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Music Show Wins:: Week of 05/07 - 05/13

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  One of those wins is not like the others. I saw the article the other day talking about its surprise climb up the charts since last October, but what's so impressive about this is the song is over a year old and Woodz is in the military (also, this was his second win ever, which makes me so genuinely happy for him). He gets out in July, which is now something else for me to look forward to while I wait for Minhyun to get out. We're down to about seven months for him, about ten for JR, and about thirteen for Jeonghan and Ren (I think). Little micro-goals to focus on instead of the inevitable creep of time resulting in more idols enlisting. The discharges is a much less stressful thing to focus on. I also apologize for the lack of reviews the last few days, so I'll move these necessary reviews up to the top of the list for me to do, and add Woodz in. Not that this is a hardship because I love Drowning , but whatever. (This is a hint that if someone else also loves this song...

Song Review:: Highlight:: From Real to Surreal- Chains

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Release date: 2025 April 28 Album tracklist:  Chains , Endless Ending , Good Day to You, Follow Me Album runtime: 13 minutes  Y'all, when I say how excited I am that the second gen groups are still getting wins, that's not even the half of it. As a side note, as I was setting up this review, Fiction  by B2ST started playing, specifically the Orchestra Version, which is hands down an unbelievably gorgeous song and I have it in like seven playlists between the regular and the orchestra version. Congrats, Highlight! Whoo! Jazzy. If you're new to my reviews, I very much love it when songs have certain instruments. The violin is one of the top frequent flyers for me in that way, but woodwinds, brass, and/or other various stringed instruments also bring me a lot of joy because they add a delicious texture to what would otherwise be a standard affair. They trigger my love of big orchestras and cinematic drama. In other words, I love movie soundtracks. This doesn't go that far ...

Song Review:: B2ST (Highlight): From Real to Surreal- 없는 엔딩 (Endless Ending) {Pre-Release}

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Release date: 2025 April 28 Album tracklist: Chains , Endless Ending , Good Day to You, Follow Me Album runtime: 13 minutes  Am I really behind because this was the pre-release and the album is out now? Yes? Could I have just done the title track and gotten to this one later? Yes. The problem with that, though, is that I'd be delaying doing a song released under the name B2ST for the first time in almost a decade. Which I've already done and don't want to do any longer. Cube giving them back the name B2ST even though they said they were going to keep going by Highlight was one of the best decisions Cube made in the last few years (which also includes giving BTOB their name also, but I digress). Also, I listened to the album yesterday and it scratched an itch for me.  I really love the crackling at the beginning of this song. First of all, it reminds me of my favorite B2ST song ( Fiction ), and second of all, it's an aural clue to go back in time, something important whe...