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Greatest Hits:: TraxX: Oh! My Goddess

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 Yes, this is the name that the group turned into, but when the song was released, they were just going by "TRAX", which is how I'm going to refer to them throughout this post. The only reason I know that this band exists is because of the band 20th Century Boys, because one of them  started out as a member of TRAX. So this is going to be interesting because I haven't heard of any of their songs. Got this suggestion from someone sending me a message on Tumblr, which was a delight because the band is older than almost every new idol that has debuted in the last two years. Not all of them, but most of them, and it makes me happy to run into a fan of an older group and also for introducing me and a lot of other people to this band. I am very much looking forward to this. So TRAX is a band that debuted under SM back in 2004, and they've had a bit of a tumultuous history. This song is the title track of their second mini album after they went down to two. Released in 2...
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Song Review:: Doyoung (NCT): PROMISE- PROMISE

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Release date: 2025 December 09 Album tracklist:  PROMISE , Whistle (feat. Belle) Album runtime: 7 minutes  Serve well, Doyoung. We'll see you when you get back, and your ring will be kept safe by your members. I'm suddenly grateful that my Korean is still as garbage as it is because I've got a feeling that this song is going to make me cry. This is a beautiful song and a beautiful gift for the NCTzens. The piano takes a quiet center stage at the start, and then the percussion and the strings join. That's the trifecta of instruments as far as I'm concerned. The combination this time around creates a very soft base to cradle Doyoung's voice. It's a lovely song.  I love it when vocalists get let loose. He's got an incredible voice and I love that his gift to the fans shows that off so well. This feels like a love song, and that would make sense. The idols tend to get very sentimental when it's time to enlist, which is entirely understandable and welcome...
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Song Review:: KIIRAS: KIIRASMAS

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Release date: 2025 December 08 Album tracklist:  KIIRAS Album runtime: 3 minutes  That's such a cute play on words that I needed to do a review of this one. Not that I can listen to the group for ages because the maknae turned fourteen after they debuted, but I want this on here so that in four years when I can listen to the group, I can add this to my Christmas playlist. I'm assuming I'm going to love it. Why wouldn't I? Okay, this is what I'm looking for. If you listen carefully, buried underneath everything else is the sound of bells. It's very subtle but adds such a good extra texture to the song. You've got chimes up above that are much more audible, and the occasional brass instrument, but it's just such a bright song. There is a shift to the dramatic at about the two-thirds mark, which brings me joy, and not just because the two thirds mark isn't a minute and a half. This is a good addition to the winter and Christmas songs. I'm really ann...
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Music Show Wins:: Week of 12/03 - 12/09

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 Y'all, I am so stoked about this batch of wins. That's my girl right there! Congrats to everyone else on their wins! Sorry for the lack of energy in this. I just found out about Baekho's enlistment, which I knew had to be coming, but my dude literally put it off until the last moment. Which means he won't be getting out until June of 2027, I think. "The sooner they go in, the sooner they come out" which is my normal, go-to pep-talk doesn't really apply in this case. Anyway, I grabbed Rocket Punch for the ASC re-run (they're adorable), Golden Child for The Show re-run (I freaking love their music), and Verivery for the extra stage from Music Core  (synchronization kings right there). They're all excellent.  The links in the spreadsheet go to my reviews. The link down on ASC goes to the episode because it's weird about embedding the actual video.  Show Champion: Stray Kids "Do It" MCountdown: N/A Music Bank: ILLIT "NOT CUTE ANYM...
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Song Review:: ALLDAY PROJECT: ALLDAY PROJECT- LOOK AT ME

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Release date: 2025 December 08 Album tracklist: ONE MORE TIME , LOOK AT ME , YOU AND I, WHERE YOU AT, HOT, MEDUSA Album runtime: 17 minutes  Congrats on the first full album! I'm really tired and we all may know by now that they're on Underage Protocol because of certain choices in styling and speech. Will I pull them off? Eventually maybe. It depends if they reflect and stop doing that. Although apparently I was a top listener of FAMOUS on YouTube Music this year, which is wildly hilarious. I'll have to check again later and update this if needed, but with the runtime, it looks like it may be close to the 18 minute mark. I'm not positive though, so I'm putting it as 17 for now. It also looks like we may have some solo action going on? I can't listen to it because of the aforementioned U.P., but that's an interesting choice for a group that hasn't hit the one year mark if true. Although funny, every time I see the title, that audio starts playing. I hone...
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Song Review:: WayV (NCT): Eternal White- Eternal White {Chinese}

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Release date: 2025 December 08 Album tracklist: The Fifth Season, Eternal White , Moment in Time, First Time, Strange Tears, Stay, Lover After Me Album runtime: 22 minutes  I've actually been looking forward to this specific album's release since it got announced. SM winter songs hit different, you know? And we only got a couple last year, so this one is our start of them. Hopefully we get a few more. I don't know if there are any scheduled though. I also traditionally like WayV, so that was another reason I was looking forward to this one. Also, other than the first song, there isn't a single one that's less than three minutes long and I am here to support that. Okay, I hear you, saxophone. They're touching the jazz, the most Christmassy sound, without going full jazz. It starts off fairly seasonal, but that transitions into something that was a little bit of a disappointment, because other than the intro, the song has an unchanging beat and even when the song ...
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Song Review:: Jay Chang (ONE PACT): Runaway

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Release date: 2025 December 06 Album tracklist:  Runaway Album runtime: 3 minutes   Well, this is a surprise, Jay. I wasn't expecting a drop from him. It literally wasn't on my radar here. Crazy, huh? It does make me wonder a little bit about the current status of B.D.U though, because, well, I have loved what they've done so far. Still, Jay's vocals are phenomenal and this is what I'm here for. I'm glad I decided to check one more time. There's the most fascinating pause right before that burst into the chorus, like the song is charging up. The verses are soft and almost mournful, but the contrast between them and the chorus is exactly the kind of thing I like because of the difference in texture. We've got the slow coil and then the pounce. It's really just so well done, it's also pretty delightful to have the song soften right at the end, before the instrumental ends and we're left with his voice. It's a great way to end the song. Jay ...
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