K-Blend of Awesomeness – September/October 2019

Tags

AleXa, bol4, Bolbbalgan4, CLC, francis, NIve, samuel seo, Su Lee, Sunwoo Junga, taeyeon, TXT, woody

8traks playlist (there’s been changes on 8tracks, and it might be changes that make me leave that platform for good… I’ll let you know)
Spotify playlist (missing 1 track)

MV Playlist

Listing

01. AleXa – Bomb
02. CLC – Devil
03. Bolbbalgan4 – Workaholic
04. TXT – 9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)
05. Taeyeon – Spark
06. Woody, Francis – Vacation
07. Samuel Seo – Playaplayaplaya
08. Su Lee – Bitches in My Head
09. NIve – Tired
10. Sunwoo Junga – Life

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I don’t know why or how, but I wasn’t sure at first if I liked Bomb. Yeah no, that’s clear now, I really like it a lot.

I’m happy that CLC is getting better songs lately. Devil is definitely very good and enjoyable. Hope they continue on that path.

I’m not really into new boysband most of the time. I feel like they always do more or less the same kind of thing and it rarely catch my hear. But Run Away is catchy as hell. You won’t be able to escape the chorus, but the whole song in itself is also an earworm. Well done, TXT, well done.

Su Lee is a korean artist who make bedroom indie pop (or something like that, I don’t remember how she calls it). She’s really refreshing and the lyrics are really simple yet you cannot help but relate to them. I’ve put one of the songs I really enjoy from her. I’ll surely keep up with what she does.

Now about Life… I’m still struggling with the song because there’s part of it I don’t really like (around the middle I think, there’s some distorted music that doesn’t really go with the rest that weird me out and I feel it doesn’t really go with the rest of the song). HOWEVER, the chorus is haunting and I couldn’t just skip it.

K-Blend of Awesomeness – February 2017

Tags

13 Month, Ailee, Babylon, Bangtan Boys, Boni, Bright Lights, BTS, Code Kunst, Eden, G.Soul, Raiden, Soma, Tablo, taeyeon

8traks playlist
Spotify playlist

MV Playlist

Listing

01. BTS – Not Today
02. Raiden – Heart of Steal (feat. Bright Lights)
03. Taeyeon – I Got Love
04. Code Kunst – Fire Water (feat. G.Soul, Tablo)
05. Eden – Stand Up (feat. Babylon)
06. Ailee – Reminiscing
07. 13 Month – 그날이 떠오르는 밤
08. Soma – Midnight in Paris
09. Boni – Episode

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Heart of Steal is not exactly Kpop maybe, but like, Raiden is a Seoul base DJ so, to me, it counts. The MV is quite interesting, on top of the song being really nice, so check it out.

I had a lot of trouble actually getting 8 songs or more for this one, so I don’t have much to say about the songs. It’s much more on the softer side this time too, so if you feel more like dancing around, only the first 3 songs will do, the rest is much more low pace, but still good.

K-Blend of Awesomeness – October 2016

Tags

Amber, Bangtan Boys, Bastarz, Block B, BTS, Crush, Dok2, f(x), Ferry Corsten, G'night Stand, Henry, Hoody, Hyolyn, Hyorin, I.O.I, Jay Park, Kago Pengchi, Loco, Lugoh, Luna, Matilda, Olltii, soyu, Sweden Laundry, taeyeon, Twice, Xit Suh

8traks playlist
Spotify playlist (but incomplete, bcuz of course they don’t have all the tracks…)

