Wow, stuff spreads fast. Here’s the video for Anyband. (It’s hard to believe this is essentially just supposed to be an extended commercial. Seriously, branded entertainment has made the leap to the next level.)

 
…and here are the two songs (sigh, I love Tablo). Despite not generally favoring mainstream kpop, I think I like. Interesting how you get four completely different artists, and you can hear all of them within the songs, rockin’ their own thang.

SONG(s) OF THE DAY

“Anyband” aka Boa, Tablo, Xiah Junsu, Jin Bora – “TPL (Talk Play Love)”
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“Anyband” – “Promise You”
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Cell phone company Anycall’s highly successful “Any” series of ads — Anystar, Anymotion, Anyclub — is out with a new project. (The “any” refers to an inclusive, “anyone can be a star!” kind of motto.) And this time, they’re doing it without the face of their three highly successful prior campaigns, poptart superstar and failed actress Lee Hyori.

The fourth segment in the “Any” series comes in the form of the recently announced “Anyband” project group, made up of kpop (and jpop) idol Boa, Epik High’s rapper-songwriter Tablo, jazz pianist Jin Bora, and Xiah Junsu from boyband Dong Bang Shin Ki. (Tablo joked at the press conference, “I’m the ugliest member!” Aw.)

 
With that mix of artists, it’ll be interesting seeing what Anyband comes up with. Even if they do it without Anycall’s queen bee Hyori.

Watch Anycall’s music-video-commercial-ad hybrids >>

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