[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: April 23rd - 30th

[hitokage]

HOOBOY HOKAY SO! Yeah, it's been A Time trying to get this post to come together. Considering the listing started at over 105 videos, are we surprised? No, not really. Still having Feelings about it, but, you know, World on Fire means some weeks are worse than others. So if you're in need of a Kpop pick-me-up, well, hopefully this week you'll be in luck finding just the right thing. Or if you need a therapeutic cry, we've got some hanky warnings you can search for instead. The power is in your hands!

This week we've got multiple debuts and pre-debuts (BURVEY, UDTT, Polarix, and Chenle (NCT), just to name a few), plus comebacks ranging from the return of HIGHLIGHT (aka BEAST) to new MEOVV and LUCY. Looking for trot? This is the week for it, with nine new songs from both old hands and newer faces. Plus fresh hiphop, new jazz, and plenty of rock and R&B.

So yes, even with the overly full Mea Culpa section this week, I did eventually trim this listing down to a mere 97 new videos. Which is still a LOT, so I recommend getting a snack and/or drink before settling in to give the listing a browse. Remember, "Find..." is your friend, whether you're searching for genre tags or specific artists from the list. And if you feel lost and want suggestions, I can help with that, too!

Banner slots this week went to ONEUS and FIFTY FIFTY, with additional recommendations from me for D.O (EXO), HIGHTLIGHT, LUCY, maijin, Moon Yeonjoo, Chen (EXO), Kim Nayoung, and Chenle (NCT). Yeah, it's a lot, but I couldn't help it?


Releases for the week of April 23rd - 30th:
YOUNITE - Rock Steady *
Lim Jaehyun - If I ever do love again *
LUCY - Hama *
Cho Hyunyoung - a starry night
Kim Yongpil - 100 seasons *
Kim Yongpil - Forever with me *
Kim Yongpil - Season of Romance *
Ha Hyunsang - Cat *
Yoo Minhee - TODAY (Etude for Daegeum) (audio only)
Hiding Day - Please say something, even if it's just empty words 🚩
Lee Harin - Really ugly *
Big Baby Driver - Spring Around the Corner (audio only)
SEMIN - Ever Spring (feat. OSSH, Youngcode, Hollow Young)
BURVEY - AEIOU (debut(?)) *
LET ME KNOW - 初なfeeling (Japanese release) * ❌
Noraejjigae - 그때의 우리
LET ME KNOW - SKY BLUE (Japanese release) *
Ahn Ye-eun - ANYWAY ANYTHING
Parc Jaejung - Your Song *
Miss Kim - DOIL NOM *
Primary, ickyvichie, Puggi - Sunrise (Newtopia OST) *
CHEEZE - (feat. Young K (DAY6)) *
LET ME KNOW - Svveet Pea (Japanese release) *
Ellap - Love shot! (UK garage remix) (audio only)
Gae Ddong - Your Traces (Practice Love OST)
HONEYZ - HoneyHeart♡ *
cotoba - syhi * ❌
Zaku Diving - Flowers and weeds
NIve - Word
Kwon Jinah - How have you been *
DOKYUN - LIGHT ON ME *
LOVEONE - Drama Queen *
NIve - 0 *
maijin - haengbog eunbiulsulog *
Jung Dongha - You Better Run (The Haunted Palace OST) *
Lee Jinhyuk - Letter
Lee Jinhyuk - Be your side *
SSunder - Hug me Anyway
Young-hoon - My love for you (audio only)
BOB_U - courageous love (feat. Kim Sieun) (audio only)
Lee Jinhyuk - Always
LET ME KNOW - 真夜中のタクシー (Japanese release)
LET ME KNOW - Boring Days (audio only)
Woody - By Your Side (Crushology 101 OST) *
Seen Hyunhee - TWIST A GOGO (audio only)
Minnie ((G)I-DLE) - Breath (Resident Playbook OST) *
jass bach - Love is here to Stay (audio only)
EIREN, Seo Wooyeon - Hangang Riding (audio only)
Kim Nayoung - Only You Know *
BB - Show me (feat. Geuneul) (audio only)
SoonSoonhee (Gitae) - I loved her a lot *
D.O (EXO) - Forever (Resident Playbook OST) *
Polarix - Dreamless (pre-release) (audio only)
AYOUNG - If You Leave *
In Gyojin - To My Youth
Moon Yeonjoo - Don't Hold Me Back *
Seoul Dabansa - Your Name Is Spring +
Kim Junho - An unbreakable heart *
Six Siblings - Love attack
DarkSoul VIRUS - Rise (feat. Kim Heekyung) +
BOUN - In the shine *
KATSEYE - Gnarly *
MEOVV - HANDS UP (pre-release) *
Chen (EXO) - Broken Party *
NEXZ - O-RLY? *
HIGHLIGHT - Chains *
Hyungseok, Dey, Kyungmun (YOUNITE) - Who's Next? * ⚠️
HITGS - SOURPATCH (debut) *
JANNABI - May the TENDERNESS be with you! (feat. Karina (aespa)) *
Chenle (NCT) - Tear Bridge (Chinese pre-release) *
Kihan - Light out *
Groundless unfounded - Dacapo (audio only)
H7KD - Paripi (audio only)
Kim Yuna - While I Loved You
UDTT - REALLY REALLY (debut) *
MAZ.B, A:rth - Cx3 FREESTYLE
Jae Yeon - Forever here with me (The Divorce Insurance OST)
wake up - I don't wanna know (audio only)
FIFTY FIFTY - Pookie *
Jang Hyunseung - Orbit *
MeloMance - Surprise
Yang Da-il - One Summer Night (audio only)
ONEUS - Time Machine (Japanese release) *
toyou.- Running (audio only)
Catch The Young - The Young Wave *
FRankly - Morning
Hoony Keys - Fantasy (audio only)


