Korean music recommendations?

[Melodie]

Since many of you seem to enjoy K-Pop, I figured it's the best place to ask.
I have been watching Korean movies lately, and it made me want to discover some of their music.
I know who BoA is, and all those other boy/girl bands that have threads all over this place. I'm looking for something with more depth, and preferably someone who writes his/her own songs. Any genre will do

[hearted]

kpop and depth huh...







the first singer composes and writes his own music and also the singers in the 4th vid, but im not sure about the others
oh and maybe you know the dude in the chair in the last MV! he's a famous korean actor!!

[TofuBunny]

Well .. Is it okay if I recommend a group who has cool 'deep' songs in their albums and some of them write songs ? They're still idols though >< (hearted knows who I'm talking about I know ur side-eyeing me rn girl xD)
Ok I suck at recs XD

If not I recommend the solo album's of Brown Eyed Girls members, Narsha and Ga-In

[hearted]

^ just post m! maybe she'll like it? ive already edited my post 5 times or something XDD

[Ahi_max91]

4minute
After School
Coed School
F.Cuz
f(x)
miss A
Orange Caramel
RAINBOW
Secret
T-ara
U-Kiss

hohoho...

[hearted]

^especially Orange Caramel has some very deep concepts

[miroro]

^sure, and coed too

well, this are my reccomendations

GUMMY




KANGTA (lol he writtes & composes most of his songs)
he used to be an idol, but not now.



SG WANNABE (my favs)
they have the best mvs ever made


this is my fav song

[hearted]

^ i knew you would come with your ahjusshi's in here

I FORGOT THESE TWO!!



iu writes some of her own stuff but her company is still not letting her do much =/ she can play guitar!
lee jung hyun comes with her weird-ass concepts on her own but im not sure about the composing and writing

[YuriChan]

Hyori Lee

[lfe.]

I prefer the older Kpop of the 90s, the new stuff just doesn't really cut it. Hearted's recommendations are great. Some others you can check out are:

Drunken Tiger - one of the first successful Korean rap groups
Epik High - hiphop group
Tasha (T) - Korean female rapper, also the wife of Drunken Tiger's Tiger JK
Lena Park - AMAZING voice won't ever find one like that in Kpop
1tym - their older stuff was mostly pop and ballads but their last albums before Jin Hwan went to do military service had some depth to the lyrics
H.O.T. - again, their older stuff was pure pop but their 4th album Iyah! and 5th album Outside Castle had depth

[TofuBunny]

Ok here it goes

Well I recommend SHINee .. Only abouuut .. 5 of their songs are written by members (Juliette, Up&Down, Obsession, Your Name, and Get It) .. But they're looking into writing/composing their own songs in the future , SM is giving them more freedom when it comes to the music .. Their songs have this different mature feel from other Korean boybands who are their age/debuted around the same time .. Here are a couple of songs ~

Spoiler:

(written by the main vocalist Jonghyun .. He's studying composing now too )


(written by my husband for me leader Onew)

Oh and Noura you forgot to mention O !



And like I said earlier, Ga-In and Narsha and their amazingness

Spoiler:

Enjoy !

[miroro]

Originally Posted by lfebaggins

I prefer the older Kpop of the 90s, the new stuff just doesn't really cut it. Hearted's recommendations are great. Some others you can check out are:
H.O.T. - again, their older stuff was pure pop but their 4th album Iyah! and 5th album Outside Castle had depth

love you for this you don't see many people who knows about H.O.T but i still prefer their first album over the rest ! Candy is like one of the cutest songs ever

and talking about 90s bands, Shinhwa is a MUST


they are, were & will be the best boyband in korea

[tomiko8]

If you like R&B and even if you don't i would most certainly give T (Tasha) a try she is one of the most underrated artists in Korea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY1PTDpysR4

Lee Soo Young also is a good artist though she doesn't release as much anymore; she used to do a lot of ballads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glef1XK4rak

Brown eye girls are popular now due to their latest work but their older material was just as good if not better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAwOyArpfRE

Shinhwa, once again are popular but older then the teeny boppers. I still find that i can go back to their material and not be let down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvgYHciiUmo

Classiquai- completely underrated even if they are somewhat known.
the only group i know that can execute a calm feeling to a techno song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOW0fihERE0

W& Whale are a bit underground but the female singers voice is really powerful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhovBL7D4bY

and finally (i'm surprised that no one mentioned her ) but J is a phenomenal artist (once again waning popularity (most likely because she's Korean-American
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqYyveq0dVA

Hope that helps

[hearted]

^omg J is really good! i loooove Ghost and her voice is just btw did she change her name to j.ae or is that someone else lol

[Melodie]

Thanks guys, I'll give these artists a listen.

[lfe.]

Originally Posted by tomiko8

give T (Tasha) a try she is one of the most underrated artists in Korea

Totally, Memories is one of her best songs. Another great one is Convenience Store. Its actually a Drunken Tiger song featuring T, but her verse is epic.



A terrific Drunken Tiger song is I Hate Myself. This also features T (Tasha) but she mostly just does the chorus.

Originally Posted by tomiko8

Lee Soo Young also is a good artist though she doesn't release as much anymore; she used to do a lot of ballads

Omg how could I forget Lee Soo Young, her and Lena Park made my ballad tracklist of my middle school days. She had an album in 2006 which I herd was also really good but haven't listened yet. She actually got married last October so I think her career is on hold for now as she focus on her personal life.

Originally Posted by MirrocleHeaven*

love you for this you don't see many people who knows about H.O.T but i still prefer their first album over the rest ! Candy is like one of the cutest songs ever

Lol H.O.T are the pop kings of Kpop, them and DJ Doc (HOW COULD I FORGET THEM TOO). I loved Candy too, such a gay happy song . 1st album was great, but I say their best album was album 3 Resurrection. Hope, from album 3, is my all-time favorite H.O.T. song


Quality sucks but its just a miracle some people had some videos saved

H.O.T ended up splitting but Jong Woo, Tony An, and Lee Jae went to form JTL for a little while before they all went solo. Their two albums should also be in the best kpop collection.

[tomiko8]

^ ya know Hearted i'm not sure, its virtually impossible to find out what exactly she's up to these days because the spotlight is now on the newest or gimmick-esk acts. Lmao i really wish she would change her name though that would make it a heck of a lot easier to follow her work instead of getting the letter "J" show up as one of the letters of the English language when i do a Google search.
And yes Ifebaggins Miss, (T,Tasha Yoon mi rae what ever she wants to be known as) is truly a presence whether its live on her own album or being featured on someones song(you barely notice the main singer/rapper)
nice to know im not the only one listening to some of the older acts in Korea

[hearted]

^lol ikr!! i was searching for her wiki the other day and.. yeah i had a hard time lol

i have a feeling she did change her name to j.ae though cuz their voices are EXACTLY the same .___.

[emi♡]

Clazziquai Project <3 They're more...techno loungy chill music.

Another like them is Humming Urban Stereo.


I also love Yozoh~ She's more like...on the indie pop rock side.

[Yooku]

J.ae is J. Don't know why she changed her name but I recommend her too. Her albums In Love and Crush of Love are my favorites.

Some others I can think about now are Dear Cloud, Peterpan Complex, Misty Blue, Biuret and maybe May Doni...?