The Horse and the Infant - I feel like I have a lot to say and also Nothing at all.... starting a musical like this?? is insane work I fear, but when I first listened to it/watched it with one of my friends, I was immediately hooked and despite being someone who really loves musicals, I don't often get that on the first song??
Just a Man - Okay so here's the thing. Again, the first time I listened to this, I was a little shocked we were going from an upbeat intro to a sad ballad in the blink of an eye. Such is life. I will also admit that this song took a while to grow on me, but overall, I've really learned to love it!!
Full Speed Ahead - This one I got IMMEDIATELY! Like... ITHACA'S WAITING?? OUGH that went so hard I had to take a breath for real. ALso, spoilers for... the odyssey I guess? I dunno I haven't read it but whatever. Anyway the point I wanted to make was this entire thing wouldn't have happened if it weren't for Eury's hungy ass... bro if u don't wait 5 more mins you could have been home but noooo
Open Arms - I immediately knew something was going to happen to Polites when I heard this the fisrt time because any time I like ANYONE in media, they die... so why would he be any different? I can't have shit in Detroit!!
Warrior of the Mind - I remember hearing parts of this on tiktok a really long time ago I think? I dunno, there's not much to say, I love women, this was slayful and we love to see it!
Somewhere Out There - M.O.N.T
OMW - I put this in my "Check Out" playlist because I heard it on a youtube video (yes, from THAT channel, we stan) anyways it was giving one direction and I remember mont being on my radar a long time ago so... yeah. Anyways song wise, its cute! It is very one direction! I have high hopes for the rest of the EP but we will see what goes on!
Double Triple - Okay me when I'm in a bar fight in the wild wild west... immediately getting points for making it really easy for me to picture something. Where it loses a few points is in the fact that it's not wow-ing me... its good! But its missing a lil sumn for me...
SPEED - OKAY!!! We love going into every genre ever!! /srs btw. Anyway @XdinaryHeroes cover this challenge. Now. Song wise, I like it a lot more than the last one but less than OMW. So... If I could give OMW a 4.5 I would and this is a 4.
When Winter Comes - I mean, listen, I love a ballad. I do. This is no different. I love this. Overall, a pleasant experience!!
My Girl - EPEX
My Girl - This was another one I put in my "Check Out" playlist because... I wanted to say because it gave One Direction - are we sensing a theme here? But now that I'm listening to it, it really isn't... so I'm curious as to why I put this in the playlist. It's a cute song, don't get me wrong! But the fact I can't remember why I put it to be listened to later is... concerning.
Winter Heptagon - GOT7
PYTHON - yuhh lets get funky wit it!! fuck it up!! if i may be so honest, there are some parts that fall a little flat for me, but then it picks back up right after, which is leaving me a little conflicted. I think as of first listen, this is something that will have to grow on me, solely for the parts that I don't love the most. Not bad, though!!
SMOOTH - NOW SEEEE!!!! NOW SEE!!! LETS GOOOOOO!!! This is absolutely more my speed! They lose half a star for the falsetto parts but as we all know, I don't like it when anyone does that. The rest of it though... yeah baby! This will be on repeat for a while!
Our Youth - Stop. World STOP! Nobody told me about THIS ONEEE COME ON MANNN!!!! THIS IS SO BUGCORE!!! I love SMOOTH in the sense that it aligns with what I'm presently obsessed with but THIS!!! Fits the life-long bugcore criteria! Come on man!! Yall hid this from me???? So yall hate me and want me to kms? No, its fine, its fine. I'm kidding, by the way. I did say no spoilers so I hid this from myself. Absolute banger, got7 never misses. Argue with the wall.
REMEMBER - okayyy opening is giving ape escape 3 cloud level which I love. Okayyy waitttt wait this is fun!! I don't like it as much as Our Youth, but it is a very close second. I think rating wise, this would be number two and smooth would go under this. Yeah babeyyy. Yeah.
Darling - this is sex music. kinda. its like foreplay music. If I could, I would give it a 4.25 because it's better than PYTHON but its not quite REMEMBER yknow? whoever the fuck just said line is insane. let me find out who that was brb. YOUNGJAE. when i catch you youngjae. ur wild.
