November 2024 Reviews

Ah, November. The beginning of award show season. Hopefully this month will have some down days so I can catch up on the work I've given myself.

My birthday (and my best friend's birthday since hers is the day after mine) will apparently be particularly busy. But since I'm going to be spending quite a bit of time on airplanes, in hotels, and waiting in lines that day and the day after, I'm not overly worried! So many of my groups have a member with a birthday around my birthday, and one boy group with a member who shares a birthday with me, though a couple of years younger. Whoo! (I love how optimistic I was about this and clearly ignoring the fact that I don't focus well.)

But November will also see some solo releases that seem like they'll be a pretty big deal. Like SHINee's Minho. It makes sense. The other three have also released albums in the last couple of months, and at some point soon, we may be seeing a SHINee release as well. Yesung of SuJu and Sungjin of DAY6 also have comebacks scheduled. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation has announced another comeback, which is exciting. We also get to look forward to the solo debut of one Jin from BTS, which also means November is a big month for HYBE boy groups as we're also going to be seeing TxT, Enhypen, and TWS having comebacks. I feel like HYBE could have planned that a little better (especially since Enhypen and TWS are both on the same day), but if we've learned anything from the recent drama, there's very little coordination at HYBE. But MOST importantly, we should be finally getting the long-awaited G-Dragon comeback, who is arguably the biggest one here. Those are a lot of adverbs, and I'm not changing it.

I'm not saying he is. I'm saying it's arguable. There are a lot of variables that would determine one over another, and several groups with soloists this month are huge heavyweights in play. (As a funny note, I saw a kid interview where they had a bit of a BIGBANG song playing and the two kids had to guess who it was. One of them had no clue. The other knew the song because his sister really liked it, and was positive that G-Dragon was in SHINee. Considering who the soloist comebacks are this month, I think that's hilarious.)

TVXQ!, VIVIZ, ATEEZ, Lovelyz, and NEXZ are having comebacks as well. The four BTOB members are supposed to drop another pre-release single at some point this month as well. Interestingly, it seems like SME is choosing to have a battle of the NCT subunits with both NCT Dream and WayV having releases this month as well. That seems like a terrible marketing strategy to me, but whatever. I'm not in charge. I'm just annoyed with SME in general right now, completely unrelated to the RIIZE situation.

And the group Big Ocean is finally releasing their first mini album! I'm so happy and so proud of them! I'm not kidding about this, but if you want an insight into the group, your best bet is to get on TIKTOK because they do lives about four times a week around noon KST for hours. And they just leave the lives on. Their fans have gotten to sit in on their sign language lessons as well as their dance practices, and have gotten to know the managers pretty well as well. (Can you tell how excited I am about this?)

izna is finally set to debut as well. I hope things are okay for them, and there haven't been too many snags in the process.

But y'all! ILHOON IS BACK, BABY! He announced on his very first Instagram live last month that we'd be seeing some of the music he's been working on by the end of the year. Honestly, I thought that meant December, but he's releasing it this month instead! Lots of the happy wiggles from me.

20241101 ODD YOUTH "Best Friendz" {Debut}

20241101 BABYMONSTER "CLIK CLAK" {Pre-Release}

20241101 BABYMONSTER "Drip"

20241103 Park Je Up (IMFACT) "Aftermath"

20241104 Minho (SHINee) "CALL BACK"

20241104 Tomorrow x Together "Over The Moon"

20241104 J.Y. Park "Easy Lover"

20241105 EPEX "My Girl" {Pre-Release}

20241105 EPEX "Universe"

20241105 EPEX "Closer"

20241105 Sungjin (DAY6) "Check Pattern" {Debut}

20241105 Yesung (Super Junior) "It's Complicated"