It's all about the voice.
Today's gif:
Hey, AKBrewfan, who is that?
Meet Ailee. Ailee is just a New Jersey kid who put a few videos up on Youtube then went to Korea and made good.
I don't have a handle on how common that kind of story is in K-Pop (a number of groups have members who grew up in the US, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, and there are a few solo artists, too.) I find it pretty amazing.
Anyways, Ailee can sing. Ailee can sing really, really well.
But are any of her songs, like, good?
Yup. I think you've gotten the point by now that she's got a great voice, and she's released a few up-tempo, catchy, brassy songs that I really enjoy.
But first...
I Will Always Love You - It's probably endorsement enough of Ailee's voice to say that she sang I Will Always Love You on Immortal Songs and it was a good choice. (BTW, the gif is from this video, but it's not the one I would have chosen, but her music videos seem to be preventing gif-ing, at least on Imgur).
U & I - It's brassy and full of attitude. I love it.
Don't Touch Me - As you can tell, I like Ailee songs that let her belt it out and throw a ton of sass at you. Like this one.