DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I updated my list: http://onehallyu.com/topic/428908-the-updated-list-of-asian-albums-that-have-reached-1-on-the-world-album-chart/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I HATE this song title Eww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d67DAuLo17Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 With her, I tend to find myself listening to her Columbia stuff more, back when they were trying to make her the new Kaela Kimura. I'm liking her, A_B is probably my fave That may be because of Tokyo Recordings being behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 2009 was wild I remember random people who weren't even into Asian music having this on their MySpace pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Did any of you listen to JASMINE? I think she was the last singer I paid attention to before I completely forgot about j-pop. sad to say is honestly too good and I liked most of the singles and B-sides she released, I ended up getting GOLD and after that I kind of forgot about her. JASMINE was good, but then J-Urban died and so did her career. I remember it premiered on BET (106 and park?) and was like wtf? lol Maybe they saw it there Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 LEAVING FOR JAPAN TUESDAY :D GOING TO ARASHI CONCERT TOO YAAAAS Have fun! Guess that's the case huh I just checked and she hasn't done anything in 2016 She tried to go EDM, like a lot of urban acts did, and it just didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) I've been so busy that I didn't really miss this place... Also, while this place wasn't up, I found myself to be a bit more relaxed as far as being online. I focused on Arama more. I just feel that posting Japanese things here and on Arama to be a bit... redundant. Like I really am thinking of just dropping the digital daily chart. It's become more of a chore than something I really enjoy. I feel like a weekly chart really is enough. And with Arama, I just care less and less about posting about things I really don't care about. But this has been a thing for a while and everyone knows. Like I have zero desire to use my free time posting about LDH acts and YUI clones. If they're not posted by someone, they're just not posted. Similar to how a lot of idol groups aren't posted by anyone. I also slept a lot more. And I heard basically nothing about KPop. I think the one time this site was down that I heard about KPop was Shinee and BoA on FNS. It like really put things into even more perspective in a strange way. As if I didn't already know how niche KPop is in reality. Edited December 18, 2016 by DocumentaLy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Anyone got any all-time favorite albums for this year? AKLO - Outside the Frame LOL anyway, when OH was down, I have gotten into Luna. give this girl her album :( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q83gTqcvlQE Her mini album was cute. Also THAT SONG. This was my ringtone for how long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Did you guys know that Taichi Mukai released the best EP of 2016. I thought it would click, but then it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 So I'm able to watch MSSL TMRW YAAAS anyone watching too? I'll watch the first 2 hours, then go to work. Her worst popular winter song for me. Hate this ringtone bait song with some Disney doe eyed love struck bimbo shit video. I love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) Happy Birthday! The problem with that statement is very major parts of the Japanese industry were founded on a love of mainstream foreign/Western music. If that "K-pop influence" applies to LDH, it applies to so many famous bands, soloists, rappers, etc. K-pop has those types of acts too. But they're not aping it and trying to cash in on a trend. About the LDH / KPop thing, either I'm really good at convincing people or LDH really is just KPop in Japanese. I think the problem with the jpop recommendation threads is that they're expecting to find something like kpop, which doesn't really exist in jpop (aside for some EXILE & co tracks). Exactly. They don't really want music, but the world of idol to go with that music. Edited December 25, 2016 by DocumentaLy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 There's no point in suggesting music to K-pop fans because that's not what they're looking for. They want to get invested in members of a group. Are they capable of liking a music act without knowing what they look like or knowing anything about them? I don't think K-pop fans can handle that. Very true. Thread idea! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Welcome!!!! I think most of us (I know I did) have a Kpop phase. But like you, I was more invested in the music and not the "personalities". I like all the variety you get with J-music; which K-pop is severely lacking. And those fandoms are the worse. I never carried about variety shows when I was into KPop. Oh lots of bands! Do you like Sakanaction? I had a kpop phase for sure, but it was always about the music. But maybe it was the era I started liking it in? There were definitely a lot less idols back then and less variety shows. i think that's a factor too. Like now, for Arashi, i find myself watching their shows less and less. I honestly don't know much unless a friend on LINE posts it or if I bother to browse Twitter. Like i feel my love has died down a lot, but when it comes to their music it's still solid. Even for subbed videos, I find myself caring less now LOL. Though I wanna learn Japanese so I can understand with my faves are talking bout so True. Yes! Things were relatively quiet at that point. Then when everything started getting inflated and all these groups came out of no where it got so much worse. I can't really watch many variety shows. I get so much second hand embarrassment from them and just can't stand them. The kpop ones are honestly the worst, 'cause of the overtly fakeness/we are family stuff they try to pull. I know some are friends but most I'm like just admit you guys are nothing but co-workers who are paid to hang out and move on. The shows are quite cringe... I'm glad one of my favorite Korean music veterans, Uhm Jung Hwa, just had a comeback. Her new song "Dreamer" sounds very reminiscent of older Korean pop songs. Her other new song "Watch Me Move" is good but not a favorite of mine. With the exception of a few acts and a random song here and there, Korea's current pop mainstream sector just doesn't really do it for me. That being said I've always been a much bigger fan of Korea's underground R&B, Hip-hop and indie scene anyway. These were on my YouTube feed and they're cute! The urban scene has been pumping out some good stuff this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ummK1QQ0aAQ I wish K-electronica didn't... suck... there are very few worthwhile things. I feel like so much stuff the urban scene puts out is repetitive... A bunch of bassy stuff verging on trap. Edited December 27, 2016 by DocumentaLy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I'm surprised people aren't really feeling the current Korean pop scene. I've been enjoying the output lately so much more than I have in years past I like "TT" but the rest of their material is bleak. Why do I never have anything to download when JPS has freeleech? I'm so glad I asked for your opinion. Don't you have jerk off videos from D-list Korean celebrities to leak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 On another note could you argue Amuro Namie is a Western music copycat? I mean when's the last time she used Japanese composers? That reminds me: Amuro’s grasp of English means she trips over her own consonants – I really thought she said she was “a leper, not a fighter†at one point. When I close my eyes and imagine she’s some Slovenian or Latvian girl singing for her life on the stage of Eurovision in the year 2006, I suddenly like it a lot more, because that’s exactly what it sounds like. [7] http://thesinglesjukebox.tumblr.com/post/153788504486/namie-amuro-fighter-550-j-pop-veteran-has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 What kind of foolishness? How much did yg pay for that award? Exactly. I don't know how to feel for the K-pop fans who think iKON is even remotely relevant in Japan or that the award holds any merit. I want them to live in their fairy tale, but I also want them to be smacked by reality. So smack them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Happy New Year everyone! Legit lol'd. Nice application. But how often does it work? True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Cute! Guys, is there any thread about visual kei stuff? I couldn't find it I'm falling in love with Kamijo here No, because visual kei is a dead scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 actually it's not What are you talking about? I've never really been a fan of SES as a group, mostly because I can't stand Bada most of the time, but this song is nice. But it will never make up for one of the worst Korean songs of all time: I like them because of Bada. And I love "MAD"! is he in big bang STOP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Eugene>>> Let's not forget her Justin Timberlake ripoff. Visual kei is not a dead scene. What is it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I don't know much about it cause I got into it a few days ago, BUT Versailles is coming back, they even have an Europe Tour to make, and I saw a topic here on OH about someone asking for and someone recommending new visual kei bands There's still people working with visual kei, and there's still people buying it and going to the shows, and there's also those like me that are becoming interested in it, SO, I can say for sure it's not a dead scene. And it would be good to have a thread in here to talk about it. (: The reason there is no thread is because it's a dead scene. It was a trend that was hot in the 90s and 00s, but the world has moved on. When a lot of people in the West talk about JRock, they think of visual kei, but Japanese rock in Japan today is largely focused on older acts and indie bands. Visual kei is like in the basement. It's the equivalent of bringing up like Ami Suzuki now when everyone is talking about Utada and Namie and Kana. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) So you're saying that instead of a visual kei thread, there is a Jrock thread? you could've just said that, sweetie I was explaining that visual kei is passe more than anything else. There is a JRock thread, but we don't really use it anymore. We just post stuff in the their own threads now instead of segregating it. Edited January 5, 2017 by DocumentaLy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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