Micci's Weekly KPOP Ranking [Ep 16: April 15-21] by kimmicci
Micci's Weekly KPop Ranking
Episode 16
Week 16: April 15-21, 2013
(Video Posted: April 23, 2013)
Week #
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#
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^#
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v#
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HR#
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Artist
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Song
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16
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1
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NEW
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NEW
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NEW
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C-CLOWN
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"Shaking Heart"
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16
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2
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-
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1
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1
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M.I.B
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"Nod Along!"
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16
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3
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3
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-
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1
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INFINITE
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"Man In Love"
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16
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4
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n/a
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n/a
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4
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D-Unit
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"Thank You"
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16
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5
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-
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3
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2
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Jay Park
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"Joah"
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16
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6
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4
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-
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5
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Lee Hi
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"Rose"
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16
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7
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-
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4
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3
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ZE:A-FIVE
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"The Day We Broke Up"
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16
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8
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n/a
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n/a
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4
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OFFROAD
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"Headbanging"
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16
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9
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-
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5
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4
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BTOB
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"2nd Confession"
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16
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10
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-
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3
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7
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K.Will
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"Love Blossom"
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16
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11
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1
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-
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1
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Girl’s Day
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"Expectations"
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16
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12
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4
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-
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12
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Davichi (Feat Verbal Jint)
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"Be Warmed"
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16
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13
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-
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2
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11
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Gil9 & Bong 9
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"Going Crazy"
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16
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14
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-
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6
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8
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Seo In Guk
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"With Laughter or Tears"
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16
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15
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-
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-
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4
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Ladies Code
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"Bad Girls"
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16
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16
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1
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-
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8
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Hong Jin Young
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"Boogie Man"
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16
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17
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-
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4
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13
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Delight
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"Mega Yak"
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16
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18
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2
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-
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18
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Electroboyz (Feat Nana)
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"Ma Boy3"
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16
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19
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NEW
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NEW
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NEW
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Geeks
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"How Are You"
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16
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20
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2
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-
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20
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15&
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"Somebody"
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16
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21
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NEW
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NEW
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NEW
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Gavy NJ
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"Farewell Cinema"
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EXTRA SONGS:
(Non KPOP)
Candy Mafia- "Cliche" [Thailand]
POI- "Drama" [Thailand]
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Will.I.Am- "Gettin' Dumb" (Feat. 2NE1 & Apl.de.ap) [Forgot to add it to the video! Sorry!]
(Korean)
Zion.T- "Babay" (Feat. Gaeko)
Double K- "Hot Pants"
Ugly Duck, Zico, & Crush- "So Young (느낌)(될 대로 되라고 해Remix)"
G-Dragon- "Michi Go (미치Go)"
4Men- "Thank You" [I didn't add this one to the video because the music video is a plot and they haven't performed it live.]
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Non-KPOP:
Well I like to talk about songs not promoted in Korea and usually those that I talk about are actually K-Pop groups which have released Japanese or Chinese songs. But I think at times like these when a Non-KPop group releases a really good song, I might just add it to my video! So please expand your minds even more and check them out!
The first is Candy Mafia. They are a 4 member girl group from Thailand. This song "Cliche" is their comeback song and it's 100% in English! I love the choreography to the song! They have recieved alot of criticism for having a full English song and for sounding more like K-Pop rather that Thai-Pop, but maybe that's why I f*cking love it so much! K-Pop sound, English lyrics~ YUP perfect for my American K-Pop loving self! The mv is pretty cool and I love their hair and outfits! Candy Mafia Fighting!
[Candy Mafia- "Cliche" M/V]
The next is POI "Drama". Now this song is actually in Thai. The music video is very cool as she changes something from her outfit every 2 seconds :). I think the choreography is simple, but it's creative and different, which is nice to see! I hope everyone will enjoy the song as much as I have!
[POI- "Drama" M/V]
Now this next song isn't K-Pop but is does feature 2NE1 and that's Will.I.Am's "Gettin' Dumb". (It also features Will.I.Am's Black Eyed Pea member Apl.de.ap.) The album and song were released in America. Personally I really LOVE this song! I know alot of people have shown how much they don't like it saying "Will.I.Am killed the song", but I'm not most people. I think everyone should atleast give this song a chance. I think it may also because I'm not just STUCK ON K-POP because I still listen to some American music and I love music in general. Now I am disappointed at how much this song lacked with Dara & Mizy's voices. They're there, but it's only as background vocals....BUT THEY ALL SING IN ENGLISH. Ah their English was flawless in my opinion :) I think over-all this song was great. Now there's no music video for it. I think it's a great song to create cool choreography to. (Who knows, maybe I'll upload my own choreo to it!)
Here's the song (on YouTube) for you to listen to! [Will.I.Am- "Gettin' Dumb" (Feat. 2NE1 & Apl.de.Ap)]
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These next songs are actually Korean, but they are not being promoted on music programs.
