Okay, so looking for really good KPOP
 

now my best friend kinda really loves kpop and i told her id be willing to go deeper into it and try more.

she gave me a lits of musicians i already know but just am too lazy to listen to in depth. (and she left and i ant speak to her for just some days)

soo could anyone suggest any good songs from these artists. ive heard and tried a couple from each. but not sure whats considered their best.



(well i deleted the artists list here) - just give whoever u like lol.

(and any kpop that doesnt sound like too western pop music would be nice too - i love those musician types)

anyway ^____^ thanks is anyone does read this thing and help :D

I really only listen to Abracadabra from BEG ♥

I suggest you try out Epik High (One is an amazing song *o*)

^ ah ive heard oh Epic high and i think One is the song i heard. that was one amazing song as far as i can call

and thank you i will check that out. ^___^

edit: i liked it quite a bit until the chorus. the chorus probably just has to grow on me (im hard to please arent i? *sighs*) ^___^ thanks. its fine. :D

^omg yes epik high is really really good :luv2 they also have a song with emi hinouchi called Flow :yes

dbsk:



lee jung hyun (not in your list, but an amaaaazing and original artist)



you should really try these out! i'll come back later for more from other artists :lech

I love you for liking 2AM. :shughug Maybe you should check their "mates", 2PM?

I personally recommend:
SNSD/Girls' Generation - YES. they're not as sugary and cute as everyone thinks, they are talented. You should listen to Oh! album and Run Devil Run at first.
Gummy - that woman has amazing voice, must listen! her last mini Loveless is perfect.
Wonder Girls - Nobody was a huge hit in Korea, nothing shocking, that song is so addictive! and not in western pop style ;)
F.T Island and C.N.Blue - most famous rock/indie bands. They make great music!
BoA - of course if you don't know her... :laugh
SHINee - they stand out from other boybands! IMO. xD and their music is refreshing and a bit different from typical k-pop IMO.
f(x) - only because I'm biased. xD and they were called female version of SHINee... at least you'll love Amber. :laugh
Brown Eyed Girls - as Pommy said, Abracadabra... I add Sign to must-listen songs.
Lee Jung Hyun - her old techno works are korean classics. You also have to listen to her latest mini, with Suspicious Man!
Rain (Bi) - at least to know with who Hyori is paired in korean/international fandom. :laugh anyway, every main song (which is performed) in his career is so damn catchy. Don't worry if listening to them will make you feel horny, everybody do ;) AND HE'S SEX ON LEGS TOTALLY
Big Bang - to check how one of the most popular boybands sounds. And because of G-Dragon you mentioned! ;)
Younha - she's different from other female solo artists... she's like korean YUI/miwa/Mao Abe/put whoever you want. hella talented.
Davichi - girl duo, they have amazing voices! <3
Epik High and Outsider - most known hip hop artistes.

that's all, others will help with the rest, I'm sure ;)


EDIT: Oh sorry, I didn't understand your first post! ^^' I'm coming with the help:

2AM:heart
I did wrong album
This Song

DBSK
korean
Rising Sun album
O! album
MIROTIC album (try to find repackage also)
japanese
T album
The Secret Code album
latest (hope not last...) singles: Share The World, Stand By U, BREAK OUT! and toki wo tomete

SHINee
2009, Year of Us mini album
Replay
Juliette
A.MI.GO
The SHINee World (doo-bop)
Love like Oxygen
^ most known songs.

G-Dragon
hmmm... he released one album, Heartbreaker, but I don't think you'll like it, it's very westernish ^^'

2NE1
they released only one mini album and digital single, Try to follow me.

Hyori
U Go Girl
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Swing

^^ really any kpop artist is fine and im glad u mentioned her

Rising Sun: at first it was just okay. but then i was really feeling the last 2 minutes. love the last 2 minutes (if that makes any sense lol)
Mirotic: ah i remember this song. really hot. bu still just good.

