HyunA Is Red (Top Singles Through Third-Quarter, 2014)

[koganbot]

Distracted, scattershot listening, with some good discoveries nonetheless. Pretty much totally ignored hip-hop, but it kept pushing its way onto this list anyway, either as guest spots or per se. A couple of non-gender-reversible videos by Tahiti and A.Kor. A lot of hard-rocking aggression in my top ten (top twelve if you go down to Future), the

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The Internet is a monkey's butt

[koganbot]

Wrote this post in a rush, so some of my language may be ambiguous. E.g., my wording may imply that I believe the Internet is a monkey's butt.

[askbask]

I think my top k-pop songs '14 list might be a bit slim on idol groups so far.. maybe something like

1. KittiB - Wake Me Up
2. Hoody - Baby Oh Baby
3. Choi Sam - Answer
4. Neon Bunny - It's You
5. Lipservice - Yum Yum Yum

Maybe add f(x) there. I've liked lots more of course but those stand out for getting me giddy with excitement.

[askbask]

Probably my song of the year so far is this Morning Musume 14 single called "Your Bright Smile is Like The Sunshine" that's odd in a characteristically laboured way where all the heavy pushing and pulling and huffing and puffing done to work its way to an uplifting, light-on-its-feet chorus actually does make it all the sweeter when we get there, even if the chorus too, eager to please, can't help but add more syllables than fits.

3rd quarter already?!

[skyecaptain]

I don't have a clear album front-runner yet. The ones that are in contention don't jump out as great, just "really good

Re: 3rd quarter already?!

[koganbot]

I could do a list of singles from 2013 that I missed. All December 2013 singles are eligible for my 2014 list anyway, and I'm willing to count a slow riser from earlier if it had significant impact in 2014. I think the only thing on the current list that's from 2013 is "Jingle Bell," which was December 17. But anyway, here are several that would have been on last year's list (and the top one would have likely been Pazz & Jop) had I heard them. I was an especial dumbass for not checking up on Serebro, given how highly I'd ranked them in 2012:

Serebro "Mi Mi Mi"
Tyga ft. Justin Bieber "Wait For A Minute"
Sage The Gemini "Gas Pedal"
Chris Young "Aw Naw"
Davido "Skelewu"
Mapei "Don't Wait"
Banda MS "Hermosa Experienca"
Serebro "Sexy Ass"
Kach "Tension"

And there's PTAF's original "Boss Ass Bitch" from 2012 (which could still be considered 2014 for year of impact, but I'd only have brought it forward like that if I was going to put it in my top ten).

A monkey's butt is art

[koganbot]

I neglected to mention this line (from the pop!gasa translation of "Red"):

My cuteness that makes you wanna bite me is like art

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[koganbot]

Favorite YouTube comment: "This mv shows to us our fathers are working hard nor fired by their company and lifes are hard to live."

The melody sounds familiar. Anyway, I hadn't heard this. Thank you.

[koganbot]

Ah, she did a cover of "What's Wrong With My Age?" which I found fairly ridiculous but somewhat enjoyable; she rather strangely mixed trot with rockabilly/rock 'n' roll rhythms (which isn't unreasonable, given the melody, but for better or worse it came across as a novelty). Her voice is wavery, and I'm not sure what I think of that. I'm more used to LPG's direct vocal attack. But "Cheer Up" is terrific despite the wavers. The melody would make a good theme song for a western, if anyone still made westerns.

[askbask]

Love Batter was a big hit, she went quiet but has been quite active lately , to me seemingly one of the more famous trot pop stars.