Album Review: Red Velvet's "The Velvet" Shows Consistency Despite Its Flaws

I absolutely adore Red Velvet: "Happiness" was a fun debut song, Ice Cream Cake showed a lot of potential for the group's future, and The Red is probably the strongest first studio album by any K-pop group so far. And this all made me slightly anxious for their next release: would they be able to live up to potential they've shown so far? Will the high benchmarks they've set so early in their career prove impossible to surpass?

GOT7's Latest Single "Fly" Is SHAMELESS Plagiarism #BoycottGOT7

Enjoying GOT7's new music video? Well you shouldn't be, because I've discovered that "Fly" actually SHAMELESSLY ripped off the song "Rocketeer" by Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder:

EXACTLY the same, right?? What's that, you're not hearing it? Listen closer:

• The word "fly" is repeated in the hooks of both songs
• The verses consist of raps whilst shaky falsettos are used for the chorus
• Both songs belong to the electronic genre
• Both Far East Movement and GOT7 have Asian-American members

The above is iron-clad evidence that earattack, the producer of the song, has obviously committed the unforgivable crime of plagiarism, and for this they should be sued. Admittedly I'm not sure who produced "Rocketeer" so it might actually have been the same person but that takes effort and that's also not the point here!! The point is this shouldn't be buried by obnoxious iGOT7s 

All I can say is I'm so, so disappointed in GOT7; I know that they didn't write or produce the song but just like SlyU they should be held accountable anyway. And no, I'm not accepting any excuses this time — none of this "parody" shit like with MAMAMOO!! My oppars have betrayed me and I'm disgusted; to think that Youngjae was one of my favourite idols! Not anymore, I'm never supporting that sly bastard again...

I hope, dear readers, you all recognise the injustice present here and join in boycotting everything GOT7: any and all products related to the group and their members, not just their FLIGHT LOG EP. This may seem harsh but these arrogant thugs need to learn a lesson, and it's up to us to teach them it. #BoycottGOT7 #FlopLog

Dal Shabet Save K-Pop With "Someone Like U"

K-pop's been in a sorry state recently: after a December stuffed with horrid winter-themed songs and snoozefest ballads, Dal Shabet, clearly horrified by the absolute slop that's sitting atop of Melon currently, have dropped the best song of 2016 five days into the year. Bless their hearts.

Kpopular's Top 20 K-pop Songs Of 2015

And so, as 2015 comes to a close, I decide to get up off my arse and write a bloody article for a change. As it's the new year, why not just copy everyone else and chuck out a list of my favourite K-pop songs from 2015? A smashing idea.

Notes:
- This list only counts K-pop singles, as whilst I hate using a "one song per group" rule 70% of positions would otherwise be taken up by f(x) and Wonder Girls.
- Japanese and English songs are not present though that's more because nothing particularly notable was released in those two languages.

With that here they are, prepare to fume when you see none of your faves are here (spoilers: if they're from YG they most certainly won't be) and a song you can't fucking bear is standing tall and proud in the top 10:

Red Velvet Show Us Something New With "Dumb Dumb"

We're almost halfway through the decade and we've seen hundreds of K-pop girl groups come and go, though arguably none have managed to make the same impact as the main stars of the second generation. However it's more obvious than ever that the veterans will very soon be stepping down, with even giants like Girls' Generation, Wonder Girls, and 2NE1 having to rely on their previous successes to stay at the very top, and it's time for someone else to take the throne.

"Hang on though, if no other girl groups have even come close to the top spot, who could take it?". And that's where, in a flurry of confetti and glitter, Red Velvet appear to claim their rightful place at the girl group throne with "Dumb Dumb".

Album Teaser Uploaded for "REBOOT", Wonder Girls Are on to a Winner

An album teaser for Wonder Girls' third full-length album "REBOOT" has been uploaded onto JYP's YouTube channel, and it sounds like it could be the best album this year.

MV Review- Brave Brothers Pretends to Put Some Effort Into HELLOVENUS' "I'm Ill"

Perhaps the "oh-eh-oh-eh-oh" should be switched round to "A-O-A-O-A".