Lee Jung Hyun: omg LOVE the first one. and awesome mv. this is a song i can listen to again ^___^ i adore . . .as for Suspicious Man i dont like as much. but i still think its very good. . .i really just like the musical style a lot too. so yeah. now ill be listening to her :)

@flying proud:

yeah i know i must really listen to rain. . .and oh i didnt say i liked 2am i just know that theyre kinda popular so i was putting in that list for examples. its my best friend whos adores them lol
so i will check some of these outs and reports backs ^___^ and ah indie rock here too. ill see that too <3
and what u were doing first is what i really want. sorry to make u go through the trouble :(

^ yes, yes, I just didn't read your first post well, sorry. xD I you don't want to find whole discographies of all these artists by yourself, I can pick several songs if you want.

yay im so happy that you love the songs!! or... the lee jung hyun songs XD she used to be really popular but now she is so underrated :weep you should listen to Bakkwo, Michyeo and... then you should download all her albums XD especially her second one, Peace, which is a freakin MASTERPIECE

@flying proud: with BoA of course im good :) but with Rain ive found random songs i liked. could i hear ur suggestions. and i got ur SNSD ones. and ill check out Younha and C.N.Blue Next. thank yous~ (and yeah i just tried to make the first post less confusing lol)

@hearted: haha~ well dbsk is just okay to me. . . .but okay thank you and i will definitely listen to that from her. underrated? :grumpy not cool. shes amazing to me with only hearing 2 songs lol

If we talk about Rain... I can think only about these cause I haven't heard all albums from him ^^
Rainism
Love Song
Hip Song
I'm Coming
It's raining
all were promoted as I said. Probably you've heard some of them, so listen to the rest! ;)

With DBSK, try again! there must be something you'll love xD of course I don't force you.

^ lol thanks

and ahh~~~ theres always something from an artist i absolutely love. so well see eventually XD ill try again soon. (it may be hard as im not completely for boy bands. when i see so many guys id rather them be a rock band lol. im sure ill develop a heavy fandom for dbsk like i do all my j-rockers soon enough when i find more songs :) ) noo worries


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~~hmm this is all really quite fun. getting into kpop. and on the other side getting into 80s music at the same time (weird contrast)
just trying to expand my musical horizons (that doesnt make sense either does it)

^^lol im glad you could recognize her epic! you should also try IU, she is still pretty new but this song is just...WAUW


oh and i agree with flying, give dbsk another change :eyes i used to think they were eh just okay, but now i loooooooooooove them so freakin much and powtjawiogtwi they are just LOVE

Most k-pop sounds like western music tbh, but it doesn't mean it's bad.

SNSD is one of the most popular and talented girl groups in Korea, and they have some really amazing songs, for example:



Hyori lee has a really nice voice, the people she works with plagiarize songs left and right, but she still has a nice voice imo:


Wonder girls are probably the least talented girl group in Korea, but they do have a few catchy songs that I'd recommend:




4minute - they release VERY catchy songs.


KARA releases really catchy stuff too:

I know what you'll love from DBSK! TRI-ANGLE :laugh It has rock part and members look like from visual kei or something :laugh I'm laughing because it was image that fans are trying to forget ;) but it can be forgiven, it's so old...

^ see that image and sound would be perfect for me haha~ ill go see

@hearted: why does that song remind me of something. anywayz its beautiful. very lovely. ill remember her. and . . .yes yes shes amazing

and okay okay you two. i going to give them more chances lol ^__~

@identity: ill get to that soon too. thanks~~~`

The ones I like are older ones, haha
Lee Jung Hyun
Shinwa
H.O.T
^Those are my top 3 Korean bands. :)

@ownsarai: thankies! i already like Lee now and so i will check the otehrs out to. . .oh so much to listen to now haha

@ flying proud: in tri-angle. it was only disturbing because they clearly were ripping off of v-kei or something and just not pulling it off. and whoever had spiky hair was a no-no XD. they better be careful next time or ill feel offended (jk not really). anyway i laughed because i though jaejoong looked like one of my fav jrockers from An Cafe O.O
. . . although it may not show in this pic ive seen him enough to make an awkward comparison XD

anyway i did LOVE the song (somewhat) :yes

^ don't worry, it's old song, they haven't done anything like this after and won't do xD I'm glad you loved it though :)

