[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: February 19th - 26th

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I know, all posting abruptly halted halfway through last Wednesday without warning. It's been a pretty shit back half of the week, I'd rather not talk about it, mostly because I'm trying not to descend back into another bout of blinding rage, thanks (it's a struggle that's not going particularly well).

SO! This week we hit the magical 69 releases (NICE) across a whole range of genres. Want to dance? We've got comebacks from LUN8 and ZEROBASE1, plus the debut of new girl group Hearts2Hearts to help with that. Looking for some fresh hiphop? There's new BLOO, CLOCK, and VAITEI, plus a hiphop pre-release from KiiKii. R&B more your jam? Woody is adorable with a stray kitty and ATEEZ's Wooyoung has a love note for ATINY (our feature selection this week). Looking for rock? There's new music from TOXIC, a new LUCY OST and this time Gyubin's trying her hand at rock music, too. Need a theraputic cry? Search for the hanky warnings and see what happens. Add in some trot from Moon Jungsun and some instrumentals from DarkSoul VIRUS and mellow button and call it a well-rounded line up. 😉

Banner slot this week goes to Wooyoung because Abuela's a simp for her best boys. Additional picks go to G-Dragon (even when he hurts me), Astro (also an ouch), Gyubin, and LiSA with Felix of Stray Kids.

( Releases for the week of February 19th - 26th )

The Mea Culpa Section:
Fortunately it's not too much, despite being a couple of weeks worth of missing tracks now. I'm getting better at not missing things! 😉

Choi Suhwan - Stars take me
Lue Younghoon - Untold Story
ONE PACT - Never Stop +


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+ comes with "disappearing" hardcoded subs
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( the links and my commentary )

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Abuela's Song of the Day (Mar 2): Monsta X - You Problem

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Watch on YouTube

MONSTA X - You Problem
cw: flashing lights, flashing effects, lens flares

What's this, disco in my Kpop? It's more likely than you think! From the dance floor to the bowling alley, it's disco sparkle all the way down and they deliver so very well. I can't not listen to this song at least twice in a row whenever it comes up, it's so much fun.
(Feel like the member math is off? The album The Dreaming (from which You Problem is the title track) released while Shownu was doing his mandatory military service)