Just A Little Fangirl Love

Release date: 2025 March 19 Album track list: Not Out , NEVER , Waste, To. Nosy Boy, On Air Album runtime: 18 mi nutes  This band debuted right around the time I started this, so getting to do their first comeback is kind of a special moment for me, especially with how much I liked their debut song. And I was thinking about them a little bit before I discovered that they'd released this, so I'm happier than you can believe for the moment. Just as a quick reminder, their name comes from the fact that one of them was born in 2000 and three of them were born in 2002, the year of the dragon and the year of the horse, respectively. Which, I think is cute. Look at that runtime. I feel so spoiled by them. Starting off a cappella and then transitioning immediately into something much bigger is a statement. The song has a really good rhythm between loud wall of sound, and quieter, more introspective moments, punctuated by brief periods of silence. This was a good choice for a title trac...

Release date: 2025 March 24 Album track list: STUNNER , Enough For Me, BAMBOLA, Sweet As Sin, Waves, Butterfly, STUNNER - English Version Album runtime: 22 mi nutes  So he definitely did get a win on The Show , so I bumped his up to a more immediate review. He is, hilariously, the only member of NCT my mother knows the name of (other than Mark, but Mark is in all the NCT subunits (this is a joke)) and can also recognize on sight, but can never remember what his name is. So she knows Ten is a member of NCT, and she also knows what Ten looks like, but does not have his name attached to his face. To be fair though, she had nicknames for her favorite group for ages and could not remember Am I crazy or are there sections of the instrumental that sound exactly the same NCT song that Mark's +82 Pressin'  sounds like? I don't know that many NCT songs. There's another song that this also sounds like, but I haven't the foggiest idea of what it's supposed to be. It's g...

Release date: 2025 April 07 Album track list: +82 Pressin' Album runtime:  mi nutes  I've actually been looking forward to getting this one written, and I wanted to make sure it got done before the whole album is released. Which is soon. Also, I know that rap is not my preferred genre of vocals, which is ironic given who most of my biases are, but he's also a member of NCT and despite their many, many, many  flaws, SM is very good at training their idols. But also, this is Mark. There's a reason why there's the joke about him being in all the subunits: he's just that good. Now, obviously, I'm hearing some other NCT songs in the instrumentals. I don't actually know what any of those songs are called, or I'd tell you which ones specifically I'm reminded of. But I think there are at least three. Or possibly all the same song. The instrumentals here are essentially exactly as I'd expect to hear for rap, and it doesn't try to reinvent the whee...

  Another Triple Crown can go on the books! I want to confirm who won on The Show  before I add that on here. We've got a first win for a song here, as well as some familiar faces. As I said last week, After School Club would be going on hiatus at the end of its twelve-year first season, which means I have a lot of groups and a lot of performances to be able to look back on and share with you all. So I decided to go back to episode 410 and Weki Meki. The MCs were Jimin (Jamie Park of 15&), Heejun (of American Idol and K-Pop Star fame), and Yuri (of JxR and of almost NCT).It happened to be Yuri's first time as MC on ASC, and we also got a proto-MC Challenge with one of the members of Weki Meki teaching Yuri the point dance for Dazzle Dazzle. I also shared with you their sped up dance they did for that episode of ASC. I've got a special fondness for dances at 2x speed. Show Champion: NMIXX "Know About Me" MCountdown: Jennie (BLACKPINK) "Like Jennie" Mu...

Release date: 2025 March 24 Album track list: DEBUT SONG, GROUNDWORK, I DO ME , THERE THEY GO, BTG , 한 개뿐인 (ONE OFF) Album runtime: 16 mi nutes  I grabbed another girl group out of the long list of drafts I've got on hand because I figured it was high time that I take a look at KiiiKiii's debut. Congrats to them on their successful debut! They're a week old now! To recap, we're in Underage Protocol for this as the maknae is barely fourteen. I'm not peeved by this at all as you can all clearly tell by my insistence on letting everyone know when a group has a severely underage maknae. Also as a funny note, I think it's hilarious that their debut song is not Debut Song. The combination of whatever instrument that is that opens the song and the skittering beat that plops down on top of that instrument is a delightful combination that immediately catches my attention. It's a little spooky, without being too eerie. There's a good energy to this song that contr...

Release date: 2025 March 18 Album track list:  TIP TOE , TIP TOE (Inst.) Album runtime: 6 mi nutes  I'm vaguely aware of them from their debut last year, but I know very little about the group. I have a sneaking suspicion I won't be able to listen to them recreationally, but let's take a look and verify, shall we? Oh, they are technically a five member group, but one was recruited after debut and one went on a health hiatus. Okay. I hope the one on hiatus recovers from whatever is wrong and is able and willing to return to the group. It's rough when they go out so soon after debut and stresses me out from worry about their return and recovery. Not saying that because I experienced that with the third K-Pop group I got into or anything. Let's see. They seem to have just had their first anniversary, so congrats to them! Age-wise, the leader turns twenty this year and was eighteen at debut. That doesn't bode particularly well for my being able to listen to them acc...