It’s time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let’s take a look at some new releases!
Chuu is well on her way to Tesla CEO-dom, keep signing that petition folks.
This week was Radiothon week for Three D Radio, therefore the roundup doesn’t have any relationship to the radio show this time around as when it’s Radiothon time I tend to just play tracks from whatever it is I happen to be giving away at that moment (usually Golden Age girl groups!). There is also no deliniation this week between normal and “bonus” songs, as none of the below were played on-air. Normal programming shall resume next week!
(G)I-DLE – Hann
All style no substance, I guess just like CLC these girls are going to have boring songs for the first ten comebacks before Cube finally get it right.
MXM (Band New Boys) – Ya Ya Ya
No, it’s not THAT “Yayaya” which is kind of a shame because if there’s a song in k-pop that could use some improvement that’d be it.
MC Sniper – Skyfall
MC Sniper has done a lot better than this limp soppy rap ballad before.
Goodnight Stand – Like A Star
This is very boring.
Twice – BDZ
JYP decides to fix Twice’s awful Japanese catalog by writing a song himself, and the result sounds like early miss A (that’s a recommendation).
Bigflo – Upside Down
A great rhythm and bassline help this song out a great deal.
Berry Good – Green Apple
Apparently if “Green Apple” doesn’t do well it’ll be the last comeback from Berry Good. I guess that’s why they’re pulling out all the ass-shaking moves but I really don’t think it’s going to be enough.
We Higher ft. Douner – Like You Better
Ugh.
Young B – Polo
Definitely better than I was expecting any song by someone with a name like “Young B” to make, but still not very good.
Imfact – Nanana
Spends just a little too much time being boring.
Jannabi – Good Boy Twist
This reminds me of an 80s pop song but I’m not sure which one. Anyway it wasn’t that good I guess.
Lim Soo Yeon – Every Day, Every Night
Imagine painting your bedroom yellow. Talk about hating life.
Hyolyn – Bae
The usual bullshit Sistar summer comeback that sucks musically, but with only 25% of the tits and ass to look at. What is even the point.
High Tension – Cray
These guys emailed me personally because they really wanted to be in roundup so here you go. The song is pretty good, but it would have been even better if the guitar in the video was also audible in the song.
DIH – Rock On
Whereas this nugu song has all the guitar it needs but unfortunately isn’t a very good piece of music. I think I’ll take High Tension over this.
Lime – I’m Your Fan
This isn’t a great song but I do like the strange arrangement quirks. EDIT: this isn’t k-pop, but since it’s the only video you guys seem to want to discuss, it can stay!
OuR – Desert
This porn video has okay music I suppose.
Ken – The Late Regret
My late regret is that this is the last song on the roundup and I listened to it.
RANDOM BONUS VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Blackpink “Ddu Du Ddu Du” cover by Deksorkrao from Thailand
A ridiculously good shot-for-shot remake by some Thai kids. Proof that in k-pop music videos cinematography is 9/10ths of the law.
That’s all for this week – roundup shall return next week!
KPOPALYPSE 
that lime’s song is not kpop though. It’s a Vietnamese song. Lime is also a Vietnamese girl group that has a lot of kpop-style song, so I kinda understand if you think they are a kpop group.
Besides, they haven’t got their framerate correctly. The video starts with glorious 60fps to later drop at the third minute to 24, like your typical kpop video, with the credits being again 60fps. I’m pretty sure somebody is going to be sacked for that, you can’t deliver smooth movement in a kpop video and keep on living. What would be next, full length 60fps videos?
Well I probably should delete it, but if I do that, then this comment will have no context, so I think I’ll keep it.
What’s with that header and what’s chuu doing there
I was about to ask the same question to Kpopalypse Oppar haha
DARE YOU QUESTION THE NEW CEO OF TESLA
Oppar can I ask you which song in the list that deserves the Kpopalypse header this week?
It’s pretty simple, Elon’s off his rocker what with the whole taking Tesla private thing, so we need someone who can actually do the job: Chuu.
Glad to know someone else noticed that BDZ sounds like Miss A! I wish they’d go this way for all their japanese comebacks from now on…
As an old fan of Miss A, I do like Twice’s BDZ sound, but for the video to start out apparently realistic until the complete fantasy ending, that’s just cheating, isn’t it?
Berry Good was so wonderful with “Angel”, I hope this comeback doesn’t end them.
So you review the bdz from twice, but not cookie jar or dddd jp version? Especially when YG is known to have good jp releases, such a waste.
Cookie Jar has been reviewed two or three weeks ago. There are a lot of flaws in the song but Oppar seems okay with the song because it reminds him of Rookie.
He stated a long time ago he won’t bother with Japanese versions of songs already released in Korea, especially when the original version was already on roundup. Same song, same video but shorter, the only notable difference is the English raps and it shouldn’t be hard to guess his opinion on that.
Cookie Jar was covered ages ago. I don’t cover Japanese versions if they’re musically identical to the Korean versions.
No 30 Girls 6 Concepts review? Shame, I was looking forward to that.
The blackpink cover by the Thai girls was the best thing I’ve seen in a while- the accessories were on point. And they are naturally badass as opposed to the manufactured kind.
Oh man I laughed way too hard at the Blackpink cover. Thanks for that. Those girls are awesome.
And to go along with ass-shaking, Berry Good’s showcase comeback for “Green Apple” last week was complete with short-short cutoff jeans shorts with the requisite no safety shorts ass-hanging-out look.