On a follow up to my recent post about Japan, I can't let my interest in Korea and other countries. I'm not certain where my interest started. I think it first hit when I was recommended something from an American band, Against the Current, but for a Chinese produced game, League of Legends.
While I can't find an official video, this is a good link for just the music.
And then later I found a more produced version with a lot more stuff.
Now, I've never considered a video game to be a large cultural event but then The Algorithm sent me more music from that title. The best is probably the KDA (Kills, Deaths, Assists), an acronym taken from the game play. This stuff was great. I'm not so sure about the videos themselves but I loved the music. And American and Korean artist were involved.
With this next one, I remember listening to it when I went to volleyball games at the highschools and I was highly annoyed. I find it interesting on my different opinion when I could listen on a better sound system and with a bit of context.
With a bit more of a pop flavor, this song really hits me in my love for pop and women that have their act together. I think this is what attracts me to KDA in the first place, the feminine confidence it exudes.
The next entry was what primed me for the korean dancing that hits in K-Pop. I'm not incredibly comfortable with dancing and it mostly stems from my own insecurities. I had to learn to enjoy others being able to do this and just get over myself. This dancer was quite young at the time, and I think she just impressed the promoters that she made it on the official video.
My last KDA is Villain. Just to round it out.
I then found some videos from Girls' Generation. They are kind of a big deal there. I have seen some of the ladies in k-drama. I don't think they are together much anymore. These songs are almost a decade old.
My favorite song from them is "Hoot". It reminds me of a video game I once played, "No One Lives Forever". I love that game.
One of my favorite songs was from "Brown Eyed Girls". I really like this song. But I'll include this video because it is a better quality over the strictly performance video.
These next entries are more current but still a few years old. It just shows how long I've been into this. The song, "GingaMingaYo" really butchers the little english that is in it, but it's just such a strange little song. I first heard the audio and had to search out the video. At least one of the women is Japanese.
(G)I-DLE is a pretty popular group. They have some good songs. I like this one but it is a bit more theatrical than I like.
Kep1er is another one I follow. Just a nice little song.
I could really go on but I want to move on to some other, more current songs. I found KiiiKiii just recently. They're a pretty young group out of Korea.
My last Korean Entry is Rolling Quartz. They are more rock than pop. They are currently touring the US. I could really go on and I follow them quite closely.
A group from Thialand, Tippsy, is one I found a few months ago.
There's a cover band, mostly, from China that I follow, Sixi-Wanzi, that has some good work. Their guitarist is from Mongolia and she shot this video from her home country.
