This is not your abuela's Asian funk!

Seonghwa (ATEEZ) - Skin
cw: aggressive flashing, gore, supernatural elements (snake demon), Mother Mothering
CC in 10 tracks, including English

If I hadn't been feeling like crap the last many days, I would've been completely predictable and posted this on Sunday. Beware the return of Seonghwa's Tongue Antics.

There's a very limited but not completely zero chance that someday I'll get back to doing Music Mondays again and will be back to this song then, but in the mean time... Mother arrives! And takes no prisoners, as per usual.

Considering by Friday AM, I'd still only managed to scrape together an hour-ish, I got pretty ruthless striking genslop this week. Between that, my scheduled breaks for supplementals (all skipped, sigh, my poor eyeballs/brain) and 1theK getting a big batch rights transfer, we went from 100 videos to only 44. I was also extra snarky a couple times, so a reminder that comments are my own opinion only.

This week leaned mostly R&B, so if that's your thing, you're in luck! We got a number of pre-releases this week, including from Mingi (ATEEZ) and pre-debut group H//PE PRINCESS. Also, the debut of new boy group NAZE, the solo debut of VARI of NINE.i, a half dozen OSTs, and comebacks from LUCY and SOYOU, among others. Not sure where to start? Browse the list at will, go straight down the links section, search by genre, or hit me up for ideas.

Banner artist slot this week went to KINO of PENTAGON being entirely too cute in layered hoodies. Additional favorites can be found, as usual, with 💚s.

( Releases for the week of April 29th - May 6th )

The Mea Culpa Section
Park Junil - ECHO *
MYNAME - COOL (Japanese release)


key:
* content warning
+ includes “disappearing” hard subs
🔤 includes CC in English
⚠️ elevated content warning
🔞 age-restricted by YouTube
🚩 other warning
❌ did not complete
🌟 special note
💚 picks of the week


( the links and my at-times snarky commentary )


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KiiiKiii - Delulu
cw: aggressive flashing/strobing lights, surrealism
CC in 6 tracks, incl ENG

Dreamy and atmospheric and just a bit out there. But only a little bit.

(CC includes line attribution if that's something you're curious about)

I can no longer tell if I'm doing better or worse than I was last week. I certainly feel more wrung out and stressed out than I did last week. I also spent the first half of the week completely wrong about what day it was and this is the worst time of the month for that to be happening, so yeah. We're rolling way behind. And exhausted. And in pain. And totally stressed out. It's wonderful! /s

The roundup is a bit longer this week, with JYP flooding the zone with a whole bunch of releases from their artists. We also have several OSTs, including drops from WOODZ and LUCY, several genres of rock, and the Korean debut of new boy group GENUS. The surrealism was also heavy this week, though one should expect that with the likes of Balming Tiger and NMIXX in the mix. Or if you're looking something for a winding down, Stella Kim brings out the violin and some cute kids and SF9 offered another live recording track. Not sure what you want? Browse the list or jump down to do a genre search!

Banner artists this week are GUMMY and Seungkwan (SEVENTEEN) who collab'd on a sweet spring ballad. Additional favorites (and there are many) can be found by noting the 💚s.

( Releases for the week of April 22nd - 29th )

key:
* content warning
+ includes “disappearing” hard subs
🔤 includes CC in English
⚠️ elevated content warning
🔞 age-restricted by YouTube
🚩 other warning
❌ did not complete
🌟 special note
💚 picks of the week


( all the links and my comments )



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When I say April has been the worst month for migraine I've had in years (maybe even over the last decade plus).... I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to manage this week at all. I've been extra sensitive lately, so my warning threshold on flashing is extra low and I quit a lot more easily, even on artists I love. The warnings still have value, even the quit notices, just means you may have to read my notes for my reasonings. It does mean there's fewer elevated if only because I quit before I could fairly judge if an elevated flashing warning was appropriate (though in some cases, the flashing was SO bad, they got it anyway). And while I've gotten ruthless (and entirely too good at clocking) wholly genslop'd MVs, there's still one flag where I'm less certain and one flag for a different "other" warning.