MV Playlist

Listing

01. Jay Park – Me Like Yuh (feat. Hoody)
02. BTS – Blood Sweat & Tears
03. TWICE – TT
04. I.O.I – Very Very Very
05. Block B Bastarz – Selfish & Beautiful Girl
06. Amber, Luna – Heartbeat (feat. Ferry Corsten, Kago Pengchi)
07. Matilda – You Bad! Don’t Make Me Cry
08. Jay Park – All I Wanna Do (feat. Hoody, Loco)
09. Hyolyn – Love Like This (feat. Dok2)
10. Henry, Soyu – Runnin’
11. Hyolyn – One Step (feat. Jay Park)
12. Lugoh – With You (feat. Olltii, Xit Suh)
13. Crush – fall
14. Taeyeon – 11:11
15. Sweden Laundry – foggy
16. G’night Stand – Leavin’ Tomorrow

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I bet I’m going to be listening to Me Like Yuh for a very long time. I don’t know but the chorus just grabs me by the hips and make me wanna dance my ass off.

I wasn’t sur about TT at first, but I’ve been waking up with it stuck in my head too many times now so I had to give in. Also the MV is really fun. TWICE is probably my fav from the new area of girls group lately.

I really enjoy the chorus of Runnin’ too. It’s just so sweet and it feels like a warm sun ray on a fall’s chilly afternoon.

And whatever you do, please please listen to Leavin’ Tomorrow. The vocals are chilling and it’s just wholesome and perfect. Even though the MV is super simple, I like the visual of the two singing, sitting in the water. Beautiful through and through.

K-Blend of Awesomeness – November 2015

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2NE1, ashmute, B.A.P, Bangtan Boys, Beenzino, brown eyed girls, BTS, CL, Dynamic Duo, Girls’ Generation, PHANTOM, psy, SNSD, suran, taeyeon, Tahiti, The Richard Parkers, verbal jint, VIXX

I was really late in everything this month for some reason (school). And I had a really hard month with music in general. I don’t know why but maybe I was feeling like nothing or I just wasn’t in synch with the turn music took in November. And maybe it had to do with the fact November is a month people seem to enjoy really slow and tragic ballad, and I’m not that much into those.

8traks playlist

MV Playlist

Listing
1. Brown Eyed Girls – Brave New World
2. VIXX – Chained Up
3. Tahiti – Skip
4. Psy – Daddy (feat. CL of 2NE1)
5. Bangtan Boys (BTS) – Run
6. B.A.P – Young, Wild and Free
7. Dynamic Duo – Dodoripyo
8. Phantom – Could You Be Mine?
9. Dynamic Duo – Jam
10. Verbal Jint – If The World Was Perfect (feat. Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation)
11. Suran – Calling In Love (feat. Beenzino)
12. Ashmute – Dive
13. The Richard Parkers – It’s Raining Outside

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I came around for a few songs after a while this month though, like most boysgroup songs (BTS, VIXX, B.A.P).

I have a soft spot for Tahiti, and I know their style might not be for everyone, but try it at least. The MV is fun too.

If you just have time to listen to one song of the list, I’m telling you, try Ashmute. It’s really good, mellow and a bit contemplative, but melodic and dreamy. Really, give it a try. I was happy to support them by going straight to iTunes and buying the shit out of that single.

Week 1 of December 2015 Instiz Top 30 (30nov – 6dec)

Tags

2NE1, Adele, Babylon, Baek Ji Young, Bangtan Boys, BTS, CL, December, Dynamic Duo, EXID, gaeko, Gill, Girls’ Generation, gummy, IU, JYJ, Kim Chang Wan, Kim Feel, Lee Juck, Lim Chang Jung, Mad Clown, Nell, Noel, Ohhyuk, Park Boram, psy, Roy Kim, San E, TaeTiSeo, taeyeon, verbal jint, will.i.am, Xia, Yerin Baek, Zico, zion.t

