’ve done as well commercially this year compared to 2016, so perhaps it’ll be a mini album. BUT PLEASE STOP USING THE HORRIBLE JEWELCASE PACKAGING!

Girl’s Day - I’m not really sure, I think they re-signed with DreamT so hopefully they’ll release something, but I don’t know what and I don’t have a guess for when.

Girls’ Generation - Again, I have no idea if we’ll get an OT5 release, OT6, OT7, OT8 or even a random OT9? Who knows? Or nothing… probably nothing. Maybe some more solos? Probably definitely more solos.

gu9udan - I don’t really know the group but I’m guessing at least another mini album early next year and maybe another comeback October-time.

Heize - comeback in the summer - probably a mini album.

Hyolyn - I think she set up her own label? Or moved? I’m sure we’ll see a few digital release but hopefully a physical full length towards the end of the year.

HyunA - mini album in August.

IU - I’m kinda hoping IU does a CHAT-SHIRE like mini during the first half of the year and perhaps a more Palette like mini album during the second half. I don’t see her doing another cover album next year, but maybe in 2019.

Jessica - I’m sure she’ll get a mini album at some point.

KARD - I could see them releasing another two mini albums - perhaps they’ll tour again? 

LABOUM - I think they’re to release something early January? But since like half of their members are on The Unit I don’t know if it’ll be just the remaining members - or maybe a solo?

LADIES’ CODE - Since they’ve now officially moved over to BlockBerry I’m hoping they get some kind of promotions this year. I’m expecting LOOΠΔ to have a pretty decent hiatus (well, for LOOΠΔ) between April and July - so perhaps LADIES’ CODE can fill in the gap?!

Lee Hi - gets her September comeback. Could be 2019 tho.

LOOΠΔ - 11th member in mid/late-January, 12th member mid-February, 3rd sub-unit early/mid March and re-package late April. They’ll then take a long break (well, for LOOΠΔ) to prepare for their debut, perhaps around August time. I expect they’ll debut with a full length album (made up for say 6 full group songs and 2 songs from each sub-unit). BlockBerry, please also release a LOOΠΔ story book with the answers to all of our questions supplemented with the b-side photoshoots from all of the single releases. Thanks! And a Blu-ray release of all MVs and the LOOΠΔ TV movie you should be making And… go easy on the photocards post-debut, will you?

Luna - hopefully 2nd solo mini album at some point. If f(x) do get their early 2018 comeback, then I’ll slate Luna in for August/September.

MAMAMOO - I don’t know what they’re currently teasing - if it’s a digital single or perhaps something more? If it’s a proper release (like a mini of full length album) then they’ll maybe have one more comeback at the end of the year. If it’s a digital perhaps a summer time comeback?

Minzy - not really sure for Minzy, it would be good to see her doing something but I wouldn’t expect anything until later on in the year.

Nine Muses - again, I’m not really sure. It could just be disbandment at this point. Hopefully they’ll continue to fight on, but I’m not sure how much longer Nine Muses will last. 

OH MY GIRL - comeback in January and perhaps first full album in October?

Playback - I’m not really sure where these girls are standing with whichever survival show they’re on but if one or more members do make the final group then I don’t see them coming back until September-ish time at the earliest.

PRISTIN - I don’t really know since they’ve only been active for a year but I can see them releasing perhaps a mini or single in March time and the same in September?

BP RaNia - lol, further messes.

Red Velvet - I can see maybe two comebacks? Probably both mini albums but I wouldn’t decline another full length album! I hope that they can release a concert DVD (well, Blu-ray) at some point. They’ll also most likely get their Japanese debut this year (with a single) but whether there will be more than one Japanese release I have no idea.

STELLAR - another successful Makestar with the new 4. I don’t think they’ll do too well overall though. I feel like STELLAR was perfect as they were pre-Soyoung and now with another member and two leavers it’s just not the same? I’ll continue to support them, but at the same time I’m unsure if I should. Minhee and Hyoeun don’t seem to be happy and they still have a year or two of their contracts left I think.

Sunmi - I think Sunmi is meant to have a comeback soon? Hopefully she’ll get a mini album this time around and then another single later on in the year.

Suzy - I also feel like I’ve read Suzy is to have a comeback early 2018? If that’s the case I can see her releasing another mini album but nothing much else for the rest of the year.

Taeyeon - I’d like to see her release another full length album, and maybe she will if there aren’t any SNSD promotions this year. I can see her next release being a mini album though - perhaps early Summer. 

TWICE - I expect them to release like 328182 things… lol. They’ve already got the Blu-ray release of their concert at the end of January, Japanese single in February. They’ll probably release Twicetagram Monograph in April along with a photobook of their holiday (if they get a break, that is) in May. Comeback could be in June time with a Japanese release in July. Then cue some photobooks, DVD releases over the next few months and bam dual Japanese/Korean releases in October followed by a Christmas re-package (again). 

Weki Meki - similar to PRISTIN, I don’t really know but maybe either a mini or single and April and the same in October?

 

Edited December 31, 2017 by Taylor

[Taylor 964]

Happy New Year! (Korea time )

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My Top 17 Most Listened Tracks In 2017:

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1. Lady Gaga - The Cure [354 plays]
2. Red Velvet - Body Talk [317 plays]
3. Kate Bush - Ne T'Enfuis Pas [315 plays]
4. I.O.I - Hold Up [222 plays]
5. Red Velvet - Red Flavor [218 plays]
6. Taemin - Heart Stop (feat. Seulgi) [157 plays]
7. JinSoul - Singing In The Rain [151 plays]
8. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams [151 plays]
9. Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion [151 plays]
10. Kate Bush - Home For Christmas [141 plays]
11. Red Velvet - Rookie [134 plays]
12. Kali Uchis - Tyrant (feat. Jorja Smith) [127 plays]
13. Kate Bush - Show A Little Devotion [126 plays]
14. Taemin - MOVE [106 plays]
15. Anitta - Paradinha [104 plays]
16. Kate Bush - A Coral Room [101 plays]
17. Cha JiYeon & LDN Noise - My Show [101 plays]

8/17 - Korean
7/17 - English
1/17 - French
1/17 - Spanish

this year turned out to be pretty balanced!

[Martijn 1,042]

Happy new year guys 💜

[Taylor 964]

9 hours ago, Taylor said:

Happy New Year! (Korea time )

And now UK time

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Happy 2018 everyone!

(mandatory mariah gif)

[PoshLife 16,867]

Happy New Year! I hope 2018 brings you lots of good music, many comebacks from your faves, and all the groups you hate disband

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I feel really bad for kyla

 

[fashion monster 397]

As always I’m late but… Happy New Year . Please, enjoy your life to the fullest, having a lot of fun and doing things you love.

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My “tentative” TOP 10. I excluded the big groups, chose only one song per artist (only singles/title tracks were take into consideration), decided to have five male and five female and listed in casual order:

MAMAMOO - Yes, I Am
Odd Eye Circle - Odd Front
Gugudan - A Girl Like Me
HyunA - Lip & Hip
Weki Meki - I Don’t Like Your Boyfriend

DAY6 - I Wait
WANNAONE - Energetic
NCT 127 - Limitless
MonstaX - Shine Forever
Golden Child - Dam Da Di

For some reason I feel the need to include, as especial mentions:

Produce 101 season 2 - Naya Na (Pick Me)
Stray Kids - every song, YAYAYA in particular
iPARTYNAUSEOUS - HYUNA x BLACKPINK - LIP & HIP x BOOMBAYAH (mashup) 

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@Martijn You need to watch Stray Kids if you haven’t yet. It’s better than The Unit and M9. + episodes are shorter.