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Song Review:: KEYVITUP: KEYVITUP- KEYVITUP {Debut}

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Release date: 2026 April 08 Album tracklist: BEST ONE, KEYVITUP , LEGENDARY, SHOW ME SOMETHING, POLAROID Album runtime: 14 minutes  How many times can I write their group name before it ceases to have meaning? This is a joke. In all seriousness, this is Jaejoong's first boy group he's debuting (with another coming next month, so if I don't like this one, I may like the next one more since he said they're very different). This is not the group that is set to debut with the two trainees who were on Boys Planet 2 , but regardless I get to see if this is going to be on Underage Protocol or not. We have one member that was at YG Entertainment, one that was at SM Entertainment, and one that was at ADOR, but the maknae is the only one who is underage and he turns seventeen next month, so we are good to go. I don't know why Jaejoong couldn't do that with SAY MY NAME (who are their older sisters, which is a little ironic), but at least he didn't do the same thing wit...

Song Review:: AMPERS&ONE: DEFINITION- GOD

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Release date: 2026 April 08 Album tracklist: Hit Me Up, GOD , What You Talking About, My Way, All Eyes On You, Tears In Your Smile Album runtime: 16 minutes  I was actually startled when I saw that they'd released a new song, which I can only assume is because I just did a Battle of the B-Sides post for them (loved it, by the way). And then I wasn't going to do this one next, but it did start playing before I could pause the Young Posse song, so I went "Eh, sure. I can do that one next." But the four seconds that I've already heard? Oh, I'm going to like this song. I'm a bit peeved by the runtime in general because some of those songs are very short, but at least the title track isn't. It's still too short, but it clearly could be worse. The instrumental does the thing where it mimics the vocal melody, and that's like catnip to me. I love when it comes up. We've got a fantastic blend of modern and traditional with the skittering beat and a ...

Song Review:: Young Posse: we don't go to bed tonight- we don't go to bed tonight

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Release date: 2026 April 07 Album tracklist: we don't go to bed tonight , drum don't go to bed tonight, bass don't go to bed tonight, synth don't go to bed tonight, yps acapella don't go to bed tonight Album runtime: 15 minutes  Y'all, I'm slightly baffled by this single (they're not the same length either), but I might take a look at the a cappella version for the vocals and if they match the actual track, I might listen to that one for the vocals instead of the title track, just to focus on them better. Wow, I haven't actually covered one of their songs since 2024. Whoops. They're also majorly on Underage Protocol because the maknae was thirteen at debut, which is so far from okay, and if I find a song by them I like, I can't listen to it until next year on Guy Fawkes day. Or also the day that Rapture from Bioshock was founded. It's the same day.  Ooh, I love the use of the stereo audio system here. Wow, it's shutting off my brain ...

Song Review:: BTS: ARIRANG- Hooligan

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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  Okay. Next music video from this album. This one I definitely know I've added to some of my playlists. It's not my favorite of the bunch, but I did like it well enough. I'm really annoyed that the vinyl only song is vinyl only because vinyl is difficult to listen to on the go and I love that song. But, it is what it is. I love that introduction. It's all old-timey, then spooky and glitchy. Then it turns to what sounds like knives being dragged across each other. Then we get the old-timey and the spooky and the glitchy behind the knives. Even though it's a little grating, I absolutely love this instrumental because it's both elegant and clangy, and I'm fascinated by it.  I'm less enthused by the amount of rap in this...

Song Review:: Donghae (Super Junior): Alive- Good Day {Pre-Release}

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Release date: 2026 April 07 Album track list: Good Day (feat. Jay Park & 1iL) Album runtime: 4 minutes  He was so funny at the concert. We got a lot of them talking about their upcoming solo activities, and spoilers in some cases. Donghae doesn't have a lot of solo songs out there, which does make this all the more precious, but this is a pre-release for a full album, which is very exciting for him and for us, and I'm very excited to be seeing what he's got for us there. I know who Jay Park is. He...technically debuted only a few years after Donghae did. And I don't know who 1iL is, so I'm going to look that up. And it turns out that he's a member of History! Wow. Okay. So that's Super Junior, 2PM, and History represented in this song, although only one of them is an active member of his respective group. That's a lot of second gen here. We have a gospel choir in the background and an accompanying organ.  Okay. That's it. That's all I need fo...

Song Review:: Dayoung (WJSN): What's a girl to do- What's a girl to do

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Release date: 2026 April 07 Album track list: What's a girl to do , Priceless (kaching kaching) Album runtime: 5 minutes  This album rounds up to five minutes. The title track is barely over two minutes. If I didn't know better, I'd suspect this of being an AI garbage track, the kind that I keep seeing pop up on the older artists. The instrumental is very nice and constant. There are no surprises, no consequential changes and variations, no focal point, nothing to really sink your teeth into. I don't dislike it. I want to be clear about this. It's perfectly fine. But I only made it through about two repetitions before it turned into background noise because there was nothing to mentally grip onto. Here's the thing. Even a short story can have a solid plot. I have an entire book of short stories on my college books shelf on my bookshelf. I read most of what was required for my creative writing class. I've written a few short stories myself; the main point of ...

Greatest Hits:: Oneus: Same Scent

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 Okay, I did this time what I wanted to do last time and pull from my big playlist. And it gave me a Oneus song that is a fairly recent addition to that playlist and thus is not one of the ones that I know super well. The odds of this happening are hilariously low because I listen to that playlist the most. It's also funny that we got Oneus, because in the numbers game, the odds were not in their favor (10/1306). So, obviously, this song deserves to be here now. Oneus debuted in 2019 as a six-member group under RBW. They're currently down to five, but I still link the sixth member back to them. A lot of their songs have a more traditional sound, which is something that I am down for. And even though they're currently no longer at RBW, they were when this was released. So that gets to be this song's company. Same Scent was the title track of their eighth mini album, Malus, released in 2022, and the last of their six-member releases. It earned the group their second and t...