Just A Little Fangirl Love

 Howdy, folks and cowfolks!  Starting off with the debuts! I actually have one still sitting in my drafts so that will have to happen eventually, but I also only covered three of the others: CLOSE YOUR EYES , ifeye , and SWEET:CH . I'm still frustrated by certain trends regarding girl group debuts right now, but the two boy groups didn't frustrate me in the same way.  Also debuting were  SKINZ (a virtual boy group), TSSJ (a virtual girl group), VVS , OSDS , HITGS , and  UDTT . I mentioned it in the review I wrote for one of their later songs, but there's also a boy group called VVS and that's also the name of Vanner's fandom. So if you're into that debut, be aware that there may be some future confusion. Hopefully the company changes the name. It's been known to happen. Songs I was looking forward to: Solar (MAMAMOO): I'm always going to be really excited about anything MAMAMOO as a group or as soloists do, because you know we're basically guarante...

Release date: 2025 December 10 Album tracklist: HANDO-CHOGUA,  One Rose, Better Alone Album runtime: 11 minutes  This looks like it's going to be a fun song, because I am not going to lie, the cover art made me laugh a little. He's got such a sunshine smile. I also have no idea what to expect based on the title, but I'm hoping for a good time. It's nice that Daesung is going to drop something for us while they're presumably starting to prep for the big group activities next year. And just look at that runtime. What a beaut. Trot. He gave us trot. I am not ashamed to say that I've already popped this into the "best releases of 2025" playlist. There's so much character and personality in this instrumental that it's practically brimming with it, with enough moving pieces to make sure that there's never a dull moment when you're listening. It's actually pretty high energy, and the drama makes this one of those songs that if I was still ...

Release Date: 2025 April 08 Album tracklist: Beautiful Life, Us Before, Universe , Last girl (with Han Yo Han), JUMP, Fly Away, Wolf, Umbrella - Bonus Track Album runtime: 28 minutes  Apparently this is his first Korean mini album, which is both entertaining and adorable. It's nowhere near his solo debut, because that was almost two decades ago with trot, but the time gap is kind of precious. I'd also like to say that I'm a huge fan of how long these songs are, with only one of them under three minutes and that's barely. I'd also like to add that one of the places that Baekho has signed with is the company that has Daesung's company. So they're sort of at the same place now (like how Baekho and V were both under HYBE, just not in the same company). We're definitely leaning more towards the rock and the ballad for this, though by the prevalence and drama of the drums and the electric guitar I'm much more inclined to call this a rock song, and I couldn...

Release date: 2025 February 25 Album track list:  HOME SWEET HOME (feat. Taeyang and Daesung) ,  POWER ,  TOO BAD , DRAMA, IBELONGIIU, TAKE ME, BONOMANA, GYRO-DROP Album runtime: 18 mi nutes  So BIGBANG did in fact perform at the MAMAs. Sneaky, sneaky. I like that clever little loophole, and now I've got my finger on the kind of trickery I can expect from the group, should they continue to move back into the music industry as a group. I look forward to puzzling it out from them. It's still a little surreal writing that title, because I have mad respect for the older groups. They have gone through some insane things. I apologize for the slang. I don't know what happened there. So, welcome back, BIGBANG. Unofficially, of course. I look forward to your official comeback as a group. And the three-and-a-half minute runtime feels illegally extravagant in this day and age. The drums are so dramatic in this song. They're never on their own, but they do a good job at attempt...

  Release date: 2024 March 05 Album tracklist: Falling Slowly , Light Album runtime: 7 minutes Ah, a proper song length. I'm writing this before the frantic rush of the next few days in terms of releases, because competition there will be fierce. And also to start to pad out the March releases because somebody had to get a win on a music show months later. I joke. I'm actually very happy for them. And I picked this one because I scrolled randomly, and his was the one my cursor was on when I stopped. I feel like Daesung needs very little introduction. He is the maknae of BIGBANG after all.  The instrumentals for this song are absolutely gorgeous with a lovely acoustic guitar that gets to spend time at the front of the song, before it hands over the reigns to an electric for very strategic sections. But seriously, that beginning is one of the most soothing things. There's a sense of the bittersweet to it, because at no point is there a strong bass driving the song, and the ho...