Top 5 Summer K-Pop Girl Group Tracks of 2015 (My Picks)

Ok so please before we start don't judge, these are just my thoughts ok :)

So before I start, this top 5 countdown post is just for girl groups so don't comment saying I missed out some guy groups because this is only for the girl groups out there(no solo artists either).

At the start I really wasn't into the summer tracks. I didn't find any of them catchy or interesting to watch. I had to really listen to some songs a few times over a period of a few months before I really got into some of these songs I have listed here.

5. Sistar - Shake It

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Ok so I have to say that Sistar isn't my favourite groups out there. It was only when I listened to their previous summer track that I really started getting into them and bought some of their albums. These days I don't really watch this song because of the slip performance which I saw which made it a bit hard for me to watch/ listen to afterwards.

4. AOA - Heart Attack

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I actually got this song stuck in my head for one point,  the chorus is pretty catching. Once again I wasn't a big fan of this group, but this song is actually one of my favourites from them, maybe because the song is just a tad less sexy than what they do in some of their other videos.

3. A Pink - Remember

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So some people could be wondering why this is my number 3. This song didn't initially appeal to me, though A Pink is one of my favourite K-Pop girl groups. This song is less upbeat compared to some of the other summer songs out there, but still there's something very catching in this song compared to the other songs, for me anyway. Maybe the dance in the chorus just appealed more to me?? But remember always makes me remember :) I really like Chorong's bit in the song, I think it really suits her soft voice.

2. GFriend - Me Gustas Tu

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Ok so ever since Glass Bead came out I had already been liking their music but this track is really catchy I think. Out of all the songs on my list, I think they are the most natural I think, if I can even explain it like that. It just feels very fresh with the green grass and stuff. But for the song itself I could listen to it again and again really. This isn't number 1 actually, and I was thinking about it but it has a more spring feel don't you think, but does have a hot summer feel of spending time with family don't you think??

1. Girl's Generation - Party

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Girl's Generation haven't been on my list of girl groups which I follow but after the release of this song I really started watch and listening to more from them. The only thing I really hate about this song is when they sing "P-A-R-T-Y", it's a bit annoying for me, but doesn't kill the whole song for me. So sometimes annoying can be a bad thing, but annoying songs are usually my favourite if they are not too annoying, and in this case there's enough but just to be in my top 1. I was obsessed with this song for quite a while compared to the other songs on this list, which makes it into my top 1 on the list.

Well that's it, these are my top 5 K-Pop girl group summer songs for 2015, enjoy the rest of the holidays and have a happy new year! Can't wait for more K-Pop in 2016! I know there will be many people who have different views from mine so if so please leave a comment telling me your top 5 list. Thanks for stopping by!

请你相信 (Believe) (CD Review)

Chinese post sorry! But I'll be talking in full English, I'll just be copy and pasting song names etc. Today I will be talking about the new EP album released by Stella and Nick Chung.

This EP includes:
01. 请你相信
02. Do Do Do
03. 最懂我的人
特别收录︰《最烂学生？ 2》微电影配乐
04. 请你相信 珍惜钢琴版
05. 请你相信 伤感钢琴版
06. 请你相信 王老师自弹自唱吉他版
07. 请你相信 卡拉版

I actually bought it officially from one of their staff(I think) which came with a signed copy, T-Shirt, Postcards and the DVD to Bad Students 2.

The song 请你相信(Believe) has a nice tempo, actually very relaxing. I myself do not really understand the lyrics at all, but it does really feel like a touching song and I feel like it is a very inspirational song which can really make you believe, so I think it makes it a really great song.

 最懂我的人(The Person I Know The Most) is a track which came from their previous EP, but it is also a very good and touching song, and I urge you all to listen. Below I have put the MV 请你相信(Believe) up, so enjoy!

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The rest of the tracks on this album are just instrumental covers of the songs. I hope that they'll release a full album one day soon. Did I mention that they're brother and sister?? I think they've reached over 1 million sold copies which is really great for Malaysian artists more local based, and due to the high piracy rates. If everyone just bought the genuine copy, I think they would be at 2 million possibly.

Overall it's a great EP with great songs!

Selena Gomez & The Scene - A Year Without Rain (Album Review)

Hey everyone, I'm here with another album review. I bought this album a few weeks ago off Trade Me, and it arrived a few days ago and I just listened to the whole album right then. This was the second album released by Selena Gomez & The Scene on September 17th, 2010 by Hollywood Records, and consists of 10 tracks(in the official release, though I will list the track list on my album.

Track List:
1. Round & Round
2. A Year Without Rain
3. Naturally
4. Rock God
5. Off the Chain
6. Summer's Not Hot
7. Intuition
8. Spotlight
9. Ghost of You
10. Sick of You
11. Live Like There's No Tomorrow

I have to say that I highly enjoy this album, as it contains many catchy track. This would have to be one of my favourite albums released by Selena Gomez & The Scene to date, though I need to listen to them all to finalise my judgement. What was strange was that Naturally was included in this album, while it was also included in her first album, but oh well, it's still one of my top 10 favourites haha!

I can't really say anything wrong about it at all. And compared with the first one, this one has a lot more better tracks which are more catchy than the first album. I find it hard to blog about albums, I just don't have much to say, either they're good, or they're bad haha, but this one is good. I'll rate it an 8/10. Not much else I have to say, but if you're looking to buy only one album from them, then this could just be the one to buy!