First is Zion.T featuring Gaeko, "Babay". I really love his rapping and vocals. The song is a smoother R&B, hip hop song. The music video is really funny and great as well as it is held in a musuem and the statue is well... stolen. The events after that are really funny as they try to find it and the theif. I suggest you check out this song if you haven't!
[Zion.T- "Babay" (Feat. Gaeko) M/V]
The next is Double K "Hot Pants". This song is perfect for grinding and twerking and the style is very American-Rap like. But the music video is almost good, until the girls appear. It's ok to not have curves since not alot Asians have them, but seriously... they suck at dancing. All they're trying to do is "body roll" which aint even working out so well... so it made the music video awkward. Anyways, it a great song to go party/club with!
[Double K- "Hot Pants" (19+)]
Zico, Ugly Duck and Crush came together to do this next piece called, "So Young". Seriously, this is one of my favorite songs at the moment. This collab was seriously just perfect! I'm a HUGE fan of Zico and I really like everything Crush has been in. The music video was simple yet greatly filmed. Zico's part was just perfect in the video! Ok I don't want to go on too much about this song because I want ya'll to check it out yourself! Enjoy!
[Ugly Duck, Zico, & Crush- "So Young" M/V]
Of course I have to about the king, G-Dragon and his new song "Michi Go"! So he only released this through LINE app and is not promoting it which is a big pity. This song is so wild and crazy, so of course, the music video is nothing less than wild & crazy! The music video features Taeyang, Teddy Se7en as well as comedian Youngmi Ahn. I thought it was really cool to see Se7en in it considering he's now in the military. Anyways, back to the video. WOW it's really crazy from the train, bathroom, library, and everywhere! Plus all the hairstyles he uses in the video to portay different characters. And wow, the outfits were definitely something I would only except for GD to wear!
[G-Dragon- "Michi Go" M/V]
Lastly I couldn't include this in my video, but it's 4Men "Thank You". There is no live performance and the music video is only a story plot that can't be viewed in only a few seconds. I love 4Men's voices and this song is very great for the spring time! I also greatly love the music video because it's a really cute story.
[4Men- "Thank You" M/V]
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Here's the actual countdown!
At #21 we have Gavy NJ "Farewell Cinema". I haven't seen the music video for this and I've only seen ONE live performance and while it was good I kinda forgot about it and just stuck it on to my countdown last second... (whoops).
[Gavy NJ- "Farewell Cinema" M/V]
JYP's 15& is at #20 this week. I love their voices, but I really didn't like this song. Sometimes, it can be catchy, but for the most part I found it to be really boring. I haven't seen the music video yet either so I'm judging this off the actual song and their live performances. Oh and those backup dancers outfits... yea... thas totally JYP's style. Overall I just think 15& should stick to ballads.
[15&- "Somebody" M/V]
Next at #19 is Geeks "How Are You?". Now I have no idea if this a new hip hop duo or not or if they've been around for a while, but I do know that I like this song. At first I thought "it's ok" but then after hearing it a few more times it started to grow on me. I don't know if there's a music video, but I have seen their live stages, and yea, I think they're pretty good. Geeks Fighting!
[Geeks- "How Are You?" live]
Now we're back to more familiar grounds with Electroboyz feat. Nana (After School)! I seriously LOVE Nana's feature to the song. She sounds great and looks really sexy! Electroboyz look & sound really great as well. However, I also feel like this song is nothing "new". Its "Ma Boy3" Like how many "Ma Boy" songs do we need that are going to keeping sounding more-or-less alike with that slow, yet upbeat tempo? Also for some of their live stage they brought on one of the girls from Girl's Day (instead of Nana) and yea... I think it made the song a little more un-entertaining. I don't know what it is, but Nana adds on that extra spark to the performance and song.
[Electroboyz- "Ma Boy3" Feat. Nana of After School M/V]
At 17 I have Delight "Mega Yak". Now I actually REALLYYYYYYY love this song. However, I had to rank them this low for this week because of their live performances. I think this song is perfect for live performances and their voices are really perfect, however, I feel like their dancing was really lacking. In the music video their dancing has more energy and spark compared to their live performances where they seem to be lacking the energy. Sure they may be slacking on the dancing because they want their voices to be good, but they just seem TIRED. So thats why I have them so low this week. This song is also the type of sing you really need to be in the mood for to listen to it because it's just SO LOUD. Personally I love the version w/ P.O (of Block B) more (not just because I'm a BBC, but because it sounds better with his voice/rap!)
