[29 songs] KPOP IN MARCH 2016 PLAYLIST

March was an amazing month in kpop, so I decided to make a playlist of all the (title) songs I enjoyed that came out this month in chronological order.

Also, keep an eye out for my top 10 songs of March 2016 which will be posted somewhere this week!

WEEK ONE (March 1st to March 6th)

Jimin ft. Xiumin || Call You Bae
KNK || Knock (DEBUT SONG!)
Wendy ft. Eric Nam || Spring Love (WENDY’S SOLO DEBUT!)

WEEK TWO (March 7th to March 13th)

Miss $ || Don’t Speak Without A Soul
JJCC || ToDay
FIESTAR || Mirror
Lee Hi || Breath
Lee Hi || Hold My Hand
Cosmic Girls || Catch Me
Yoona ft. 10cm || Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway (YOONA’S SOLO DEBUT!)

WEEK THREE (March 14th to March 20th)

Jessi || Excessive Love
Red Velvet || One Of These Nights
Hyomin || Sketch
PRODUCE 101 || Yum Yum (part of a survival show)
PRODUCE 101 || FingerTips (part of a survival show)
PRODUCE 101 || Don’t Matter (part of a survival show)
PRODUCE 101 || In The Same Place (part of a survival show)
GOT7 || Fly

WEEK FOUR (March 21st to March 27th)

KittiB ft. Verbal Jint || Doin Good
Eric Nam || Good For You
Eric Nam || Interview
A.cian || Touch
Amber || Borders (FULL ENGLISH SONG)
Jun Hyo Seong ft. D.Action || Find Me
GIRLS GIRLS || Girls Girls (New Ver.)
Oh My Girl || Liar Liar

WEEK FIVE (March 28th to March 31st)

N-SONIC || Excalibur
Boys Republic || Get Down
DAY6 || Letting Go

GOT7 profile

GOT7 is a seven member boy group from JYP Entertainment. The boys are wild and crazy and have a lot of international fans.

Members:

English Name: Mark Tuan
Korean name: Tuan Yi Eun
Stage name: Mark
Birthday: September 4th 1993
Birthplace: The United States
Position: Main Rapper and Vocalist
Instagram: @mark_tuan
Twitter: @mtuan93

Name: Im Jae Bum
Stage name: JB
Birthday: January 6th 1994
Birthplace: South Korea
Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist and Rapper
Instagram: x
Twitter: @jbjyp

English name: Jackson Wang
Korean name: Wang Ka Yee
Stage name: Jackson
Birthday: March 28th 1994
Birthplace: China
Position: Lead Rapper and Vocalist
Instagram: @jacksonwang852g7
Twitter: x

Name: Park Jin Young
Stage name: Junior (Jr.)
Birthday: September 22th 1994
Birthplace: South Korea
Position: Lead Vocalist and Rapper
Instagram: @pepi_jr
Twitter: @jrjyp

Name: Choi Young Jae
Stage name: Youngjae
Birthday: September 17th 1996
Birthplace: South Korea
Position: Main Vocalist
Instagram: @jbmtjr.jsyjbbyk
Twitter: x

Name: Kunpimook Bhuwakul
Stage name: BamBam
Birthday: May 2nd 1997
Birthplace: Thailand
Position: Lead Rapper and Vocalist
Instagram: @bambam1a
Twitter: x

Name: Kim Yu Gyeom
Stage name: Yugyeom
Birthday: November 20th 1997
Birthplace: South Korea
Position: Vocalist and Maknae
Instagram: @yu_gyeom
Twitter: x

Sub-units
JJ Project
Name: Jr. and JB
Debut: May 22th 2012

(Korean Discography)

• January 20^th 2014 – Got it? (Single: Girls girls girls)

• June 23^rd 2014 – Got love (Single: A)

• November 18^th 2014 – Identify (Single: Stop stop it)

• July 23^rd 2015 – Just right (Single: Just right)

