Wonder girls and big bang go head-to-head with new albums - Flush Mounted Outlet

Wonder Girls and Big Bang dominated the music charts after therelease of their new albums on Sunday, proving their firm hold onthe K-pop music scene. Wonder Girls returned with "Wonder Party,"filled with playful and cheerful songs including "Like This" andfive other new songs. Big Bang unveiled a special edition album with five new songs,including powerful title track "Monster" and four other songsreleased previously and made into different versions including"Still Alive" and "Fantastic Baby." So far, Big Bang has been in the lead with two to three of theirsongs topping major music charts on Monday while Wonder Girls onlyhad their title song ranked second or third place in the charts. On YouTube, Big Bang's "Monster" achieved more than 3 million viewsin a day, the highest viewership recorded in such a short period inK-pop history, according to YG Entertainment. Wonder Girls' "Like this" has been watched by more than 1.3 millionviewers a day on YouTube. Conference Table Connection Box

With the simultaneous release of two albums, fans are busycommenting on their favorite songs and group. "(I prefer) 'Monster.' I also like Wonder Girls' 'Like this.' Ithink it's going to be big in Korea since it's catchy and has somecrazy dance. I feel like their song is definitely for summer,"wrote Chachii on the Yahoo! Answer board. Wonder Girls' album came seven months after "Be My Baby," anotherretro concept song. The new title song "Like this" departs from this retro sound. Flush Mounted Outlet

Basedon powerful hip hop beats combined with electronica, the songevokes parties on summer nights. The new album features songs that better express the uniquecharacteristics of the group members as they composed and wrotelyrics to some of the songs, according to JYP Entertainment. Yeeun wrote "R.E.A.L" and "Girl Friend" and Yubin made her debut asa lyricist with "Hey Boy." Big Bang successfully topped the local music charts on Mondaymorning despite the fact that they are not promoting the new albumdirectly in Korea as they are on a concert tour in Japan. The title song's emotional melody line appeals to fans who weredrawn to the addictive melodies in "Lie" and "Blue." "I have to say I prefer Big Bang's music video more, not justbecause I like Big Bang more but because this song felt like it hadmore of an emotional value to it and I could actually connect toit," wrote Jenny on the Yahoo! Answers bulletin. Desk Pop Up Outlet

Big Bang's music video was made in collaboration with Hyundai Card.The card company covered some of the production costs andparticipated in the design for the album cover. The movie-like music video reinterprets the character of eachmember of the group into a "monster" who talks to his lovers thathave turned away from him. The special edition album includes "FEELING," produced togetherwith world renowned German DJ Boys Noize, "Bingle Bingle" createdby G-Dragon and Teddy, a producer of YG Entertainment, and "Ego,"which tells of the feelings of a man in love.