TIDAL WAVE - okay wait. its sitting at a 4.5 right now, it can either bump to a 5 or fall to a 4 but it's not going lower than that. The falsetto is leaning to a 4 but the chorus will determine. Ooh, anti drop. Well. That does solidify it for me, I fear. HOWEVER, it's really good and while I don't think this will go on repeat for me (simply because it's not what I'm into at the moment) I can say with confidence that if this had come out in 2017 when all of kpop had a hard on for tropical house music, I would have made this my number one song of the year.
OUT THE DOOR - PAUSE!!!! This is SOOO september 2020 bugcore... I've been yearning for a sound like this!! This is my list so I can have two fav tracks. This one and REMEMBER have tied. One could make the argument that there's a little One Direction vibe in this too, but to me, it's more 2020. WHO IS THIS!!!! HOLD ON!!! Mark Tuan. Of course it is. Mark's always had my back like that frfr thats pookie. WAIT WHOS THIS! I wanna say Youngjae.. brb. JAYB. LORD JESUS. Shoutout to other pookie fr he always been fine as fuck... anyway ummm this is one of the best songs they've ever put out actually so? Argue with me because I will die on this hill.
her - alright now wait a hot darn minute. THIS is givinggg... November 2023 Bug... when I was in my country acoustic guitar era. Not everything has to have an era or a microlabel blah blah blah it helps me. Anyway. It's Sad but not like weeping sad, yknow? I don't want to give it a 5 because 5s are saved for songs that went in my likes within the first 30 seconds... but it's as good as a 5... so a 4? I dunno, it's something I can't see myself listening to a lot but it's absolutely beautiful and it's making me imagine a mv or a story... I think a good place for this song to go is in my "bitches be like 'I'm so excited to write!' and then never write" playlist where I put all the songs that immediately gave me a story idea... yeahhh,,, yeah that sounds about right. Also lowkey @XdinaryHeroes cover this.
Yours Truly, - OUGH... piano and twinkles is never a good sign... I fear I may be about to weep... thank goodness I didn't have therapy today cos I think this would have destroyed me if I did. I'm facing the same dilemma where I want to give it a 5 because it's beautiful but it is a song I'll be skipping so... but I'm not skipping it because it's bad!! I'm skipping it in the future because it's sad and I have a rule about listening to sad music... hrmrmrmmmmmm....
Thunder Fever - CIX
Bad Moves - OH PURR??? Starting off so strong we love to see it !! I missed u my cix... this is SO good wait??? And nobody told me ab this... nahhh... fake as hell, the lot of you. Oh you know what this chorus is giving? Bad Idea... moonbin sanha we miss you so bad... overall, not a bad start to an album! It does lose points for reminding me of moonbin sanha and making me Sad but thats not their fault.
THUNDER - Oh hello!! Okayyy okayyy!! I haven't heard the title track yet but just from listening to this, I'm feeling like this should have been it. This would have gone triple platinum in 2017-2018 I fear... that doesn't make it any more or less good or bad, it's just very that era in sound. I don't think it's a song I would go looking for to listen to but I wouldn't skip it if it came on.
Lovers or Enemies - OHHH now wait a damn moment... waiiiiiiittttttt!!! Yeah... yeah this deserves title track status. This is good. I love a bouncy fun yearning song... cix you have done it again! Oh hm. This anti drop chorus is... not my favourite thing in the world, I have to be honest, BUT the sound itself is giving TXT blue hour era (one of their best, if I may be so frank) so I can't be too mad at it! I will say... Bae Jinyoung you would have eaten on this... Can we also stop normalizing songs under 3 minutes... don't piss me off.
My name is shadow - Me when someone asks me who I'm cosplaying when I have gay red streaks in my hair. Oh wait okay wait I just turned it on and this is so sad.. maybe let me take that comment back. OUGH stop making sad music when I'm trying to not be sad in my lifeee whyyy would u do this to meee.... OUGHSDFKDS IM HERE FOR YOUUUU goodnight everyone this song belongs to me and my wife. Everyone pack it up. OOH the part at 2:22 (omg angel numbers) is so good it bumped it from a 3 to a 4... rare slay in my rating systems
My Everlasting Sun - bro wtf we started so slay serve ass shake and now we're emo sad big weep time... the piano is so beautiful tho... @Jungsu_XH cover juice ayo. Oh woah... okay, I like this one more than the last one for sure, but because it's big sad vibes, again, I don't think I would go searching for it and be like mm, you know what I want to listen to? This. On Repeat. With that said, I think I'm gonna put My name is shadow back at a 3 and put this one at a 4 because I like this one more as a whole... okay cixxx!!! I will free you from the c9 basement I promise...