One of my current favorite Korean singer/songwriters is Baek Yerin. Before her, I never really cared for R&B, but she has a very expressive and unique artistry in her approach to R&B. And she's only 19:
Her previous single, "Across the Universe" was my favorite song from 2015, and the EP "Frank" was my favorite album from 2015:
Mamamoo's Solar released a few cover songs recently, and this one is particularly lovely:
Lee Soo Young (another of my favorites) previously covered this song too, and it was a nice bossa nova version:
Speaking of Mamamoo (I'm a huge fan), the last song they released was for a LG G5 commercial, but it was such a great song (and the music video is just so cute). Listen to that harmony right off the bat when the song begins:
Mamamoo's male counterpart, Vromance, just debuted, and it's excellent:
Wonder Girls is back, still continuing as a band, and this time they're doing reggae-influenced pop:
A song I really like from last year was Stellar's "Sting." I don't think it's been posted yet:
I didn't read the entire thread (136 pages? Are you kidding me?) but has anyone heard the opening to Tokyo ghoul's first season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFfZuBU6g5I&feature=share
Pretty great.
Nice. Very dynamic and prog rock sounding. I haven't heard of Tokyo Ghoul, but the premise sounds really interesting, so I'm going to check it out.
I've always liked that song. Smooth jazz pop is like a specialty for Japan and Korea -- I just don't hear other countries do it that much. Too bad it's not trendy anymore, although there are still Japanese City Pop artists releasing new stuff. K-Pop and K-Indie dip their toes into that genre sometimes too.
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