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Battle of the B-Sides:: HOT ISSUE: We Go

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 Okay, everyone! Back to my September of groups that deserve more attention because they shouldn't be forgotten! This isn't even the newest group that we're going to be talking about this month because the next one is even younger, but I think they have survived technically longer. I've actually got a couple of HOT ISSUE's songs in one of my playlists already, though this is not one of them. I just decided that I wanted something a lot more upbeat than what I was going to get from S#arp. So. The reality is the group lasted less than a year, which is even worse than the three year average for girl groups. But the song doesn't know that. HOT ISSUE debuted in 2021 as a seven-member group under S2 Entertainment, a company that was set up by one of the founders of Cube Entertainment, which automatically tells me that this group has some vocals on them. It also makes sense that I found them and added songs to playlists despite their less than a year of official activi...
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Battle of the B-Sides:: The Boyz: Survive The Night

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I'm not super familiar with most of their discography and even though Sangyeon was on my enlistment wall (I've got a softness for him because his birthday is near mine), I wasn't initially planning on doing a discharge post for him. Then, to my surprise, I got this request in The Form from someone who just found my little blog from a post I shared on Tumblr, asking if I'd do this song for Sangyeon's discharge. Naturally! Discharge posts and anniversary posts are two of my favorite kinds of posts to do because they're just happy times usually. And I'm excited to do this specific one because while I've heard a couple of songs from this album, I haven't actually heard this one, so you're also introducing me to a new song. I also find it slightly satisfying that I'd already planned to do a song by a group from this company (sort of) this month, so I'm very much not opposed to including The Boyz here because they too have languished under a ga...
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Music Show Wins:: Week of 08/05 - 08/11

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  I'm only a little under a month behind now. It's fine. We're getting ourselves caught up. As always, the links below in the spreadsheet go to my reviews. Show Champion: NouerA ".exe" MCountdown: Jennie "Less than a Lover" Music Bank: NouerA ".exe" Show! Music Core: RESCENE "Pretty Girl" Inkigayo: N/A ASC Performance: N/A The Show: Kiss of Life "Sweat" The Extra Stage: ARTMS "Blue Blood"
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Song Review:: ARTMS: Hyper-Ego- Blue Blood

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Release date: 2026 August 07 Album tracklist: From Wings To Soul, Born Stunner, Blue Blood ,  Icarus Gang, Hyper Crush, Pixel Memory Album runtime: 14  minutes  This is not the pre-release. This is actually the title track, which is shocking that I'm doing this one first, I know, but I saw that this was performed on the The Show and decided to include this song for my weekly music show wins posts that I'm wildly behind for. Will I do the pre-release? Maybe, especially if I have time in November and December once award show season starts up (if you really want me to, drop a request either as a comment or in The Form and I'll definitely get to it).  We're a little techno here in places. It's a good addition to the song because it guarantees the song has a couple of different zones to play around in and increase the amount of range going on here. I also don't have to sit through a song that only has a repeated instrumental and drives my brain to distraction becaus...
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Song Review:: Kiss of Life: SWEAT- SWEAT

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Release date: 2026 August 04 Album tracklist: SWEAT , WHAT! Album runtime: 5 minutes  I haven't seen any more issues from them, so I'm going to probationarily pull them off Underage Protocol for this song. Also, congrats on the win!  This song is delightfully on the dramatic side of things, but it's not fully theatre kid dramatic, if that makes any sense. It's cool kid drama, which isn't as fun but no less engaging. I'm almost positive the song is an afrobeats song (maybe tropical house? I'm still not positive on some genres), which I am squinting over a little bit because of their previous situation, but it's not something that would immediately qualify them for being put back, especially since none of the members had a hand in the composition. I'll also say that the decrescendo immediately made it qualify for my favorite releases of the year, then when it goes back up to tempo, it feels so much faster. It's the quiet principle in tempo form, wh...
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Music Show Wins:: Week of 07/29 - 08/04

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  I am behind again! I was so close! As always, the links down in the spreadsheet go to my reviews! Show Champion: fromis_9 "Vitamin ME" MCountdown: Jennie "Less than a Lover" Music Bank: fromis_9 "Vitamin ME" Show! Music Core: fromis_9 "Vitamin ME" Inkigayo: N/A ASC Performance: N/A The Show: N/A The Extra Stage: LUN8 "Sneakers" The Extra Extra Stage: HEART OF WOMAN "TEA"
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Song Review:: MCND: Devil Youth Club- Devil Youth Club

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Release date: 2026 September 10 Album tracklist: Devil Youth Club , Beat Don't Stop, Hot Stuff, She Got That, Devil Youth Club - Instrumental Album runtime: 15  minutes  Oh, good. Their company isn't completely useless. I've actually really enjoyed how much their younger sisters have been getting to do, but I've been getting a little worried since they hadn't released anything for two years. But I'm glad to see this, even if it's short. I'm even happier to see an instrumental on this so that I can just enjoy the instrumental part of the review without having to try to ignore the vocals. We've got some kid voices in here, which fits the name of the song. And if my ears don't deceive me, we've also got a spooky Halloween scream in two places. Is this the season's first spooky title track? Have I missed others? Probably. There's something a little bit jarring about the instrumental in places with the screeching that interrupts the comple...
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