Oral Hygiene Music Alive And Bright In Korea

[koganbot]

Hara's "Secret Love" appeared a couple of months ago in Japan without my knowing it and the Korean version is getting a push now as part of a collection of Kara solo outings. Is an excellent example of the sort of toothpaste-smile disco that would appear in instrumental versions as background music in early '80s American TV shows, and like a lot of

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[davidfrazer]

And in the replacement video, here we have a Korean idol singing in Japanese, fansubbed in Arabic by a dedicated subbing team who can handle Japanese as well as Korean (or perhaps they just rely on other people's English translations). How's that for pop cultural boundary crossing?

About שירים קוריאנים מתורגמים :) ISRAEL ♥ KOREA!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[koganbot]

And here's the Korean idol singing in Japanese fansubbed in Hebrew (though just photos, no PV). Maybe she (Nicole4567862, the translater) will become Internet buddies with Chaîne de KaraArabKamiliaTeam.

[Bah. Video's been deleted.]

[davidfrazer]

Oral hygiene music - with sequins and Abba-style synth riffs - is also thriving north of the DMZ.

[koganbot]

Don't know how hygienic this one is, but it's piercingly good:

[davidfrazer]

And how about some pseudo-psychadelic elevator trot?

[koganbot]

Wangjaesan Light Music Band gave a smashing performance in the 2010 Pop World Cup. My commentary at the time:

what one would think and what one does think are plucked and divided by a Korean squad that dances while marching and marches while dancing, skips to my lou and to Rio without raising an eyebrow, yet displays emotion that makes "emo" seem foreshortened in comparison, with a near-infinite variety of change-ups. Humor in the midst of hilarity. They play footsie with the footy, in a fashion that recalls polka.