Controlled Karaoke: Watch A Scene From Cars 2 Featuring Perfume
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op2MEWNS3fQ”]
Title says it all…watch above.
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op2MEWNS3fQ”]
Title says it all…watch above.
Sakanaction are in promotion mode, and off the heels of the video for “Years,” they’ve gone and released another video off their forthcoming B-sides and remixes collection. It’s for “Slow Motion,” which was a b-side for the (still transcendent, still tear-evoking) “Rookie.” The video is the real gem — throwback TV show motifs, full of…
I’ve mostly moved my discussions about Korean pop to my Tumblr, but the latest article I wrote for The Atlantic touches on both K-Pop and J-Pop. I wrote mostly about Wonder Girls and Girls’ Generations’ imminent American debuts, but I also touch on the likes of Pink Lady, Hikaru Utada and Puffy AmiYumi. If you…
Etsuko Yakushimaru kicked off the New Year the only way she really could – the Sotaisei Riron lead singer released a bleep-bloopy, melancholy number called “Lonely Planet (Post Office)” on December 31. It’s a brief song, one anchored by skittery beats and keyboard…and of course, her voice, which here deviates from her usual sing-speak delivery…
The internet, as I’m sure you don’t need me telling you, warps our worldview pretty fiercely. If you follow a bunch of people on a social media site who share a common interest, it probably looks like any news about said interest is a big deal that practically stops time. In reality, most people are…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PSJouofhbI&hl=en_US&fs=1] In the above ad, Perfume get transformed into pink “Perfume Kangaroos” in order to sell cars. Cute, but more pressing is the song playing in the back, new single “VOICE” due out in early August. For the impatient who need a tiny snippet NOW, here ya go. Have a pleasant weekend.
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1griNPsY0U”] Look at that puppy!!! Onto the music. SHINee “JULIETTE” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT-iBCuoNS4″] I’ve slowly realized I never write anything positive about the K-Pop boy bands outside of a still-pretty-dismissive “better than KAT-TUN.” Whether because I still harbor deep-seeded hate for anything that even remotely reminds me of N’Sync and by extension elementary school, or because I’m…