June 2012
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The Best K-Pop Music Videos of 2012 (So Far)
Since it’s about mid-way through 2012, I decided to compile a longlist of my favorite music videos in K-pop so far.
Music videos are obviously central to the overarching aesthetic of K-pop. We like to look at idols (male and female), watch them dance, see them act out certain scenes (ranging from the quite narrative “Grasshopper Song” to the essentially narrative-less slumber...
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One of my favorite singers, Iris DeMent, has a...
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“At its best, Twitter delights and instructs. Somebody, often somebody you...”
– n+1, “Please RT”
Yep, that’s pretty much why I love Twitter.
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subdee replied to your post: Oh my gay
Not sure I agree with the premise of these blogs (that physical affection between same sex idol members should be called out as gay). And I say this as a gay person! In an open relationship! SNSD one is hilarious tho, cos it’s so contra their image.
I totally agree with you, actually. I was debating about whether to add a disclaimer about, more or less,...
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Oh my gay
My new favorite tumblrs:
http://lesbiansubtextinkpop.tumblr.com/
http://gaysubtextinkpop.tumblr.com/
http://sogayshidae.tumblr.com/
K-pop fandom will never be the same again.
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“There is a moment in The General when Keaton, exasperated by the stupidity of...”
– R.I.P. Andrew Sarris
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calummarsh replied to your post: Albums vs. Songs
I don’t agree with Bogart’s thesis, but I’m having a weirdly difficult time articulating *why* I don’t. Nostalgic impulse? Arbitrary fetishization? This is causing my world to crumble.
I think it’s a particularly good thesis precisely because it gives you a lot to disagree and argue with (and an urge to disagree in the first place). The...
Albums vs. Songs
Tumblr doesn’t let you reblog someone else’s response to a question, so here’s how Jonathan Bogart responded to the question “What’s your top 10 albums shaping up like so far this year?”:
I have never made a top 10 albums list and I don’t plan to change that this year.
The more music I listen to, the more it seems to me that the album — the LP, the CD, the...
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May 2012 K-Pop →
I meant to include a link to download all the songs in my May 2012 K-pop write-up earlier, but I guess I don’t understand that Tumblr automatically posts what’s in your queue, so that entry went up super-early. Anyways, here they are.
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10 K-Pop Songs I Loved in May 2012
Previously:
Five K-Pop Songs I Loved in April 2012
10 K-Pop Songs I Loved in March 2012
Five K-Pop Songs I Loved in February 2012
Five K-Pop Songs I Loved in January 2012
We Need to Talk About K-Pop (my K-pop mix)
1. JJ Project - “Bounce”
One of my favorite things about pop music is that it is much less beholden to restrictions than other genres. Pop music...
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Jamieson Cox: On Azealia Banks, "1991", and her... →
nervousacid:
I just arrived in Barcelona, so I don’t have time for a proper response, but I felt like I should link to this post and just very quickly say, no, no, no, before this analogy actually becomes a thing. A few points, then:
I think I was correct in believing that Azealia’s connection to high fashion transcended mere style or trend; instead, she possesses a special blend of glamour,...
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