Chinese versus Korean

[koganbot]

Strong little dance-pop track from Mina, a Korean singer who's more popular in China, former Miss World Cup, two versions (and two titles), one in Chinese and the other in Korean:

Chinese version:

Watch on YouTube

Korean version:

[Can't find this anywhere anymore.]

There's something slightly goth I like in her voice, an icy touch. Think I prefer the Chinese, though I can't say why. Maybe 'cause it's the first track on her EP and the Korean is the fourth track, and by the time I got there I'd already grown comfortable with the first. According to a YouTube commenter, the rapper, Nikita, is Mina's sister, though I have no idea if that's true. Don't know Mina's history, 'cept a few things I scarfed up on YouTube in the last few minutes. Tended to like what I heard, esp. "Answer The Phone," which is a cover of this, but Mina's version has bits of Cypress Hill squiggle-squeaks. Also, I root for her 'cause she's closer in age to me than to the younger members of Orange Caramel.

EDIT: Hmmmm, Mina's voice sounds more anono and blah the more I listen, and has less sparkle, though I stand by those bits of ice. She does seem to have gotten a number of real good tracks (here's another).

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[petronia.livejournal.com]

I really liked "Answer The Phone" when it came out as well, it seemed to fit into the Xenomania gestalt of the time (if we're thinking of the same song? I can't access YT at the mome).