• September 30^th 2015 – MAD (Single: If you do, Confession song)

• March 21^st 2016 – Flight log: departure (Single: Fly)

My Produce 101 top 11

Produce 101 is a survival show which started with 101 trainees from 46 different agencies. 11 girls will be chosen in the end to form a girl group and for the first time the chosing is done by viewers votes and not a CEO. And now (5 episodes later) there are 61 girls left… And I think it’s about time I tell you the 11 girls I think should be in the girl group!
(If I didn’t tell which position I want them, it’s just vocals/vocalist. Because they will all be vocalists)

• Kim Ju-na (Music K Entertainment) –Lead Vocalist There is simply no way around this girls voice. She might not be the a great dancer, but she has a vocal range that (in my opinion) is one of the best on the show. Really her first performance left a huge impression on me!
• Ng Sze Kai (Chorokbeam Juna) – Rapper
  Ng Sze Kai is really a allround talent and would be a great in any girl group to be honest!
• Dani (MBK Entertainment) – Visual
  Dani was in a girl group before this, so she has experiance which is great. She also looks a bit like Bae Suzy in my opinion, so that’s also a plus as Suzy is considered one of the prettiest artists out there.
• Cathy (MBK Entertainment) – Lead Dancer
  Just like Dani, Cathy was in a girl group before (infact they were in the same group called DIA) and therefor has experiance. But also, Cathy is a really good dancer so I think she would make a great lead dancer.
• Kim Se-Jeong (Jellyfish Entertainment) – Main Vocalist
   Public favorite Kim Se-Jeong is the publics favorite for a reason, really she has amazing vocals and on point dance skills. I would really like to see her at the center spot for a long long time.
• Park S0-yeon (Cube Entertainment) – Lead rapper
  Park So-yeon is my favorite of the show so far. She is a amazing rapper and a great singer. She has a really unique voice that would help the group stand out against other girl groups. Plus she is adorable and has a great personality, she would definitly be my bias!
• Kang Si-won (Individual trainee) – Leader
  Kan Si-won started in the F group and quickly became their leader. Later on she moved up in rank due to her talent. But that’s not why she stood out to me, it was because of her leadership over group F. She is a amazing natural leader, almost like she was litrally born for this position.
• Yu Yeun-Jong (Starship Entertainment)
  Starship Entertainment is one of my favorite companies, because they really care about the amount of talent the trainees have. So it’s only natural that the Starship girls in Produce 101 are among my favorites.
• Lee Hae-In (SS Entertainment)
  Lee Hae-In made a great impression with me during her performance of Irony by Wonder Girls. She is cute, yet sexy and has a great voice. She wouldmake a good female idol!
• Somi (JYP Entertainment) – Second Visual
  I’m not gonna lie, a big reason why I want Somi in this group is because she is from JYP. JYP is one of the big three and having her in the group would really boost their popularity…
• Pinky (Pledis Entertainment)
  Pinky is so adorable! I really like the vibe she gives and she has a amazing talent. She would just fit a cutesy girl group perfectly!

[16 SONGS] Kpop from February 2016 playlist

A playlist of songs that were released in February 2016 that I personally love!

These are in chronological order.
Title songs only.

1. 4MINUTE – hate
   
2. Koh Noyoung – Whom?
   
3. Taeyeon – Rain
   
4. Grace – I’m fine
   
5. Changmin – one day one chance
   
6. AOA CREAM – I’m jelly BABY
   
7. MAMAMOO – 1cm (Taller than you)
   
8. Rainbow – Whoo
   
9. Brave Girls – Deepened
   
10. Nu’est – Overcome
    
11. B.A.P – Feel so good
    
12. Teamin – Drip drop
    
13. Teamin – Press your number
    
14. Ladies Code – Galaxy
    
15. Cosmic Girls – Mo Mo Mo
    
16. MAMAMOO – You’re the best
    

Jessica Jung signs with Coridel Entertainment

OMO! The Jessica Jung and Tyler Kwon scandal just got a little bit bigger.