Well that's all, bye!

What is a Chinese New Year Album?? (CNY News)

Hi everyone, well as this blog is all about entertainment, here I'll be talking about the Chinese New Year album news. I know this topic doesn't interest most of the western viewers so if you don't want to know about Chinese New Year albums then you may stop reading here.

Ok so I've been following album news in Malaysia for quite a while now. When I think of Chinese New Year albums, these are the artists/ groups that I think of, and some of them have released solo CNY albums too, M-Girls(四个女生),  Four Golden Princesses (四千金), Eight Superstars(八大巨),  and Cute Princesses (巧千金). I myself believe that I'm an expert in Chinese New Year albums, at least I have watched and collected enough to know when one is good or bad. Not quite sure if I should make a separate blog about it or not as my Chinese isn't very good. But closer to CNY I will post another blog post on CNY MV's/ albums, and what I usually expect from them.

A bit of a rundown on what a Chinese New Year album is....
You can think of Christmas but to an even larger scale. You have really catchy music, old and new. Sometimes folk and pop songs are converted into a CNY cover!!! Malaysia leads the way in CNY music and releases the most CNY albums out of any country each year(Even China!!!). Most of the time, an artist releases 2 types of albums(these days anyway, an audio CD(what you usually expect with music), and a full MV album, so all the songs in the album have Full Music Videos and are released on either DVD or VCD(Video CD is usually 360p), though previously they were released on Laser Disc and VHS also before they became obsolete, and also Cassette.

I'll cover other stuff in other posts as this is getting too long, but I wanted to announce a new CNY album being released by Cute Princesses (巧千金). This will be their 10th Chinese New Year album as their first album was released back for the 2006 CNY(time flies!!!). Although the 3 past members Cecilia, Alicia and Viki have left the group, Veron has stayed in the group, along with members Miko and Joanne who joined in the 2012 CNY album.

Back at the start of the year their company StarMedia threated fans with a warning on Facebook that they may not let Cute Princesses release another CNY album due to the huge piracy issue as the other successful group managed by StarMedia, M-Girls were pulled from releasing anymore CNY albums due to the huge piracy issue. But this week Cute Princesses have begun shooting their latest CNY album for CNY 2015. I'm excited to see what other artists/ groups will be releasing CNY albums for the 2015 CNY season.

[巧千金] 2015 羊羊篇 の ~我们要出新年专辑啦~ 

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K-Pop, Why Do I Listen To It? (Blog Post)

This is going to be a blog post about why I listen to K-Pop. So you've seen a few of my posts on K-Pop, but there are people who ask me why I listen to it, especially because I am not Korean. I believe that music is universal, and anyone who speaks any language can enjoy any song. I myself didn't really get into K-Pop until early last year after my cousin introduced me more into it.

Back in the day, I used to only listen to English language music, this was right up until 2010 ended, then something happened to me, I didn't enjoy much English music from 2011+ . I believe that music has evolved for most countries, but none more so than English music. It's hard to explain, but when you take a look at what the songs deals with, then you realise what they're really talking about, but I won't go into detail on what almost everyone are covering their lyrics on(at least the more popular songs), but I felt like they were being used too much, and I felt like a change.

I escaped to more Chinese songs for a while, and back to the older English songs, but even I find the newer Chinese songs are a bit the same to the English style. With K-Pop you have the dancing(very in time), lyrics/ topics which most other languages don't sing about, and catchy music, all with the elaborate packaged albums and awesome looking hairstyles, something I think English albums are slowly being influenced by.

So I'm not saying newer English music is bad or anything. I still listen to the occasional songs, but what this post is more explaining is why I listen to K-Pop music. I've also found that people wonder why you would listen to music which I don't understand. Although some of their lyrics are partly in English, a majority is Korean. This is something English music can't do, though they get around this by mixing up slangs etc, though most people don't notice when it happens.

So yeah, anyway, I hope that explains my K-Pop music history, and why I listen to it. Though the majority of music I listen to is in Mandarin (did you know that some K-Pop groups release Chinese albums (mostly in Mandarin)??), my main area is local Malaysian artists. The style I listened to as a child has changed me to the way I am today and what type of music I listen to,

Post is getting too long so I'll stop it here. Goodnight!!

Selena Gomez & the Scene, Kiss & Tell (Album Review)

So I haven't done any album reviews before so I might do more in the future, but you might realise that these will be shorter than reviews such as movies or TV shows.

The album "Kiss and Tell", released on September 29, 2009 by Hollywood Records is the debut studio album by Selena Gomez and the Scene. There are 13 tracks:
1. Kiss and Tell
2. I Won't Apologize
3. Falling Down
4. I Promise You
5. Crush
6. Naturally
7. The Way I Love You
8. More
9. As a Blonde
10. I Don't Miss You at All
11. Stop & Erase
12. I Got U
13. Tell Me Something I Don't Know

I have to say that there's only a select few songs that I quite like, with my favourite being "Naturally", but there's quite a few songs which arn't as catchy as I liked when I first heard them. I'd have to give this album a 6/10. It's not a bad album at all, though the future albums get better.