New digs

[koganbot]

As you may have surmised, foreign agents shut off the transponder on my home DSL. Search parties expect to find said DSL sometime midweek. In the meantime I've been walking around my new neighborhood. I'm now living in heavily Latino west Denver, though my apt is just a couple minutes' walk from the Little Saigon business strip on Federal. The

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Good news and bad news from the lower tiers of K-Pop idoldom

[davidfrazer]

The good news:

Juliane of Chocolat has appeared on Let's Go Dream Team again.

TREN-D are coming back on 21st March with 두근두근.

The bad news:

Elly has been absent from TREN-D's public appearances and photoshoots since February. People are saying that she's ill, but there doesn't seem to be any source for that apart from international fans talking to each other.

Meanwhile, the Chocolat fans at onehallyu have concluded that Melanie has left the group. Or that Lori has left. Or something.

[koganbot]

Haven't gotten to the point with TREN-D where I remember their names.

Hope that Melanie hasn't left, since singers, even when they're very good, often don't go on to have viable careers once they leave the group. There are exceptions, of course:

My So-Called Life, during field trip to museum:

Teacher: The most important thing to remember is to stay with the group.

Angela: What is the big deal with staying with the group? What if Amelia Earhart had stayed with the group?

Ricky: Or Diana Ross?

Question. Are Vixx lacking in fame enough to qualify for No Tiers? And are they good enough? "On And On" is their only real brush with greatness, but I do like them, and the category does need some Y chromosomes.

Also, do you think PungDeng-E are good enough? This is promising, though another song is the one that's getting pushed:

Speaking of personnel changes, for the second time in their career LPG have completely changed their lineup. There are now nine of 'em. They call their album Filial Daughters' Generation, which may be a

Yes, their names were chosen to spell TREN-D

[davidfrazer]

Here's Candy Boy with Elly (she's the one with blue hair) and without Elly. And here are the colour-coded lyrics.

Re: Yes, their names were chosen to spell TREN-D

[koganbot]

She's the one who looks like Vanessa Hudgens.

Re: Yes, their names were chosen to spell TREN-D

[davidfrazer]

The fanblog Oh So Tren-D says:
TREN-D has released their second song, PitAPat! They have performed this song a couple of times, but they are officially releasing it right now....

Additionally, there is no official statement on Elly. On the fancafe, many weeks ago, they were wishing Elly a speedy recovery as she was sick.
The cover photo for PitAPat (두근두근) only shows four members.

[koganbot]

And referring to your question from January, the riff from "Big Baby Baby" is so freestyle that I'd definitely classify the track as freestyle, though of course there's no absolute line separating freestyle and Italodisco. Riff may have been provided by producer/co-writer Shinsadong Tiger. Here's the S. Tiger remix:

Pop, Pop, Artpop

[davidfrazer]

Crayon Pop will be the opening act for Lady Gaga's North American tour in June and July.

Re: Pop, Pop, Artpop

[koganbot]

Associated Press: Crayon Pop Thinks They'll Mesh Well With Lady Gaga

Note the effortless confusion as to singular and plural in the headline.

Crayon Trot?

[davidfrazer]

The MV teaser for Crayon Pop's new song 어이 is out. It sounds suspiciously like trot, which would fit with the ajumma-style teaser photos.

Re: Crayon Trot?

[koganbot]

Any thoughts about their hair-metal move (well, mildly hair-metal)?

Re: Crayon Trot?

[davidfrazer]

I didn't realise it was hair metal. I just thought it was pop-rock with guitars. :)

Re: Crayon Trot?

[koganbot]

Well, quasi-hair metal. (By hair metal I'm thinking of Crüe and Poison and Warrant and ilk, who are harder rock than this is.)