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Week of May 13, 2013
Two songs enter, but only one will be crowned this week's most awesome new track, as voted by you. The champion's spoils? Gobs of Popdust love, a sparkly championship belt (metaphorical only) and the right to go on and face a fierce new challenger - next week.
T-ARA N4
Countryside Life
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THEY ARE: A four-member subgroup of Korean girl group T-ara, who are flipping the K-Pop script on its head by going bigger and bolder in the wake of a scandal-filled 2012.
THE SONG: Faced with a plethora of haters, T-ara N4 did what any self-respecting pop stars would do: Release a diss song so catchy the angry netizens would have no choice but to fall in line. "Why you hating" indeed.
PERFUME
Magic of Love
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THEY ARE: A trio of J-Pop veterans, Aa-chan, Kashiyuka and Nocchi have spent the last decade reinventing themselves with different sounds. Right now they're in a bright and bubbly electropop phase, releasing music that wouldn't sound out of place in a Nintendo game.
THE SONG: After an abortive attempt to go in a kid-friendly direction, Perfume returns to their Perfume gets back to their dance-pop wheelhouse with "Magic of Love." If Kylie Minogue moved to Tokyo, this is the music she would make.
