[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: January 29th - February 5th

[hitokage]

Oh it's been a week again all right. e_e I did at one point think I was doing better ... but my stamina is still completely shot and wife's still even sicker than me, so yeah, everything takes rather a lot longer than I'd've liked. I also ended up having to do more work this week to get the list sorted properly, between finally noticing an aggregate channel had stopped appearing and then another aggregate channel re-publishing a bunch of older releases. On the other hand, we've got a nice mix of releases this week, ranging from jazz and soft rock to hiphop and EDM. Whether you're looking to get your dance on or want a therapeutic cry, odds are good you'll find something of interest in the listing this week. So whether you intend to run down the list in order or pick and choose, snag a drink and/or snack and get comfy.

Banner artist slot this week goes to Moonbyul of MAMAMOO and a majesty sea-flap. 😉 Additional picks go to Bang Yedam, Riaan, Seungkwan of Seventeen, and ALL(H)OURS (yes, I have a BG bias, shush).


Releases for the week of January 29th - February 5th:
KJRGL - Generation Cloud (Japanese release) *
soulmin, Ju Sanghun - H0me (audio only)
Bang Yedam - Hollo (Study Group OST) *
Bang Yeonsoo - Hanbada (feat. Heeseo) (audio only)
JENNIE (BLACKPINK) & Dominic Fike - Love Hangover *
Solii - La Festa
STi - blue jelly cake *
Riaan - Adore You *
TRENDZ - Bad Enough (Japanese release) *
daehan - i got u (feat. Haeyoung)
FISTBUMP - MISERY *
Slevin, Moreen - Was It True?
StayPuller - Turn around *
Seungkwan (SEVENTEEN) - Somewhere in This Universe (When the Stars Gossip OST) *
Zeonpasangsa - Bone up barquilla * ❌
Zeonpasangsa Leave work *
Leeyeon - What is Love? (audio only)
Acid Keys - Deep Inside *
AMY - Memories (audio only)
Kwon Jinah - Excuse
YEOHAN - Ethereal Love *
Baek Z Young - 우리가 *
MINNIE ((G)-IDLE) - Cherry Sky *
NARA - Knowing You *
NARA - What I Want to Say *
mellow button - It's an okay night (audio only)
Lee Junghyung, Tara-Lynn Sharrock - On my way to you (audio only)
Lee Junghyung - I am a thousand winds (feat. Lee ) (audio only)
Lee Junghyung - Love Scattered Through Memories (audio only)
PLAVE - Dash *
IVE - Attitude *
ZEREE - Happy! *
SOIN - STOP
Ken (VIXX) - The wind blows
Lee Down - Goodbye to Romance (audio only)
obviouxx - Freeze tag (feat. Blew.D) (audio only)
PlasticSOFA - On the Life (feat. Mitty) (audio only)
HYG - Spring Waltz +
ALL(H)OURS - GIMME GIMME *
PIANO MAN - Rain (feat. Parc Jaejung) *
Moonbyul (MAMAMOO) - Hoshiakari (Japanese release) *
Rough Chord - Promise (audio only)
riddle - Wait for U here


The Mea Culpa Section:
I probably could've gone back further, but as much as I've been struggling.... These will top the listing.

eJe - Boomerang *
Heon Seo - COCOA *
Eunwol - NEED U (feat. veanii) +
Kim Keon - Endless Fantasies *
Hong Jinyoung - Flirting


key:
* content warning - see item below for specific warnings
+ comes with "disappearing" hardcoded subs
❌ I was unable to finish watching this video - see item below for details


eJe - Boomerang https://youtu.be/Qx8LauZu-Po
genre: R&B
cw: flashing effects


Heon Seo - COCOA https://youtu.be/QA59tvY-y6o
genre: dance pop
cw: unsteady cam, "kidnaping," lens flares
note: do you wanna build a snowman? XD the cuteness is almost dangerous


Eunwol - NEED U (feat. veanii) https://youtu.be/q8g6u1j1cpo
genre: dance pop
note: not sure which annoyed me more, the camera's zoom antics or the poor subtitling job