[Delight- "Mega Yak" M/V]
[Delight- "Mega Yak" Live]
This is not your normal "K-Pop" song because well, it's not K-Pop. At #16 we have a trot song "Boogie Man" by Hong Jin Young. I actually really like trot songs because they're great to sing along to at norebong (karaoke). This particular song is really fun to sing and dance along to. Oh and she's really pretty! I think she looks a little like Park Bom (2NE1) with her hair and cute face ^^
[Hong JinYoung- "Boogie Man" M/V]
Now at 15 we have the beautiful, talented and powerful rookie female group Ladies Code. Their song "Bad Girls" always impresses me. I think they are all rounded with talent. In my personal opinion they are the most recent girl group who has made the best debut. Their whole album is really perfect (which I recommend you check out if you haven't) plus their leader, Ashley, is from America and actually gained Youtube populartity through her great covers to K-Pop songs. They are certainly in the top running for this year's female rookie awards. Now this week they are placed at #15 because well... this week was just too full of talent and awesomeness~ so even if they're at #15, they are still SUPER GOOD. (Besides you can see that the highest they've ever placed on my charts before was at #4 so this really good since they've been promoting for a while ^^)
[Ladies Code- "Bad Girl" M/V]
Seo In Guk is at #14 this week. Last his comeback was sooo great! But this week, they didn't do any special effects or put effort into his stage and it was just him simply singing on stage, so thats why he's ranked where he is. I really love his voice and the emotions he puts into the song. I just really love him in general! I'm still forever confused about what the hell happened in the music video though. Like why did they break up!? [Seo InGuk- "With Laughter or Tears"]
These next guys have REALLY AMAZING voices and they're Gil9&Bong9. Like when I first saw their stage I thought they were going to sound something like 4Men but then they started singing and yea, they're on their own category and image of awesome! This song is so powerful its like WOW. You really just can't help but to be tuned in to their performances! Now I haven't seen the music video yet but I heard its really good. None the less you should really check them out if you haven't because woooo they're good!
[Gil9&Bong9- "Going Crazy" M/V]
At number 12, I have Davichi featuring Verbal Jint "Be Warmed". Now actually this is ranked higher because instead of featuring Verbal Jint for this week's performances, they featured Taewoon of SPEED (as shown in the video above) and since he's one of my biases, I ranked it higher. None-the-less, this song is still really pretty and nice sounding! to be honest I think this song would've been perfectly fine without any rap featuring but the rapping doesn't kill it either. It's like it could be either way. (you know what I mean?) Wow Davichi's stages are always so pretty and they are both very beautiful.
[Davichi- "Be Warmed" feat. Verbal Jint M/V]
[Davichi- "Be Warmed" feat. Taewoon of SPEED~ LIVE performance]
Girl's Day "Expectations" is still super hot and perfect! I really LOVE this song and dance. Their performances have always been so good for this song!
[Girls Day- "Expectation" M/V]
Next we have the forever classy and sexy K.Will. He never fails to show off his classy sexiness and amazing vocals! I really love this song (and the rest of his album too!) The M/V is soooo hillarious too as K.Will finally makes a short appearance in his own music video for the 1st time. Plus Myungsoo (L) of INFINITE and Dasom of Sistar are in it and yea, their acting is great.
[K.Will- "Love Blossom" M/V]
Born To Beat more commonly known as BTOB is back with 2nd Confession! Ok they actually came back last week, but this week they released a PJ music video version and goodness it was so cute! Their live stages are always really great because they look, sound and perform perfectly!
[BtoB- "2nd Confession" M/V]
[BtoB- "2nd Confession" PJ M/V]
After not performing last week, OFFROAD is back again to promote "Headbanging". This song is seriously forever one of my favorite songs at the moment because it's just a really great song. (Thanks Zico & Taewoon for creating this!) Their voices to me sound great, however, they really need a new stylist. Yo. Those ugly floral and wierd spring prints are NOT what I was expecting when I watch their stages! I keep wanting their style to be like Be Bop days or like what they wore in mv! THAT WAS HOT. Anyways, I love the song so much so thats why it's still got a good ranking on my charts.
[OFFROAD- "Headbanging" M/V]
At #7 this week I have ZE:A-FIVE "The Day We Broke Up". This song is forever perfect. I thought it would be sad, but it's so happy and upbeat. haha. Their choreo for it is really great. Their voices are so perfect. BLESS THEIR STYLIST TOO. Seriously, not ONCE did any of them have a bad outfit! This was the PERFECT spring concept attire and they all looked soooo good! I think this week was also their goodbye stage :( I hope not though, but if it was, then they did pretty good on my charts because they never sunk any lower than this, and this was a great debut for this new ZE:A sub-unit! Kwanghee also joined them on stage doing the choreo and singing one of the lines on Inkigayo where he is MC. (<-- This idiot also lost his mic in the time he performed to going back to MC so he had to use IU's mic. hahaha- how does one lose a mic that fast? Only Kwanghee.) Anyways back to ZE:A-FIVE, I seriously FOREVER LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH! I'm very proud to be their fan. :')
[ZE:A-FIVE- "The Day We Broke Up" M/V]
[ZE:A-FIVE- "The Day We Broke Up" Live performance on Inkigayo featuring Kwanghee]
The young, beautiful and amazingly talented Lee Hi is at number 6 this week! I seriously can't get over the song Rose or the rest of her album! I play it every day! I also love how her stages have now become simpler with just using the lighting and digital background image and dancers, but damn, those simple things make her stage look SO PERFECT and Beautiful still! She also wore a meh looking dress this week, but on her, SHE STILL LOOKED GOOD. That's how beautiful she is.
