Over the years SEVENTEEN have proven they can handle a wide variety of sounds, both as a group and through their unit and solo releases, and they’ve relatively quietly become …
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After listening to “Predator” by Highlight‘s Lee Gi Kwang for the past two days trying to decide exactly how I felt about it, I surprisingly found myself more frustrated than …
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Some legitimate bops have come from popular musicians teaming up with brands to release a song, so NewJeans joining with Coca-Cola/Coke Zero for a single didn’t faze me at all. …
Read More »Quick Reviews: BLACKPINK’s Jisoo goes through the motions on dull solo debut, “FLOWER”
Accurate reaction of the day. Figure that people will want to discuss the solo debut of BLACKPINK‘s Jisoo, but I’m going to put as much effort into this post as …
Read More »Quick Reviews: IVE try something different with “Kitsch”
The good news is that “Kitsch” is just a pre-release track for IVE‘s first album I’ve IVE, so the single is yet to come. The bad news is that it …
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Yeah yeah, I’ve already seen pockets of comments here and there saying they’re tired of the retro stuff and synth-pop in particular, but I don’t care whether it’s a trend …
Read More »Quick Reviews: NMIXX drop le epic ‘Frère Jacques’ remix for “Young Dumb Stupid” pre-release
NMIXX has had a rather odd existence in their short careers thus far. Their songs have been infamous for JYP Entertainment making them do this highlight-medley-except-make-it-one-song concept that’s been terrible …
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STAYC‘s careers got off to a great start, with their fandom and recognition quickly growing, setting them up to potentially be the next mid-tier company* group to reach the upper …
Read More »Quick Reviews: VIVIZ return with funky “Pull Up” that includes “U-Go-Girl” brass
VIVIZ has started off their existence with a string of perfectly cromulent pop songs, stuff that’s better than the average release but also missing that one hooky, melodic element that …
Read More »Quick Reviews: NCT 127’s vision on “Ay-Yo” is intriguing but progression issues are limiting
NCT 127 are such an extreme group for me, vacillating between ahead-of-trend bops and absolute noise pollution. So naturally I was excited for the release of “Ay-Yo“, which I think …
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