Kim Keon - Endless Fantasies https://youtu.be/hrn9JSJBwis
genre: rock
cw: flashing, lens flares


Hong Jinyoung - Flirting https://youtu.be/4Obj6X7NWXI
genre: dance pop
note: it's the art style, but it does mean the characters look like kids of at most 12 (and the girl looks quite a bit younger). Nothing untoward happens, that's why this is a note instead of a CW, but if that's a turn-off, well, now you know




KJRGL - Generation Cloud (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/l8L8ebAUfCs
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing


soulmin, Ju Sanghun - H0me (audio only) https://youtu.be/8CXD5QgqP0A
genre: R&B
note: potential hanky warning, though I suspect the cover art has a lot with my feeling the need to put that on this


Bang Yedam - Hollo (Study Group OST) https://youtu.be/hal7M_k5t7E
genre: R&B
cw: blood/injury, abusive relationship
note: video is roughly half clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Potential hanky warning for Yedam's emotive singing.


Bang Yeonsoo - Hanbada (feat. Heeseo) (audio only) https://youtu.be/pWHzIcpxwkg
genre: soft rock


JENNIE (BLACKPINK) & Dominic Fike - Love Hangover https://youtu.be/23urWKmHS6o
genre: dance pop
cw: funeral, flashing/lens flares, monster violence. drinking, MCD (sorta)
note: well that ... was a video all right XD I think I liked the video more than I liked the song, go figure.


Solii - La Festa https://youtu.be/-bG79y0_x8M
genre: R&B


STi - blue jelly cake https://youtu.be/Hrs_x5jgEBM
genre: R&B
cw: animation jerk
note: the background animation distracted the shit out of me, but as always, ymmv.


Riaan - Adore You https://youtu.be/jZ067ey53O4
genre: R&B
cw: background flashing lights (city lights at night)
note: oh another early contender for favorite of the week cuz I'm just that much of a sucker for acoustic guitar, with a side of this video making me feel homesick (again) for a place I've never been.


TRENDZ - Bad Enough (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/8Gmu57hIKwI
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, flashing


daehan - i got u (feat. Haeyoung) https://youtu.be/O12b_V6qtMM
genre: R&B
note: the bar EQ behind the lyrics is mostly unobtrusive, if sometimes a little startling (my age'ed self is used to bar EQs oriented the other way round)


FISTBUMP - MISERY https://youtu.be/ixgq1SlAl7o
genre: rock
cw: aggressive flashing, low FPS
note: I spy with my little eye a copy heart guitar oh noes.


Slevin, Moreen - Was It True? https://youtu.be/NJ8C3uKvXzw
genre: R&B


StayPuller - Turn around https://youtu.be/cvvvMeSFwoQ
genre: rock
cw: potential jump scare (sudden scream), lens flares, smoking


Seungkwan (SEVENTEEN) - Somewhere in This Universe (When the Stars Gossip OST) https://youtu.be/YyLujSP96g0
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares
note: video is clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers

Zeonpasangsa - Bone up barquilla ❌ https://youtu.be/0HExEqeSHmo
genre: rock
cw: flashing effects, video artifact/noise effects, psychedelic effects
note: the visual effects got to be too much of an eye strain right around the time the terrible costumes came out, sigh, so I don't know how bad it gets after that, as I had to nope out before I gave myself a migraine.

Zeonpasangsa Leave work https://youtu.be/EHEsTjzHlq4
genre: rock
cw: flashing effects, lens flares, drinking


Leeyeon - What is Love? (audio only) https://youtu.be/Rjs8v_8p-Cw
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)


Acid Keys - Deep Inside https://youtu.be/q5-Z0G9tdl0
genre: EDM
cw: flashing, fetus illustration
note: I was more disturbed by the illustration than the flashing, but as always, ymmv. The illustration would've been easier to ignore if it wasn't also the main source of the flashing. e_e


AMY - Memories (audio only) https://youtu.be/r8wAxO0cBV0
genre: rock
note: ... I'm never going to be able to find this on Spotify.... XD


Kwon Jinah - Excuse https://youtu.be/J8FhjZ7tib8
genre: adult contemporary


YEOHAN - Ethereal Love https://youtu.be/ppI9-fv6B-A
genre: adult contemporary
cw: animated flashing, supernatural elements (reincarnation)
note: can't put my finger on it, but something the animation feels ... off.


