The title is "Oy"! The title is "Oy"! The title is "Oy"!

[koganbot]

Although the powers that be are transliterating the title, "어이," of the forthcoming Crayon Pop single as "Uh-ee," that's very wrong: first, in pronunciation it's "Aw-ee" not "Uh-ee" if you separate out each syllable as written; and second, Crayon Pop shout it out fast without separating the syllables, and clearly they're saying "Oy

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More Crayon Pop news

[koganbot]

In further Crayon Pop news, Pope Francis stepped down, Soyul will replace him, she will be called The Pop (reports RKD), and the choreography will kill a pop-jhussi or two who try to cover it (reports Asian Junkie).

[Are Jacques Arcadey and IATFB one and the same? Their styles are similar.]

Six degrees of Crayon Pop

[davidfrazer]

Have you come across Lip Service yet? They're a female hip-hop duo, which makes them a bit like Pungdeng-e but rather smaller. Their debut song Yum Yum Yum is about dieting.

One of he members, Bipa (or Ashley) is a Korean-American from Houston. The other, Cora, was a member of a group called Coin Jackson, whose leader Serang (or Mari) was later a member of Hurricane Pop, which became Crayon Pop when Serang left and Way joined.

Re: Six degrees of Crayon Pop

[koganbot]

Yeah, I heard "Yum Yum Yum" ("냠냠냠" transliterates as "Nyum Nyum Nyum," and since "y" comes second and Lip Service give it something of an "ee," the word actually sounds like a cross between "Nyum" and "Meowm").* That it seems intended to capitalize on the success of "Bar Bar Bar," both in title and silliness, while not being nearly as good as "Bar Bar Bar," maybe makes me like it less than I should. The melody and the rap away from the hook aren't all that compelling. But the idea is fun, and I'm basically thumbs up on the track. The hook is good. And I hadn't known the actual Crayon Pop connection. I do prefer that PungDeng-E track I embedded in the New Digs thread. PungDeng-E PungDeng-E Go!

*Was reviewed by the Jukebox, which I've been too distracted to participate in.

Re: Six degrees of Crayon Pop

[askbask]

I really didn't think of Crayon Pop when I watched YumYumYum the first time or hundreds of times since.

Codes much more bratty hip hop in the vein of kreayshawn or other recent rap with one word choruses, the verses are squarely hip hop and the styling does not go for the silly comedy of crayon pop nor that kind of routine.

Re: Six degrees of Crayon Pop

[koganbot]

What influenced me originally was I saw the repeating three syllables of the title before I heard the track, and then what I first keyed into when listening was the super-cute hook containing those three syllables. But yes, there's also plenty in the track that doesn't resemble "Bar Bar Bar."

[davidfrazer]

Meanwhile Asian Junkie reminds us that Soyul has some previous experience with trot. She seems to have the right kind of vocal style for it.

[koganbot]

In an interview published in K-pop Starz* Crayon Pop describe their costumes as "ramie" (a type of fiber that can be used in fabric), which seems plausible, looking at the gig, and say they were going for a Hanbok style, though their stage clothing didn't look remotely Hanbok from the little I've seen of that style (though how would I know?).** In any event, as far as I know Hanbok doesn't have any of the pejorative or working-class connotations of ajumma.

*They're whom Asian Junkie was linking, anyway. A lot of K-pop sites don't respect the niceties of saying whom they're copying, so I don't know if K-pop Starz conducted the interview themselves (not that I've paid enough attention to K-pop Starz to have a valid opinion one way or another as to whether they respect the journalistic niceties, so no offense intended esp. if they did conduct the interview themselves).

**Wikip says a little about the use of ramie fiber in fabric and has an entire entry on Hanbok. Wikip characterizes Hanbok as formal and traditionalist.