as the poets say

yeah i drive the truck that isekais all those lonely 20yo NEETs and bored salarymen. it’s a really hard job. they keep sending me to workplace counselling after each hit. “it’s normal to feel guilt at ending someone’s life,” they say. how do i tell them that’s not what makes me feel guilty? “but it’s okay. he’ll live a better life in another world.” yeah, with 100 girls who could have lived normal lives but got drafted into being in these boring dudes’ harems. how many women’s lives have i ruined. and they don’t even know. they don’t even know

riize album drop dayyyyyy now that im home and at my laptop i can do a proper listen. tho i fear my first impression on the bus this morning was. hm.

soar: thought i was gonna really really love this based on the preview bc i adore when sohee gets to sing his lungs out and the boys lean into being more melodic. chorus is absolutely beautiful but raps are not well integrated which took a lot away from my enjoyment. i hate the way the music pulls away from the melody nearly every time someone starts rapping its so jarring like i promise you can integrate rap neatly and beautifully into a melodic song!!!!!!!!!! who is writing their raplines!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D-D-Done: YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER again, banger chorus and bridge and i don't even mind the rapping though theres hate in my heart at the 'wassuppppp' bit. so fun and energetic and frankly i think will have better staying power than DYD. wish it was longer!!!!

Like a Bomb: ok i really like this one too. i love when they sing abouot love and this was very like? bright? almost cute? somehow also lowkey. idk i really like this one. def could jam out to it. sohee sounds so at home with this one. i can't wait for the performance version to drop at some point bc i feel like it'll be very fun!! riize core to me

In a Loop: to me, riize is very fresh and clean in their music and that's the draw to me. like they can do various genres, but unless there's that particular crispness to the song, it doesn't feel like riize. this feels like riize. love song core, a little bit cute, youthful and bright, leaning into the vocals of everyone, lots of layering, all sections feel incredibly cohesive. i think d-d-done is still my favorite but this one is up there. thank god bc i was really worried with the first two tracks...

riize album drop dayyyyyy now that im home and at my laptop i can do a proper listen. tho i fear my first impression on the bus this morning was. hm.

soar: thought i was gonna really really love this based on the preview bc i adore when sohee gets to sing his lungs out and the boys lean into being more melodic. chorus is absolutely beautiful but raps are not well integrated which took a lot away from my enjoyment. i hate the way the music pulls away from the melody nearly every time someone starts rapping its so jarring like i promise you can integrate rap neatly and beautifully into a melodic song!!!!!!!!!! who is writing their raplines!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D-D-Done: YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER again, banger chorus and bridge and i don't even mind the rapping though theres hate in my heart at the 'wassuppppp' bit. so fun and energetic and frankly i think will have better staying power than DYD. wish it was longer!!!!

Like a Bomb: ok i really like this one too. i love when they sing abouot love and this was very like? bright? almost cute? somehow also lowkey. idk i really like this one. def could jam out to it. sohee sounds so at home with this one. i can't wait for the performance version to drop at some point bc i feel like it'll be very fun!! riize core to me

riize album drop dayyyyyy now that im home and at my laptop i can do a proper listen. tho i fear my first impression on the bus this morning was. hm.

soar: thought i was gonna really really love this based on the preview bc i adore when sohee gets to sing his lungs out and the boys lean into being more melodic. chorus is absolutely beautiful but raps are not well integrated which took a lot away from my enjoyment. i hate the way the music pulls away from the melody nearly every time someone starts rapping its so jarring like i promise you can integrate rap neatly and beautifully into a melodic song!!!!!!!!!! who is writing their raplines!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D-D-Done: YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER again, banger chorus and bridge and i don't even mind the rapping though theres hate in my heart at the 'wassuppppp' bit. so fun and energetic and frankly i think will have better staying power than DYD. wish it was longer!!!!

riize album drop dayyyyyy now that im home and at my laptop i can do a proper listen. tho i fear my first impression on the bus this morning was. hm.

soar: thought i was gonna really really love this based on the preview bc i adore when sohee gets to sing his lungs out and the boys lean into being more melodic. chorus is absolutely beautiful but raps are not well integrated which took a lot away from my enjoyment. i hate the way the music pulls away from the melody nearly every time someone starts rapping its so jarring like i promise you can integrate rap neatly and beautifully into a melodic song!!!!!!!!!! who is writing their raplines!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D-D-Done: YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER YOU AND I WILL LAST FOREVER again, banger chorus and bridge and i don't even mind the rapping though theres hate in my heart at the 'wassuppppp' bit. so fun and energetic and frankly i think will have better staying power than DYD. wish it was longer!!!!

riize album drop dayyyyyy now that im home and at my laptop i can do a proper listen. tho i fear my first impression on the bus this morning was. hm.

soar: thought i was gonna really really love this based on the preview bc i adore when sohee gets to sing his lungs out and the boys lean into being more melodic. chorus is absolutely beautiful but raps are not well integrated which took a lot away from my enjoyment. i hate the way the music pulls away from the melody nearly every time someone starts rapping its so jarring like i promise you can integrate rap neatly and beautifully into a melodic song!!!!!!!!!! who is writing their raplines!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think one of the most insidious things about our current era of patriarchy is how much we are bombarded with women who appear to choose their own objectification, enjoying their own objectification and selling it as confidence and fun. The message being that any discomfort with patriarchy is prudish and unfeminine and underconfident. That this discomfort must come from our own ugliness and shame, something to hide and be insecure about, and that criticism of objectification is criticism of women ourselves. That we’re jealous and mean. Men are almost completely taken out of the picture- as executives, as photographers, as directors and consumers of our bodies and sexuality. The objectification of women is done by women, to women, and any repercussions will fall onto women. We are entirely self contained whilst men are free to watch from outside and consume our sexuality regardless.

riize album drop dayyyyyy now that im home and at my laptop i can do a proper listen. tho i fear my first impression on the bus this morning was. hm.

soar: thought i was gonna really really love this based on the preview bc i adore when sohee gets to sing his lungs out and the boys lean into being more melodic. chorus is absolutely beautiful but raps are not well integrated which took a lot away from my enjoyment. i hate the way the music pulls away from the melody nearly every time someone starts rapping its so jarring like i promise you can integrate rap neatly and beautifully into a melodic song!!!!!!!!!! who is writing their raplines!!!!!!!!!!!!!