Category: Hidden Gems
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Song Review: LOVE and FEAR – Xdinary Heroes
The latest single ‘LOVE and FEAR’ by Xdinary Heroes showcases their growth with dynamic soundscapes, captivating vocals, and intentional composition.
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Song Review: Cheeky Icy Thang – STAYC
I’m a pretty big fan of STAYC’s music. There has yet been a track from them which I outrightly dislike. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end- like their streak of good music. ‘Cheeky Icy Thang’ marks this point.
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Song Review: FUEGO by THE NEW SIX (TNX)
An excellent performance and thumping production distinguish ‘FUEGO’ from the many pastiches of the classic ‘noisy’ 4th gen boy group sound.
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Song Review: Kick It 4 Now by The New Six (TNX)
TNX’s last title track ‘Love Or Die’ deeply impressed me, only growing better with more listens. As it stands, it has a good shot at being my SOTY (song of the year). Hence, my expectations and excitement for ‘Kick it 4 Now’ were through the roof. Fortunately, ‘Kick It 4 Now’ met my expectations. While…
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Best of K-pop in 2023 so far (Jan-Feb)
The Best of K-pop in 2023 so far.
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Hidden Gem: Replay by Golden Child
Golden Child is one of those groups who are in a weird position, popularity-wise at least. They debuted in late 2017, during the transition phase between 3rd and 4th Gen. With the lack of ‘big famous’ groups that debuted in this period (for example, on the level of Seventeen, BTS, EXO, etc.) they somewhat faded…
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Hidden Gem: Pop? Pop! by CSR
In a K-pop landscape saturated with girl-crush songs, especially following the massive success of BLACKPINK, it has been a struggle to find songs that oppose the trend. This isn’t a dig at BLACKPINK, for I do genuinely enjoy their songs as well. It is just I’d rather have my ears listening to varied kinds of…
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Hidden Gem: be free by KB (OnlyOneOf)
OnlyOneOf has been one of those groups who have delivered great title tracks as a group quite consistently and reached their Magnus opus in their latest releases. The year’s Skinz and last year’s libidO have already cemented their place on my list of the best K-pop songs I’ve ever heard. I would highly recommend you…
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Song Review: Hypeboy by NewJeans
I was extremely impressed by Attention yesterday, so I very much looked forward to listening to Hypeboy. Thankfully, while I wasn’t as blown away as I was with Attention, Hypeboy doesn’t disappoint as a follow-up. I would not usually mention the song’s MV in my review, but the concept of NewJeans is too unique to…
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Song Review: Test Me by Xdinary Heroes
Today was packed with K-pop releases. HyunA, one of K-pop’s most charismatic soloists, made her comeback with Nabillera, but I wasn’t sold on the song’s weak hooks that seemed to ride on Hyuna’s presence to elevate it. There were 2 options left for me to review: Xdinary Heroes’ Test Me, or P1Harmony’s Doom Du Doom.…
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