01. Psy – Daddy (feat. CL of 2NE1)      NEW
02. Psy – Napal Baji      NEW
03. OhHyuk – A Little Girl OST      ↓(2)
04. Park Boram – Hyehwadong (or Ssangmundong) OST      ↑(9)
05. Lee Juck – Don’t Worry OST      ↓(3)
06. Girls’ Generation-TaeTiSeo – Dear Santa      NEW
07. Psy – Dream (feat. XIA of JYJ)      NEW
08. San E, Mad Clown – Sour Grapes      ↓(5)
09. Kim Feel – Youthhood (feat. Kim Chang Wan) OST      ↓(5)
10. Yerin Baek – Across the universe      NEW
11. Psy – I Remember You (feat. Zion.T)      NEW
12. EXID – Hot Pink      ↓(6)
13. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again      ↓(6)
14. Adele – Hello      ↓(4)
15. December – There is Nothing But Give All My Love To You OST      NEW
16. Zico – Boys and Girls (Feat. Babylon)      ↓(11)
17. Bangtan Boys (BTS) – Run      NEW
18. Noel – In The End      ↓(4)
19. Roy Kim – The Great Dipper      NEW
20. Psy – Ahjussi Swag (feat. Gaeko of Dynamic Duo)      NEW
21. Psy – Dance Jockey      NEW
22. Girls’ Generation-TaeTiSeo – Winter Story      NEW
23. IU – Twenty-three      ↓(11)
24. Nell – Lost in Perspective      NEW
25. Gill – But (feat. Baek Ji Young)      ↓(17)
26. Dynamic Duo – Jam      ↓(17)
27. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)      ↓(12)
28. Psy – ROCKnROLLbaby (feat will.i.am)      NEW
29. CL – Hello Bitches      NEW
30. Gummy – Can’t Have You      NEW

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I know some people have been hating on Daddy for reason usually hate on Psy. And I must say, I don’t care. I like the MV, typical Psy MV with all the cameos. And the song is fun. I don’t ask anything more from him and that’s that. I won’t say it’s the best song of the year, but so what? And all that “it’s not real music nonsense”, oh I’m sorry, I didn’t know that “argument” was relevant again (was it ever?)… I think Dance Jockey or ROCKnROLLbaby could be a big hit too if they had a good MV to support the song. And I kinda like I Remember You, but mainly because of Zion.T’s big collaboration (he sings most of the song).

I really don’t like Dear Santa though. I’m okay with a song that start slow and then pick up momentum and become more upbeat. But SM has that weird way to break their song in parts that have nothing to do with one another. If you really want to have that, just do 2 different songs. Anyway, both part aren’t my style so that’s that. They could have put a MV for Winter Story though. I think it’s good for a Christmas song, with that acoustic yet magical feel to it. It’s not my style exactly either, but I can recognize that it’s good.

I also started to get Jam in my head a lot throughout the week.

I think Run will grow on me. It’s hard to tell after listening to it just a few time, and I usually need more time with BTS, but most of the time, I end up liking what they do. It’s a little more on the soft or pop side than the few last song they released.

Week 4 of November 2015 Instiz Top 30 (23 – 29)

Tags

4men, Adele, Akdong Musician, Babylon, Baek Ji Young, Brother Su, Buzz, Chan Huek Lee, Dynamic Duo, EXID, f(x), Gill, Girls’ Generation, Huh Gak, iKON, IU, Jin Won, Jung Seung Hwan, Kim Chang Wan, Kim Feel, Lee Juck, Lim Chang Jung, Mad Clown, Navi, Noel, Ohhyuk, Park Boram, Raina, San E, SNSD, soyu, taeyeon, Twice, verbal jint, Younha, Zico, zion.t

