KATY PERRY - PART OF ME
At first, I really like this song and I thought it was so catchy just as her previous releases. Later, I found this song so boring, it seems like Katy releases it in rush But then, after she released "Wide Awake", I think this song is just not that bad b/c WA is much worse IMO Actually, it's on my list b/c it was featured in a campaign of The Sims 3 (my favorite video games btw). I think they were going to released a special video for her but its no where to be found as of now. I think that video would be so amazing not like the crap of her Vevo Check it out!
DAVID GUETTA FEAT NICKI MINAJ - TURN ME ON
I used to hat most, actually all of his release. I don't know why, it seems like his stuff is not my tea But then this song came out and I think it is extremely good. In fact, it's a rare song to "flatter" Nicki's vocal ability. I mean she show people that she can not only rap well, but she also sing quite well. Both of them are very amazing me
RIHANNA - WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
In term of music, I think this song is just half-good. I mean the intro is extremely catchy, cool and mysterious but then most of the part the song is just uhm so-so IMO. However, its video is pretty amazing, in fact, I think it's one of her best video! I mean it's been a long long long time since I saw her werq her @$$ off to dance like that in the video. And the choreography is hard but she managed to pull it out very well. Well-done Riri
P!NK - TRY
What I like about this song is its intro. The intro is cute IMO The song, as most people already said, is good but not as good as her previous hit. But it's wayyy better than "Blow Me" TBH I actually like this song when P!nk perform it on AMA, the performance is flawless, awesome and holy-sh!t! I mean can your fav sing well like that while doing some acrobat move?
TRAIN - DRIVE BY
Glad to see Train's comeback. This song is great combination of rock and dance (they are both my favorite genres ). Even though, I must agree the fact that "Hey Soul Sister" is their "GODly song", I still think "Drive By" is better. I think my ears are weird anyway But even the music video is cooler TBH
LEE HI - 1, 2, 3, 4
This song is very cool and very different from most of the k-pop songs at the moment. At first listening, I thought it was a bit messy and it had no melody at all. Then, I found that this song is still catchy without "repeat" of the verse (in fact the verses are very different) and the chorus is very stand-out It also has some American urban style, but it doesn't sound like a knock-off, which is good IMO It could rank higher if it was released earlier this year Btw, this is her debut song but it took number 1 spot in most of the K-music charts!
A-P!NK - HUSH
Even though, the song is not a smash in Korea, it somewhat shows that the rookie of 2011 is making efforts to gain more attention. I think this song is so cute and the music sound the cutest and catchiest! And 2012 is actually a good year for them: they won number 1 spot for some music charts, the album sold quite well, one member acted in a super-popular TV series and its OST "All for You" (also sung by her) became one of the biggest hit of the year in Korea, took all the awards for OST of the year. I heard that they will make a comeback soon in 2013, so good luck for them
HYUN-A - ICE CREAM
2012 is also a wonderful year for miss Hyun-A. She's in a "Trouble Maker"-unit with a self-titled smash that swept all the charts from 2011 to 2012, her group 4Minute also made a moderate-successful comeback with "Volume Up", act in will-be-1-billion-viewed-clip also K-pop song of 2012 "Gangnam Style", and even released a number 1 solo hit! She's actually proved that an ex-member of an idol group could become famous someday (most of member who left idol group will be forgotten forever) but Hyun-A is not. Some people even called her queen of K-pop!
I don't really like the song, but the music the beat are awesome!!! The video is colorful too!
TEEN TOP - CRAZY
I like this song, the music is so cool and catchy. This song help them win number spot on various music chart in 2-3 weeks, and aslo make them the top-tier boyband in Korea! Later this year, they also released another hit "To You". That song is also good with cool R&B/Hip-Hop style but didn't achieve much success as "Crazy". Mostly because it faced a lot of strong competitors at that time (Super Junior, SHINee, Wonder Girls, etc) In fact, their songs are some few K-pop songs from idol boybands that I like!
2AM - I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me
I usually don't like K-pop ballads (I only like idol/upbeat K-pop songs ). Because most K-ballads sound painful to my ears. But this song is a bit different: the verse is very short makes it not so boring, the chorus sometimes in low notes sometimes in high notes, which is very friendly to your ears LOL. Actually I don't understand the storyline in the music video but it seems like a good story after all This song marks their longgggg-awaited comebacks and it turned out their most successful hits to date!