Just A Little Fangirl Love

  This is the first week in a hot minute where I've actually already had the songs reviewed in full! It helps that we had two repeats, but I'm also excited about the two first wins for songs on here! And we got a Triple Crown for JUMP even though it has not been promoted! Whoo! The Triple Crown also means that next week, we're guaranteed a new win on Inkigayo, which is helpful for the other groups.  With After School Club still on hiatus, here's the re-run for the week. It's actually pretty fitting because I'm starting to migrate into wanting to actually learn about the members in the group rather than simply loving every single song I hear from them. That's right, it's episode 458, featuring a 2021 Dreamcatcher! This was convenient because it made it easier for me to connect some of those personalities to their names. We'll see if it sticks. In the meantime, the group is wildly loud and chaotic, and I mean this in the best way. Same kind of idol as...

Release date: 2025 August 04 Album tracklist: dirtybop, How Can I Do , Mako, love chat, PUT IT ON ME, Newest Album runtime: 17 minutes  It's a little surprising that there were so few releases on a Friday, but that works for me because that means I get to work through some of my backlog. So since they got a music show win last week and they also got one this week, I'll hit this one now. Congrats, EVNNE! I'm not super please by the runtime, which would be a lot higher if we didn't have two songs hovering around two-and-a-half minutes, though, critically, both are technically over two and a half minutes if barely. And fully half of the songs are three minutes or longer, though, again, barely. So it could be worse. And the title track is one of the ones that is over three minutes.  The song has a really good beat to it with a chill and relaxed groove to it. There's a little bit too much unpredictable bite (though not enough to draw blood) to the instrumentals that keep...

  Consequences to being behind on reviews, the only win this week that I've done a review for is BLACKPINK's, but I have them started in my drafts. Also, just as an observation, only one of the wins between this week and last week is longer than three minutes. A couple are shorter than two and a half. But, we've got a bunch of new wins for songs, even though two of the music shows were on leave this week. So that's fun and exciting! And this is EVNNE's fourth win ever, so Whoo! I apologize for the lack of stages, but did TWICE ever perform this on MCountdown? For the After School Club re-run, we're going to go to episode 203 from 2016, with WJSN's debut song! I'm actually watching a kdrama with Bona in it right now, which is why I'm sharing one of their ASC appearances. Hosts were Eric Nam, Jamie, and Kevin Woo from U-KISS, singing voice of Mystery Saja. Show Champion: N/A MCountdown: TWICE "THIS IS FOR" Music Bank: The Boyz "Stylish...

  ...There will be a link to the review for Jennie and Dominic's song review when I post it tomorrow. I wasn't paying attention to the music shows this week. My apologies. As always, the links in the chart below go directly to my reviews. Moving on, I was so excited for Show Champion to resume their episodes, and this week, I was mightily disappointed. I think this is the last Triple Crown that IVE can get for Rebel Heart , at least with the shows that are currently airing, and that's genuinely impressive. On ASC, we had the rookie group (and kids considering five of the seven are seventeen or younger) ARrc, who reminded me a little bit of labrador puppies. I don't know if I've said this before, but I'm actually really grateful for After School Club and Simply K-Pop for giving an extra space specifically for the rookies and the groups with smaller fandoms a space to show off when they have comebacks. They need these opportunities.  Show Champion: N/A MCountdown...

Release date: 2025 February 10 Album tracklist : HOT MESS , Birthday, Love Like That, CROWN, Youth, Keshiki - Korean Version Album runtime: 19 minutes  This one is a little bit earlier than the ones that I've been doing recently, which makes me sad because I thought I was making progress and getting later  in the month, instead of earlier. But it's fine. At this point, the entirety of the group is at least eighteen, the youngest actually turns nineteen this year, so that's good. Project group formed from Boys Planet trainees, including Keita! Which is exciting! I liked him! But the length of the title track? Really? What is this? That beginning startled both me and my cat. Goodness. This song is chock full of energy from start to finish, a veritable runaway train. But like. Also if the runaway train wasn't going at breakneck speed? It doesn't make me feel out of breath listening to it, in other words. There's also a lot going on with the various instruments, to ...