Just A Little Fangirl Love

Release date: 2026 April 01 Album track list: LIKE YOU BETTER (Japanese ver.), Love=Disaster (Japanese ver.), Sky Runner , LIKE YOU BETTER (Instrumental), Love=Disaster (Instrumental), Sky Runner (Instrumental) Album runtime: 18 mi nutes  I don't do a lot of the Japanese releases, but I figured I'd do fromis_9's since I've got a moment and also because they're fromis_9. I don't care that they aren't at Pledis anymore. I'll still support my girls and will continue to do so even after TWS gets a set of younger sisters, since I'm hearing that rumor for this year rumbling in certain spaces. I just want them to do well, because they've just got excellent music, you know? And apparently this is their long-awaited Japanese debut! Yay! That's fun and exciting! I'm glad I decided to cover it! And oh, look. They're no longer at HYBE and have a three-and-a-half minute title track. Shocking. Literally this song got mentally slotted into the 2026 ...

Release date: 2025 February 05 Album tracklist: Hoshiakari , Because of you, Is This Love? (Japanese Ver) Album runtime: 10 minutes  Japanese Debut incoming! I obviously don't do a lot of the Japanese releases, but this is Moobyul and  it's her Japanese debut, so obviously, I have to review this one. Obviously. She's stunning and phenomenal. She went for somethin gloriously soft for her debut. The guitar is quiet and sentimental, and even when the energy starts to spark up, the beats of rest that act as a reset for the song do a phenomenal job of specifically delineating the different sections and allowing the softness of the verses to come to the forefront without making it too jarring. Really, even when the energy has increased, this is just such a soft song that I'm delighted by this. Strictly speaking, debuts are how to announce what form the artist's career will be like, at least for a little bit, so with Moonbyul's being just so soft, it makes me genuinely...

Release date: 2024 December 03 Album tracklist: MIRAGE , MIRAGE - Instrumental Album runtime: 6 minutes  Finally! I get to post a new song of theirs! Genuinely couldn't be happier that they're being active again and their careers are progressing! Or, at least are less stalled than they've been for the majority of the year. So I am a happy me. I know I don't do a lot of Japanese releases, but this is my first group I saw perform. I may wander around many groups, but I come home to roost when my groups have something for me. And this is their Japanese debut! Yay for them! As a side note, I highly  recommend their Christmas song they released last year. It's so soft and sweet and adorable. And, 'tis the season right now too! You know, one thing I really very much appreciate about NINE.i, and it's something that I also appreciate with a few other groups as well, is how bright their sound is. It's very well-produced to have multiple layers to the sound as w...

Release date: 2024 October 03/November 11 Album tracklist: LAST SONG, Off The Mask , Save You, BAD EUPHORIA, PRISONER, Goodbye, Butterfly - Depth Ver. Album runtime: 21 minutes  I didn't do the digital release for the album back at the beginning of last month because I'm still not sure exactly where I stand on the Japanese releases. But SME is doing such a piss-poor job of promoting him that I feel the need to this time around. Also, that's over a month between digital and physical album releases. Why so long? And I genuinely don't know when to say this was released, because I've got about three or four conflicting dates. I'll decide before I post this review, but I just want you all to know that I'm very confused, and even though I don't listen to NCT much in general, my algorithms give me new releases, even ones I wasn't aware of. And I still didn't get this one. As far as I can tell, this is his debut, and there should be so much pomp and cir...

  Release date: 2024 August 06 Album tracklist: Tsuki (Lunatic) , Cool, Are you serious?, Tsuki (Lunatic) - Instrumental, Cool - Instrumental, Are you serious? - Instrumental Album runtime: 20 minutes Look, I know I said that I was only going to think about doing a review on this song because it's in Japanese and not Korean, and I'm not well-versed enough to know the difference with if this is actually considered K-Pop when it's not in Korean. They are a K-Pop group...I don't know. Whatever. It's xikers, and I do actually love them. They need the attention. Plus, this was the first title track that I didn't immediately feel a little disappointed by! I actually like all three tracks here (unequally), which makes me laugh a little. I'm not head over heels in love, but the fact that it's their Japanese tracks that make me go "Yes, please," is a little ridiculous to my own mind. Much like with TVXQ! for some reason. I like their Japanese releases ...