Just A Little Fangirl Love

  Release date: 2025 August 6 Album tracklist: Dancing Alone , 딸기게임 (Strawberry Cheesegame) Album runtime: 7 minutes  I had to do a little bit of a refresher on this group because I couldn't remember if they were under Underage Protocol or not (They are because the maknae is fourteen). So far I've been liking the vibes from them that we've gotten so far and they've exhibited a pretty decent range, though my own sample size for that statement is admittedly rather low because I've only listened to I DO ME and BTG from their recent debut and only for the reviews. I do have to say I'm pleased that both songs are over three minutes. There's a gentleness to the instrumentals at the beginning that gets a little bit pushed aside once the song proper starts. It kind of makes me feel like prom in the 1990s. Early 90s maybe? The drumline and bass are really the only thing that keeps the song from being so soft that it doesn't have presence while simultaneously ho...

  So, this week was actually the week of the Triple Crown. This is what I get for not doing these on time anymore. Misinformation. My apologies. I'm leaving the other post as is, even though I did fix the little spreadsheet I've got going on down there (where you can find the links to those songs when I get them posted). This week was dominated by two groups, both of whom are getting to the point where they could be considered older groups. One turns ten next year and the other turns seven. When the Show Champion one gets uploaded (assuming there is one), I'll be back to update this. As for After School Club , which is still on hiatus, I'm delighted to hand off one of my absolute favorite groups (BTOB) with one of their most fun songs ( BEEP BEEP ). This was actually shortly before they turned two and is actually an album of theirs I have, which is impressive because their albums are kind of hard to find. This is episode 47 from all the way back in 2014 with Eric Nam a...

  Release date: 2025 August 6 Album tracklist: Stay With U , Take A Shot, I'm Not Okay Album runtime: 9 minutes  New boy group! They're labelmates with ABLUE, which is fun, but most importantly the maknae is already twenty! A couple of them have already debuted as soloists, or in bands. I also had a little bit of a difficult time with finding them, so I'll provide their links to: Spotify , YouTube Music , Apple Music , and Melon . I think the Melon link goes to the whole album, and not this song specifically, but I'm just glad to have found the share link for it because my Korean is not great still. The title track is over three minutes, even though I did technically have to round that up to get to the nine minutes, and three songs is better than a one-song single for debut. A bigger sample size will always be better, especially when I eye how many views the music video has and how difficult it is to find either the group or the song. I'm not kidding. Even my one pl...

  Big 3 Company domination this week! And! Even cooler! We got the first Triple Crown in a while! We don't have as many videos as I'd like, because one of the songs I don't think has been promoted on music shows, and one of them I had to go back to a week prior for the performance, but still. Only Inkigayo did not have a show this week. For After School Club, I think this is the most recent re-run I've shared. It's episode 629 from 2024 and the group ARTMS for their first full album! Aron was the only one MCing that week as Allen and Taeyoung were absent. The angel dance from the dance challenge was cool to watch. It's really pretty. (Also, Aron had to wear angel wings and I couldn't be happier about this, I remember absolutely cackling when I watched it live because of how adorable it was). Show Champion: BLACKPINK "JUMP" MCountdown: BLACKPINK "JUMP" Music Bank: NCT Dream "CHILLER" Show! Music Core: NCT Dream "CHILLER...

  Release date: 2025 August 6 Album tracklist: Call Me , Call Me (Inst.) Album runtime: 7 minutes  Wow, we're just rocking it with the first gen comebacks right now aren't we? First BoA, now KOYOTE. I've actually done one of their songs as a BBS post  where you can find a quick little summary of the rather wild history of the group, but they're one of the oldest, still active co-ed groups to come out of K-Pop. And they're just fun. One of them just got married last year, so we say congrats!  This instrumental sounds like it's taken straight out of the techno 80s, or roughly 2009-2013 in K-Pop. High energy. High synth. Relentlessly pounding. I could use this for combat BGM during D&D if I mixed it with something softer to occasionally break up the sound and make it so my players won't want to kill me for the constant, overstimulating sound. Well, unless the combat lasts less than fifteen minutes. This does also mean that I'm going to guess the song as...

Release Date: 2025 August 4 Album tracklist: Crazier , Healing Generation, It Takes Two, Don't Mind Me, How Could, What She Wants, Up And Down, Love Like This, Like I Like, Hit You Up, Clockwise Album runtime: 17 minutes  One of the Queens of K-Pop is back! Queen BoA! The legend you are! My girl needs no introduction. Eleven songs on her eleventh album with an average of three minutes per song. The title track is a little short, but the last one is nearly four minutes long. Happy as a clam, I am. I have the single she released in May on my list of songs to cover, but even though I'm so behind, it is on the list. Grungy guitar and a firm drumline make up the majority of the instrumentals for this song, but there's enough play to it that the rock feels fun. It's intense and driving, but the little trills and echoes of the melody with the guitar give the song so much character that it's hard to ignore. Like, I know that this is short, but I'm genuinely so in love w...