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Song Review:: Monsta X: Unfold- hurt

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Release date: 2026 April 03 Album track list: heal , growing pains , baby blue , this!, before you met me, glass half empty, main attraction, enemies with benefits, on our way, sorry to myself Album runtime: 30 mi nutes  There isn't a capital letter to be seen in those song titles. That is fascinating. Congrats on the new English album, Monsta X! I guess I need to go back and mark some of those songs as pre-releases. This instrumental is so soft. Oh, my goodness. It hits that perfect sweet spot that I remember pop music being like when I was in high school from certain artists of softness and rapturous energy. Can I remember any of them? Not right now, but I'm coming down with a gnarly cold right now. It's however deeply fitting for the fact that I spent the weekend with eight hours of church and I could swear I can hear an organ in spots. It could just be the choir in the background, but I feel strongly enough that there is an organ, or an organ-like instrument there that ...
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Greatest Hits:: Apink: Mr. Chu

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 I was originally planning to do something out of my 1300+ song playlist for this one, so I popped into my Junk Drawer playlist (AKA the playlist that has a lot of interesting things in it, but that I'm not quite sure where to put yet and most of which I haven't listened to) to reset that playlist. This was the song that played. I thought to myself "Huh. That would be an interesting choice next anyway, because I don't think I've heard it yet. I mostly know of this group because of Dino of Seventeen's love for them." And then I shrugged and followed my original plan. Hilariously, it gave me a Baekho song, but I can't do that one in April because it doesn't turn two until May. So then I said "Well, let's see what the Roulette Wheel I made can give me." That song was also a 2024 song by a group called APEX (I thought I'd misspelled EPEX in the Roulette master list; I did not and will be coming back to this group later) and another on...
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Song Review:: T.O.P (BIGBANG): TOP SPOT - ANOTHER DIMENSION- DESPERADO

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Release date: 2026 April 03 Album track list: SELF CRUCIFIXION; THE GIANT; Studio54; A SMALL, FILTHY SHOW WINDOW; ZERO-COKE; Another Dimension Holy Dude!!!!!!!!; SEOUL CHAOS; DESPERADO ; FOR FANS; STENDHAL SYNDROME; BE SOLID Album runtime: 37 mi nutes  There isn't a single song on here that is under three minutes. I love him. He can stay attached to the group. The other one who is no longer in the group, if he ever decides to make music again, will not, because I continue to follow the leader's cues, much like I do with BTOB. And G-Dragon seems to be deliberate in his actions. So, welcome back, T.O.P. I'm very happy to be here to review this song, even though we all know I am not the biggest fan of rap. This is a very slow, weighty instrumental with a western guitar going on (and by that I mean country western specifically). We've also going some coin sound effects but largely this is such an unhurried instrumental that even though we do later get some higher, faster be...
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March 2026 Wrap-Up: Time is a Soup

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 So I'm awake at 1 am for literally zero reason. And while I could continue to write the reviews to be posted tomorrow, instead I'm going to get this started because as we know, these can take a minute. You know? You know. I'm going to add some plant pictures at the bottom after the section where I talk about what I was listening to. I covered three group debuts this month: TUNEXX , SUCTION , V01D ! I also covered two solo debuts: Yuna from ITZY and Kangmin from Verivery. Those links all go to my reviews. There were two virtual idol groups that debuted that I did not cover: Skinz and Owis . Songs I was looking forward to: BTOB: They turned fourteen this year, and the gift we got was a digital single from the six of them. They're always a good time, vocally. EVERGLOW: You know, I've been listening to them more. I'm curious. And, they recently left their old company, so I'm hoping they continue on well and get recognition Woodz: He's got an amazing voic...
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Song Review:: Somin (APRIL/KARD): UNVEIL- Backseat {Debut}

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Release date: 2026 April 02 Album track list: Love Me Like A Fan, Backseat , Keep It Cute, Got It Like That, Como Yo A Ti, Closure, Backseat (Inst.) Album runtime: 18 mi nutes  While looking her up a little, I found out that she used to be the leader of APRIL, which is interesting. I also found out that she debuted before that in a girl group that lasted for two years, which makes her sunbae to all the 2013 debuts, plus some of the 2012 debuts. That's interesting to me. I don't know if it's interesting to anyone else, but it's interesting to me at least. Happy debut! It's been a long time coming! I'm not super happy about the runtime on her debut song, but it could be worse. Starting off with an alarm clock is a bold way to start off your debut song, and honestly, that makes it a great song to use as your alarm. I jump every time the song restarts. But that does give it a built-in functionality, which is something that I respect. The instrumental as a whole is o...
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Song Review:: fromis_9: LIKE YOU BETTER (Japanese ver.)- Sky Runner {Japanese Debut}

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Release date: 2026 April 01 Album track list: LIKE YOU BETTER (Japanese ver.), Love=Disaster (Japanese ver.), Sky Runner , LIKE YOU BETTER (Instrumental), Love=Disaster (Instrumental), Sky Runner (Instrumental) Album runtime: 18 mi nutes  I don't do a lot of the Japanese releases, but I figured I'd do fromis_9's since I've got a moment and also because they're fromis_9. I don't care that they aren't at Pledis anymore. I'll still support my girls and will continue to do so even after TWS gets a set of younger sisters, since I'm hearing that rumor for this year rumbling in certain spaces. I just want them to do well, because they've just got excellent music, you know? And apparently this is their long-awaited Japanese debut! Yay! That's fun and exciting! I'm glad I decided to cover it! And oh, look. They're no longer at HYBE and have a three-and-a-half minute title track. Shocking. Literally this song got mentally slotted into the 2026 ...
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Song Review:: Baby DONT Cry: AFTER CRY- Bittersweet

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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...
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