01. OhHyuk – A Little Girl OST      ↑(6)
02. Lee Juck – Don’t Worry OST      ↑(6)
03. San E, Mad Clown – Sour Grapes      ↓(2)
04. Kim Feel – Youthhood (feat. Kim Chang Wan) OST      ↑(16)
05. Zico – Boys and Girls (Feat. Babylon)      ↓(2)
06. EXID – Hot Pink      ↓(1)
07. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again      ↓(1)
08. Gill – But (feat. Baek Ji Young)      NEW
09. Dynamic Duo – Jam      ↓(7)
10. Adele – Hello      ↑(1)
11. Huh Gak – Along the Days      NEW
12. IU – Twenty-three      ↓(3)
13. Park Boram – Hyehwadong (or Ssangmundong) OST      NEW
14. Noel – In The End      NEW
15. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)      ↓(3)
16. Twice – Like Ooh-Ahh      –
17. Younha – Thinking About You (prod by Chan Huek Lee of Akdong Musician)      ↓(7)
18. Zion.T – No Make Up      ↓(3)
19. iKON – Apology      ↓(15)
20. 4MEN – Hug Me      ↓(7)
21. iKON – My Type      ↑(1)
22. f(x) – 4 Walls      ↓(8)
23. Soyu, Brother Su – You Don’t Know Me OST      ↓(6)
24. Jung Seung Hwan – Emergency Room      –
25. Navi – Don’t Miss You      ↓(2)
26. Raina – I Don’t Know      NEW
27. Huh Gak – Missing You      NEW
28. Buzz – 사랑은 가슴이 시킨다 Part 3      ↑(11)
29. Jin Won – I’m Gonna Change      NEW
30. Verbal Jint – If The World Was Perfect (feat. Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation)      NEW

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I’m happy Kim Feel’s song is climbing up the ranks.

Except from that, I would say maybe If The World Was Perfect is the best out of the new songs, but it’s not outstanding either. I’m not particularly found of it.

Week 3 of November 2015 Instiz Top 30 (16 – 22)

Tags

4men, Adele, Akdong Musician, As One, B.I, Babylon, Bobby, Brother Su, Chan Huek Lee, Dean, Dynamic Duo, EXID, f(x), Hanhae, iKON, IU, Jung Seung Hwan, Kim Chang Wan, Kim Feel, Lee Juck, Lim Chang Jung, Mad Clown, Navi, Ohhyuk, San E, soyu, taeyeon, Twice, verbal jint, Yezi, Younha, Zico, zion.t

01. San E, Mad Clown – Sour Grapes      NEW
02. Dynamic Duo – Jam      NEW
03. Zico – Boys and Girls (Feat. Babylon)      ↓(2)
04. iKON – Apology      NEW
05. EXID – Hot Pink      NEW
06. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again      ↓(2)
07. OhHyuk – A Little Girl OST      NEW
08. Lee Juck – Don’t Worry OST      ↓(2)
09. IU – Twenty-three      ↓(6)
10. Younha – Thinking About You (prod by Chan Huek Lee of Akdong Musician)      ↓(5)
11. Adele – Hello      ↓(2)
12. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)      ↓(4)
13. 4MEN – Hug Me      ↓(11)
14. f(x) – 4 Walls      ↓(4)
15. Zion.T – No Make Up      ↓(4)
16. Twice – Like Ooh-Ahh      ↓(2)
17. Soyu, Brother Su – You Don’t Know Me OST      ↓(10)
18. As One – Even For 1 Minute (feat. Hanhae)      NEW
19. Dynamic Duo – Grand Carnival (feat. Zico)      NEW
20. Kim Feel – Youthhood (feat. Kim Chang Wan)      ↓(4)
21. iKON – Anthem (feat. B.I, Bobby)      NEW
22. iKON – My Type      ↓(7)
23. Navi – Don’t Miss You      NEW
24. Jung Seung Hwan – Emergency Room      NEW
25. Dynamic Duo – How you doing? (feat. Dean)      NEW
26. Yezi – Abuse Me (feat. Hanhae)      ↓(4)
27. San E, Mad Clown – Lonely Animals (feat. Brother Su)      NEW
28. IU – Shower      ↓(15)
29. IU – Zezé      ↓(17)
30. Dynamic Duo – Eating and Sleeping      NEW

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Sadly, I don’t really have anything to say about that top 30, even though there’s many new songs in there. I might need to listen to Hot Pink a little more to see if I get caught by it somehow. I think Jam has a better chance at it though. But still, overall, I have to say I’m not that impressed by Dynamic Duo this time around.

