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Aespa debut with the simmering Black Mamba

Look it’s been a minute…and with the year we have had…lol.

Anyway let’s talk about Aespa.

Aespa is SM’s new girlgroup, coming six years after Red Velvet. Not to stir the pot, but there are an unfortunate amount of similarities in both group’s debuts. Ultimately my biggest focus is that a lot of…energy is being put into Aespa and not in the best way. Similarly Red Velvet dealt with the same…

The last post of 2019

As I sit typing this (10:30 PM EST), the decade is coming to a close and I am feeling…a way. I started this blog as a way to sort of write my feelings about K pop songs and be a reviewer. I liked hearing my own thoughts so why not. Before that I had started transitioning into a media reviewer blog via tumblr. People at one point had started sending me artist to look into and I loved it. With K…

Queendom Performances (first round)

So…I am going to pretend I have been here all year. Yeah.

MNet loves mess, so they have decided to produce (lol) a show where they have female idol acts compete. It is a mix of older acts (Bom, AoA, and Mamamoo) and relatively younger acts (Lovelyz, Oh My Girl and G-Idle). The show allows for the groups to sort of showcase themselves while competing.

Round 1: Intro performances

I’m…

Apink strike with tempered %%

The theme for 2018 was transformation and growth. Some groups did it. And some did not. One group that took to the challenge was Apink, a veteran group who may be one of the last of their era soon. Apink have always been known for their cute concept even well into their adult years (though I argue that they have tangled with maturer concepts before, but still within the realm of their brand). Now…

WJSN teeter a line between complex and overdone with La La Love

A lot of groups have went through some changes in 2019, for better or worse. One group who has made a leap into a new outlook is Starship’s Cosmic Girls (also known as WJSN). After the whirlwind that was Dreams Come True, the group lost three members (temporarily) and revamped their look and sound for a darker moodier effort in Save Me Save You. Now they have returned in early 2019 to show that…

Oneus start strong with Valkyrie

RBW Entertainment have debuted a new boygroup called ONEUS. There isn’t much to say at this point, so let’s get into it.

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Gotta Go is a slow build for Chung Ha

Chung Ha rose to prominence in the survival group ioi, and struck solo immediately after the temporary group dissolved. Since then she has pretty much become the most successful in terms of music, with most of her songs becoming some form of a hit. With each release she stuck with the same bright fun made for summer lightness which she was able to dance over. After three variations of that, Chung…

Luna’s Even So is a quiet but likable effort+ Review of single album

Happy new year! Welcome to 2019, where I will attempt…once again…to write as much as possible and never do. But like always a strong start is necessary for a dissapointing fall. So let us get to reviewing!

Luna is quite possibly one of SM’s STRONGESTtalents. A beautiful voice with the skills to engage on stage. Luna has all of what it takes to stand on stage. However in the game of the music…

My Favorite songs of 2018: 1-5

And here we are with the top five songs that I have loved through 2018! This year has been really nice. I did think it was slow at first, but after doing this list, and having to debate songs, I found that there were far more songs that I anticipated!

Before we begin!

Unfortunately I did not hold up my end on listening to more boy groups for 2019. I kind of just forgot…my bad.

I did not…

My Top 20 Songs of 2018: 10-6

We are back for the next five songs! This year has been an absolute blast for me musically, and I think it is always good to just…review it.

Remember!

Unfortunately I did not hold up my end on listening to more boy groups for 2019. I kind of just forgot…my bad.

I did not listen to many albums this year…I got bored with many groups, so the variety is really lacking beyond title songs.

This…

My Top 20 songs of 2018: 15-11

We have made it to day 2! I hope you had a great Christmas day (whether that be spent opening presents, or surviving family).

Unfortunately I did not hold up my end on listening to more boy groups for 2019. I kind of just forgot…my bad.

I did not listen to many albums this year…I got bored with many groups, so the variety is really lacking beyond title songs.

This entire list is a mess…we gonna…

My Top 20 songs of 2018: 20-16

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! It is that time of year again! It is time to lament on the songs that had me moving around for the year of 2018!

Before we start here are some things

Unfortunately I did not hold up my end on listening to more boy groups for 2019. I kind of just forgot…my bad.

I did not listen to many albums this year…I got bored with many groups, so the variety is really…

A prelude to My favorite list

The year is almost over with just a month and some change left. This means that I will be bringing back my favorite 20 songs of the year!!!!

I want to start off by saying that this year I somewhat closed myself off and did not listen to as many people as I wanted to. However I managed to configure a list of 20 so I don’t care. 

Along with this list I will be doing small curated list for the…

IZ*One start off on a good note with La Vie En Rose

IZ*ONE is the third Korean group in the now running survival talent show Produce 101. Their season was titled Produce48 as it was special in allowing already active idols of the AKB48 system that is popular in Japan. By the end of the series there was enough uproar about who and who didn’t make the group. Which of course is typical for these kind of shows (same thing has happened in literally…

2018 Review Rush: Hyolyn’s Set Up series (To Do List and Dally)

Hyolyn(also known as Hyorin formerly of Sistar), has used 2018 to really kind of work on herself and her career. Business wise, she decided to skip out on finding a new agency to house her career. Instead she became a independent act and started her own company Bridge (it is Romanized differently). While Sistar’s last release was…actually around this time last year…Hyolyn spent her time getting…

2018 Review Rush: WJSN’s Dreams Come True

I’m not going to lie or sugarcoat this: of all the groups that I keep track of, WJSN really left me  disappointed the most. After such a potentially definitive moment that Secretcreated (the group was able to introduce 13th member and ioi elite Yeonjeung into the fold almost seamlessly on a space vibe pop ballad), the group managed to actually fumble the ball with Tell Me Why. Tell Me Why managed…

2018 Review Rush: Fromis_9 Debut with To Heart+ DKDK (Second Single)

Fromis (_9)are the result of yet another survival show titled Idol School (hence the name From…I(dol) S(chool). When the show came out I swore against it like I did both Produce 101 and whatever ilk spawned beyond that. Unfortunately I ended up getting invested in the show and some of the contestants (many of my choices NOT making the group), but now I am invested in the group as well. Needless…