The Performance Covers Youtube Round-Up – 3/29/12

It’s early Thursday here on the East, but it seemed just as good a time as any for another round-up batch. Today’s common denominator is that all of these videos are performance clips. Now that does’t necessarily mean each of these was shot in front of an audience, although some were; rather it simply means there is no lip-sync involved. The audios are comprised of a single take, though some of the the video footage is via multi-camera set-ups. That being said, you have an assortment of performance stages ranging from a bedroom to a full-scale live audience. Just for good measure, we’ve thrown in a clip that blew us away from a Korean singing competition. Check it out at the end, you won’t regret it!

Ailee Covers “The Greatest Love of All” by Whitney Houston

Clara C x Jayesslee Cover “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder

Cathy Nguyen x DANakaDAN & Friends Cover “Unthinkable” by Alicia Keys

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Passport: Ailee Debuts MV for “Heaven”

And here it is. The official debut single and video for the “Girl From Around the Way”, rookie Korean pop star by way of New Jersey, Amy “Ailee” Lee. We’ve seen her blossom from a talented teenage powerhouse from TnB (pre-MUzO) to a bonafide star and we couldn’t be happier for the girl. Let’s hope her career has the longevity it deserves and that she’ll make her way back to the domestic market soon, congrats Ailee!

Passport: Ailee Prepares to Unveil “Heaven”

We’re not a K-Pop blog, but when we see one of our artists make headway in any music industry, whether it be domestically or abroad, we can’t help but be excited. So you’ll have to excuse us if we sound overly enthusiastic to announce that New Jersey’s own Ailee is finally about to release her debut single since getting signed in Korea and dropping jaws with her talent last fall. The song is called Heaven, and below you will find the MV teaser. It’s set to drop February 9th, and although it’s only a 30 second clip, we’re more than optimistic about this release.

Two Cents: GT’s Top 10 Performance Clips from 2011

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OK. One week down in 2012, and 51 one left to go! We’re continuing our 2011 countdown series with a recap of my top 10 favorite performance clips from last year. The criteria for this list came down to a … Continue reading 

Passport: Ailee Cast in South Korea’s “Dream High 2″ Drama Series

It’s been revealed that the budding KPOP via way of Jersey, Ailee, has joined the cast of Dream High 2 – the follow up to the popular teen drama series in South Korea. The show is notable for casting popular singers and musicians as main characters and the second iteration is set to debut in late January of next year. The R&B/Pop singer has received a ton of interest ever since her appearance on a televised singing competition earlier this year.

Source: AKP

Passport: Ailee Features on Wheesung’s “놈들이 온다 (Here They Come)”

By know, you all should know that Ailee has been working hard oversees, training with K-Pop veteran Wheesung and overall making one heck of an impression. But here’s yet further evidence of her progression in her motherland, with this prominent feature on Wheesung’s latest single “놈들이 온다” (Here They Come). She may be singing back up and guest featuring for now, but we have little doubt on our mind before she’s making huge headlines of her own. Thanks to our sister site, BumpThis for sharing!

Passport: Ailee Destroys the Competition on Korean Music Show

Oof. I’m sure you knew Ailee could sing but have you ever seen her do it on a national television program that was broadcast to millions? Because that’s exactly what happened on a South Korean TV segment called ‘Singer & Trainee’ where she teamed up with veteran R&B singer Wheesung – whom even he was out-sung by her to be quite frank. In fact, she quickly became one of the top searches in Korean search engines after the show aired. Think ‘Singer & Trainee’ as something vaguely similar to the premise of NBC’s The Voice. Anyway, I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from the girl! We were happy to know she was making moves over there, now we’re elated to hear and see it too.

Source: AKP

[edit] We’ve got another clip from the show, this time of Ailee singing Halo… and making it look too easy!

Just ‘Cause: LX Keem’s Fan MV for Decipher x Ailee’s “Catch Me If You Can”

Dumb isn’t the only artist with creative fans that like to whip up their renditions of music videos. You may recall at the top of the year when we shared a little interlude video made by LX Keem set to Decipher & Ailee‘s “Catch Me If You Can“. Well now that De dropped The Sound Effect it’s become a lot easier to remix his last album and that’s precisely what LX did. He’s returned with a full-blown production including a newly completed remix along with a sick accompanying mash-up/machinima music video. Someone needs to book LX for their next audio & visuals.

Ailee Reportedly Signs Deal in Korea

Details are a bit sparse at the moment but word coming out of the Asian peninsula of South Korea is that the very talented Ailee has signed some type of deal over there. She’s been abroad since last year and has been working hard to make inroads into the industry, and it looks like things may be looking up. No details as to what label or in what capacity but no matter a-Tunes extends a HUGE congratulations to her! It’s a well deserved milestone and just the start of great things to come.

Critic’s Corner: Decipher – The Effect

It’s been years since we’ve seen a full-length LP from Philadelphia rapper Decipher. Sure, we’ve seen a couple mixtapes from him along with a plethora of feature spots on other artists’ songs but those aren’t enough to truly gauge how an artist has evolved over time compared to an actual, conceptualized album. But this changed at the top of 2011, when Decipher dropped his long awaited return, The Effect. The MUzO artist did a good job of building anticipation for the album, but does it live up to the hype? We’re gonna find out.

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