[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: March 18-25

[hitokage]

It's hot, it's cold, it's turn on the A/C time, no wait, switch back to heat, no A/C, no heated blanket ... yeah, the weather's drunk and my body is big mad and dying about it, so count it a miracle I actually made it all the way through this list instead of going Here Be Dragons. I did get a bit ruthless a couple times with my cuts, but my list, my rules. Doesn't stop us from having everything from hiphop and EDM to alt rock and trot, with plenty of pop and R&B along the way. New OSTs from Soobin of TXT and Narin of MEOVV, the much-anticipated return of BTS, a surprise drop from the rappers of xikers, new girl rock from LATENCY, a rap collab from H1GHER Music, plus supplemental releases by P1Harmony, WOODZ, and Bang Yedam to round things out a bit. Not sure where to start? Whether you go straight down the list or hunt and peck, it's up to you! When in doubt, a ctrl+F by genre is always a place to start.

Banner slots this week went to YUNA (ITZY) and BTS for image reasons - actual favorites are, as usual, marked with a heart (even when they hurt me). 💚

( Releases for the week of March 18th - 25th )

The Mea Culpa Section:
... I've had worse misses than this. Between Starship being pants at promoting Japanese releases and STRITZ trying to be homegrown, neither of this misses surprise me, per se, but I still feel bad about it.

STRITZ - HOPE (WE GOT THIS!) (debut) *
CRAVITY - BLAST OUT (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 very short comments )

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