2012 Round-up

2012 looks to be a very promising year in the world music scene. In January, Japan's Koda Kumi released her 10th studio album, "Japonesque" along with a music video for just about every song on the album. Her "Driving Hit's 4" album was also released on the 14th of March. So far 2012 has been a very big year for the songstress as she has also annouced her engagement to BACK-On's KENJI03.

Koda Kumi "Boom Boom Boys"

Also on March 14th, the Korean duo TVXQ (Tohoshinki) released their Japanese single, "Still".

TVXQ "Still

On March 7th, Russia selected their representatives for the annual Eurovision contest, which will be held in May) and their selection may be a surprise. Out of 25 acts competing- including the ever popular duet between Dima Bilan & Julia Volkova, a group of 6 elderly women called Buranovskiye Babushki won over the favorites.

Buranovskiye Babushki "Party For Everybody"

Dima Bilan & Julia Volkova "Back to Her Future"

....Who's you favorite?

Korean group Big Bang released their comback album, Alive on Feb. 29 and was very well recieved by fans- oh yeah, it was a big deal! Big Bang is always a big deal. First released was their music video for "Blue", for which they recieved 2 gold medals on Youtube and soon afterwards the music video for "Bad Boy", followed by "Fantastic Baby" were released.

Big Bang "Fantastic Baby"

So there is a new  They have actually been lingering around for a while but recently have seen an increase in recognition. They have a really cool electronic/dance sound and tend to experiment with different sounds in their music. They recently performed with AZIATIX (I Love, Love, LOOVE AZIATIX!!) during their US tour, their lead singer, Enik Lin, released his first single "Into the Sun" and the group has released a new music video for their song, "Schizophrenia".  I am definately going to continue following this group.

IAMMEDIC "Schizophrenia"

Enik Lin "Into the Sun