𝕄𝕚𝕕𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝔾𝕖𝕞𝕤 - E18 One Squid Beat Special Coming Up

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6 Feb 2025

You know you are getting old if you can´t keep up with the musical changes.
It hurts to admit but I really did not get the whole K Pop cult that took over the music scene a while ago.

I mean these BTS boys are such commercial BS and the the K Pop kids killing themselves because they can´t take the pressure?

It makes them sound like real artists I must admit but;

I can only blame one man for the Kzy big success.

✔ First K-pop song to go viral worldwide – "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube video to hit 1 billion views, breaking records and making K-pop more visible.

✔ Opened doors for K-pop in the West – PSY performed on major U.S. shows (Ellen, SNL, MTV VMAs) and helped create interest in Korean artists.

✔ Proved K-pop could succeed outside Asia – Before PSY, K-pop was mostly popular in Asia, but his success showed Western markets were open to Korean music.

Then there was lots of K stuff that did not impress me much, although The K Drama is not too bad compared to the Pop.

But I would stick with Korean food till they mixed Saw with Hunger Games and said:

ＴａｋｅＭｙＨａｎｄ＆ＴｒｉｐＷｉｔｈＭｅ

Of course, I am a little biased as I just watched season two and found it very enjoyable. I mean come on this sound... it almost beats that Jaws intro, doesn't it?

Okay so I admit I was in the mood already
But last weekend I was with a very young lady, who really has impressive taste in music.
I mean, imagine listening to Imagine Dragons, Skillet, and Fall Out Boy before even being in high school.

And being totally in tune with all those semi-manga, influencer musical projects like my son is.
Let me make it simple: were you listening to the human centipede song at 11?

Or this crazy insane great tune?? Come on, how???

Like I said it´s a new Gen and I probably have to work really hard to keep up and when I saw some 뱅뱅뱅 I was like oh no serious...
We are not gonna do that cheesy K-pop boy band stuff, are we???

뱅뱅뱅 (BANG BANG BANG)

And then I was like...hey not bad...but wait I know that guy...seriously he actually is a rapper, WTF???
And we only just got started.

Alok - Squid Game

And it gets more disturbing, where I was already happy to understand those English lyrics back in my days. They now do Duolingo to understand the Korean stuff.

Korean or Get Eaten - Duolingo x Squid Game

And in the wake of K Pop....J Pop followed and without generalizing but by calling out that as always those Japanese are even weirder than those K Cuties.

Just quickly look at the age and the numbers of views and ask yourself ....WHY THE HELL DID I ONLY SEE IT NOW?

東方 - Bad Apple

Damn the power and those sick beats, I do not hear the Pop in it but that is good, the only pop I like is my ears popping because I like it loud.

And this sounds crazy good and loud, it´s almost Baby Metal.

Okay, even I heard about this phenomenon called Hatsune Miku.

Are you for real, because if so:
It´s a synth voice marketed as a virtual idol, and has performed at live virtual concerts onstage as an animated holographic projection.

Confessions of a Rotten Girl - SAWTOWNE ft. Hatsune Miku

It did not stop there, because then I was forced to listen to this....and those lyrics are kinda disturbing...but as disturbing as they might be I do love those crazy beats...again.

エゴイスト/flower

What is wrong with me, why do those beats make me think of MSI?? Am I trying to show off that there was cool music back then as well?

MSI - Bitches

Dance Bitches, BOOM SHAKALAKA dance. Now this is a K Poppy as I get tonight but damn Thanos or T.O.P. wtf such super smart casting and not a bad actor at all.

Can´t get enough of this guy what will he sound like in 2026?
Probably not as fantastic as back then before his career broke down and he needed Squid Games to save his life....

BIGBANG - FANTASTIC BABY

Btw remember that BOOM SHAKALAKA original.

ENCORE - Lets Go Tokyo!

Okay, just a little more madness before I let you go...

What Song to Send my Son

My son started a playlist Stuff For Dad and I will be adding my favorite song to my playlist for him: Songs For My Son!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/12nIvKWCZjLmkCT3P7thTs

Every week I have to choose one song and tell you about it. And you Dear Reader tell me your favorite song in the comments and feel free to try to change my mind.

This week it´s one that I expect to be perfectly in line with my son's taste as I doubt the rest more than this one:
SAWTOWNE - Confessions of a Rotten Girl / ft. Hatsune Miku
Please try and change my mind!

Playlists

Youtube Playlist.

All these gems were added to this week´s YouTube playlist.
All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here

Spotify Playlist:

The Spotify playlist might not capture the whole show but is meant to represent it as well as Spotify makes it possible:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5AoZEDlAQbdJ6KdT9SV7Q5