[Gayo Daejun 2012] Part 1: The 10 Best Performances

The performances I chose are some of the most creative, most confident, and best-executed performances -- they're strong from top to bottom and side to side. These are the performances that bring out some of the best talent in K-Pop, and that really do a good job of showing it off.

The 5 Best Albums of 2012

There are albums that come with fireworks and explosions left and right, but at the same time have all the foundations laid out firmly. It's those kinds of albums that made the list this year, but first I had to find them, because believe me when I say that there weren't a lot.

Six rookies to look out for in 2013

The acts on this list fall into one of those two categories -- acts who I think did a phenomenal job this year and deserve to get even bigger, and acts who I think have the potential to do well next year. These are the rookies who proved themselves, whether it be in one area or all, and managed to stand out.

[#1] Infinite - "The Chaser"

Infinite started out with material a cut above the rest of their fellow rookies and now that as permanent fixtures in K-Pop, they carry on with material that's a cut above everyone else. "The Chaser" is everything this list aims to put forward, and everything that I, as a critic, want from a song.

[#2] Ailee (with Simon D) - "Shut Up"

This is what happens when you give a good song to a good singer and do a good job delivering it. This is what happens when people in the industry pull themselves together and do a good job because they genuinely want to. This, my friends, is called magic.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Vanessa Hudgens - Paper Cut

My apologies for ignoring this blog for AGES.

Vanessa Hudgens is the epitome of Disney, and she shows just how bad things can go for you if you put your career in the hands of Disney and get absolutely no say in what you do. Although on a side note, Disney has also came out with some of the best pop stuff(Jordan Pruitt, Vanessa's first album and The Cheetah Girls to name a few..).

This is where they got it all wrong, disastrously wrong. Vanessa was first marketed as a fresh-faced, innocent girl who was given a big break, that being HSM. The first movie was MASSIVE, and Vanessa was one of the hottest stars, along with her fellow cast members. She released her first album, which I think is great, better than her current one and then BOOM, nude pictures of her surfaced on the internet.

That's where her career turned Britney-like. HSM 2 was a copy of the first one in my opinion, but it was still a hit so OK. Then now, her album comes out and what does she offer? Bad Britney-sounding tracks, as if Britney tracks aren't bad enough to start with.

She's confused as to who she is as an artist. There are some tracks that are like the ones on her first, some that sound like Britney, Amy Winehouse and Gwen Stefani among others. I said on my other blog, Pop Addicted! that I'd rather she change styles completely(like Jesse McCartney..) and know who she wants to be than copy numerous other people and experiment with a major release.

For me, the only track worth listening to more than once on this album is 'Paper Cut'. It's an updated version of a song she could've put on her first album. Give it a listen, alright?

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