Category: Song Review
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Song Review: Popcorn – Doh Kyung Soo (D.O)
Kyungsoo’s first release outside of SM entertainment is pleasant yet somewhat emotional charged piece of music that improves upon his past solo work.
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Song Review: Bubble Gum – NewJeans
NewJeans come back with ‘Bubble Gum’ that seems to not stack up against the rest of their discography.
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Song Review: SWEAT – ZEROBASEONE
ZEROBASEONE maintains their record of hits. though ‘SWEAT’ takes a slightly different approach from their proceeders.
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Song Review: HEYA – IVE
IVE has had a strong run of title tracks up until their first full album 6 months ago where while the amount of title tracks certainly increased, (1 to 3!) the quality invariably diminished. It is a true shame, honestly. ‘Either Way’, ‘Off the Record’, and ‘Baddie’ are all quite decent, but they simply don’t…
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Album Review: RIIZING – RIIZE
RIIZE’s first mini-album does not fail to impress, drawing upon nostalgia with an unprecedented sense of authenticity intertwined in almost every song.
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Song Review: UNTOUCHABLE by ITZY
It has been a while since ITZY’s last album, and in the wake of a series of comebacks that have disappointed fans- to the point of calling ITZY a ‘flop’ group, it was about time for JYP to really give them something that most people would love. While I did relatively enjoy some of previous…
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Song Review: Love 119 – RIIZE
RIIZE has had an incredible debut year. ‘Get A Guitar’ cements itself as not only one of my favourite K-pop songs of 2023, but of all time. ‘Memories’ has a chorus for the ages, and ‘Talk Saxy’ has its unique charm. All of the songs were featured in my series of posts titled: Top 100…
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Song Review: LIP GLOSS by The Boyz
Ultimately, while LIP GLOSS possesses many addicting qualities, the vocal delivery negatively affects the final product.
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Song Review: WE GO by The Wind
Right off the bat, ‘WE GO’ is unquestionably one of the best K-pop songs of 2023. The Wind does it again.
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Song Review: Summer Vacation by The Wind
If not for the weaker opening verse, ‘Summer Vacation’ might as well be the perfect summer song.
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