I know this post is pretty late, being nearly February after all but I had exams and other real life things so you're getting it now. I've also included 5 other albums that didn't make my top 10 because I wanted to mention them. I've just written quick blurbs about why I liked each album and then put which tracks I think you should definitely listen to. Also I wanna mention After School and their maxi single "First Love", couldn't technically put this on the list because it's a "single" but there's like three amazing songs on there so like obvs check it out if you haven't already.
When AOA first debuted I thought they were GREAT. Their debut song was fresh and the whole "we're an idol group but also some of us form a band with this other chick" concept was interesting, Korean idols playing instruments is not something you see very often. But after their debut I lost interest, I don't know why none of their songs really appealed to me - until now.
Both and song and video for "Miniskirt" are essential a Bravesound/SISTAR/Alone rip-off which I dunno, has already been done about one hundred times since by just about everyone but I love it. I don't actually care too much about these rehashes because Brave does manage to change it up enough that I don't get bored and 'Alone' is one of my favourite k-pop songs so it's all cool. I'm still jamming. It's actually quite impressive how many songs he's managed to create from essentially the same thing with only a few being kinda shit. It's a sexy concept which seems to be very much in for 2014 so far. It turned Janurary 1st and about 10 teasers popped up for various different groups showing a lot of skin. This is no exception, AOA are rolling around on the floor and un-zipping their skirts. This is actually probably been my favourite girl group comeback of 2014 so far (not that there has been that many). Talking of which can SNSD and 2NE1 please comeback with full albums now please? Cheers.
Ok, I'm ignoring their godawful name (at least it's not as bad as WINNER) but these guys are pretty good. I wasn't anticipating them too much just because I often find debut's a little bit awkward and never really that inspired. But seeing as they are from one the big three I kept an eye out.
The song is really slick. It may not immediately be catchy but it slowly creeps it's way into your head. The "omana" sample from Sohee classic line from Tell Me is so cool.
Their dancing isn't as slick as some other groups you might see in k-pop but I LIKE THAT. Sometimes k-pop can be too perfect and formulated. This actually looks what you might actually see if you walked into an underground-dance-battle-club-place in Seoul. There's definitely some sort of spark there.
But I could easily hear 2PM here. If I just heard the song with no other information, I'd guess 2PM were singing it. They have the same style of singing, I'm sure that probably comes from having the same vocal coach etc and this song probably started off life as a 2PM demo. But these guys seem cool and I can't wait to hear the rest of the mini on the 20th and to see how they grow. Debut's are hardly ever ground breaking (except miss A) because they like to play it safe to start off with but hopefully JYP do something interesting with this group.
