Jooheon of Monsta X will be releasing a mixtape soon, and “Rhythm” is the pre-release track that’s supposed to whet our appetites for what’s to come. It took me a …
Read More »Red Velvet end up regressing musically & visually with “Rookie”
Red Velvet have come back with “Rookie,” which ends up as an odd effort at this stage in their careers. Red Velvet have always been a bit hit or miss …
Read More »“Cave Me In” collab by Gallant, Tablo, Eric Nam shows potential of crossover done right
Gallant, Tablo, and Eric Nam teamed up for a crossover collaboration on “Cave Me In” and showed the potential of these ventures when things go oh so right. Despite the …
Read More »Suzy surprises with “Yes No Maybe” debut and gets her Wong Kar Wai aesthetic on
Following her pre-release with “Pretend“, which I didn’t like, Suzy‘s solo debut has finally dropped with “Yes No Maybe” and it’s a massive improvement. Suzy surprised me with her performance …
Read More »I.O.I release “Downpour”, a sad song about their sad disbandment that will make everyone sad
I.O.I has, for better or for worst, made an indelible impact on 2016-2017. They were the product of the people and have satisfied the people in varying degrees, and “Downpour” …
Read More »Happiness experiments with rap/rock sound on “Rewind” and hits more than misses
Following FLOWER experimenting with their sound on “Monochrome“, Happiness went ahead and also did the same, going with a rap/rock heavy release on “Rewind“. The rapping was more like fast …
Read More »Suzy celebrating the popularity of “Pretend” is about the only good part of it
In what will probably come as a shocker to nobody, I didn’t care for Suzy‘s “Pretend” a whole lot. I mean, at least it’s a pre-release I guess, but its …
Read More »LOONA units Heejin/Hyunjin & Haseul/Yeojin drop light & fun “My Sunday” & “My Melody”
Because LOONA‘s company is nuts, there were two other music videos released in addition to the debut of Yeojin with “Kiss Later“. The two songs were essentially the same (different …
Read More »I (Cha Yoon Ji) tries the BoA route on “I Wish”, is betrayed by basic production
Cha Yoon Ji, who has an international unfriendly name of I, has debuted with “I Wish” featuring Tiger JK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80JpKzM5Mns The sister of B1A4 member Baro, you’ve likely heard the …
Read More »“KBB” unites Dumbfoundead, Lyricks, Microdot, Jessi on a fire hip-hop collab
Jessi, Dumbfoundead, Lyricks, and Microdot got together for a mostly English collab on “KBB“, which stands for ‘Kai Bai Bo’ or ‘Rock Paper Scissors’. “KBB” is also an undeniably powerful-sounding …
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