Category: Song Review
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Song Review: Island by The Wind
I have been contemplating whether I should write about this song or not, but I think I have come back to it enough times despite some initial misgivings to be worth writing about. I did not think there would ever be some sort of male GFRIEND to debut in the industry, but I suppose the…
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Song Review: S-Class by Stray Kids
At the moment, Stray Kids have unofficially taken the title of being the most popular 4th Generation boy group in K-pop, even making history by breaking the record for the highest number of pre-orders of any K-pop album. Did it live up to its hype? In my opinion, to an extent. If there is one…
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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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Song Review: I AM by IVE
Thanks to their startlingly consistent run of high-quality singles, IVE faced very high expectations from K-pop fans to deliver an outstanding full album. Their full album I’VE IVE is led by the title track ‘I AM’, which gives Key’s ‘Killer‘ and Boys Planet’s ‘Jelly Pop‘ a run for their money as my personal SOTY. These…
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Album Review: DARK BLOOD by ENHYPEN
ENHYPEN was my number 1 ultimate group for the past 3 years. They were my introduction to K-pop- it was their album that was the first album I’ve ever bought, the first survival show I watched, first K-pop variety content I tuned into, first- well you get the idea. Their albums and title tracks have…
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The Curious Case of NewJeans’ ‘Zero’ – A K-pop commercial song done right?
Released as a commercial song for Coca Cola, ‘Zero’ divided K-pop fans immensely upon its release. This was mainly because of its polarizing chorus, which is essentially a repeated chant of the phrases, ‘Coca Cola mashita’ and ‘See you look and catch it, here is my Cola’. What triggered the majority of the criticisms online…
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Reviewing BOYNEXTDOOR’s Debut Album WHO!
BOYNEXTDOOR is a new boy group from HYBE under KOZ Entertainment owned by BLOCK B member and soloist Zico. This comes with extremely high expectations. From its teasers, BOYNEXTDOOR promised to be a fresh air amidst the current boy group landscape. But did it live up to its hype? But I Like You At 2…
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Song Review: Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife by Le Sserafim
At first listen, I knew that this song was going straight up to one of my favorites of the year. I’ve seen other people mention that this kind of music has been done in the past and better, but this is the first time I’ve heard of anything that sounds like ‘Eve’. Perhaps it can…
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Song Review: UNFORGIVEN (ft. Nile Rogers) by Le Sserafim
I’ll admit, I had high hopes for this comeback. I am a massive fan of their last title-track, ‘Antifragile’, and even though ‘UNFORGIVEN’ indeed took notes in the creation of the latter, the product becomes much weaker than expected, leaving feeling me painfully hollow. The main problem with UNFORGIVEN is the fact that it fails…
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Song Review: Welcome To MY World by aespa (Feat. naevis)
It would not be an exaggeration to say that I haven’t heard song that quite sounds like ‘Welcome To MY World’. In the case of this song, it is a huge compliment. I am a huge fan of the atmosphere created through the production which is strengthened by the carefully chosen chords of the vocal…
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