Just A Little Fangirl Love

Release date: 2026 March 11 Album tracklist: Who do you love?, Broken Doll , I Need You Album runtime: 9 minutes  I'm surprised but also delighted by the number of streams this music video has gotten so far. Good for them. This is one of those smaller groups that I've been keeping an eye on since they debuted.  We have a key change. It doesn't matter what else is going on in this song, and there are some interesting things happening, but key changes are annoyingly elusive and I love them. I don't put them on the list of things I look for because that's just the ultimate bonus. But we also get audience participation clapping and an a cappella section, so there's actually a pretty decent range in what we're actually listening to. A lot of the instrumental is taken up by the drums and the guitar, and I'm okay with that, although that opening chord reminds me of a Doctor Who fan song that I love listening to. Like I said, we've got a key change. I'm ...

Release date: 2026 March 21 Album tracklist: We Together , We Together (Inst.) Album runtime: 7 minutes First full group song since they left Cube! I'm calling this as the companion song to Be Together , which is a genuine masterpiece and if you haven't heard it, I highly and deeply recommend it. Can't wait to see what gift BTOB has for the Melodies for their fourteenth anniversary. And bless them, but they also gave us more than three minutes. Have I mentioned that I love them? But you want to know what makes me love them more? This was released on March 21. Their anniversary is March 21. The runtime for the song is 3:21. We have an instrumental, so I get to hang out with that part of the song on its own before I hear their lovely voices. I'm going to guess that this is a Hyunsik-composed song based on the amount of guitar that's prevalent in the instrumental (spoilers, I was correct). But there is a beautiful little melody (pun not intended), in this instrumental ...

Release date: 2026 March 15 Album tracklist:  Shining Star , Only One Album runtime: 5 minutes  Can we take a minute and enjoy the fact that the title of the album is styled exactly  like I format these posts? I'm curious about this because I enjoyed the debut track they had a lot. And! And!  Good news! On YouTube Music, this song currently has more streams than their debut song, which is exactly the growth we want to be seeing. This is good. This is amazing news. I don't even care that both songs are under three minutes for a moment because for a small group for a small company like that, this growth is extravagant and I love to see it. This scratches the exact same itch as my second favorite Seventeen song (Ima). Same ballpark. The guitar is on fire here and it's very present throughout most of the song. Also, the way the vocals and the instrumental work together on the "shining star" part to mimic each other's emphasis is very nice. This is one of those son...

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  Well, here we are, folks. A much awaited comeback. Let's just get to it. I did take note of the runtime and we're just shy of a three minute runtime average for the album, and the title track is less than three, which I'm not as pleased about, but that's par for the course with HYBE title tracks lately. At least it's over two-and-a-half minutes, so I'm not going to whine too much. Also, I took off the NU'EST nail polish of two of my nails and painted one of them purple in honor of this comeback. I'm very curious to see what they've got for us and I'll be taking a listen to the whole album to find the song I like best, which is likely to be a b-side given my track record. Parts of this instrumental remind me a lot...

Release date: 2026 March 18 Album track list: SAY LOVE, LATENCY , MALIBU, IT WAS LOVE , STARRY NIGHT,  Album runtime: 15 mi nutes  Ah, right. This band is stacked with idols and a well-known guitarist. I really liked their debut song, which may have been the first debut of 2026, and that makes me tentatively excited for the rest of the mini album. Also, fun times had by all, there is only one song on here that is under three minutes and it is not the title track. Score. This one has an interestingly "anime intro" vibe to the instrumental for one of those heart-warming, friendship triumphs over evil sorts. There's a lot of sunlight and bright colors, the wind blows through to ruffle the main female lead's skirt as she tucks her long hair behind her ear and some leaves get caught to swirl past her as she stands on a green, grassy cliff overlooking a town or a lake. You know the scene.  That's the kind of anime that this feels like. There's a really good flow of ...

 Happy fourteenth anniversary, NU'EST! Happy discharge, JR! One of those has already happened, and the other will be happening in a few days! I cannot even tell you how much I am vibrating with excitement over JR's discharge. But as much as I love both NU'EST and JR, not everyone does, so I elected to do a post between the two events, rather than do one for both. I could have. I had a JR solo song selected for his discharge, although I might hold onto it for his birthday now that he'll be out. (Here's your friendly reminder right up here at the front that will be repeated further down at the end that I love doing posts for anniversaries and special events and I also love it when y'all give me songs to do for them). But this is a first for a couple of reasons: this is a fictional band, and it's also an OST. What does this have to do with JR? He was the bassist in the drama! So funny story about this drama. I watched it because of JR. I loved it. A couple of m...