No Tiers For The Creatures Of The Night, Part 1

[koganbot]

Over the last few months several groups from the commercial lower tiers of K-pop have been at least as exciting as the big names. Foremost among them is New.F.O, whose "Bounce" would be a candidate for my 2012 P&J had the single not come out in late November, eight days before my December 1 cutoff date. The vid poses the question, "Don't we wish we were alien spaceship masters like 2NE1?," and the synths give us laser rays to match; but the singing is Fat Cat times five, these kitties sticking high-pitched electropopsicles hard in our ear.

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Also recommended: ChoColat "I Like It," After School "Rambling Girls," Clazzi ft. Koti & Jubi "Sexy Doll," Sunny Hill "The Grasshopper Song."

Comments

[askbask.livejournal.com]

I didn't pay any attention to this song when it came out, I have to admit. It's actually the project of the guy behind AllKpop, which started out like any fan site but is now big enough to support stuff like this (despite the fact that they're mostly just translating Korean tabloid articles).

[koganbot]

Who is the guy? Is he actually one of the writers or producers, is he an executive producer, or is he now running a talent agency/label? I'm assuming this isn't an isolated project.

[askbask.livejournal.com]

http://www.koreanbeacon.com/2011/08/22/kaswork-johnny-noh-of-6theory-allkpop/

His company 6theory is working with "EnterArts Global" which I assume is a Korean label of sorts. I don't think he's involved in music himself.