Nominees:
BATOOST – Shadow
Lee Jung Hyun – V
Ladies’ Code – Hate You
BtoB – Thriller
Queen B’z – Bad
Kim Jaejoong – Mine
Kim Jin Pyo – Walking Dead
M.Pire – Can’t Be Friend With You
Nameless – Mask
VIXX – Voodoo Doll
My pick:Voodoo Doll Why: Because it’s the one that make the most sense in this category. Yes, other are great too, like V or Walking Dead. I like Hate You too. But the only one that push to concept to its fullest is VIXX. Except maybe Queen B’z, but it was not that great of a song and it looked somewhat cheap. Left out: Other VIXX MV, like On and On or Hyde. Prediction: VIXX might actually win this.
Nominees:
Clazziquai Project – Can’t Go On My Own
Jang Kiha & The Faces – It Almost Had It
BNR – Did Not Say Anything
Philtre & Younha – Fade
Geeks – Wash Away
Joo Young – I Am For You
Double K – Rewind
JeA – Stray Cat
Cheeze – Mango
Yoon Han – Piano Playing Man
My pick:Mango Why: I really love the song, but the MV is sooooo awesome. But this time I have no argument to defend it against some other, it’s mainly just my choice. I won’t be offended if, say, Clazziquai Project, Jang Kiha, Philtre or even Geeks win. Left out: Shin Seung Hun for Sorry. It really pretty and artsy as hell, even more than some nominees. Song Ji Eun for False Hope, because crucifixion and all that symbolism. Andamiro’s Waiting, even though maybe the concept is kinda week against some nominees, it’s still really artsy. Maybe One Way’s Beautiful Day also, wich is a bit like Clazziquai Project MV but with a different twist to it. And, last but not least, Miss $ with You Were Not The… In fact, I don’t understand why it’s not there. Prediction: Clazziquai Project or Geeks, but I feel like Geeks might have a better chance, mainly because the song is good. The concept was a bit too much for me, self-pity is never to be push to far.
Total Chart Newbies from 1st place to 25th place
26. IU – Obliviate
31. Jung Joon Young – The Sense of an Ending
32. IU – Daydream (feat. Yang Hee Eun)
36. IU – Havana
37. IU – Walk With Me, Girl (feat. Choi Baek Ho)
43. T-ARA – Number 9
49. IU – (Bonus Trak) Voice Mail
50. IU – Wait
63. Song Heejin – Memory Of The Wind
71. Kim Won Joo (4MEN) – Just One More Day
78. Lee HongKi (F.T. Island) – I’m Saying OST
80. Kahi – It’s Me (feat. Dumbfoundead)
85. Kim Jin Ho (SG Wannabe) – As I Live
87. Standing Egg – Once Again (with Han So Hyun of 3rd Coast)
93. DK (feat. December) – Moontan Road
95. Kim Jin Pyo – Walking Dead (feat. Lyn)
99. Jaurim – Icarus
Song Chart
94. Youme – Cheap Ring
97. VIXX – Girls, Why? (feat. Okdal)
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To continue with the IU new album review : Obliviate and Havana are in continuity with the album general cabaret/spanish/Rio festival vibe. But they’re not soft enough to be great. Too much of everything for my taste. Don’t get me wrong, I like this kind of vibe from time to time, in the background when you’re eating/cooking/having people for dinner. But it needs to be somewhat subtle even when it’s hyper. And those songs are not. Daydream could be great, and it’s actually quite pretty, but I’m not that fond of the Yang Hee Eun’s tremolo. Would have been better without him. They should have replace him by a younger singer, either a man or a woman, it would have been really good. And I know it’s crazy but I find the song a bit too long (so maybe a bit boring). Walk With Me, Girl is almost the same as Daydream. But it’s not as pretty or as good. Sooo yeah… Voice Mail is weirdly synchronized with the music and/or beat. So it comes through as just weird or all over the place. It could be so good and pretty though. But, well, it’s not.
And, finally, Wait. More than half of the track is an instrumental tango, and the singing doesn’t save anything. It’s the most useless song of the album.
I’m sorry to say that, but even though Jung Joon Young has a great voice, I really don’t like the songs he sings. And The Sense of an Ending is not an exception to this.
Memory Of The Wind is a cover, Song Heejin is in the Top 10 of Superstar K5. She has a pretty voice, but I kinda feel nothing towards the song, or her way of singing it. It’s great, but I would have like to feel deeply touched by it if you know what I mean. I even think I prefer the original version of the song, you can check it out here. The original feels less “forced”. Song Heejin sings just a bit much to intensely for the song.
Just One More Day is boring as hell.
I’m Saying is not really good. I like the fact it’s upbeat, unlike most of OST song. But it doesn’t make it good… I feel like it’s lacking something somehow.
Kahi’s It’s Me is a great surprise. I wasn’t expecting much from her solo career to be honest (she was a member of After School). But I like this song. It’s not the greatest song ever made, but it’s good. And I feel it’s much more mature… in a really mature way. You know, most girls group do sexy stuff to make the “mature” transition from cute stuff. It doesn’t really play the sexy card either, it’s just enough everything. The song is sexy, the music is, but Kahi doesn’t have to be rubbing everything on her way to underline it even more. Good job Kahi!
I don’t really get the context that surrounds As I live. But it sure as hell sounds like an OST to me. And I’m not really liking it.
I’m really surprised by Moontan Road. I like it. It’s fun.
I’m not that much into Walking Dead even though the concept is interesting. I’m not really into Lyn either so maybe that’s why. And all the rap part (so most of the song) is not really good…
Jaurim sound like a mix between Bjork, Imogen Heap, Dido and some of the weird vocal sound Shakira makes. I hate it even though I like most of those singer. The song and the sound of her voice just don’t go well together. It’s kinda awful.
Cheap Ring is boring, so is the MV.
And I was sooooo disappointed by the new VIXX song. I really really like VIXX. They’re like my favorite rookie boy group. But I really prefer them when they are “darker”. I like their last song before this one even though it was bubbly and cute, but it still had character somehow. Girls, Why? is just so generic…
01. Orange Caramel (feat. NU’EST) – Dashing Through The Snow With High Heels
02. Nell – White Night
03. BoA – Disturbance
04. Yang Yoseop (feat. Yong Jun Hyung) – Caffeine
05. Prepix (feat. Yoseop) – When I Get Paid
06. Clazziquai Project (feat. Kim Jin Pyo) – On My Own
07. CN BLUE – I’m Sorry
08. TVXQ – Humanoids
09. Glen Check – Leather
10. Kim Sori – Dual Life
11. Fwany – Monroe’s Heel
12. GLAM – I Like That
13. VIXX – On And On
14. Girls’ Generation – I Got A Boy
15. DMTN – Safety Zone
16. Sistar 19 – Gone Not Around Any Longer
17. Secret – Talk That
18. KARA (Seung Yeon solo) – Guilty
19. The Seeya & Davichi (feat. SPEED) – Be With You
20. SPEED (feat. Davichi) – It’s Over
21. Girls’ Generation – Dancing Queen
22. Electroboyz & Bigstar – K-Food Day (English)
23. 2Yoon – 24/7
24. 9 Muses – Dolls
25. MFBTY – Sweet Dream
26. Infinite H (feat. Zion. T)- Without You
27. 1sagain (feat. illy) – Love Is Over
28. Dr. Gimm (feat. mNine) – Slow
29. J-Rabbit – Talkin’ Bout Love