Been here a couple of times over the past year. For those who are used to bar (open mic) karaoke, this is a bit different. This is the kind of joint where you bring a group of friends and rent out an actual room by the hour where you can belt out tunes with each other. The rooms can comfortably seat small groups (3-5). Think of it like renting out a private living room couch and coffee table. There's a system with a touch video monitor in the corner where you can search and choose songs, and you get a couple of wireless mics. The speakers are bangin' and the videos are played on a large screen so it's easy for anyone to sing along. There are some accent furnishings and disco-ball lighting.
The staff are super courteous and chill. There are drinks available. Not a huge selection, but enough to have a good time. Yeah, you can try sneaking in your own, but it's a jerk move. These kinds of places are rare, and I think that the overall experience is worth supporting them by buying what they have.
As far as the music, it looks like there's a ton of J-pop and K-pop, but I will echo another review in saying that their selection of US tunes is a bit wonky. Additionally, the database that they have is difficult to search. There are multiple ways to do searches, and there is a good chance that a song you might randomly stumble upon while looking for something else would not be directly searchable with any of the key words, artists, or other criteria that you'd try to enter into the search bar.
Don't expect for their US selection to be like searching youtube. There are a lot of hot tunes, but there are also many artists that are totally missing, or you might find a group you like and then find that all the available tracks are super obscure ones.
Some of the videos are the official music videos, but then you'll also see some randomly generated ones which can be a bit comical depending on the song. For example, think of some Euro stock 90's footage of some blonde model, strolling along a river front and turning to look contemplatively at the horizon, then some shots of river tour boats, to something like Talking in Your Sleep by The Romantics.
Despite the misgivings, it's DEFINITELY worth a try, especially if you've considered bar karaoke but been put off by the idea of singing to a bunch of randos. It's way easier to belt it out like you might in the shower or the car when you're just with a small group of friends, and that's really what it's about: Having crazy fun singing well (or horribly) along with your ride-or-dies. Both times that I've been there, time flew by quick and we got out of there late, more because we knew it was getting late than because we actually wanted to hang up the mic.
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