Honey

Honey – Kara Remove all the Euro synths and what have you got? There is a continuum here, and that is why i am here.

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Mister

Mister – Kara If it isn’t already, i think this song’s greater legacy may be in its butt dance than in the song itself; even Kara itself. A simple yet cheeky dance nearly anyone can do in any setting to any *wanted* level of exhibition; the go-to “do a trick for us” anytime a member [...]

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Winter Magic

Winter magic – Kara I expected it, but i wasn’t perepared for just how much K-pop i would hear over there. It was everywhere – in every store, on every television station, on every sidewalk, in nearly every restaurant, in nearly every public space – and it was, expectedly as well, strictly and homogeneously always [...]

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Step

Step – Kara This song is a lot better live. It’s with much delight that i can say that. It is irresistible when you’re placed in front of it. Last night was just… oh. That it happened was enough, but it was more perfect than i had hoped. It was my first pop concert so [...]

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Step

Step – Kara This is not their best song, but various powers and factors pushed it out as the single so i guess we have to deal with it. I think it’s too much for me. If it were not for that relief of a pre-chorus, the rap verse and the part that follows it, [...]

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Lupin

Lupin – Kara Hallo! Hallo! Hallo! Hallo! Hallo! Hallo! Hallo! Catch! Catch! Hallo! Hallo! This is one schizophrenic song. That cool and intense synth intro and verse, carried with all power and unfuckwithablilty by the girls, meeting sharply with that airy disco chorus. No sense of incongruity conveyed or an attempt to gradually shift mood [...]

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