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Crayon Pop Tiers Up
Jul. 22nd, 2013 01:45 am"Bar Bar Bar" has unexpectedly caught a gust of wind. First week on the Gaon it was limping at 143, three lower than a faltering ChoColat. Second week it jumped to 90 on the heels of a Music Core performance, third week it fell as expected to 116 and appeared ready to join koganbot faves ChoColat, GLAM, Evol, Tiny G, D-Unit, and Z.Hera in the Land Of Flopperooni. But then last Thursday it was up all the way to 54, and that only takes us through the previous Saturday. Eight days farther along and it's placing between 10 and 25 on the various daily and real-time charts (don't know which of these are which, but Melon 19, Olleh 18, Mnet 22, Daum 16, Bugs 10, Naver 10, Monkey3 25, Instiz Aggregator 16). No real idea why: they've only been on the top TV performance shows twice (Music Core three weeks ago, M! Countdown last week). Been on some of the minor ones, and they're plugging away, recently performed at a baseball game, then at the DJ DOC pool party.
Also, in our little cul-de-sac, they so far have gotten twenty-nine people rating it on the Jukebox reader meter (which excludes people who officially write for the site), getting a score in the mid 8's (far higher than the mid-5 it got from the Jukebox sourpusses). I've not been tracking that aspect of the Jukebox, but though 29 isn't a statistically significant number, it's way higher than you usually get. [UPDATE: See comments for relevant numbers. As of mid-afternoon on July 23 there are 31 reader votes, with an average score of 8.58.]
Is a good song with a presentation like no one else's, but there are a lot of good songs so I have no further explanation other than that Crayon Pop persevered and finally luck gave them a hand.
So this may be the final post where Crayon Pop are eligible for the No Tiers For The Creatures Of The Night tag.
In the meantime they've become Crayon Fox, donning neo-'70s wigs and acting out neo-'80s music, specifically 2011's "Itaewon Freedom" by UV ft. JY Park.
Crayon Pop 크레용팝의 이태원 프리덤
UV ft. JY Park "Itaewon Freedom" (이태원 프리덤)
Interesting cultural projection and romanticism there, as Itaewon is the Seoul district most associated with foreigners and with a nearby American military base. So, I suppose, Americans are colorful and American style is freedom. (Couldn't find translated lyrics.) The UV track, as a dance video, is a tribute to London Boys' "Harlem Desire" (1987), a song written and produced by a German and performed by two Brits about the allure and danger of New York. An iffy way to view Harlem, I suppose, but I never hung out there.
London Boys "Harlem Desire"
h/t Mat and Dash.
Also, in our little cul-de-sac, they so far have gotten twenty-nine people rating it on the Jukebox reader meter (which excludes people who officially write for the site), getting a score in the mid 8's (far higher than the mid-5 it got from the Jukebox sourpusses). I've not been tracking that aspect of the Jukebox, but though 29 isn't a statistically significant number, it's way higher than you usually get. [UPDATE: See comments for relevant numbers. As of mid-afternoon on July 23 there are 31 reader votes, with an average score of 8.58.]
Is a good song with a presentation like no one else's, but there are a lot of good songs so I have no further explanation other than that Crayon Pop persevered and finally luck gave them a hand.
So this may be the final post where Crayon Pop are eligible for the No Tiers For The Creatures Of The Night tag.
In the meantime they've become Crayon Fox, donning neo-'70s wigs and acting out neo-'80s music, specifically 2011's "Itaewon Freedom" by UV ft. JY Park.
Crayon Pop 크레용팝의 이태원 프리덤
UV ft. JY Park "Itaewon Freedom" (이태원 프리덤)
Interesting cultural projection and romanticism there, as Itaewon is the Seoul district most associated with foreigners and with a nearby American military base. So, I suppose, Americans are colorful and American style is freedom. (Couldn't find translated lyrics.) The UV track, as a dance video, is a tribute to London Boys' "Harlem Desire" (1987), a song written and produced by a German and performed by two Brits about the allure and danger of New York. An iffy way to view Harlem, I suppose, but I never hung out there.
London Boys "Harlem Desire"
h/t Mat and Dash.
