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Music Bank: 4/8/11

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Written by On April 8, 2011

It’s old-school K-pop throwback week at MuBank, with veterans Brian Joo from Fly to the Sky and Tony Ahn from H.O.T. making their comebacks on today’s show. Rookie girl groups Rania and Brave Girls also made their MuBank debuts this week, while 4minute and Rainbow are returning to the K-pop scene with new singles. Now, without further ado:

Rania: “Dr. Feel Good” – Aside from the ~controversy~ that’s been surrounding this group, I realy wish they’d lay off the lip-syncing because they definitely have a beastly amount of vocal talent and it’s not fair for them to be written off as the “slutty” rookie group when they’ve got so much going for them artistically.

Maya: “So Pain, So Sad” – I want her voice. I want her hair.

Orange Caramel: “Bangkok City” – I really like this song, but these performances just aren’t doing it for me.

Brian Joo: “Loved But It’s Over Now”  - K-pop’s original diva is back, but what is that ring.

Tony Ahn: “Top Star” – I can only hear old school H.O.T. here. Also, please don’t tell me Tony’s planning on following Kim Tae-woo’s footsteps with the persistent aviator-donning.

U-Kiss: “0330″ – Love, love, love this song…but the choreography is giving me flashbacks of my middle school musical theatre days. Um.

Brave Girls: “So Sexy” – They’re just about as original as their name. Or their debut song title.

Brave Girls: “Do You Know” – This song is actually pretty good, but their singing…not so much. I’m getting a strong impression that these girls were picked more for their looks than their singing talent. Welp, welcome to K-pop.

Rainbow: “To Me” – Daaaang, these girls are getting better and better with every new release. I’m definitely keeping an eye on them.

Infinite: “Nothing’s Over” – Also popularly known as “Nothing Sober” by many international fans. I don’t think it’s their best song, but they get to showcase some of their best singing in this song, and I can definitely appreciate that.

4minute: “Heart To Heart” – I’m not a huge fan of this song, but this was a pretty impressive vocal showing.

4minute: “Mirror Mirror” – Now this is the 4minute I was looking for! Granted, this song doesn’t groove with me as well as I had hoped (the way they sing “거울아 거울아” sounds a little cumbersome and awkward) but I love watching these girls move. Also, Hyuna should always have black hair. That’s a rule.

CNBLUE: “Intuition” – It’s been a few weeks since their new album was released, but I’m still jamming to it. That’s a good sign.

K.Will: “My Heart Beating” – This song has the potential to be so fruity, but I love it nonetheless.

DBSK: “Before U Go” – I think this song is beginning to lose its charm. SM probably has some hookup with KBS mandating that DBSK performs last on MuBank, but at this point their performance comes off as being a little underwhelming. Also. we need to kill the mesh.

CNBLUE wins K-Chart, and are ridiculously adorable in doing so:

Other performances from this week:

Na Yoon-kwon: “I Smile Because Of You“

Yangpa: “Hurt“

Kim Tae-woo: “Resonate“

Wheesung (feat. Hoya): “Heartsore Story“

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  • zero

    Bored so yeah

    Rania- fierce bitches I love their style and how they being sexy also live vocals would be good but their dancing is pretty hard hopefully they don’t go soft and disappoint me like After school did after AH!!

    MAYA- cheezy song title and lyrics….her voice is but who’s ballad singers voice isn’t…not very interesting.. bae ji young to me is only one who could make me like k-ballads and their repetitive structure

    Orange Caramel- great song, shitty dancing and their wigs are laughable and Lizzy looked hers was about to fall off

    Brian Joo- made it to the 2minute mark and gave up boring song pull out of the non-creative ballad bin and his fake teary eyes are stupid

    Tony Ahn- second hand embarrsment has been my reaction to his comeback… the outfit, the song, the mv all garbage and he looks his age hard..does he smoke..

