Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Baby DONT Cry -- Bittersweet.
I'm enjoying a lot of the Kpop being promoted at the moment, but this week "Bittersweet" with its agreeably […]
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen H1-KEY – To My First Love.
I doubt that “To My First Love” will be my Song Of The Year, but it has definitely grown on me since its initial […]
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Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Yena – Catch Catch.
Once upon a time I would have been sniffy about a song like this, but Orange Caramel years later I <apply vocal […]
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Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen IVE – Blackhole.
I've chosen this because I've had the song on my brain, I like the outfits, and I'm pleased that my liking this song […]
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Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen WJSN – Bloom Hour.
What a difficult decision it was this week!I had to choose between “Rude” stages, RESCENE, IVE, but I finally […]
IVE -- Blackhole
https://youtu.be/1Lmy7qwmSMc?si=ehVAnOGbB0oIxumX
I'll be posting my #KpopOfTheWeek over the weekend, but I did want to note "Blackhole" today as I think it's the best IVE title track since "I AM". I'm enjoying the epic anthem sound, and this is one of those releases where it's […]
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Hearts2Hearts – Rude.
Loved everything about the chorus and Carmen and Ye-on's parts. In general I enjoy the bouncy, ultimately disco derived […]
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Fifty Fifty – Wish You Were Here.
Unlike many men of my age, I have never treasured the original Pink Floyd song as an especially meaningful […]
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen dodree – Born.
How much of a market will there be for dodree's music outside Korea? I like it, and I'm not Korean, but I don't know if I'm an […]
Every weekend I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Hearts2Hearts -- Genie.
I love H2H, "Genie" is one of my favourite Kpop songs, so how could I not feature this?
Hearts2Hearts -- Genie -- […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen KIIRAS – Bang Bang!
Songwriting that doesn't shy away from a rather older Kpop sound, impressive vocals, and an entertaining MV make this […]
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NMIXX -- Love Me Like This -- Performance Video
https://youtu.be/Vt4JMe-I0cE?si=ebvRjZv37DcgND7X
If you follow my #KpopOfTheWeek, you'll know that I have been getting into NMIXX in recent months.
This track scores on both "this" and "that"!
#Kpop #NMIXX #LoveMeLikeThis
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen NMIXX – Reality Hurts.
Another striking video from NMIXX. Starting from a low base at their debut, my esteem for this group has grown so much. […]
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Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen izna – Racecar.
A difficult choice this week, but I finally settled on this “Racecar” stage.
The song does not have a fully sung […]
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Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Hearts2Hearts – Focus.
I had been looking forward to this comeback and have been playing it frequently since its release, enjoying as I […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen NMIXX -- Blue Valentine.
I really like the way the changes in tempo make this a cute song with a twist. Although I usually pay little […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen NMIXX -- SPINNIN’ ON IT -- Performance video.
This must count as one of the best performance videos I have ever seen. Both the black and white […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen NMIXX – Spinnin' on it.
There's enough going on with the music here to make it a fixture for relistening. I loved the striking but restrained […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Hearts2Hearts – Pretty Please.
This prerelease was a nice surprise to have before the comeback proper in October. I liked the song itself, so […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen RESCENE -- the Fillin' Live.
https://youtu.be/nQSBOVxs_YY?si=zaW0MIo6D2LkYT_c
Here are one of my favourite girl groups doing a half hour […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen VIVIZ – Love or Die – 2025 New Legacy Tour -- Montreal.
https://youtu.be/Pm-5Kmmbkns?si=W77CAsxT9KSnUEym
I like the RnB with Latin touches […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Sunmi – Blue! – It’s Live.
When this came out, I enjoyed the song but felt unwilling to post the MV, since cockroaches plague the part of […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Juniel -- Comet.
Recently I’ve been enjoying some Kpop takes on pop rock,and this is one of them […]
I posted a Fifty Fifty song a little while ago as #KpopOfTheWeek.
It's the second time I've posted a song from that group under that hashtag, the first being "Midnight Special".
Before then, I had tended to steer clear of Fifty Fifty. Although "Cupid", a big success for the group in their […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Fifty Fifty – Take My Hand.
Uplifting pop rock from Fifty Fifty, produced as part of a campaign by the South Korean ministry of education to […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Key – Hunter.
Michael Jackson lives on in Kpop, not as a zombie, but as a continually inspiring artist. “Hunter” would, of course, been […]
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VIVIZ -- EUNHA -- Full Moon @ ULSAN SUMMER FESTIVAL -- (FANCAM)
https://youtu.be/TXkDDm1lDlI?si=m9w4aZG9WOhibIsn
This is already one of my favourite fancams.
(How lucky I feel, having been born into a Britain with three channels of black and white television, that I can now watch the […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen VIVIZ – Full Moon.
This song has been on repeat with me over the past week, so I was pleased to see this concert clip released. I do wish the […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Yena – Being A Good Girl Hurts – Play Color.
Amidst all the warnings that Kpop is in danger of westernizing itself into disappearance, along […]
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen STAYC – I Want It.
A fun summer song that doesn’t feel as though it has been abbreviated to maximize streaming.
I chose this stage because it […]
