Just A Little Fangirl Love

Release date: 2025 August 25 Album tracklist: Upside Down , Back & Forth, Ocean Drive, High & Dry, Happy Accident (feat. Sole) , 123 Dance  Album runtime: 18 minutes  Yes, the album is already out, but I wanted to get to this one first because if he gets a win for the album, a win on this one will likely come first. Also, I thought the present he got from Kai, I think, was so sweet. I love that. Wholesome support from the members. Ooh, that's some smooth and swanky R&B. That's actually really nice. It's slow and mellow, but it's not flimsy. The beat is really pronounced, though unhurried. This is an early Sunday morning kind of song, or perhaps a Tuesday night kind of song. Slow dancing in the kitchen to a song only the two of you can hear. Domestic and comfortable, but at the same time the amount of sheer, undiluted love wafting off this moment could probably power the room.  Chanyeol has such a good voice. I mean, the entire group is incredibly skilled and...

Release date: 2024 August 28 Album tracklist:  Black Out , Hasta La Vista, Ease Up,  Back Again , I'm on your side too, Clover Album runtime: 18 minutes Finally getting around to this review... a month late. It's fine. Okay, that is a short song, clocking in at just over two and a half minutes.  I dig the instrumentals. They're doing a lot over the course of two and a half minutes. And by a lot, I mean I think I hear four different genres. It's an ambitious amount and not what I would have expected, but given the opportunity to flex something, you should flex it. This song features hip hop, airy R&B, rock, and rap. I think that's R&B in that section, anyway. I absolutely could be wrong. Like I said. There's a lot happening. And I like that it's followed by a much mellower song to serve as a palate cleanser. There are at least two different sections of the song that I would love a full song for. The others I feel a lot more ambivalent about, but they...

Release date: 2024 August 28 Album tracklist:  Black Out , Hasta La Vista, Ease Up, Back Again , I'm on your side too, Clover Album runtime: 18 minutes  I have a number of songs by EXO that I like, a number which is growing, as expected. I'd love to say I can differentiate any of their voices, but I can't. Not yet, anyway. I suspect I'll be able to when I sit down and spend time learning them. But I know EXO also has a reputation for having stellar voices. I maintain that debuts are meant to say who a group, or an artist, is and what they're about. EXO has had a lot of strong songs over the twelve years they've been around, so I'd guess that Chanyeol would be used to that style and could have gone in that direction for his solo debut. He didn't. He went for a chummier sound, like hanging out with a friend at night and going for a drive because someone needed it. Now, I dig the instrumentals. They're head boppy. I picked up on the drum rhythm pretty q...