Week 2 of November 2015 Instiz Top 30 (09 – 15)

Tags

4men, Adele, Akdong Musician, AOA, Babylon, Baek Ah Yeon, Brother Su, brown eyed girls, Chan Huek Lee, Choa, Crush, EXO, f(x), Gary, Hanhae, Hwang Chi Yeol, iKON, IU, k.will, Kim Chang Wan, Kim Feel, Kwon Jeongyeol, Lee Juck, Lim Chang Jung, Loco, Mino, Miwoo, soyu, Taeyang, taeyeon, Twice, V.One, verbal jint, VIXX, Xia, Yezi, Younha, Yu Huiyeol, Zia, Zico, zion.t

01. Zico – Boys and Girls (Feat. Babylon)      –
02. 4MEN – Hug Me      NEW
03. IU – Twenty-three      ↓(1)
04. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again      ↓(1)
05. Younha – Thinking About You (prod by Chan Huek Lee of Akdong Musician)      NEW
06. Lee Juck – Don’t Worry OST      ↑(15)
07. Soyu, Brother Su – You Don’t Know Me OST      ↓(1)
08. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)      ↓(3)
09. Adele – Hello      ↑(6)
10. f(x) – 4 Walls      ↓(6)
11. Zion.T – No Make Up      ↓(3)
12. IU – Zezé      ↓(3)
13. IU – Shower      ↓(6)
14. Twice – Like Ooh-Ahh      ↑(9)
15. iKON – My Type      ↑(1)
16. Kim Feel – Youthhood (feat. Kim Chang Wan)      ↑(32)
17. Soyu, Kwon Jeongyeol – Lean On Me      ↑(1)
18. Brown Eyed Girls – Brave New World      ↓(8)
19. Zia – Sometimes OST      –
20. Gary – Get Some Air (feat. Miwoo)      ↓(3)
21. XIA – Time Flows By Since It’s You OST      NEW
22. Yezi – Abuse Me (feat. Hanhae)      NEW
23. EXO – Lightsaber      NEW
24. Hwang Chi Yeol, Baek Ah Yeon – The First Time I Met You      NEW
25. Choa (AOA) – 그런가봐요 (piano by Yu Huiyeol)      ↓(12)
26. VIXX – Chained Up      NEW
27. Crush, Loco – 아마도 그건      NEW
28. V.One – Perhaps It Is old      ↑(47)
29. K. Will – Dropping the Tears      NEW
30. Mino – Fear (feat. Taeyang)      ↑(2)

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So Lightsaber isn’t helping EXO in my world, that’s for sure. It’s really nothing special. I see the “tribute”, but there’s no real “wow” effect and the song sound like most any song done by a boysgroup from SM.

Nothing much to say, except I’ve change my mind of Brave New World and Youthhood. I like them both.

And also, I’m a little disappointed about VIXX’s comeback. It’s been a while actually that they did anything worth noticing.

Week 1 of November Instiz Top 30 (02 – 08)

Tags

Adele, AOA, Babylon, Brother Su, brown eyed girls, Choa, davichi, f(x), Gary, geeks, iKON, IU, Joo, Jtong, Kwon Jeongyeol, Kyuhyun, Lee Juck, Lim Chang Jung, Louie, Mamamoo, MC Mong, Miwoo, Park Seo Joon, Penomeco, soyu, Sung Si Kyung, taeyeon, The Quiett, Twice, verbal jint, Whee In, Yu Huiyeol, Zia, Zico, zion.t

