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Release date: 2025 August 21 Album tracklist: Electric Heart , Close To Me Album runtime: 7 minutes  I was actually really pleased with them when they were here on tour, and also, two of the members loved it so much, they were like "I want to move here." That makes me happy, and hopeful that we'll get more kpop coming here because so far, our numbers have not been high for that. Beyond that, I thought they performed well and even though they were not quite as polished as some other groups I've seen, even amongst the rookies, I'd see them again. And they sound better in person, which is what I am always hoping for. Plus, the whole group are eighteen or over now! The best part of this little single they've released is the title track is over three minutes and the other one is almost four minutes long. Y'all.  We have some good sound design in this music video, which is exciting. We have the sudden cut off in the instrumentals just before the climax, a soft, ...

  Is anyone else as excited for ONF as I am? Because I'm really, really  excited for ONF. These are wins three and four for their entire career. Also excitingly, The Show  has resumed! First show of the year was this week! Whoo! This week actually had three first wins for songs, which is super cool. And curiously, though understandably considering their upcoming tour, 8TURN was on ASC before their song actually came out, so they couldn't perform it. They also revealed that they've been scolded quite a bit by the company for spoiling too much, but it kind of seemed like they didn't particularly care. There were some audio issues that caused some timing issues, but they were figured out fairly quickly. Or at least a workaround was figured out quickly. I'm very excited to see them on tour.  As always, links in the chart go to my reviews if you missed them. And the links for After School club go to the episode. Good times, friends. Show Champion: ONF "The Stranger...

Release date: 2025 March 04 Album track list: LEGGO , I Want You Now Album runtime: 5 mi nutes  I have to have this one set up so that I can just do the review Tuesday morning so it can be added to the graph in a timely manner. By the time this comes out, they'll have been on ASC, so look for the Weekly Music Reviews post later today for that link. I didn't even realize they were dropping a new something. I suppose I should have anticipated it given that they're going on tour soon, but I just spaced it. Also, I'm incredibly excited to see them because they're actually coming to my city. Third K-Pop group to come here and second to come here on tour. I'm very excited to see them, and not just because I want to support the K-Pop coming here when we have decent sized venues. I really don't like that their maknae was fifteen at debut and doesn't turn eighteen until shortly after the concert, but he was also only one of two that were underage at debut.  They ...

Release date: 2024 December 09 Album tracklist:  Like a Friend Album runtime: 3 minutes   You Are My Reason  was such a stunning song, I have no idea how they could possibly top it with this release. It's absolutely beautiful. I love love-letters to the fans in song form. This is also their second post- Ace of Ace  release in the last month, so they've clearly been keeping themselves busy, as they should to try to capitalize on the momentum gained. As long as they don't approach burn-out, I'm okay with them working this hard right now. It's unfortunately a good idea.  I can practically see the choreography with this song. I'm glad to have this to break up the seasonal ballads with something a bit more high energy, and in this case, it's new jack swing. I'm learning about all sorts of musical genres I didn't know existed, but I also don't currently know if this song is a good example of the genre. It's not super high energy, and there are defi...

  Release date: 2024 November 11 Album tracklist:  You Are My Reason Album runtime: 3 minutes  Fresh off their Ace of Ace  journey which, not gonna lie, both put them on the map for me and gave me a favorite member of the group (which happened during the Water/Fire stages and I fully squinted at the TV with the "Wait a minute" meme running through my head, because I had a favorite. I knew nothing about the groups, had no idea oldest/leader/maknae (I fully thought Myungho was the maknae up until the round before) were, but I had decided on a favorite and I knew what that meant. Lo and behold, Leader Boy! Every freaking time!), 8TURN is delivering a single to us all! Whoo! But I can't actually like them yet because they turn two years old in a couple of months and the maknae just turned 17 this year. Which means I can't like them until May of next year. It's fine. I can wait. If the last year or so is any indication, the time will pass quickly. But that deeply frust...