Jessica Jung used to be a member of Girls’ Generation (SNSD), but she filed a lawsuit against S.M Entertainment in 2015 and ended up having to leave the company and the group (but not after a heart breaking tribute by the other girls). Rumor has it that her (ex?) boyfriend Tyler Kwon was the cause of this whole drama.

After Jessica left SNSD she did some acting, but mostly she focused on her fashion line. She also announced a solo album will be released soon. And now it’s finally announced which company she signed with; a surprisingly small one called Coridel Entertainment who’s CEO is Tyler Kwon. Yeah.. quite the scandal, right?

Coridel Entertainment has 3 artists now; Jeff Bernat, Playback (which is one of my favorite debut groups from 2015) and now Jessica Jung.

Personally I don’t really care which company Jessica signed with, I just know her solo album will be amazing because I am in love with her voice. And I’m sure all my fellow Sones also can’t wait to listen to her new music!

THE EUBIN SITUATION and how it effects CLC

CLC is back with two new members, this would have been great if not for the fact that one of those new members is actually holding the girls down…

Okay quick backstory: CLC debuted in March 2015 with five members. The girls got some attention from kpop fans, but not enough to really become famous. The group is almost semi-popular at best. So Cube Entertainment added two more members to this group in the hope it will get them some more attention.
The new members are Elkie and Eubin, only Eubin is not allowed to be in a kpop group yet…

Eubin isn’t allowed to promote for CLC, because she is in a variety show called “Produce 101” by Mnet. This show follows 101 trainees from different companies to create one girl group named Produce 101. Eubin is in this show and so she can’t do anything else in the kpop industry unless she is voted out (and if she wins she needs to promote with the Produce 101 before she is allowed to promote with CLC). This is due to a contract she signed with Mnet.

The reason that this is a problem for the other girls, is that Eubin isn’t allowed to be shown in Mvs and her voice isn’t allowed on the radio with CLC. Therefor they had to release a short version of their new song “High Heels” (without Eubin) and will probably do little to no promoting. This is a shame as CLC is a talented girl group who could become big if only Cube Entertainment would wait to put in Eubin for another year…

CLC – High heels (My rating)
Song: 63%
MV: 42%
Overall rating: 53%

TO THE BEAUTIFUL YOU review

A girl pretending to be a boy goes to an all boys school to be close to her celebrity crush.. There is no way this could go according to plan…

Goo Jae-Hee is a actually a girl, but she pretends to be a boy to enter a all-boys high school and get close to athlete Tae Joon. Because Tae Joon is her hero, but he quit his sport (High jumping) after a mayor injury, from which he is recovere. But he just doesn’t believe in his dream anymore. A dream that has value for both Goo Jae-Hee and Tae Joon. So Goo Jae-Hee does everything in her power to get him to jump again!

This drama is cheesy and funny in all the right ways. Of course it is centered around a love triangle, but it also has a great message in it. To never give up on your dream, because it doesn’t matter how impossible it seems, it might just come true. This makes it a very empowering drama to watch and also very very addicting…

“Miracle is another name for hard work” – Kang Tae Joon

“To the beautiful you” is a beautiful drama centered around love, friendship, lies and moving on from hurtful things to reach your dreams. I loved all the characters in this drama and no one started to annoy me (which is pretty damn rare).
The love triangle was done really well and it made me not able to chose who to ship! I WANTED BOTH GUYS TO GET THE GIRL!

Overall this show was just adorable and definitely worth the watch. You don’t have to be a sports fan to enjoy it, God knows I’m not a sports fan. I recommend it for everyone, first time kdrama viewers and kdrama fans alike!

My rating:
Plot: 93%
Characters: 98%
Romance: 87%
Feels: 89%
Overall rating: 92%