𝐀 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨

── My 3rd 8/10 of the year for K-Pop is given to none other than KEY, and he’s the only man to make it into my top 5!
KEY’s consistency needs to be studied because I don’t know many artists who constantly come up with such good music. His bandmates also have super great music, but they might not be as consistent as him. The crazy thing is I’m not even that familiar with SHINee, and the ... read more

𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐞̂𝐭𝐞 𝐝'𝐘𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐥𝐭

── Yseult revient avec 𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘈𝘓, un album sublime, remplie d’une diversité sonore qui va du Post-Punk à l’Electro, en passant des moments plus doux. J’ai trouvé ce projet assez novateur, dans le sens où ça reste assez rare d’avoir des albums de cette teneur venant de France. Mais Yseult est bien évidemment capable de nous proposer ... read more

There was an idea. I'm all for K-Pop trying to branch out towards new sounds, and it's super cool to hear stuff we're not used to find in this industry. But big acts barely take any real risks with their release, they have the comfort of their big fan base and can diversify their sound a bit without the fear of losing their audience. However, with the first single from his upcoming solo project, Yeonjun took the risk to drop something very few were expecting from him, and I ... read more

pas mal non ? c'est français.

live : https://youtu.be/W8Nkal7oGy8

ex-SM boys are on a roll! After TAEMIN’s 𝘌𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘕𝘈𝘓 in August, and BAEKHYUN’s 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰, 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 two weeks ago, it’s ONEW’s turn to release his first project outside of SM Entertainment, with Griffin Entertainment. Just like his ex-label mates, it’s a super nice project that opens this new road for the singer.

𝘍𝘓𝘖𝘞 flows flawlessly into the listener’s ear indeed, full of playful rhythms, warm synthesisers ... read more

I have – unfortunately – never heard of Nilüfer Yanya or Wilma Archer (who produced the LP and played most instruments) before, and I'm so glad I decided to listen to their work on 𝘔𝘺 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 before bed.
The way it goes from sharp and crispy tones to soft and intimate ones provides a pleasant feeling. The transition happens so naturally that you don't even notice it. I loved the instrumentation on every song, but mostly on ... read more

c'est toujours aussi doux

Je respecte le fait qu'elle essaie de faire des trucs différents et de trouver sa propre voix, mais là, c'est vraiment pas ça quoi. Trop plat malgré l'utilisation de tous ces effets et synthés. Je trouve ça dommage, car honnêtement, il y a des bonnes idées ici et là. Le rendu ne semble pas totalement finit, ou alors le projet a été fait trop rapidement, sans prendre le temps de faire dans le ... read more

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐞𝐤𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞!

── BAEKHYUN’s last comeback date back to 2021 with 𝘉𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪, which I didn’t listen to (no idea why, I guess I just missed it). But I loved 2019’s 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 and 2020’s 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (see how regular his releases were then). When I first heard his brand new title track “Pineapple ... read more

𝐋𝐓𝐋𝐍 (𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰)

── It feels weird to say that, but I’ve been far away from anything related to Loossemble’s new comeback. From the pictures to the highlight medley and the MV teasers, I guess my mind was simply somewhere else. If you’ve read some of my recent reviews, you’ll see the distance I took with K-Pop compared to just a year ago. The next two weeks should be more busy ... read more

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

── When 𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘐𝘍𝘙𝘈𝘎𝘐𝘓𝘌 came out, I got obsessed with the group, went back to 𝘍𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 and was excited about the last part of the trilogy 𝘜𝘕𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘎𝘐𝘝𝘌𝘕, which was excellent too. But things went wrong with 𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘠, an underwhelming and basic project. As a result, my interest in them drastically went down, and it’s with little to no ... read more

𝐌𝐲 𝐋𝐔𝐍𝟖 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

── It’s been a while since I watched M Countdown (and any music show really), but this morning I tuned in and got to hear LUN8’s “WHIP” for the first time. Despite having heard them on shows a couple of times with their previous releases, and having seen @ShadeRD review their work, I’ve never listened to the group. But their performance was enough to make me want to know more, and there I am ... read more

For their first EP, RESCENE kept their excellent Dance-Pop sound and branched out to incorporate elements from other genres.

The opener “Lucky You” features cool breakbeats with a relatively misty atmosphere that almost makes you forget you’re listening to the new girl group. But it’s with “New World” that they go away from their roots. It leans more towards Hip Hop than anything they’ve done before, with the use of drum patterns associated with Trap ... read more

𝐎𝐇 𝐌𝐘 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋'𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬

── I’m so grateful for OH MY GIRL, grateful for what they bring to K-pop. A moment of bliss and magic, in between projects that lack uniformity and peace. No one does it like them today, and we need them to stay up there, for as long as we can, which goes hand in hand with listening to them and reviewing their craft to spread the word. Their last EP 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 ... read more

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

── ZEROBASEONE debuted last summer with the promising 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘛𝘏 𝘐𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘋𝘌. A superb debut and a light EP for the summer. But through 𝘔𝘌𝘓𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘗𝘖𝘐𝘕𝘛 and 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘖, ... read more

𝐓𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜

── Earlier this year, TAEMIN signed with BPM Entertainment, the home of VIVIZ, BADVILLAIN and more. The music they offer their artists is far from consistent so it’s interesting to see what’s going to happen with TAEMIN. He is an artist with a strong sonic and visual identity, shaped by the excellent producers and songwriters selected by SM Entertainment. This makes the company ... read more

𝐍𝐌𝐈𝐗𝐗 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞!

── Earlier this year, NMIXX surprised everyone with 𝘍𝘦3𝘖4: 𝘉𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘒 and since that EP I expected big things with the second opus, 𝘍𝘦3𝘖4: 𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘖𝘜𝘛. Would they be able to bring the same amount of surprise, fun and enjoyment without having something that is a carbon copy of 𝘉𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘒?
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── The song ... read more

YG Entertainment was the problem all along. How come after getting the worst solo out of BLACKPINK's members under YG, LISA drops yet another good single, even better than “Rockstar”! And it features ROSALÍA! And Tove Lo co-wrote it!

I truly love the direction this new woman is taking with her work. A perfect blending of Electropop and Trap EDM, got that metallic sound without overdoing it. Catchy melodies and cool production choices, “New Woman” is her best ... read more

The remix isn't bad as the original song is good (I gave it 80 but to me it lost some impact with time) and it's basically a copy of it. It's pretty useless in my opinion as Ava Max's role is minor here, she gets a super short verse and it's only adlibs after that. There's no point of doing this but I guess it's good promo for the Western market.

LIGHTSUM have always been in a weird place at Cube’s headquarters, they came around when CLC’s members were slowly leaving, when Soojin left the company and (G)I-DLE’s activity was slowed. It almost feels like Cube decided to launch them to 𝘵𝘳𝘺 to make up for their horrible decisions. On top of that, they recently were on a hiatus and had some member changes (like if it was going to fix anything). I don’t follow the group therefore a fan of them will explain ... read more