[HD] Block B(블락비) _ NILLILI MAMBO(닐리리 맘보) MV

So, I decided the next few days I'm going to post some songs from a couple recent genres I have gotten into. I have somewhat hinted at these genre choices with the last couple days' posts. A couple months ago, I was dusting off some old music bookmarks I had from years ago, and I stumbled across a Homestuck animation video that I had bookmarked in part for the cool visuals. But, I could just faintly remember that what really caught my attention was that I thought the song was really cool. Sure enough, I pulled up the video--and fell in love all over again. After a good deal of searching, I finally found the name of the song and artist, which you're looking at right now.

A few days later, I had become hooked on not just Block B, but the entire scene of underground/indie Thai-Pop, K-Pop and J-Pop.

Now, don't be quick to judge if these genres aren't usually your thing. Here me when I say it wasn't for me, either. I had generalized all content from these genres to basically be variations on Gangnam Style. I thought it was all shallow, uninspired, repetitive and mostly just business. I didn't believe there was anything else to these genres besides making money.

That still can be considered true for virtually all genres that have "Pop" somewhere in the name, but I found that, as usual, all it takes is a little digging to find something truly unique. Artists such as Block B, Crush, 2BiC shake up the usual monotony of "XYZ-Pop" and pierce through the endless flood of static from the mainstream with classical compostion techniques, vintage instruments, diverse chord structures and (one of the if not the most critical elements) truly thoughtful, poetic and contemplative lyrics.

So whether or not you already like pop music from the Far East, all of you should give the other sides of them a try. Nillili Mambo is a crazier, bouncing hip-hop track, yet it still feels like a lot of truly interesting musical choices going on, which is what I love about it. And don't worry, if this song or artist isn't quite for you, I can assure you there are many more, each with their own unique, fresh sounds, which will be featured here on this blog. And if these still aren't exactly what interests you, there are even more out their that even I haven't gotten to yet. So kick back and jam, groove and chill to the show broadcasting from the other side of Earth! Enjoy!.