01. Zico – Boys and Girls (Feat. Babylon)      NEW
02. IU – Twenty-three      ↓(1)
03. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again      ↑(2)
04. f(x) – 4 Walls      ↓(1)
05. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)      ↓(1)
06. Soyu, Brother Su – You Don’t Know Me OST      –
07. IU – Shower      ↓(5)
08. Zion.T – No Make Up      –
09. IU – Zezé      ↑(2)
10. Brown Eyed Girls – Brave New World      NEW
11. MC Mong – Like Nobody Knows      NEW
12. Zico – Day (feat. Jtong)      NEW
13. Choa (AOA) – 그런가봐요 (piano by Yu Huiyeol)      NEW
14. IU – Knees      ↓(7)
15. Adele – Hello      ↓(3)
16. iKON – My Type      –
17. Gary – Get Some Air (feat. Miwoo)      ↓(3)
18. Soyu, Kwon Jeongyeol – Lean On Me      ↓(5)
19. Zia – Sometimes OST      ↓(1)
20. IU – Shoes      ↓(11)
21. Lee Juck – Don’t Worry OST      NEW
22. Joo – Cry and Blow      NEW
23. Twice – Like Ooh-Ahh      ↓(2)
24. IU – Red Queen (feat. Zion.T)      ↓(14)
25. Kyuhyun – The Day We Felt The Distance      NEW
26. Sung Si Kyung – Then I Wonder      ↓(2)
27. Davichi – Moment      NEW
28. Zico – Yes or No (feat. Penomeco, The Quiett)      ↓(9)
29. Park Seo Joon – Long Way OST      NEW
30. Louie (Geeks) – Please Just Go (feat. Whee In of Mamamoo)      ↓(5)

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Boys and Girls could be interesting if it wasn’t from Zico. I like Babylon’s voice, but the thing is I can only tolerate Zico as a featured guest, nothing more.

I’m not really sure yet about Brave New World. The thing with Brown Eyed Girls, it’s that I’ve been introduced to them through Sixth Sense, Kill Bill and Abracadabra, and also through GaIn edgy stuff. So for me, when I see that BEG has a comeback, I’m waiting for that edgy kind of song/MV. And this comeback is not that. It’s really well done, but it’s not reaching my expectation. So I’ll have to give it a few chance and see what I really feel towards it. There’s also that whole disco vibe that I don’t get for them. I would understand for T-ARA or maybe Dalshabet, and it would make the two puzzle piece fit in my head.

K-Blend of Awesomeness – October 2015

Tags

Ailee, Akdong Musician, Basick, Click-B, Code Kunst, Dok2, Eric You, Giriboy, Hoody, Hwasa, IU, Jay Park, Kisum, Lil Boi, Mamamoo, Ohhyuk, Pungdeng-E, taeyeon, Twice, verbal jint, Xia, Yozoh, zion.t

8traks playlist

MV Playlist

Listing
1. Zion.T – No Make Up
2. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)
3. Code Kunst – Parachute (feat. OhHyuk, Dok2)
4. Jay Park – Solo (feat. Hoody)
5. Kisum – Love Talk (feat. Hwasa of Mamamoo)
6. Lil Boi, Basick – Call Me (feat. Hwa Sa)
7. IU – Twenty-three
8. Twice – Like Ooh-Ahh
9. Akdong Musician – Like Ga, Na, Da
10. Pungdeng-e – Ppi Ppi Ppa Ppa
11. XIA – OeO (feat. Giriboy)
12. Click-B – Reborn
13. Ailee – Insane
14. Yozoh, Eric You – Lucy
15. Kim Feel – Youthhood (feat. Kim Chang Wan)

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So I had trouble to put this playlist together. The thing is I have a lot of songs that are the same style, or close enough, and then a few other that don’t connect much with each other. Anyway. I always try to put high up the songs I like best, and I still could, but Lucy is way down there because the style didn’t really go with the rest. But I really love that song.

Also, you should check out Reborn. The song is really great, the MV is really bad. It’s a new rookie group, but they have great member and great vocals.

I wasn’t really sure about Parachute at first. But I love it so damn much right now. I also wasn’t too sure about No Make Up, but like most anything Zion.T does, I fell in love with it.

And I changed my mind about Like Ooh-Ahh. I think I got distracted by the flashy video. But sometimes you need to listen without the visuals.