K-Pop Rookies to The Rescue!

FlaShe

Usually the way it goes is that whenever I get a new K-Pop song that sounds interesting, I’ll throw it in a folder on my desktop and then when I have enough tracks, I put them together and make mixes to listen to while I drive around, and that’s how I learn a lot of the new songs and groups (especially ones that are not as well known or promoted).

 FlaShe: SuA, GoUn, Narae and Yeji

  Sometimes I’ll be listening to a mix and will be taken by a certain song- even though I’ve head the mix a few times, at that instance, something about it will simply captivate me and I’ll have to hit the replay button and think, “HUH! This is a really GOOD song!” Folks may remember this is how I first really got into AOA with their song “Moya”… though I knew songs from them before, it was THAT song that “did it” for me, and I became a big fan of theirs!
 As you may have noticed in recent posts, I have been becoming more and more a fan of newer rookie groups because of their catchy “j-poppy” sound (and looks, heh) with artists like Year 7 Class 1 and their song “White Wind”... 

Year 7 Class 1 / White Wind

Well, I’ve been listening to my newer mixes and once again, the songs that have leapt out and me and made me instantly love them have been poppy songs from new-ish Rookie girl acts! Loving the tunes, I then went on Youtube and downloaded some performances of the groups doing the songs and have fallen in love with these groups! Besides Year7 Class1, the Rookie Groups and songs that I’m REALLY LOVIN’ Right now are:

FlaShe/My Day

As you can tell by this entry’s header pic, Flashe are pretty much the group I'm most excited about, at least right now!  Whenever this song would come on when I played my mixes, I’d think, “Man these girls sound like an 80’s J-pop Idol group!” Such a joy to see such happy and energetic girls, and the cute dance moves  really make the song! They are performing on the Migliore Stage, the same place where Crayon Pop performed “Bar Bar Bar” for the first time (or at least that I saw) 

Sonamoo / Just Go (Ganeungeoya)
Such a sweeeet, catchy and SOULFUL song, I was thrilled when I looked them up and found out Sonamoo was the new TS Entertainment group I’d been hearing about! They are SECRET’S little sisters! They are a LOT more innocent and cutesy than Secret, though, so they are very different in that regard! Actually, all of Sonamoo's songs have been pretty terrific, (definitely a group to keep an eye on)  but this one is by far my fave! I’m embedding their introductory Dance Practice video so you can get to know the members as well!

GFriend / My Buddy
The fourth fave new rookie song sadly has no video or live performance attached to it as it’s an album-only track, but it is such a great, heartfelt song , and in fact, it’s the closing song on my latest K-pop mix! Already saw how adorable Yerin was with her guest appearance on Running Man, and have been enjoying seeing GFriend perform their new song "Me Gustas Tu", but OH HOW I WISH they would perform My Buddy  live onstage!

Ahhhh, all of these songs are so great- this should tide me over til f(x) EVER gets around to finishing their upcoming album...what's TAKING them so FREAKING long???!!!
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"Year 7 Class 1" Are The Most Adorable Rookies Ever!

Year 7 Class 1

Just before I made the plunge into K-pop, I was really getting into the 7 Member Girl Group FAIRIES with their song "Hero", as well as EXILE sister group HAPPINESS (also a 7 member act) with their song "Happy Talk"- both of these acts featured these perfectly crafted pure pop tunes, and if it wasn't for the advent of the Hallyu Wave, they might have gone on to become fave groups of mine! 
 But then my musical interest became focused on K-pop (ironically enough, it was on a forum for Fairies that I was introduced to KARA which of course was the group that began my Kpop addiction!), and it wasn't until CRAYON POP came out with their song "Bing Bing" that I remembered how much I loved and MISSED the J-POP sound.  AH, I was hearing those sweet pop perfect tunes again!

And now we have another new 7-member rookie group Year 7 Class 1 with the SAME jangly j-poppy sound that I heard in Crayon Pop, Happiness and even Fairies from before! The first song I heard from the girls was the fun "White Wind", a song already great in itself, but it was the frenetic and energetic choreography for the song  that just captivated me- (very much in the Crayon Pop vein) with all the cute synchronized shuffling, jumping, twirling and skipping, ya just gotta smile!

With piqued interest, I looked up their earlier songs, and their debut song from last year "Oppa Virus" just knocked me out with its OH! SO J-POPPY STYLINGS! Reminding me so much of songs like Nana Mizuki's "Pop Master", this song just makes you feel good with its positive charm! 

Man, the sheer happiness and joy they're exuding in these perfs surely shows you why I consider them the best of the new rookie groups! Definitely going to keep an eye out on THESE gals!

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