This week’s music Monday is the
AKMU special with two songs by Akdong Musician
This just in: Akdong musician’s song ‘Galaxy’
Was just banned by KBS for using the word.. galaxy.
Since Galaxy is also the name of a Samsung phone,
KBS thought that users would confuse
This song with an advertisement.
Little do we know that Samsung not only owns
Korea’s economy but also concepts of outer physics.
After you Jim.
Here’s the deal everybody.
Akdong Musician is great stuff, great stuff!
They were on the top of our charts for a while with 200%
But due to our Music Monday hiatus,
Their video got old and dived off our charts.
We thought, maybe it’s a fluke that such a
New band could make it up the charts so fast.
But now they have two more songs out in the
Second and fourth spots, so we figured since you guys
Are into them so much and since we’re really digging them as well,
We’ll talk about them as a whole.
For those of you who don’t know who Akdong Musician are
They’re the winners of Kpop Star 2 which is one
Of the many Kpop audition programs out there
That harvest the best of natural talents in Korea.
They also go by the name AKMU which is short
For Akdong Musician.
I’d personally be a lot happier if they were from EYK
Because then it would be the EYMU
Get it? Emu, it’s an animal? (M: BOOO!)
It’s clever, you stop it.
What’s even more interesting about them
Is that they’re brother and sister.
He’s eighteen and she’s fifteen and
they’re pretty freaking talented for kids their age.
Their parents have golden freaking loins as they should
As their patriotic duty to Korea, get to spawning
As many musically geniuses as possible.
Get to it, mr and mrs Akmu!
Your people need you!
These two are a really refreshing change for us.
Kpop as of late is going through a bit of a lull for us
Since we’re getting kind of bored of the same
formulated videos and pop sounds.
For those of you that are really into a kpop group and
You watch all of their tv appearances and all
Of their behind the scenes footage and you follow all of their
Personal social media accounts and you
know what coloured underwear they’re wearing RIGHT NOW!
Then you probably don’t feel the same we feel,
Some people like us are just casual listeners of kpop.
We enjoy watching a great video and dancing to a great song
But we don’t countdown the
Days to a group’s new song or video.
We personally judge a good song or video
By the feeling ”Do we like it” rather than
”Oh, but they put so much effort into it
So we should probably just like it,”
Akdong Musician are putting something fresh to the spotlight.
And we’re really excited about it,
Popular non-kpopish bands like Busker Busker
Urban Zakapa and Lim Kim all have a much more
Natural, organic sound.
They all focus on using traditional instruments and
Have music videos that are very different from most kpop bands.
They have a non-computer generated sound
That doesn’t have random dubstep breakdowns.
From our experiences in Korea it seems that
The general Korean public finds this approach to music
More likeable as well since the four mentioned bands
Are ragingly more popular than the majority of kpop groups.
We find the burst of popularity of the more natural sounding bands
very intriguing. It’s the first time for us to witness
groups like Busker Busker and Akdong Musician
Annihilating kpop groups on the billboard
Is the Korean public liking sparkly kpop groups?
We’re not sure. With the majority of Kpop groups
There’s nothing really natural about how they’re formed.
A company with lots of money will audition a lot of
Good looking teenagers and choose the best and then
Train them for years in dancing and signing and acting
And media-training. They’ll be put into other groups with people
That they may or may possibly not know.
And when they’re finally ready to debut some groups
They already have fanclubs who support the group
Before even one single song or video has been released.
How can you like a group before hearing what they sound like?
THAT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE!
There’s nothing natural about this process.
Here Akdong Musician are brother and sister
They were birthed together, it doesn’t
Get any more natural than that.
It’s as organic as it gets! And as a result I feel this
Sincerity to their music and their image a lot more
Than I do with regular kpop bands that are often times acting.
And I like their relationship, they’re really playful and they’re
Charismatic and they’re charming.
They’re not trying to win me over with sexuality
and lip rubbing, which I appreciate because it
Never works for me in kpop. Never.
Even you T.O.P, you have no power over me.
Well.
Hmm..
I do like your eyebrows, but that’s it!
Just your eyebrows young man!
And they’re also really good on camera as well,
Compare this to Lee Hi who even if
She was a former student of mine, back when
I was a teacher in Korea so she’ll always have a
Special place in my heart, let’s admit it.
Lee Hi has the acting range of a sleeping crocodile.
This sister here in both 200% and Give Love
Was so playful and smiling and plays
The best third wheel I’ve ever seen on camera.
It’s fun and I hope you find it as enjoyable as I do.
I’m not gonna say I love all of their music though
I’m definitely more a fan of Melted and 200% than Give Love
Since Give Love sounds like a disney song,
Which is not really my thing.
The cold doesn’t bother me anyways!
LET IT GO LET IT GOOOO LET IT GOO
Singing this song I don’t like it.
I’ve got to ask though,
I’m not sure if it’s because they’re signed to
The YG label, but does the brother really
Sound kinda like really a lot kind of totally sound like
A less whiny G-dragon?
Seriously, when he raps not when he sings.
Anyone? Anyone else? Someone else’s gotta hear this
It’s not just me right?
I agree with you! Thank you!
For last week’s showdown the asked you to choose between
MBLAQ’S G.O’S Moustache
and Siwon’s from Super Junior moustache
And G.O put the smack down by 75%
Let’s be honest here, there are no real winners
In this situation, only losers. But why?
This week we’re putting up Akdong Musician
Up against Lee Hi in the best natural
Talanted harvested by YG showdowns.
Quite specific. Whose music do you prefer?
I know who I prefer, I wonder if Martina agrees with me.
Let me know who you vote for in the comments OR
in our fancy pantsy poll on our site.
We’re gonna talk a bit more about AKMU
that now that I think about it
Sound like a Scottish swearword
AKMU! AKMUU!
Anyhow, we’re talking more about them in our blogpost
So click on this link if you wanna read more about it,
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Of videos I just sneezed everywhere.
Quite gross I just projectile everywhere
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