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Song Review: Firework by &TEAM
Technically, &TEAM is not a K-pop group, but because of their almost ambiguous nature thanks to the origin of some of their members and their connection to ENHYPEN, I’ll let them through (lol). More importantly, I believe that ‘Firework’ is easily the best HYBE boy group title track released in the last year so it…
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Song Review: Wild Heart by LUN8
LUN8 is fantiago’s new boy group since ASTRO. Having loved a lot of ASTRO’s music, especially from their earlier years, I eyed the group with some mild expectations. Additionally, one of the contestants from I-Land, Noh Sungchul, was previously announced as a member, so there was another factor that made me quite interested. Even so,…
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Two Song Reviews: ‘Knock’ and ‘I don’t wanna know’ by Lee Chaeyeon
Lee Chaeyeon’s run in the K-pop industry has been nothing short of trials and tribulations. From joining K-pop star at 11 with her sister, to competing at SIXTEEN (the survival show that birthed TWICE) only to get eliminated early, later leaving JYP entertainment in order to ensure her sister can make her debut in ITZY,…
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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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Reviewing Boys Planet Original Songs
This is really quite a late post, considering how Boys Planet ended more than a month ago, but I really do with to give some spotlight to the songs composed for the show as I believe that many of them are quite worth listening to. A few make up my favorite songs of the year…
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Song Review: Allergy by (G)I-DLE
I was much more taken with the pre-release ‘Allergy’ at first listen than I was with ‘Queencard’. Acting as a prequel for the latter, ‘Allergy’ takes a more sentimental tone that attempts to appeal to people worldwide struggling with their insecurities, hence becoming ‘allergic’ to the mirror as a result. The insecurities were shown to…
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Song Review: Queencard by (G)I-DLE
I will admit, when I first listened to Queencard, I had many doubts. There were certainly many things to commend, most notably its exciting and hard-hitting production echoing the grit and attitude of ‘Tomboy’, which had been a massive hit last year. On the other hand, its chanty chorus and questionable English lyrics were an…
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Group Review: CRAVITY, TREASURE, Seulgi (Red Velvet), Kingdom, Stray Kids
It seems that no matter how much work I get done, school simply does not give me a break. Hence, I will be sticking to this ‘group’ style reviews in the future, despite the fact that in-depth breakdowns are what I enjoy the most. However, if I feel that the song really deserves more than…
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September Monthly Round-up: BLACKPINK, NCT127, The Rose, NMIXX, RoaDB, Lapillus, Tempest, ENHYPEN, JayB (GOT7), Jun (Seventeen), Huh Yunjin (Le Sserafim)
Find out which K-pop songs I had enjoyed the most this September!
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