Feels a lot like when Eurobeat went superfast in the '90s. Think the raw-voiced pushiness of the lead singer(s) makes it effective. Know anything about her/them?
A couple more that aren't bad:
Jewelry "Pass": Breathlessly carefree in a way that reminds me of Miss A's "Breathe" (though not nearly as good as that).
Blady "찌릿찌릿": Like the Jewelry but better and with the same revved-up hints of freestyle you get in "Jumping" and "To Me."
Someday you should post a rundown of the producers/writers responsible for the greatest of the K-pop. (Or maybe you have already over on Rolling K-pop. I'll check out that thread again soon, though it's hard for me to download; either I need to run it on Internet Explorer, which takes as long as grandpa's beard to load, or I do it on Google Chrome and then kill Shockwave Flash, which takes out the embeds.)
The more I listen to Miss A's "Breathe" the more brilliant it gets. With the riff that introduces the choruses and the second verse I feel like I'm listening to Verdi or Gilbert & Sullivan run through modern K-pop. The Miss A singers seem a bit overmatched, which surprisingly works for the song, strenuous vocals on something that you'd think would run light like water; makes it very human. I like the struggle of the live versions. The part where they deliberately lose their breath is very witty. Of course, their being able to do it like a running brook would be good in a different way.
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A couple more that aren't bad:
Jewelry "Pass": Breathlessly carefree in a way that reminds me of Miss A's "Breathe" (though not nearly as good as that).
Blady "찌릿찌릿": Like the Jewelry but better and with the same revved-up hints of freestyle you get in "Jumping" and "To Me."
Someday you should post a rundown of the producers/writers responsible for the greatest of the K-pop. (Or maybe you have already over on Rolling K-pop. I'll check out that thread again soon, though it's hard for me to download; either I need to run it on Internet Explorer, which takes as long as grandpa's beard to load, or I do it on Google Chrome and then kill Shockwave Flash, which takes out the embeds.)
The more I listen to Miss A's "Breathe" the more brilliant it gets. With the riff that introduces the choruses and the second verse I feel like I'm listening to Verdi or Gilbert & Sullivan run through modern K-pop. The Miss A singers seem a bit overmatched, which surprisingly works for the song, strenuous vocals on something that you'd think would run light like water; makes it very human. I like the struggle of the live versions. The part where they deliberately lose their breath is very witty. Of course, their being able to do it like a running brook would be good in a different way.