@ownsarai: wow, you're listening only to legends ;) I have to try HOT and Shinhwa someday.

have you tried After School
they are really good I love their Bang! single and Because of you single

I am not that into K-Pop but I really like Loveholics (reminds me of An Cafe's Candy Holic XD)
Their album In The Air is amazing^^
It's different from the popular K-Pop bands like Kara, Wondergirls

This is the first song of them which I heard and I fell in love with it:yes

Loveholics-아픔 (Play Chang Eun Ah)



(btw I didn't watch the PV so I am not sure if it's good:laugh
btw II I noticed that you also listen to An Cafe and LM.C, that's awesome :P)

^hell yeah After School!! (Bang!, Because of You, AH, When I Fall)

Son Dam Bi - Amoled feat. After School

Lee Hyori - Hey Mr. Big

2PM - Again and Again, I Hate You, Heartbeat

Big Bang - Lies, Haru Haru, Lollipop

B2ST - Mystery, Shock

Epik High - Love Love Love, Map the Soul, 1 Minute 1 Second

FT Island - I Hope

KARA - Mister, Wanna

MBLAQ - Oh Yeah, Y

Park Bom - You & I

SS501 - Because I'm Stupid, Love Like This

Super Junior - It's You, "Sorry, Sorry", U, Bonamana

Super Junior M - Super Girl

T-Ara - Bo Beep Bo Beep, I Go Crazy Because of You, TTL

Wonder Girls - Tell Me, So Hot

2AM - I Did Wrong, Can't Let You Go Even If You Die

4minute - Muzik, Hot Issue, HuH

@Jackie: its just okay. but not for me. nothings hooking me. but Because of You is the better song to me

@labello: hehe. i actually was just listening to an cafe for the past hour (probably why my headache is aggravated lol). now i do feel like listening to candyholic XD love that. ...and like omg thanks you!!! finally a song of this thread that i love and soothes my headache. this is the beauty in kpop i never seen. love love adore this ^__^ now ill check out the album. (its really awesome if u listen to an cafe an LM.C too )

@mcluva420: u and identity have officially overwhelmed me. ive heard some of those songs but not a lot. but in time i will pick through most of them. thank yous lots~~~ i will check them out ^____^

^Haha, you shouldn't listen to them when you have a headache:laugh Most of their songs aren't really soothing! (maybe best apart or Meguriaeta Kiseki, songs like that~)
Ahh~ I am glad you liked it:yes
"this is the beauty in kpop i never seen."
^This is what I mean!! The album is so amazing, I really liked it a lot and it's a nice kind of different^^
link so you don't have to search:laugh
(hihi~ it's nice to see that I am not that alone on this forum with my music taste:laugh that's the only reason I told you that, I hope I didn't bother you!)

^lol. yeah i stopped now. ayabies a lot better for soothing headaches.so its them now ^__^
and thank yous~ that is much easier than seraching hehe
but yeah they are really awesome. like i feel like im going to enjoy this album
(oh please. im happy to know that too haha. i feel so awkward with like Miku and Maya in my sets -and next will be miyavi or someone from nightmare - but im like the only one haha~ XD )

Son Dam Bi! She is coming back at the end of June with her 3rd mini album! Songs you must check out are Micheotssuh (Are You Crazy), Neol Ireun Apeumeh Jjijeojin Kaseumeh (On Saturday Night), Cry Eye and Bad Boy.

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Tell me if you liked the album^^ And your welcome:) It's easier this way:laugh
You could also try G-Dragon~ His style is kind of mixed, rap, hip&hop and a bit pop:laugh One song of his is really cute and soothing:yes



(never feel awkward with awesomeness in your sig:laugh MIYAVI!!! use a miyavi set:yes If you'll use one, I'll change mine into one as well:laugh)

^ She mentioned that she know him in the first post :) Or maybe she didn't hear this song, who knows

Wonder Girls - Tell Me, So Hot, Nobody, 2 Different Tears.

Big Bang - Lies, Haru Haru, Last Farwell, Sunset Glow, Gara Gara GO!!.

2NE1 - FIRE, I Don't Care and Try to Copy Me.

Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra, Sign, L.O.V.E

Lee Hyori - U-Go-Girl, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I'm Back and many others :yes

Lee Jung Hyun - Suspicious Man, Wa, Bakkwo, Nuh, Dojuhn, Misty, Tell Me, Dahla Dahla ... you know what, just check out all of her albums xD

4minute - Hot Issue, HuH, Invitation, Who's Next feat. BEAST, I My Me Mine


Yup, I love korean girl groups xD

Upps~ sorry :)
Thanks for reminding me!

Some people probably mentioned some of those already but I'm just seconding them !

Try basically anything by SM artists, they are the "royalty" of Kpop to me <3

SNSD : Into the New World, Girls' Generation, Gee, Tell me you wish, Oh!, and RunDevilRun .. Their album tracks are pretty good too, I recommend that you listen to the Oh! album and Genie mini-album :)
SHINee (my favs <3) : Replay, Love Like Oxygen, Ring Ding Dong, Romeo+Juliette, Last Gift, Y.O.U, Jojo, and The Name I Loved (Leader Onew's solo)
f(x) : Chu~, You Are My Destiny (Luna & Krystal duet), and all the songs on their new mini NU ABO
Super Junior: Marry U, Bonamana, Cooking?Cooking! (they have many good songs but I don't have all day XD)
MBLAQ : Oh Yeah, Y, G.O.O.D Luv, One Better Day (watch their mvs and lives too, these guys are smokin hot !)
2AM : I Did Wrong
CNBLUE : I'm a Loner, LOVE, Sweet Holiday, Love Light

There's more .. but I can't think any now D:

@labello: okay. i LOVED that album. and now im inspired to start listening to music like this. my fav song was Miracle Blue. . .overall lovely album though. im trying to think of different words besides pretty and beautiful t odescribe it but cant. and that G-Dragon song is just :heart (im actually quiet schocked). but i ADORE it. (and i will soon get a miyavi set then haha~ :D)

@AyuHamasaki01 - okay. i got half of those down now. but i still must try the rest. but ive noticed im not too fond of all the girl groups. for every like 6 songs theres like 1 that i kinda like. but ill keep at it.

@AsukaRoses - thanks i will try those too. :) edit -oh. i kinda really like C.N Blue. . .very cool. ^__^

Uhh~ I am SOO happy you liked it that much:yes In my opinion it is so hard to find music like that @__@ I would love to have something which goes into this direction (of music).
I know, it's hard to describe it:laugh it's so soft, so nothing else than pretty and beautiful can describe it:laugh
I was suprised as well by G-Dragon, I thought he wouldn't have a song like that, but it's really nice^^ and I also liked his album a lot:yes
Oh~ I've got another nice song:D (I hope you'll like it, since we have a similar music taste:laugh)

Big Bang - Haru Haru (AyuIsTheBest recommanded it when I asked her about Big Bang^^)


It's a amazing song in my opinion, everything is great about it: the lyrics, the music, the video~

(haha, I guess I better start making one for myself, we're gonna be set-sisters:laugh)

I don't know much K-Pop, but I love DBSK and 4minute =)

aha! so you love stuff like loveholics huh! then you should try some k-indie :yes






^not really k-indie but still good XD

@labello: haha~ and ill check out more g-dragon soon. i just totally wasnt expecting that. yeah and i cant get over that loveholics album now lol. oh and the Big Bang song is too really nice. so maybe it will be that boy band that i would listen to more than the others. although im thinking now i need more loveholics type stuff and less boy/girl groups stuff. :D (i sent a request to someone's graphic shop so i hope it turns out well. and i know u make ur own so of course it will be great. and yeah set sisters haha~ ^__~

@Mintkisses: thank you~ :)

@Hearted: oh i really like those. i REALLY loved the Honey honey Baby song. so ill definitely try to find more of her songs. its really lovely ^___^ and yeah. i suppose id be more into k-indie then haha~

i see poeple have recommend you mostly all the bands/solist i listen to:laugh
dunno if someone told you to listen to this:

