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Will Crayon Pop Create a 'Gangnam Style' Sensation?
ABC News ^ | August 28, 2013 | ABC News

Posted on 08/29/2013 11:21:26 AM PDT by hawaiianninja

"They may look wacky and bizarre, but this rookie Korean girl group, Crayon Pop, is leading the KPop music charts. And it's this music video, "Bar Bar Bar" that is running red-hot on the internet." (Excerpt quote from video.)

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: crayonpop; korea; kpop
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Personally, I don't like the "Gangnam Style" comparison that the news media keeps bringing up; but looking at their other videos and knowing much more about them, I think these girls have potential beyond this one song. Apparently, Sony Music does, too. Whether they do surpass expectations (or non-expectations), only time will tell. In any case, they are helping bring the KPop music industry to the spotlight.
ABC Entertainment News Video Link
"Bar Bar Bar" Music Video on Crayon Pop's Official YouTube Channel
("Bar" is the phonetic English equivalent of the Korean language/text. A better phonetic equivalence would be "Bah" or "Pah", or more accurately "Bba" with emphasis on the "b" sound.)

Other Links of interest:
News report by Korea Today - December 13, 2012 (English)
Wall Street Journal Blog/Report regarding Crayon Pop signing with Sony Music (August 6, 2013)
News report by Korea Today - August 22, 2013 (English)
Performance at KCON in Los Angeles, August 25, 2013
1 posted on 08/29/2013 11:21:27 AM PDT by hawaiianninja
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To: hawaiianninja

And in other news - crayons will burn for about 30 minutes. Makes a good emergency light.


2 posted on 08/29/2013 11:23:25 AM PDT by SkyDancer (A white woman would be accused of racism if she gave birth to a white baby.)
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To: hawaiianninja

I see...

not saying this is a result of a “street team”... but why is this in breaking news?

I am suspect.


3 posted on 08/29/2013 11:24:47 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: hawaiianninja

I like it.


4 posted on 08/29/2013 11:28:15 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: hawaiianninja

We could be on the verge of WW3 and this is the **** ABC classifies as news?


5 posted on 08/29/2013 11:41:56 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Cicero

I like it a hell of a lot better than that mincing little f****t that did the other thing


6 posted on 08/29/2013 11:43:13 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: hawaiianninja

as a truth seeker, music lover, and thrill-seeker I watched the video to expand my horizons, and I kinda liked it ;-)

FAR better than any rap/crap/hiphop/vulgar/street/garbage.

And the girls are far cuter, more talented, and a better reflection on their country than this Maddona Cyrus cretin is.


7 posted on 08/29/2013 12:06:23 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: hawaiianninja

Wow. they all look about 12, but are in their 20s.


8 posted on 08/29/2013 12:06:35 PM PDT by dangus (Poverty cannot be eradicated as long as the poor remain dependent on the state - Pope Francis)
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To: hawaiianninja

It will never be bigger than Gungnam Style. Not enough skin.


9 posted on 08/29/2013 12:11:22 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
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To: bigbob

There was a Kpop band (I forgot what the hell their names were) sold out here at the LA Coliseum a week ago. My niece is 13 watched it with my SIL and loves this crap but they’re a wholesome breed anyways...unlike some low trash like Miley Cyrus.


10 posted on 08/29/2013 12:14:15 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: SkyDancer

Kinda reminds you of those innocent days of youth in this country...Hanna Montana and... oops.


11 posted on 08/29/2013 12:39:42 PM PDT by nikos1121 (“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet)
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To: hawaiianninja

But can they twerk?


12 posted on 08/29/2013 12:40:54 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: hawaiianninja

It looks like South Korea is now Japan in the 1970s.


13 posted on 08/29/2013 12:43:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nikos1121

I used to melt them in a fry pan and mix all the colors in a swirl. Mom said “wrong, but show you’re thinking” ...


14 posted on 08/29/2013 12:45:23 PM PDT by SkyDancer (A white woman would be accused of racism if she gave birth to a white baby.)
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To: WKUHilltopper; SkyDancer

We could be on the verge of WW3 and this is the **** ABC classifies as news?

And in other news - crayons will burn for about 30 minutes. Makes a good emergency light.

Well at least I know to buy a box of crayola for emergency lighting...


15 posted on 08/29/2013 12:52:22 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: GraceG

Every story has a silver lining.


16 posted on 08/29/2013 12:53:50 PM PDT by SkyDancer (A white woman would be accused of racism if she gave birth to a white baby.)
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To: hawaiianninja

I can see how young teen girls would really like this.

Otherwise it is just bubblegum.

K-pop is still in its youth. J-pop has been around longer and is starting to get some real talent.


17 posted on 08/29/2013 1:21:32 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (The best War on Terror News is at rantburg.com)
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To: hawaiianninja; Revolting cat!
And it's this music video, "Bar Bar Bar" that is running red-hot on the internet."


18 posted on 08/29/2013 1:22:03 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: hawaiianninja; Revolting cat!
And it's this music video, "Bar Bar Bar" that is running red-hot on the internet."

It's been done before.


19 posted on 08/29/2013 1:22:30 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: hawaiianninja

I got yellow fever.

Specially that lighter brunette.

Don’t know how she does this cute routine and sexy at the same time but, she is a hottie...


20 posted on 08/29/2013 1:59:40 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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