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Song Review:: Dino (Seventeen): AUTOMATIC

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Release date: 2026 November 03 Album tracklist: AUTOMATIC Album runtime: 3 minutes  Dude just  enlisted and we're already getting more music from him, even if he already performed it at his solo concert where he performed fifty songs. I cannot keep up with everything this group is giving us during their group hiatus. This is in fact when we should all realize that thirteen members as a group is a lot, but manageable. Thirteen members as individual artists with their own solo careers? That's a lot.  This really does sound like such a Dino song. I know he just debuted and under technically a different name, or concept really, but this sounds like him because he's got that 1970s dancer vibe to him. And considering that was at least twenty years before he was born, that's impressive. I was spending a lot of the song waiting for something big to happen in the instrumental, and I didn't really get it, which is a disappointment, but as the dance break section at the end pr...
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Song Review:: Irene & Seulgi (Red Velvet): Cheetah- Cheetah {Japanese}

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Release date: 2026 September 14 Album tracklist: Cheetah , Fall 4 U, Love Anxiety, Wave, Free Album runtime: 14 minutes  I'm very happy this subunit dropped a new mini album and also happy that they're getting a Japanese debut. I'm deeply displeased about the runtime for the title track. That is all. And why was this music video dropping over a month after the mini album was released? SM. What are you doing? Oh good. I'm not sure what genre this is, trap or house if I had to guess, but regardless of the genre, this is a generic instrumental. Again, I don't mean generic as a bad thing, just that it adheres to the genre well, but I'm not hearing anything specific that would immediately point me to this song if I were to hear just the instrumental. Of course, that may require the song to be longer. We have a couple of moments where we get something a little bit sparkly, which is helpful, and there is a little bit of variation within the instrumental, which is also ...
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Song Review:: RESCENE: PULSE- With

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Release date: 2026 November 03 Album track list: Finest Thing, With , Inside Out, MEME, Dragon Album runtime: 16 mi nutes  I'm supporting this group very much because nothing warms my heart than seeing a group from a smaller company having a meteoric rise. I can't listen to them yet because the maknae was fifteen at debut, but she turns eighteen before the end of the month, so I'm very close to being able to listen to their discography and figure out what songs I want to add to my playlist. Pretty Girl is definitely already on that list. But before I start this one, it might be wise of the company to capitalize on the second gen love and focus on that sound for the group. Something about the song's combination and configuration of the instruments reminds me of the eighties, but with less drama. It's a lot more delicate without being elevator music or super light and airy. I'm pleased with the balance, even if I'm not as enthused by the limited personality t...
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Greatest Hits:: Purple Kiss: On My Bike

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 Fun fact about me, every time that I have an enlistment to go through, I pick an artist and just listen to their discography on repeat. It's whoever gives me the comfort I want. Considering this was during the spooky month, I was hoping it would be Dreamcatcher because they're my spooky girls. Alas, when I woke up the morning of Seungkwan and Dino's enlistment, it was not the energy of Dreamcatcher I wanted, but Purple Kiss? That hit the spot. And after listening to the entire discography a couple of times, I realized something on my drive home from work. They basically have a no skip discography. The only one that I did skip was Do Re Mi , but that's because of what the song is, not because it's a bad song. This song hit two years old last month, and when I did the review of it, I was instantly enamoured with it. You may be wondering why I chose to do this this month instead of for October because Purple Kiss is another of those witchy girl groups I so love, but I...
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Song Review:: Treasure: SHOCK

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Release date: 2026 November 02 Album track list: SHOCK Album runtime: 3 mi nutes  Alright, this looks like it's just a digital single, so I don't need to label it as a pre-release. Which is nice because then I don't have to risk forgetting about the actual title track. Not that I'd ever do that. Except I totally would because I am not good at keeping on a schedule. But I'm going to try to be a little more consistent in November. Ah, gotta love that YG sound. There's an odd low whistle that pops up occasionally in the instrumental, and it goes for solid and heavy rather than the skittering and the frenetic. There are decent stretches of the instrumental where it goes kind of quiet, which is impressive to hear. And it's not even a case of the song feeling like it's resisting the skittering, because it feels more like the skittering was never an option, which makes this infinitely cooler in my book. Do they actually say "We be YG"? That's kind...
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Song Review:: I.N (Stray Kids): Love in Disguise- GUILTY PLEASURE {OST}

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Release date: 2026 November 02 Album track list: GUILTY PLEASURE , GUILTY PLEASURE (Inst.) Album runtime: 7 mi nutes  With how behind I am, is it wise to do an OST when there are probably at least a couple hundred songs I should do? No. But my Stay friend is very excited about this song, so I'm going to do this for her. Also, I'm starting off November strong, so it's currently okay. One good thing about OSTs is that we regularly get the instrumental version as well, which is helpful for my reviews because then I can't be distracted by the vocals. Oh, this is a jaunty little instrumental. I was just thinking about how it sounded like the soundtrack to a movie from the fifties and then it got a bit funky. And then it got a little bit weird. And then I thought I was hearing things. The amount of variation in this instrumental is ludicrously high, and I couldn't be happier. This is a very fun instrumental with a little bit for everyone. We've got a little bit of vib...
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Song Review:: MJ (ASTRO): Right...?- Ghosting

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Release date: 2026 August 19 Album tracklist: Ghosting , Tadaima Album runtime: 6 minutes  I'm going to get my backlog finished. The more I get posted, the faster I can get caught up on the Music Show Wins posts, because I use songs I've reviewed for the extra stages. Also, I know you can't see my handwriting right now (because I write these in a notebook and then type them up later), but the way I'm writing my g's has gotten weird and I don't know why. Whatever. I really like MJ's voice, so I'm excited for this song. Ah, his vice is good. For the instrumental, we've got a comfy rock song. The guitar and the drums take the most amount of real estate for the instrumental and when the vocals get all soft, so does the instrumental which is nice because then his voice isn't overpowered. But the entire song follows a good energy flow in a way that sounds very anime opening. If he had just a little bit more grit and vibrato to his voice, he'd have ...
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