Just A Little Fangirl Love

 By the time you read this, there will be less than a month left in 2025, which is crazy because it feels like January was simultaneously two months ago and also eighteen years ago.  First up, we have the debuts. Technically one of these that I covered was in fact posted in December, but I am counting it because it was a November debut, though not for a group. The group I covered was AM8IC , a boy group made up entirely of Chinese members that is based in South Korea and debuting in South Korea in K-Pop. I wanted to be very specific about this. The only other group I can think of that's this interesting in terms of demographics, starting location, and target audience is 1verse, which also doesn't have a South Korean in the group. Anyway, they debuted this month. And for the solo debut that I covered, that would be Jungwoo of NCT , right before his impending military enlistment. This means that all three members of the NCT subunit DoJaeJung will be in the military within the we...

Release date: 2025 November 21 Album tracklist: Sweet Papaya, SATURDAY PREACHER , Selfish, Thinkin' Bout U Album runtime: 12 minutes  I'm trying to decide how I feel about the idols having albums released during their military services. Because on the one hand, it's keeping them in the public mind, which could be good. On the other hand, it prevents a big triumphant return as well as wasting the opportunities for album promotions. I don't know. I assume they've had the cost-benefit analysis worked out between them and their company. Still, he hasn't really been in that long, although it feels like it's been an eternity. I've got a long list of photocards to pull off my wall before I can pull his off though.  Serve well, Lee Dongmin. Serve well. This is a smooth instrumental. I mean, it's a little slinky while being a little funky. Yes, there's glitter and rhinestones, but it's still a shiny silver jumpsuit, big hair, and bold eyeshadow with t...