i really cannot stand the way they record things , and their deliberately low-kept loudness . like spending a lifetime before the 1970s . The sound image is always mono-like and biased to a side . Multi-track recording might not benefit them much since it was invented

ex NMIXX member took some Red-Velvet-would-do DEMOs to form her 'debut'
aww they even hinted that in the title ... Just being funny , some of the crew actually did some work for Red Velvet and absolutely are familiar to K-Idols

standard friends standard prod.

musically stunning opening , put up my expectations then dropped it , what a pity
#1Club for the Broken , #3Obsessed > 70

ILLIT made a relatively compatible comeback to their debut . Putting the one and only member on the cover instead of a group might be controversial , so they blurred that ? Such a confusing and meaningless move . After all , the #5 are really living up to the expectation and the ILLIT dreampop / hypnogogic usage in the debut EP ; and the full-song of #2 is more like a disco-house production with more French House( Daftpunk-like chopping , fade-in fade-out filtering , ear-catching samples also ... read more

possibly the FIRSTEVER Fujii Kaze song not-constructed from the keyboard , there is no keyboard part in this song . Even his later try-outs like 'Feelin' Go(o)d' and 'Workin' Hard'has some obvious chords .

a more blurred and less indie-flavorred album from the former KMA 'Best Modern Rock Album' awardee Ahn Dayoung . I praised her last LP release as the 'indie out of indies' . It was a very outstanding and unique album that some reviewers considered R&B because of its ballade-ness and dreamy sound , which also led to my thoughts about some alt-rock considered R&B plot : Radiohead is a good example that blurred the lines between rock and R&B(ballad pop) ; Daniel ... read more

If you ever wondered: is XG K-Pop , now a bigger puzzle is ahead . Obviously R.E.D the girl group took a lot of visual & audio presentation from XG / XGALX . What kind of Pop(regionally speaking) are they ? And some said that XG-crew even directly instructed this girl group during their practice . But I considered that more like a commercial announcement about copyrights 'we officially allow them to do this instead of plagarism'

Whatever the inside-story is about , I feel so ... read more

KIOF's comeback washed away their last misleading disappointment . They still have the deepest understanding in R&B/Soul music among the K-Idol realm , not just singing skills as that part might have much more contestants .

some breakthrough tryinig out electronic elements , but tediously under-average overall . By the way some similar lines in #2 made me feel they possibly shared the same songwriters and demos with NMIXX too much , if you know you know ...

kinda meaningless re-issue of <ADHD贪吃蛇>

I turned back to finish my comment (not really criti-esque) for this album ,after reading some other interview for the singer-songwriter . This album is a giant step from her latter release , Fanqi absolutely got some songwriting wit , but some of her viewpoint in her former releases seemed less seriously-discussed . Fanqi is also considered an essential singer-songwritier representing Feminism in China , for one of her hit '性别女'(Gender: Female) contained lyrics about marriage ... read more

real dangerous way to selfmade your 'album' , every single song from this project were constructed straight out from some famous beats .e.g. J dilla . I donno whether those beats were free to use or you might be copy-struck laterly . So I only put them in the 'arrangers' list as they never actually 'did' join the production . After all it was still a good tribute to Erykah Badu , Lauryn Hill , the Soulquarians 'era

this is neither a piece '曲' nor an improvisation , just bars of pop chords dissembled into notes . and brother just made his VLOG in Abbey Road studio to put more dirt to his career

this album cover is way-too-simple to be considered AI-generated ... (while some of the other album-covers in the era are suspective) and the beats are craaaaazily amateurish , some of the vocal parts saved it a little bit

Daiki's first trial on his electro-alternative-persona , amateurish and awful

Daiki san lost his mind after making the MILLENNIUM PARADE-collab latinpop 'KIZAO' , and tried to bring that back in King Gnu . He better stop before it is tooooo late

instrumental arrangement and mixing were executed kinda well and clean , but vocal part (seemingly to be lyrics and intonation) sounded cringingly misfit for sure .

<another 'Unchained Melody' tribute>
Jackson Wang is still on his 'MAGICMAN' and Cai Xu KUN made his 'DEADMAN' , just being funny but I believe the latter crew can do the same thing as well

some part of the unexpected French / Japanese infusion were freaking hilarious , Asian-fusionistic .