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Song Review:: QWER: CEREMONY- CEREMONY

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Release date: 2026 April 27 Album tracklist: CEREMONY , BAD HABIT, BANI BANI, OUR VOYAGE, PIONEER Album runtime: 15 minutes  Ah, I now understand why I tried to call LE SSERAFIM's song "Ceremony" instead of "Celebration". Okay. Let's see if my rock girls give me something I love. If they don't, that's fine too. I'll accept that. Also, I just got some information about my hotel room for the concert I'm going to this weekend and I'm not stressed at all because when we called to tell them we're going to be late because our flight doesn't get it until late, the woman was like "Well, we don't really hold it that late, but check with the front desk." Y'all, we booked the room in January. We followed the instructions to contact you directly that we would be late. So, we'll see. Fingers crossed. This is a very upbeat and chipper instrumental, and I love that we can hear drumstick clicking. It's also got a lot of ...

Song Review:: Yena (IZ*ONE): Love Catcher- Catch Catch

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Release date: 2026 Mar 11 Album tracklist: Catch Catch , Spring Fever (Feat. Din Din, Jung Hyung Don), Sticker (Feat. MRCH), April's Cat, Question Marks (Feat. Paul Kim) Album runtime: 17 minutes  She dropped something new, so I'm going to do this before I look at that one. This song has been glaring at me, because she's been collecting the second gen idols, including one of the members of After School, for this dance challenge. And I love that. I've also heard that this song is one of the most second gen coded songs to come out of a younger K-Pop artist in years, which is impressive because there are a few of the rookie girl groups that I'd argue embody the second gen vibe very well.  This is the level of EDM that I started out listening to K-Pop with. This is a relentless song with what sounds like the beeps you'd get from dialing on a wireless home phone. But it's the kind of relentless that doesn't rely on loudness or aggressiveness to be completely ...