Just A Little Fangirl Love

Release date: 2026 March 24 Album tracklist: Mama I'm Alright,  Bittersweet , Shapeshifter ,  Moves Like Ciara, Tears On My Pillow Album runtime: 15 minutes  What? I'm actually doing the title track after doing the pre-release in a semi-reasonable timeframe? Am I ill? Because there's no way that I'm actually almost put together like this. I literally haven't been this almost prepped since I first started writing these. A-year-and-a-half ago. Anyway, like I said in the pre-release review, I'm not putting them on Underage Protocol even though three-fourths were underage at debut. I remember hearing something about their debut song being inappropriate for the number of minors, but I didn't listen to it, nor did I review it, so that might be a good thing, This has a pleasant instrumental. There are no big surprises, no moment of sudden change. Everything changes exactly when and how it should. Reliable, steady. It's got variations to it, don't get me wro...

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 Album runtime: 41 minutes  Since it had a music video release, I figured I'd do it now while I was thinking about it. I don't think this is one of the ones that I've saved to a few of my playlists, but I could be wrong. I'll know in a moment. But even if it isn't, I've found songs from the album that I really like and as, per usual, these are mostly the b-sides. My favorite BTS song overall is Coffee , and that pretty much has set the tone for how I interact with this group. This was not one of them. That's fine. This song has a very clean beat to it that isn't quite a skittering beat, but it's at a similar pitch for most of the song. There are spots where the instrumental cuts out to let the vocals go a cappella, and we've also got spo...

Release date: 2026 April 01 Album track list: TAXI , BIG HOODIE (feat. Mikey Angelo), HENNESSY (feat. Lee Yunjung), ALL LOVE! Album runtime: 12 mi nutes  Hey, I just added one of his songs to my daily K-Pop playlist a couple of weeks ago! That's pretty good timing! Let's see what he has for us this time! What in the 80s techno is this? I'm kind of stuck on that, but I think this will have a lot of danceability, so I'm hoping that this has some strong choreography to it. I imagine it will because I think Kino is the main dancer, but until I see it, it's not confirmed. You know? The guitar does a lot to help me not want to crawl out of my skin listening to this song (which is fine, that's a me problem because there's technically nothing wrong with it), and it's got some interesting sirens or whistles in a couple of spots. There are also some squeaks that had me tipping my head to the side a little. Because I'm pretty sure that this is going to have som...

Release date: 2026 March 25 Album track list:  별, 빛 (STAY) Album runtime: 3 mi nutes  How late am I with this? I've heard bits and pieces already, but I'm excited to be stabbed in the chest with the feels from the song as a whole. This is really short because for some reason I have all the attention for writing reviews right now. Why? No idea, but I'm taking advantage. I also don't know why I'm still awake at 12:30 in the morning, but here we are.  This is actually a fairly sedate instrumental, but feistier than some of their other soft fan songs (I'm looking at you, Youtiful , the song I've only just started listening to again after it was involved in both of my car accidents). There's so much piano to this song. It's really the dominant instrument, which is surprising because it's been a minute since we've gotten a song that is so heavily piano-based. I say that, but also there's kind of a sick, almost guitar solo that lets the song kic...

Release date: 2026 March 31 Album track list:  Black Star , Black Star (Instrumental) Album runtime: 10 mi nutes  I wasn't planning on doing any OSTs the next little bit, but then I saw that Nana, my girl Nana, dropped this one and  it's over five minutes long. Say less. I have absolutely no idea what this is for. Not a clue. Doesn't matter. The thing I love about OSTs is that we almost always get the instrumental attached. Well, that's just gorgeous. It has an obvious storyline, even without any lyrics. Starting off with just a piano, adding instruments slowly to let the song gently unfold and move with absolutely no rush, this song feels almost ludicrously indulgent with the amount of time it takes to just breathe. We've got piano and guitar and strings, and I'm absolutely in love with this. Just beautiful. Absolutely stunning. I'm so excited for the vocals here. Are you as ready as I am? This is such a high song, but even when she's breathy, you can h...

 Welcome to April, the month this year I decided to not plan extensively because the gardener writer in me is chomping at the bit a little over how long I've been playing the architect! (Other terms I've seen used by authors are pantser vs plotter; I'm very much a pantser usually, especially when I write fiction). We're just going to see what the universe wants, unless someone gives me a time specific post in The Form. This comes from a roulette wheel I made for...well, just about anything you could want relating to K-Pop, really. I've got the link over in the Junk Drawer. And it popped up with this song. I don't know much about it although this will make the second BBS post from f(x) I've done, and I'm very interested. I do very much enjoy some of the other songs from the album. I hope there's been at least one performance of it done, because that way you won't just be listening to me yap about just the song. But if there isn't, well, it won...