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koganbotDon't know if any of you-uns know WJSN Chocome, who are, like, a sub-unit of a subgroup of WJSN, but they're going all "Shanghai Romance"-"Bangkok City"-era Orange Caramel on their new single.*
And as David Frazer points out to me, their 2020 single, "Hmph!," is part of the Austral-Romanian Empire.** Definitely belong to the No Speak Americano dynasty.
As does trot group the Pastel Girls' recent "효녀심청."***
*Thanks to David Frazer for keeping me abreast of these doings. I've been letting my K-pop knowledge slip recently. David also notes that the carousel in the "Super Yuppers" video is in the same abandoned amusement park where Crayon Pop shot their "Bar Bar Bar" video. IU and Exo have also shot there.
**Back in 2012 I was identifying a trend of fairly similar dance tracks – dating back at least to In Grid's "Tu Es Foutu" and using amused herky-jerky rhythms and sound effects – that stretched from Australia's "We No Speak Americano" to Romania's "Mister Saxobeat," passing through Puerto Rico and Korea along the way, with Bueno Clinic's "Sex Appeal (Max Farenthide Remix)" (Poland) and Orange Caramel's "Lipstick" (Korea) providing crucial connective tissue.
Here's the Austral-Romanian Empire playlist that I made at the time:
***Once again, thanks to David Frazer for pointing this out.
And as David Frazer points out to me, their 2020 single, "Hmph!," is part of the Austral-Romanian Empire.** Definitely belong to the No Speak Americano dynasty.
As does trot group the Pastel Girls' recent "효녀심청."***
*Thanks to David Frazer for keeping me abreast of these doings. I've been letting my K-pop knowledge slip recently. David also notes that the carousel in the "Super Yuppers" video is in the same abandoned amusement park where Crayon Pop shot their "Bar Bar Bar" video. IU and Exo have also shot there.
**Back in 2012 I was identifying a trend of fairly similar dance tracks – dating back at least to In Grid's "Tu Es Foutu" and using amused herky-jerky rhythms and sound effects – that stretched from Australia's "We No Speak Americano" to Romania's "Mister Saxobeat," passing through Puerto Rico and Korea along the way, with Bueno Clinic's "Sex Appeal (Max Farenthide Remix)" (Poland) and Orange Caramel's "Lipstick" (Korea) providing crucial connective tissue.
Here's the Austral-Romanian Empire playlist that I made at the time:
***Once again, thanks to David Frazer for pointing this out.
