Just A Little Fangirl Love

  Three of the Big 4 are represented this week in the music show wins, but they're not the only ones, which is also cool. I like diversity in an ecosystem because that indicates healthiness for the ecosystem. We've got a couple of first song wins, which is delightful for all of us, and mostly them because those wins are important. And I was waiting for one of those songs to get a win. Also, I couldn't be happier about Close Your Eyes for getting a second (very well deserved in my opinion, that album is amazing and incredible) just about two weeks after debut. Whoo! I did a random scroll to grab an After School Club for this week as they're still on hiatus (which is fine and I'm happy to wait for them; I'm doing a lot of waiting), and after I finished watching it, I found my next one because it was the next recommended for me to watch. It's a group who is regularly a top listen of mine every month and they were on ASC exactly one time. This week, however, fea...

Release Date: 2025 March 31 Album tracklist: LOVE LINE , What if? Album runtime: 6 minutes  The cool thing about how I'm trying to get myself caught up is I'm under 0 obligation to do any of the reviews in order. Takes the pressure off me to do any given review, but also gives me flexibility in case a song gets a win in a music show before I get to actually doing it. Like in this case, where it's part of the March releases that I'm putting a pause on for the moment to wrangle the April ones. Congrats, NiziU! Super exciting! And until or unless this gets added to an album later, I'm just going to treat this like the single it currently is.  This song feels very J-Pop. Like, if you told me that this was the opening theme to an anime, I'd so fully believe you that knowing it isn't makes me feel a little weird, like the world isn't what I expect it to be. It's a very bright track with high amounts of cheerful energy, and quirky little synthy bursts and w...