We've got a good mix of genres again this week - rock, pop, R&B, even trot and one country-western. So whether you're looking for the freshest hiphop (we've got solo comebacks for both Taeyong (NCT) and Donghae (Super Junior) this week), something soft and fluffy (Woody is always a win there, but we've also got a slew of OSTs), or some alt rock to vent some feelings (Wheein is all of us this week), you're likely to find something new to enjoy. Browse the list in whichever way makes you happy!

Banner slots this week went to NCT Wish and Han of Stray Kids, because I am old and predictable. Additional picks can be found with 💚

( Releases for the week of April 15th - 22nd )


key:
* content warning
+ includes “disappearing” hard subs
🔤 includes CC in English
⚠️ elevated content warning
🔞 age-restricted by YouTube
🚩 other warning
❌ did not complete
🌟 special note
💚 picks of the week


( the links with my comments )


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1VERSE - WABIF (Wide Awake before I Fall) (Street Perfromance ver)

We miss Hyuk, but they make it work.
I'm both proud of them for doing a world tour already and a bit worried about it, seeing as the whole world is on fire. On the other hand, them and Big Ocean have crossed streams a couple of times now and it's adorable every time, so some good is coming from all of this.

It's sure been a hell of a year of a week all right. To the point where the time limit rule kicked in and I wasn't able to finish reviewing everything on the list. It's clearly marked where I left off, so you'll know it when you get to it. And I did make it through most of the very long process. Enough to pick out some favorites, both expected and unexpected. Still, it's been a long, horrible day after a week of long and largely horrible days, so I don't have my usual wits about me, sorry not sorry.

Went with a simplified banner this week, so the only featured artist is MAMAMOO's Moonbyul, though you can find my other favorites on the list by keeping an eye out for a 💚. There weren't as many as there have been in some other weeks, but c'e la vie~!

( Releases for the week of March 25th - April 1st )

The Mea Culpa Section
just the one miss this week

Baby DONT Cry - Bittersweet 🔤 * 💚

key:
* content warning
+ includes “disappearing” hard subs
🔤 includes CC in English
⚠️ elevated content warning
🔞 age-restricted by YouTube
🚩 other warning
❌ did not complete
🌟 special note
💚 picks of the week


( all the links and my short comments )


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ONEUS - X
cw: flashing, blood/injury, camera motion

Yes, this is how far behind in everything I am. Still weird to see them as only four (Seoho's doing his military service)

yes, I'm doing A Thing with this actually

CRAVITY - Lemonade Fever
cw: flashing, surrealism
CC in 5 tracks, incl ENG

Yeah, it's out of season most places right now, but our weather is broken enough that I'd love some lemonade. Just not, uh, not this lemonade.

Thursday still counts as midweek, dangnabit. Especially when I ended up having to do most of this review on Wednesday due to Life Stuff. This week was something of a struggle in more ways than one. I've said it before, I'll say it again, but I'm really sick of seeing genslop in these videos (though there's one where the flag isn't for genslop) and I'm about to throw the banhammer at a couple more artists if they won't stop it.

That aside ... despite the length of the listing, this was a fairly short week. Much of the listing was more chore than joy, unfortunately for me. Maybe you'll fair better? It is also very much weighted towards the men in the room, hence the double male banner. That said, they managed to hit most of the big subgenres - EDM, various types of rock, R&B, dance pop, hiphop, even jazz. Browse the listing in which ever way makes the most sense to you or alt-F your way through your favorite genre type~

Banner artist slots this week went to AB6IX and Hoshi (SEVENTEEN), with additional (few) picks marked with green hearts.

( Releases for the week of March 11th - 18th )

key:
* content warning
+ includes “disappearing” hard subs
🔤 includes CC in English
⚠️ elevated content warning
🔞 age-restricted by YouTube
🚩 other warning
❌ did not complete
🌟 special note
💚 picks of the week

( the links and my short comments )


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