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Song Review:: Stray Kids: ATE- Chk Chk Boom

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Release date: 2024 July 19 Album tracklist: MOUNTAINS , Chk Chk Boom , JJAM , I Like It, Runners, twilight, Stray Kids, Chk Chk Boom - Festival Album runtime: 23 minutes  Oh, my gosh. I never reviewed this. I have literally seen this in concert and I forgot to review it. Okay. Time to rectify this. For the record, my feelings on it have changed to more favorable since this has been released, helped by the fact that this is a fun song to see performed. But the good thing is, the elements in the song are still the same from when it was released. The reason this caught my attention was because I was looking at one of the award show posts from last year to remind myself of my format because I'm working on 2026's KGMAs post and realized I didn't have a link on this song. Shame on Past Fangirl. I know this technically came out before I had started reviewing songs and I was trying to avoid doing most of the songs from that July because I had to put a starting point somewhere, but ...
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Song Review:: UNCHILD: TiNG TiNG- TiNG TiNG

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Release date: 2026 November 05 Album tracklist: TRICKY GIRLS, TiNG TiNG Album runtime: 5 minutes  I'm glad to see they aren't disbanding even though there had to be an announcement that they weren't disbanding even though they'd been inactive for a hot minute. And speaking of minutes, the runtime is garbage. I had to round up for that runtime. Complete garbage. But I'm satisfied that the maknae was seventeen at debut.  This sounds exactly like a looping track for a racing video game, or at least a racing level. Think about it. We've got the high energy to push you for the speed, it's repetitive enough that you can tune it out mostly, and it's got that techno pulse that's so prevalent in racing games. It's very Tron. Most importantly though, it's got enough variation despite how repetitive it is that the song still has its separate zones. Imagine how good this song could have been with an extra thirty seconds and a dance break. I will be the f...
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Christmas Caroling: 2026 Edition

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 We're apparently starting this post early, which is exciting for crop of Christmas carols this year. Welcome to the 2026 edition of the collection of the releases and a handful of older songs because there have been years and years of songs on top of the new ones we get each year. I'm going to be updating this post fairly regularly as more songs get released, probably not as frequently until December though. The Old Davichi, Jay Park WHITE Sung Si Kyung I'll Be Home For Christmas VAV So In Love Lovelyz First Snow Red Velvet Wish Tree Kim Tae Woo Christmas Love Taeyeon Candy Cane  gugudan Snowball EDEN Happy New Year My Lover Mirae Snow Prince And here's the annual 11th post because I adore this song and want to share it with everyone. Orange Caramel, NU'EST Dashing through the snow in high heels Alright, everyone! It's time for the new releases from 2026. If I get reviews done, those links will be included as per usual, but otherwise just enjoy the new songs. I...
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Song Review:: BTS: Arirang: Normal

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Release date: 2026 March 20 Album tracklist: Body to Body, Hooligan , Aliens, FYA, 2.0 , No. 29, SWIM , Merry Go Round , NORMAL , Like Animals, they don't know 'bout us, One More Night, Please, Into the Sun, Come Over Album runtime: 41 minutes  We're just going to toss another of the BTS music videos in right now so I can finish getting all of them covered. This one was actually the first song of the album that I learned the lyrics to, even with the Korean later, so bear in mind that I already love it.  There is a heavy weight to this song that doesn't change too much. There are spots where the song smooths out a little and the heavy thump turns into a smoother glide, though no less heavy, but generally the instrumental is largely the same from beginning to end. And it's a heavy instrumental. The contrast between how low the instrumental is and the vocals is the best part of the song. The second best part is that everyone is singing, or at minimum doing the melodic ...
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Song Review:: LIGHTSUM: メリキス (Merry Kiss) {Japanese}

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Release date: 2026 November 06 Album tracklist:  メリキス (Merry Kiss) Album runtime: 3 minutes  Look, I literally do not care that this is both a Japanese release and the first holiday song of the season. They need attention. It's been two years since they last released anything, and if it is going to be in Japanese and not Korean, then it's in Japanese and not Korean. The other songs they've released as a full group this year have also been Japanese releases. Am I sure why? No. Do I care? No. If I'd noticed LIGHTSUM back in September, I would have done that one as well. It's starts off all soft and gentle. Don't believe it because that is a trick and it launches into a Christmas rock instrumental shortly after the start. The bells throughout are an excellent touch. Very Christmassy. There's a good range here in what we're actually hearing, and I'm very much enjoying how much fun this instrumental is. This is the most J-Pop melody I've heard in a bi...
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Song Review:: Baby DONT Cry: Replay

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Release date: 2026 November 05 Album tracklist: Replay Album runtime: 3 minutes  That is at least a six year training period for the maknae who was sixteen at debut. Which means she was training since she was at minimum nine years old. I left them off Underage Protocol because of a technicality and a rarely used sub-rule, and so far I haven't heard of a reason to put them on it because the company sucks, but there's still over a month where they could be put on Underage Protocol.  I feel like the majority of songs, especially in the latter half of the year, have been either heavy electronic music or they've been more easy listening. This is one of the latter songs. It's a very mild instrumental. It's pretty, don't get me wrong. but the main problem with songs that sound like this is that they're almost designed to be put on in the background and be ignored, which is not the place for a title track to be. I do appreciate that we've got some a cappella lea...
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Song Review:: HEART OF WOMAN: ETERNAL FADE- LIT IT

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Release date: 2026 November 05 Album tracklist: Footsteps, Melt , Blue, Glow, LIT IT , Find U Album runtime: 15 minutes  Okay. I think this is the song that I'm going to consider the main title track, but this mini album does technically have a proper double title track. But. I think this one is getting promoted first. All adults at debut. We're supporting this. I still haven't managed to get all the songs reviewed from their debut album that got music videos. But it's fine. My interest has been piqued. I'm quite pleased with the high level of variation that's going on in this song because even though there are long stretches of a specific beat with what's almost a series of button presses in tone, there's still a surprising amount that's actually happening and there are all sorts of sound effects. It's a very distinct instrumental, which has been a slightly common complaint from me the last little bit. Or, well, the opposite has been a common co...
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