Just A Little Fangirl Love

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...

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...

  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"

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...

 If you've never heard of this group, don't worry. You're not alone in this because they're a first gen group that hasn't released an album since 2003 and they're not one of the names you regularly hear about as being a representative of the first gen line-up. Although, to be fair, even when you do run into one of the big names of first gen, I've found that many people outside of Korea don't know them as well as they should since they're foundational to what we have now. Our second and third gen (and fourth gen now) favorites got to run and be global superstars on the paths that first gen walked down first. You may also have noticed that when it comes to first gen coverage here, I've been focusing on the B-Sides. Part of that is because out of all of the generations of K-Pop that we have so far, first gen has the greatest wealth of b-sides as they were before the mini albums and singles were popularized, so they released full albums. The other pa...

Release date: 2026 September 15 Album tracklist: A Story Like A Movie; Four seasons, and you ; Nameless Star; Evergreen Album runtime: 15  minutes  My cat's bias is pulling out the Latin for his album title, I see. I'm not kidding. I'm actually glad that Changsub is in a different country from me because there's no risk of him ever meeting T'Challa and T'Challa deciding he loves Changsub more than me. In more serious news, this morning I saw the vocal challenge that Jongho did of this song and I about swooned. Partially because of the Mayfly crumbs, but also because even without hearing the original, Jongho and Changsub have such similar timbres that I think Jongho could actually and properly do justice to one of Changsub's ballads. Which he obviously did for the vocal challenge.  Also, nearly four minutes a song. I love this man. It looks like the entire mini album was written by the same people, which is fun. This is a fascinating instrumental. It actually...