After School's Good Year

[koganbot]

Haven't had a chance to post much. So as a stopgap, just wanted to say that After School is rising higher on my list of "Subjects For Further Research." So far I couldn't tell you anyone's name other than Raina and the departed Bekah and the departed Kahi. Oh yeah, and I know the name Uee. And couldn't say much about any of them except that Kahi is

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[koganbot]

one of the few K-pop groups where the vocals are so mediocre

To clarify this: a lot of K-pop vocalists are really iffy technically and would have trouble getting by on The Voice or Pop Idol type shows; but in the context of K-pop (and with studio aids in some instances, I'm sure) they're usually fine anyway; so what's rare is for the vocals to consistently sink good songs.

But I should have put "one of the few K-pop girl groups where..." since the vocals often seem to sink the thing for me when the singers are male - even when the vocals are really good, e.g. DBSK.

[koganbot]

FK 2014: And at this point I'm no longer willing to call After School's vocals mediocre. There are just too many effective songs using those vocals.