    Ukiss- OKAY…

    Brave Girls- Two weeks until they go into the forgotten girl group annex

    Rainbow- This is why Kpop needs to use Jpn composers since they have wicked beats and funky composition..love the song and SM should something and stop using westerners that are making kpop sound like american’s cheap gucci knock off…also too many members

    Infinite- love I really do but they are as cookie cutter
    as it gets….the song is okay..BTD was just too good

    4minute- Heart to Heart waste of time and just a favor to their oppa fans if they have any…but Mirror is pretty good but those vagina splits are what is going to take to the top in Japan…why didn’t they do this in WHY Jpn loves hos…in a good way..*Koda Kumi fan

    CN blue- good I guess but I just can’t into them cuz their music is such a knockoff of America light rock like Maroon 5… I don’t know the skatting thing they always do seems so fake and kinda like they are trying to emulate so badly

    K.Will- cute

    TVXQ- I don’t care if you have been gone for 10 years and you invented Kpop but 4 monthes of weekly program promotion is ridiculous and this group looks tried and kinda old..maybe the haircuts…either way ship these two to Japan and push out an album

    CN blue….YEAH*unenthusiastically

    • zero

      Oh and Changmin high pitched screams are official dead in my books they have gotten as gimmicky as Lady Gaga’s outftis

      • why are you here

        do you have to bash every group?
        either you like them or you don’t
        jeez i see your comments all the time and you are just rude

        • tyetye83

          its his/her opinion, if you dont like what they said DONT READ IT!!!!

        • kpopboi

          butthurt fan is butthurt.

          inb4 overused meme is overused.

    • Cardi

      I have to agree with you for the most part.

      TVXQ – Go retire, not even Japan wants you and SM is squeezing you dry so later they can dump you like other groups.

  • kelsie

    With Rania’s already provocative song, they should’ve toned down the provocative dance or provocative clothes to keep it a little classier. I guess they forgot they were performing in Korea and not the states yet.

  • tai

    I actually like TVXQ outfits, but it is time to retire this performance. it still was great though! I don’t know why people hate on Rania so much. They are better than most of the girl groups in Korea to me.

  • nammu

    agree! for Rania I like their stlye and even like their moves <3

  • tyetye83

    I LUV RANIA!!! The girl at the end of the song reminded me of Christina Agulara(sp?). But overall their voices are way better than most kpop girl groups. Good job T. Riley!!!

  • hoboinheels

    I think I like Rania..def some strong vocals in the group..
    Question: Do CNBlue actually play their instruments?

    • tan

      Yeah but not live. If you want to hear them preform fully live check out Chocolate, Sketchbook or their recent Mnet special comeback concert

  • ana

    omg… did you guys see Hyuna’s top in heart to heart? it says for rent and then it points to her crouch..

  • tan

    Didn’t expect much from 4 Minute but they were surprisingly good. Their live performance for Mirror Mirror actually brought the song up a notch.

    Rania are a on the slutty side but I like their charisma and they have a nice tone in their voice. The first two girls sounded like they sang live but then it seems the rest were lipsynching

  • IZ

    Rania should stop dressing and dancing like sluts if they want people to take them seriously as singers.
    Same goes to 4minute with their dancing. And Brave Girls should stop singing songs that say im so sexy.
    What’s happening to all the kpop girl groups ?

  • hapacalgirl

    If people actually listened to Rainbow’s debut mini album they probably wouldn’t be as surprised that the girl’s can actually sing pretty well. DSP is just really bad at picking choreography and choosing what song to promote, but at least the song choice is improving.

    As for the 4minute song, I am surprised noone is complaining about Sohyun’s outfits for mirror mirror because the girl is a 94′er making her only 16/17 years old . Especially with those dance moves. I mean they gave groups like Rainbow and T-ara more crap about their outfit choices and those groups consist of mainly 20 year olds and their outfits weren’t even that bad.

  • queso

    I’m liking Rainbow way more than I ever liked Kara, but that’s mainly because they’ve come back with catchy song after catchy song! DSP has the lamest choreography though. All their dances are way over recycled!

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