[Lee Hi- "Rose" M/V]
[Lee Hi- "Rose" Live performance this week (130421: Inkigayo)]
Oooo baby, at #5 we have Jay Park "Joah". This song and performance is still so perfectly performed, and actually this week he sounded alot better! (Last week he said he had throat problems or something.) But I knocked him down one place because...well D-Unit performed this week and Jay freaking used 3 little arm chairs for his stage when I've been telling him to upgrade to a bed. Just Kidding. haha (or am I? ;P) (OOOO boy did he upgrade for "Welcome" MV! but that's going on week 17's countdown.) Jay is forever sexy and his charisma is just overwhelming :) Oh and for those who don't know, this mv was filmed in Seattle~ WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE! (I'm so mad I didn't go try and find him when he was here in the city, but he'll be back eventually so I'm not too mad haha).
[Jay Park- "Joah" M/V]
D-Unit is back to perform this week so they're back on my charts again, and since I missed them so much, I ranked them at #4! I seriously forever love this song and their stages are just so fun and great!
[D-Unit- "Talk To My Face" M/V]
Now the intense final countdown begins.
At #3 I have INFINITE "Man In Love". Gah these guys ALWAYS kill me with their live performances. CONGRATS TO INFINITE too for winning #1 on ALL the music programs this week (and being the 1st to win on Music Core with their new award system!) I'm so proud of them! And I just have to say... this week was OH MY. Myungsoo and Sungyeol... YO. YO. YO. and then their acrobatics after they won. haha. Anyways, they always perform with perfection! Now they're at #3 on MY charts because well the next 2 are just as perfect and more to my personal taste, but in my eyes, I see all of these 3 as #1!
[INFINITE- "Man In Love" MV]
At #2 I have M.I.B "Nod Along!". Ok This song is my FAVORITE song at the moment. Everytime it comes on, everytime they perform, something about this song and their voices makes me all emotional with feels. It's seriously just a PERFECT song! Their stages are always SO PERFECT. I feel like M.I.B is sooooo underrated with how awesome and talented they are! I just love them so much it hurts.
[M.I.B- "Nod Along!" M/V]
[M.I.B- "Nod Along!" Live performance]
FINALLY AT #1 THIS WEEK~~C-CLOWN - "SHAKING HEART"!
Seriously this comeback was PERFECT. The music video is really good with Ray and Hyeri's sutble acting, and the sets, and their choreography and outfits. The song is so perfect too with all the rapping and singing equally dispersed. Their voices were just so on point and everyone sounded so perfect. Their choreograhy was so cool and unique! I really loved it so much! Seriously, C-Clown has NEVER disappointed me. Their whole album is also very well made and perfect sounding. I'm proud to be a Crown.
[C-Clown- "Shaking Heart" M/V]
[My reaction video to C-CLOWN- "Shaking Heart"]
That's it for this week's Weekly Countdown! I hope you enjoyed! Remember, these rankings are based PURELY on my OWN personal preference so not everyone may agree with my ranking as everyone's preference is different.
I hope I introduced you to some other great artists that you may not have otherwise known about. Please check them all out!
See you around next week for Episode 17!
Next week's will have Jay Park's 19+ rated mv for "Welcome", comebacks from Juniel, Teen Top, and 4Minute as well as the debut of LOEN's new boy group HISTORY! So please look forward to it! uBEAT (U-Kiss' sub-unit) should also be releasing their mv sometime this week too!
Also check out the teasers for:
SHINee- "Why So Serious" : April 29
T-ara N4- "Jeon Won Diary" : April 29
SECRET- "Yoo Hoo" : April 30
Evo Nine- "Superman" [Thailand] : May 2
[Main Teaser 1] [Main Teaser 2] [Drama Teaser (omfg its so funny & guest features Davichi & SPEED!)]
Lee Hyori- (I don't know the song title or date):
[Teaser 1: Ready] [Teaser 2: Unique] [Teaser 3: Bad] [Teaser 4: Holiday] [Teaser 5: Like]
Ntrain- "Come Back To Me" : Exact Date Unknown
2PM- (I don't know the title or date (11th maybe?): [Trailer]
BYE TILL NEXT TIME! :D
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