Baek Z Young - 우리가 https://youtu.be/YUYk9Q3eMJk
genre: adult contemporary
cw: flashing "artifact" effects, on-screen grieving


MINNIE ((G)-IDLE) - Cherry Sky https://youtu.be/jRkUik5EJwU
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing
note: I need to have Words with her stylist, ooph.


NARA - Knowing You https://youtu.be/B65i0Q2vcQQ
genre: soft rock
cw: 3-D surrealism
note: I could deal with the computer-generated landscape but the night sky animation made me twitch

NARA -What I Want to Say https://youtu.be/U1zBq0AaxXA
genre: R&B
cw: 2-D surrealism
note: this was both more surreal and yet also more tolerable than the last one


mellow button - It's an okay night (audio only) https://youtu.be/wo6H74kZgSI
genre: neoclassical instrumental
note: and now for a bit of a break from the usual


Lee Junghyung, Tara-Lynn Sharrock - On my way to you (audio only) https://youtu.be/OYVZeUdkEnE
genre: adult contemporary

Lee Junghyung - I am a thousand winds (feat. Lee Hyuneun) (audio only) https://youtu.be/TrJ1hz3IJYM
genre: adult contemporary

Lee Junghyung - Love Scattered Through Memories (audio only) https://youtu.be/uuIjoGnLB2M
genre: adult contemporary


PLAVE - Dash https://youtu.be/b3GoZMfHJT4
genre: rock
cw: scifi violence - alien(?) invasion, superpowers, flashing, implied MCD
note: oh well that's a place to end a story all right XD


IVE - Attitude https://youtu.be/38xYeot-ciM
genre: dance pop
cw: blood/injury
note: are you old enough to recognize that sample? XD


ZEREE - Happy! https://youtu.be/Bco35zJZ8-o
genre: pop rock
cw: animated flashing


SOIN - STOP https://youtu.be/MtW_VdyItkM
genre: R&B


Ken (VIXX) - The wind blows https://youtu.be/NYYcTRFlti4
genre: adult contemporary
note: potential hanky warning!


Lee Down - Goodbye to Romance (audio only) https://youtu.be/2DSBv0FYGmg
genre: rock


obviouxx - Freeze tag (feat. Blew.D) (audio only) https://youtu.be/5aGvBJBUU_A
genre: hiphop


PlasticSOFA - On the Life (feat. Mitty) (audio only) https://youtu.be/yWir0JnkqrE
genre: jazz
note: I don't even need to know why the cover art is a cartoon cat


HYG - Spring Waltz https://youtu.be/OC9zxgegnrw
genre: jazz
note: I am HERE for this kitty content!


ALL(H)OURS - GIMME GIMME https://youtu.be/IETcuz8EcNc
genre: dance pop
cw: violence, guns
note: that's a lot of shooting all right. I think I'm going need a few more watches to actually grasp what's going on here XD


PIANO MAN - Rain (feat. Parc Jaejung) https://youtu.be/pmzKlU8mVbE
genre: R&B
cw: drinking, background flashing


Moonbyul (MAMAMOO) - Hoshiakari (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/lclAVNOpCHU
genre: rock
cw: lens flares
note: another one that just makes me happy, as expected from Moonbyul


Rough Chord - Promise (audio only) https://youtu.be/KfyFlPXGnB0
genre: rock


riddle - Wait for U here (audio only) https://youtu.be/TlWAtJ6L3kU
genre: R&B


hey, look at that, you made it to the end! 😆 Any special favorites this week? Surprises? Let's chat about it!



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