Just A Little Fangirl Love

Release date: 2026 Mar 11 Album tracklist: Catch Catch , Spring Fever (Feat. Din Din, Jung Hyung Don), Sticker (Feat. MRCH), April's Cat, Question Marks (Feat. Paul Kim) Album runtime: 17 minutes  She dropped something new, so I'm going to do this before I look at that one. This song has been glaring at me, because she's been collecting the second gen idols, including one of the members of After School, for this dance challenge. And I love that. I've also heard that this song is one of the most second gen coded songs to come out of a younger K-Pop artist in years, which is impressive because there are a few of the rookie girl groups that I'd argue embody the second gen vibe very well.  This is the level of EDM that I started out listening to K-Pop with. This is a relentless song with what sounds like the beeps you'd get from dialing on a wireless home phone. But it's the kind of relentless that doesn't rely on loudness or aggressiveness to be completely ...

Release date: 2026 April 29 Album tracklist: TIME'S UP, COOL , BYE BYE, DREAM PARADE, HALF TONIGHT, STAY GOLD Album runtime: 17 minutes  Well, this was not the one I was going to do next, but I got on YouTube to see if I could find someone had uploaded the entire "movie" for the video game Night Trap , and my algorithm decided to show me that this music video had dropped. And I obviously decided to do a quick search to see if this was an AI artist or not because I didn't recognize the name and the views were pretty low. Turns out, this is a late second gen group that lasted their seven years plus and then disbanded, except they didn't, and now they're back together post military. And then , I realized that I was in fact already aware of them because I did an ASC re-run featuring them on a music show wins post last year. Shows how much I pay attention. But, I do remember, now that I know that I saw it, that I liked them. So, is this in Japanese? Possibly. And ...

 And here we are with the last of the posts for the randomness of April. Over six thousand songs, and once again, the Roulette Wheel picks a song I love a lot. Every time it turns up in my playlist, I go "Wow, I love this song. Which one is this?" And then go "Why didn't I recognize it?" I'm almost positive that that particular problem will be fixed after I write this post, which would be nice. But right now, it feels like I'm discovering it every time I listen to it, and I love it each time. So, if this is your first time listening to this, that's my recommendation right up front. I love it so much I fall in love with it again each time I hear it. ASTRO debuted as a six-member group under Fantagio Entertainment in 2016, which means that their tenth anniversary was this year. Congrats to them! They're currently active as a four member group, though I could also see the arguments for a five or six member group, just depending on how you decide to ...

Release date: 2026 April 27 Album tracklist: Dancing Anyway, Glow , Light the Fire, Wishlist, Lovin' on Me Album runtime: 15 minutes  I avoided doing his debut song because I'm still upset that SM treated him like this and it set a dangerous precedent. However, and to be clear I am still very upset about it, at some point no matter how unfair something is, you either have to step away entirely or accept it. And my being upset with SM and avoiding his solo work is not fair to him because he has worked too hard for this. So. RIIZE is getting moved off of Underage Protocol, and I'll starting doing his songs. This has been sitting on me for a few months, probably since January or February, because I don't enjoy being this angry, but it's been long enough that my avoidance won't do anything. So, it's good to see you, Seunghan. Let's see what you've got for me. This is such an SM sounding song. I can practically smell the SHINee coming off the instrumental...

Release date: 2026 April 27 Album tracklist:  ROLL THE DICE Album runtime: 3 minutes  You know, it makes sense why we got a Chan and my boy Versachoi for Yaochen. He's been at JYPE for ages and was a trainee alongside Chan. So let's get right to it, shall we? (And it's right at three minutes, so I'm already pleased.) I like that we're getting to see 3Racha and co. branch out more with who gets their songs. That does mean though that the 3Racha (and each member of 3Racha separately) sound is being isolated against the Stray Kids sound. But if you want some more "noise music", this is where you should go to. This has some fantastic clanging and street sounds to it along with some science fiction warbling and whatnot. It's a bit more than I want, particularly because there isn't a strong shift in texture of the instrumental, but that's fine that it's not for me.  Vocally, this sounds a bit like a combination between Do It and Adrenaline by A...

  The BigHit domination continues, with the one to follow BTS being their very own little brothers. It feels a bit like they were passing on the torch, which makes me smile. There was also a Grand Slam (still have not looked that up and no one is correcting me so we're assuming that I'm correct) this week, so congrats! Surprise! We got three extra stages this time: two from Show Champion and one from Show! Music Core . Obviously because TXT won, I had to add on an ALL'N performance (please refer to last week's wins if you're unfamiliar with their adorable meet-cute in the elevator). And interestingly, that performance has a surprisingly high number of views for a freshly debuted soloist not in a decently sized company or from a group, more so than some of the other stages I shared. The other two extras I shared, because I can share what I want, were Donghae and Be Boys. (Just to make it obvious what I'm doing in case you're new here and missed the irritati...