Just A Little Fangirl Love

  The Show is back again this week, everyone, which means a full set of wins, one of which was a huge surprise and required me to review a song I missed back in 2024! And I'm almost caught up so you can get the commentary again soon! As always, links in the chart go to my reviews. Show Champion: idntt "Kids Return" MCountdown: ATEEZ "BAD" Music Bank: idntt "Kids Return" Show! Music Core: RESCENE "Pretty Girl" Inkigayo: RESCENE "LOVE ATTACK" ASC Performance: N/A The Show: idntt "Kids Return" The Extra Stage: 8TURN "Stagefright"

Release date: 2026 July 13 Album tracklist: Twenty, Kids Return , Run It Up, Lovestruck, Trainspotting , It's Not Over, Boys Gonna Dive Album runtime: 18 minutes  Okay, the next subunit for this group has debuted, but because the groups current overall maknae is currently fifteen (debuted at fifteen, turns sixteen next month as of writing this), I will have to check every subunit until he turns eighteen in 2028. The maknae of this particular subunit is seventeen, turning eighteen in a few months. He's also the leader and while I'll accept the maknae debuting at seventeen, I did have to check for the second thing that would qualify a group, or in this case a subunit, for Underage Protocol, which is the number of underage members. There are only two in total of the five, which is within acceptable limits percentage wise, and they both turn eighteen before Joshua and V turn thirty-one. And, best part, is that even though there are some short songs lurking amongst the b-sides, ...

  This is an exciting week for the wins! We've got some first wins for songs, which I'm loving, but more excitingly, we had two different milestones happen! First up, we had a group's first win! Congrats to idntt on that all important first win! And with the subunit's debut as well! That's so cool! Second, we had a triple crown from Inkigayo! Congrats to Hwasa for that! It was also girl group domination this week, so that's pretty cool, ranging from second gen (Apink) to fifth gen (ILLIT). I like the range here. Continuing with my stubborn insistence on supporting the smaller groups, this week's After School Club re-run is ATBO on ep. 576 from 2023. I'm not happy that they've been disbanded, but I hope that the members are doing well despite this. For this episode, we didn't have the full list of members as two of them were participating in King of the Masked Singer at the time. I found a really interesting performance on The Show from earlier...

Release date: 2026 January 05 Album tracklist: BOYS, Yes We Are, Pretty Boy Swag , Rage Problem, Moon Burn Album runtime: 12 minutes  Well, we're on our second subunit from this group, and now I have to double check ages again. I could listen to the first subunit all I wanted to, and they had some songs I liked, but I cannot listen to this one because that maknae is fifteen, which means Underage Protocol. He's also already a big boy and over 6', so hopefully the company can keep him fed while he finishes growing as he should. I find it both hilarious and adorable when the maknae is the tallest/biggest member of any given group. I thought that this would be the next eight members on their own, but apparently this subunit is the next eight plus the original seven, and it's unfortunate about the kid who was supposed to debut with the original eight.  It's got a good beat with some fancy keyboard work going on, which is a good sound for the song. I'm also a big fan ...

Release date: 2025 November 11 Album tracklist: Eight Eleven Album runtime: 2 minutes    Oh, that reminds me. I still need to hit BOYtude from their debut mini album. The eight member unit is still at seven, but, again, I’m glad that the company is taking its time to figure out the truth of the matter instead of just tossing him out the door like happens so often (LE SSERAFIM, The Boyz, WayV, Monsta X, etc.). Still, here we are. I’m curious about this one because of the two songs I’ve listened to, one I really like and one…less so. So this could in fact go either way, and I like that uncertainty. What I don’t like is the less than two-and-a-half minute runtime, but it is what it is. This is a good hip-hop beat. It’s very steady and relatively uncomplicated. The instrumental is basically comprised of three different beats that happen at various times and various configurations, so there’s some variation within those limitations. The most different part of the instrumental is w...

Release date: 2025 August 11 Album tracklist: New,  You Never Met , Storm, BOYtude , Instant Chemistry, EGO : Limitless, Adolescence  Album runtime: 17 minutes  For this trio of music reviews because idntt has an overachieving company, I'm not rehashing all of it. That can be found on the review for their debut track, You Never Met . I will say, though, that despite my approaching concerns, they have not been put on Underage Protocol. Interesting. Also, I've already forgotten what You Never Met  sounds like. That's probably not a good thing considering I just listened to it for the review I posted literally yesterday. Ooh, I like this combination of sounds. I like this one. This one has an excellent flow to it, with a delightful combination of textures and instruments. Not going to lie, I was kind of wrinkling my nose a little at the very beginning, but basically as soon as they started singing, that went away, and I had mentally tucked it away into one of those fake...

Release date: 2025 August 11 Album tracklist: New, You Never Met , Storm , BOYtude , Instant Chemistry, EGO : Limitless, Adolescence  Album runtime: 17 minutes  Here's why I'm worried about this group. Hi, welcome. I'm picking up this conversation from my ramblings at the beginning of the review I did of Key's new song, Hunter , if you need context. They're the younger sisters of tripleS, which wouldn't be a concern in and of itself, except tripleS has a history of debuting the fourteen-year-olds. Guess how happy I am about this. But, before I work myself up too much, because I apparently have three of these songs to do (overachieving company...), let's take a look at the ages so far. Oh, and the name is pronounced like the English word "identity". Okay, so it looks like we're starting off with three subunits, one member is on hiatus while the facts are received about an ongoing something (which, despite the debuting fourteen-year-olds thing, i...