It's a very sweet song. There's a ton of mess and power struggle between HYBE and ADOR now so NJ's promotions this year are now quite uncertain.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 27 April 2024 11:59 (one month ago) link
i think there's another single next month and two japanese singles planned for june still, but yeah i hope all the corporate drama doesn't get in the way of the album that's planned for later in the year.
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 12:21 (one month ago) link
this isn't all that great but I like it, a throwback to a time when idols could sell a mediocre song on sheer charisma and personality alone. zico still knows his way around a good hook.
also nice to see/hear Jennie clearly having fun outside of YG/Blackpink - probably the most enthusiastic performance I've seen from her in ages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfqBQ2XhBCg
― Roz, Sunday, 28 April 2024 04:07 (one month ago) link
For those who miss the big girl groups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufoKYZXpKg
― abcfsk, Thursday, 9 May 2024 10:48 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phuiiNCxRMg
― abcfsk, Monday, 13 May 2024 15:43 (one month ago) link
"supernova" is pretty good but lol at the "trans europe express" interpolation that gets dropped in there for just a moment?
― ufo, Monday, 13 May 2024 21:28 (one month ago) link
that's probably the best aespa single
― ufo, Monday, 13 May 2024 21:32 (one month ago) link
They've had a good streak
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 17:44 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3K0TOvTOno
another good newjeans single
― ufo, Friday, 24 May 2024 21:14 (three weeks ago) link
Finally got around to watching the BBC documentary on the Burning Sun scandal that came out a couple of weeks back - I won’t post the link here because it’s harrowing and a very difficult watch, but you can easily search for it on youtube.
It gives a good and clear account of how the story unfolded, who was involved, what they were each responsible for. Disgusting that none of the key offenders got anywhere close to a deserving sentence, and most are already out of jail and attempting comebacks.
I hadn’t known that the late Goo Hara, from KARA, had played a pivotal role in uncovering a key figure in the scandal. Bittersweet but glad that it’s now part of her legacy (along with the Goo Hara Act )
― Roz, Sunday, 26 May 2024 13:21 (three weeks ago) link
Supernova is the big early summer hit in Korea, plenty of 'PAK's, and with a very SM sound (the short line '누구도 말이야' at 0:38 in the MV is the kind of vocal production and song snippet that basically only exists in SM, like a brief definitive signature) composed by in-house SM producer Kenzie (she's been in SM since 2002, alongside the other main SM producer responsible for their sound, Yoo Young-jin, who left the company last year). Anyway the song is definitely less about following trends and more about insisting on something that's 50% aespa and 50% general SM DNA.
― abcfsk, Friday, 7 June 2024 19:23 (one week ago) link
Nayeon’s “ABCD” is an excellent homage to 00s Rich Harrison hits - “Crazy in Love” on the chorus, a brief “1 Thing” interpolation on the dance break
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZttxRcPZw
And for a completely different mood, this new Sunmi single is lovely- “Balloon in Love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXhbBbe0i-I
― Roz, Monday, 17 June 2024 15:51 (yesterday) link