Just A Little Fangirl Love

  I'm done with the regular internet for the day because I just discovered the existence of a centipede large enough that, despite being a video, almost sent me up the back of the couch to live there. There are very, very few things that actually scare me. So, hi. I'm going to do this instead. Good motivation. Also, I love that RESCENE has now gotten wins for their debut song. I love that for them. As always, the links in the spreadsheet go to my reviews. Show Champion: Red Velvet "Surfin' Boy" MCountdown: Stray Kids "THIS & THAT" Music Bank: Stray Kids "THIS & THAT" Show! Music Core: RESCENE "Pretty Girl" Inkigayo: RESCENE "Love Attack" ASC Performance: N/A The Show: N/A The Extra Stage: WHIB "CHERRY PIE" The Extra Extra Stage: Junhee (A.C.E) "LA LA LA LUNE" The Extra Extra Extra Stage: LEEBADA "Dancing on the Moon"

Release date: 2026 August 05 Album tracklist: PAGES OF US, CHERRY PIE , MOTTO, CAN'T STOP=NOT FOUND Album runtime: 16 minutes  This is one of the reviews that I do because I'm including a stage of this song for the music show wins post as one of the extra songs. Still, this is a smaller group that needs the attention, so I'm still fine with this, even though I already know I'm behind. It's fine. Oh, this is very pretty. This is a very pretty introduction with the whistling. I'm not going to lie that the instrumental reminds me of something a girl group would do (which isn't an issue, but it's just something interesting that I'm noting), but specifically a warm, summery sort of song from a girl group. It's a little late in the season for something this summery, but there's always next year to listen to it in the summer playlists. The whistling also reminds me of another song and I'm not sure which one it is, but I have a positive associati...

Release date: 2026 January 29 Album track list: WHO'S THE NEXT, ROCK THE NATION , DDANG, ELEVATE, NO SHINE Album runtime: 13 mi nutes  I was almost really excited about the run time, and then I did the math correctly and was saddened. There's only one song on here that's over three minutes, half of the remaining four are under two and a half. I was so hopeful only a few hours ago. Oh, well. I have found songs by them that I like from their discography, and the title of this song is giving me hope that this is also a rock song. There have been a lot of them lately across the groups. That is not what I was expecting. I know you can't see my expression, but I had to pause the song and I'm sitting here with my eyes wide and eyebrows raised. Okay. I think I've reset my expectations. There is a lot going on. This is the most street music song I've heard in a very long time. I'm not sure I know what to do with this song. I keep having to pause it. It does, brie...

Release date: 2025 April 09 Album tracklist: BANG OUT , Still typing.. (subtitle: blank) Album runtime: 6 minutes  I covered WHIB's song Rush of Joy when it was released last year, and apparently hadn't realized the Underage Maknae Problem was as widespread a problem as it is. Not that WHIB falls under that, because the maknae was seventeen or eighteen at debut. I'd also like to point out how much I love the title of the other song on this single, because it's pretty hilarious and I will definitely be listening to the song at some point because how am I supposed to resist that? Rush of Joy was more TWS, and BANG OUT is a lot more xikers, and in fact, this one specifically reminds me of Rockstar  with the instrumentals. They went for the grungy, street music vibe to start off the song, and while there are sections that definitely make the song smooth out, the guitar getting absolutely shredded in spots does a lot to keep it from being too flat, especially after how in...

 This week saw some first time wins from groups! Congratulations to QWER on their first win! And congrats to Vanner on their first win as well!  Show Champion: QWER "My Name is Malgeum" (note: I'm not sure they performed on Show Champion  or MCountdown  but have a pair of other videos of them performing this song instead) MCountdown: QWER "My Name is Malgeum" (note: see note above) Music Bank: Vanner "Automatic" (note: Music Bank did not air, so I'm supplying their 20241004 performance) Show! Music Core: QWER "My name is Malguem" (note: once more, I can't find that they performed on the music show, so have another performance) Inkigayo: N/A ASC Performance: WHIB The Show: N/A

Release date: 2024 September 30 Album tracklist:  Rush of Joy , Play Album runtime: 6 minutes  The best part of doing this is getting to know a little bit groups that I previously knew only by name. WHIB could have, for all I know, debuted twenty years ago or at the beginning of 2024. I have no idea. I'm pretty sure they're a boy group, but I'm not positive, so this should be interesting. That runtime was also rounded up to the six minutes. Ah, boy group that seems to have debuted last year. Nice. I'm noticing a trend with a lot of the recent debuts, and this may be what sets fifth generation apart from fourth because I was very much struggling to differentiate the two, and other recent releases, that there seems to be a heavy disco influence and the guitar becoming more prevalent. I'm also hearing a lot of happy songs, but the ones who are debuting now, likely became trainees during the pandemic, or were trainees through the pandemic which is different in many ways...