Ivy: touch me


Seo in young: Cinderella


and a ballad singer, dunno if you would like this XD
Lee Seok Hoon: Station

^ touch me is okay. but not something i would feel like listening to again. i thought cinderella was going in the same direction, but its a lot better to me. the arrangement and composition are a lot easier to take in. so the melody is distinct. and its catchy and cute and i like it. something i would listen to when listening to kumi koda or namie amuro. the last is not for me. however its very pretty. and his voice is lovely ^____^ thank yous!!~~~ :D

Seems like everyone named off pretty much everyone

Brown Eyed Girls

F.T Island

Davichi

After School

T-ara (amazing)

Epik High

Lee Hyori

Lee Jung Hyun

BADA

Son Dam Bi

Wonder Girls (who are doing ok here in America too ^_^ )

Gummy (amazing voice)

Just to name off a few. Maybe there is someone here you didn't know about. If so then just ask me and I can give you their songs ^_^

happy you like them :yatta almost all of yozoh's songs are in that style and she just has 1 album and 2 digital songs :yes

you might like these too! (if you are still looking lol, if not tell me and i will stop :roflmao)



ah i just saw that you tried to pm me! sorrysorryyyyy i deleted some things!

@MaryWeather - thank u ^___^ and i think ill try T-ara soon. and Gummy. i havent heard any of them yet.

@hearted. oh i just noticed shes in ur sig lol. but yeah Yozoh sounds really good. i really like her. . .and i also like the Wheesung song and ill try more from them. .. ill get back to you on the Younha and Davichi song ^___^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PkXenbUwWM

There's a youtube link to Gummy singing my favorite song called Amnesia. It was the first song I ever heard from her and I have been a fan ever since. This is live because I couldn't find the music video. She's so passionate! I love her!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6p7chxZWlE

This is T-ara singing Apple is A. It's a funny song, I like it. Not sure how you might feel about it @_@

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCh4C...eature=related

This is favorite song from T-ara, Say Goodbye. I think you'll love it. It's such a great song! If you don't check anything else out from them check this song out. It's amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az0Q11oijPI

And just something from Davichi. My favorite song from them called My Man. ^_^

Lol everyone mentioned my favourites already :laugh

It's a good thing that you liked Big Bang! :D
They made JPop too, the newest is Tell Me Goodbye and if you liked Haru Haru then you need to try Lies, and Oh My Friend is my personal favourite too xD
And try My Heaven too :yes

Oh and you need to try Gummy's new mini - Loveless, it's amazing :luv2

f(x), Super Junior, SNSD (Girls' Generation), SHINee, F.Cuz. These are the K-Pop groups I like better :heart

And also look for CNBLUE and FTIsland, these are korean bands. They are not like J-Rock bands, but they are very good too, and they also have some songs in japanese ^^

And I'll leave here my favourite SuJu song, I think you might like it too, it's more rock stile...

Super Junior - Don't Don

INFINITE!!!!

Sorry for double post, but I'm worried you can not notice posts here ^^'
Vanilla Lucy, girlgroup which have debuted not long time ago. They play on various instruments (mainly violins are heard) and mix it with electronica, oriental etc. sound. Check out their debut album, Vanilla Shake! :yes

Wow never heard of them Natalia! *And they sounded epic from your post..*
I'll try..

^ You have to! They're awesome! :yes

I saw the album, Vanilla Shake, but I didn't download it. I guess I'll try them out!

I agree. The second album is one of the best I've heard from anyone, anywhere.

For me, Korean music starts and ends with Lee Jung Hyun. :)

Also check out her lives, she is an excellent performer.

Vanilla Lucy made great music, Natalia is true :thud

^ I have good taste :D That's great you liked them.

okay i will try Vanilla Lucy as they sound pretty cool. by the way theyre described. :)

I guess that you have heard the TRAX Krock-band

the TRAX's version of Tears (X Japan)

^no no no i havent. well at least the second song. i heard the first song cuz it was suggested to me on youtube or something. and i thought it was okay.

so this is cool relistening to them. as now i actually realize theye better than i thought they were XD silly me. . .thank you. inever knew about their version of tears. it makes me happy XD (well i dont feel happy but happy to know it exists)

im sill not sure if i really like them though. not yet.