Just A Little Fangirl Love

  Ooh, this week had some interesting wins. Well, okay. First of all, this is the first time in a while that we've had a full batch of wins. The only way this could have been better is if After School Club had come off of hiatus. Alas. But that's fun regardless. But you know what's more fun? Three of the six were first wins for songs. And one of the six wins got a triple crown! That brings the song to ten wins, which is apparently 1/7 of the group's total wins, and makes that triple crowns from Inkigayo, Music Core, and MCountdown.  I picked a group that for the ASC re-run this week that is currently on a survival called A-IDOL, and I don't know how I feel about it because of the nature of this survival show. My girls Purple Kiss, Lightsum, and DreamNote are also on it, which is...concerning for a completely different reason. So give them all some love, yeah? (Other groups on the show are WOOAH and iCHILLIN, so give them some love too). Anyway, this is episode 571 f...

Release date: 2025 August 11 Album tracklist: HUNTER , Trap, Strange, Want Another, No Way!, Infatuation, GLAM, Picture Frame, Perfect Error, Lavender Love Album runtime: 30 minutes  I'm behind again. It's fine. I'm going to get Key's done so I'm slightly less behind, and when it was between Key, Jeon Somi, and a newly debuted team, I kind of have to go with my man Key first. No offense to either of the other two and I'll definitely be hitting the debuting one, even though I have a bad, bad feeling that they're going to be gong on Underage Protocol. It's not something that I have to worry about with Key, though. Also, seeing him in person at KCon? Wow, he is pretty. He is so much prettier in person than on camera. That was one of the only things I could talk about on the walk to the hotel. (Well, how pretty he and Hwasa are and realizing that Key may have been the oldest performer there.) The runtime is rounded up, but not too badly, though the title tra...

Assuming this works, I'm going to start including the music show wins in a weekly post. Mondays are apparently the break day for the music shows. But I'm including the weekly performance on After School Club, which can be watched live on YouTube each week at 13:00 KST and is focused on international audiences, so the primary language is English with live Korean translations and subtitles. You can also watch them after the fact. Current hosts of After School Club are Aron of NU'EST, and Allen and Taeyoung of Cravity. I'm sure it's fairly obvious why I'm including After School Club (hereafter referred to as ASC).  And here are the various performances! Show Champion: Kang Daniel "Electric Shock" MCountdown: Yeonjun "GGUM" (note: This is from the 20240926 episode of MCountdown; if I can find a performance, I'll update) Music Bank: NCT Wish "Steady" Show! Music Core: Key "Pleasure Shop" (note: I can't tell you how hap...

  Release date: 2024 September 23 Album tracklist: Pleasure Shop , Overthink, Golden, I Know, Going Up, Novacaine Album runtime: 18 minutes Happy birthday even though this is a couple of days late! And not that I dislike all the capital letters, it just makes me feel like I'm shouting when I type them out unless they're an acronym, so the lack here? Thank you, Key. Ah, thumping EDM. How I've missed you! When did I decide I like that sound? I have no idea. The song doesn't start off with energy. We get a few lines and bars of chill and soothing with only synth and the cymbal before the drums start in, which is echoed later during the bridge. I do wish there was more of a bass to really grind everything else into, but I'm pretty clear with my love for a good bass. Even without it, though, I really enjoy the vibes of the song.  Key has a lovely voice. All of SHINee does, which is why the group itself is so impressive. But can we take a minute to talk about how catchy t...