Blue - Bigbang

Last week, Bigbang released a new album called "Alive." As this album is their very first this year, and it has been 2 years since their last album, K-pop fans were anticipating for their new songs excitedly. Just like how people expected, Bigbang's new songs are awesome and are unique compared to songs by other idol groups. All of the recent songs try to addict listeners by repeating their hook throughout the song (called "hook songs"); however, Bigbang broke this perception and produced music of their own style. Out of the seven songs they presented, I would want to recommend "Blue."

This song has beautiful lyrics. It's written about how people forget about their lovers as season changes. I love how G-Dragon and T.O.P's rap parts blend along with other members' harmonious vocals. Not only the lyrics, but the melody is not rhythmical, yet comforting to hear. It is a rather quiet and sad song that can emotionally touch any people: young or old, men or women. Recommended to listen to just before sleeping, or when suddenly you miss an old lover. :)

Stupid Liar - Bigbang

This week, Bigbang introduced a whole new album called "Bigbang 4th Album." After they made a great hit with their title song, Tonight, they produced another album called "Bigbang Special Edition." This whole new album included songs that the group, Bigbang, sang individually, and three new songs. One of them is called "Stupid Liar."

Stupid Liar is a rock style music composed with many electronic sounds. It's a genre that Bigbang never tried before, so it pulled a lot of people's attention. I personally love every part of this song, from beginning to end. It has pretty melodies, but also holds strong beats at the same time. I especially like the climax, which is very addictive. I highly encourage listening to this song when you are depressed or when you wanted to get pumped up. 

Dreaming - Kim Soo Hyun

Kim Soo Hyun is one of the actors that played a role in Dream High, a popular drama that ended recently. Kim Soo Hyun had not only surprised the viewers with his skillful acting, but also astonished the people with singing skills. One of the many songs he sang in the drama, I would recommend "Dreaming."

"Dreaming" holds hopeful lyrics of a person reaching out for his/her dream. Along with it, it has bright and colorful melody, that can really cheer a person up. I personally suggest to listen to this song when you failed something you wanted to accomplish, or just when things don't turn out the way you want. It'll really pump you up to try again, and to never give up.

"Even though I get hit and shaken by obstacles, I still take a step... for the dream I will meet one day." -Dreaming-

Thank You & You - Bigbang

As Bigbang recently came out with their new mini album, there were a lot of songs I wanted to suggest. I hesitated between the title song and the intro. song, but I decided to take the intro. this time. "Thank You & You" is a very short song that basically introduces what Bigbang's new album sounds like as a whole.

Within 1 minute and 40 seconds, this song amazingly attracts the listeners.It does not have a lot of lyrics at all, but instead, it contains addictive melody and beats, which is the most tasty part about this song.

Baby Good Night - G-Dragon & T.O.P

Baby Good Night - G-Dragon

As members of a famous idol group called Bigbang, G-Dragon and T.O.P, presented a whole new album as a duet last month. Their album had several high-quality songs, and I could see that they put a lot of effort into it. Its title song, "High High" is very exciting to listen to, but I found a song "Baby Good Night" more attractive.

G-Dragon and T.O.P's new album is simply called "GD&TOP" and they have 11 tracks in it. As all of those songs are being loved by a lot of people around Korea, and it is not surprising that they are recording the top ranks in various music charts and that more than 50,000 albums are being sold.

I noticed most of their songs are very loud, rough, and full of beats. They keep us excited and they're kind of the songs that we can hear in parties, or on a bus ride. "Baby Good Night," in the other hand, is very quiet and soft. The singers' voices makes a great harmony with the soft beat and melody, and it comforts me when I listen to it.

G-Dragon's voice takes a huge role in making this song so great. He has a very unique voice color, but it's very pleasing to listen to. He also has his own way of flowing through the beats. Since he's mainly a rapper, people didn't have a lot of chances to hear his real voice, but I think this songs shows every bit of his vocal strength and how he can attract the listeners into the flow.

T.O.P's rapping adds the most tasteful flavor into this song. Strong pronunciation, but soft flow. I was surprised by how he's rough and low voice could fit so well with the gentle melody.

G-Dragon

T.O.P

I would recommend to listen to this song just before going to sleep. Not only, it would calm us down, but it would help us to fall in to the melody and just forget about the bad things that happened during the day.

돌이킬 수 없는 (Irreversible) - 가인 (Ga In)

Irreversible - Ga In

A member of a group called Brown Eyed Girls, Ga In, has recently released her first solo album called "Step 2/4." The album is very unique because all the songs are tango. The title song, Irreversible, has strong beats of tango, and is about a girl being so sad after her lover left her.

I would like to recommend the title song of this album, Irreversible, as it's a very emotional song with great lyrics, beats, and the voice color Ga In has blends perfectly. It's performance is also very enjoyable to watch because her dance moves are very cool and powerful. 

Her music video also made a big hit on medias as it is 11 minutes long and has a great story line.

Go and Listen !