The Mea Culpa Section:
Between picking up yet another channel (for OSTs and yet more indies) and then missing some Japanese releases…. Always something with me, I know, I know. This will lead the links list below.

Kep1er - Yum (Japanese release) *
Hi-Fi Un!corn - Beat it Beat it (Japanese release) *
liimaa - My ears with your hands *
BLEXA - LUMINOUS
Jeong Sewoon - Eternally *
KISU - Face&Pace (audio only)
Yu Hwudo - NADU *
Kwon Jieun - I'm in love
VVS - Tea (debut) *


key:
* content warning - see item below for details
+ comes with "disappearing" hardcoded subs
❌ I was unable to finish watching this video - see item below for details
🚩 other flag - see item below for details
⚠️ elevated warning - see item below for details

note 1: If you're here from Facebook, I'll make a note again here that I'm ... far less "professional" in tone over here. Also, since embedding all these videos would be a nightmare, I include genre to help readers decide if they want to give a song a try. That said, all these opinions are strictly my own and no one is expected/required to agree with anything I've written.
note 2: despite the order of the listing above, multiple releases by the same artist have been pulled back together (under the first appearance) to make them easier to find


Kep1er - Yum (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/3nMOUzBZ0ZI
genre: EDM
cw: flashing, surrealism, supernatural elements (magic)
note: the level of flashing is kinda all over the place, but some of it is really harsh, so be careful


Hi-Fi Un!corn - Beat it Beat it (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/fWhUmHHmPbA
genre: dance rock
cw: aggressive flashing/strobing lights + lightning
note: I was thinking it had really been awhile since we'd last seen something from these guys and then find out I'd missed this by a number of weeks. Also, the flashing is BAD, several times I wasn't sure I was going to make it through, so proceed with caution.


liimaa -My ears with your hands https://youtu.be/kX1hq3MJ3JQ
genre: soft rock (shoegaze)
cw: lens flare
note: aww, pretty kitties being such good babies!


BLEXA - LUMINOUS https://youtu.be/TIV4e_KmsZ0
genre: rock
note: oh the Engrish, but they're so cute I can't help but smile at it


Jeong Sewoon - Eternally https://youtu.be/QSmdFQ3_XEc
genre: soft rock
cw: lens flares


KISU - Face&Pace (audio only) https://youtu.be/8JfXHCGlBwQ
genre: dance pop
note: potential hanky warning? As per usual with those, ymmv!


Yu Huido - NADU https://youtu.be/vsEaIAzc4xw
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing effects, surrealism
note: well this is a softly dystopic story all right


Kwon Jieun - I'm in love https://youtu.be/H9Q80NTiT9g
genre: jazz
note: ok, yeah, you suckered me for a hot minute, starting with just vocal and guitar, but then the rest of the instruments come in and yeah, that's classic jazz all right. But the font choice in that final title... 😅


VVS - Tea (debut) https://youtu.be/NZO4UEeDX4w
genre: dance
cw: police/paramilitary, explosions, guns, blood/injury, violence (gun, grenade, word), face masks, MCD?
note: well that ... was A Choice in debut all right. Very Kill Bill.




YOUNITE - Rock Steady https://youtu.be/4WskVKGTWHA
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing
note: the retro references are giving me life ... and also making me feel old because these are a bunch of babies too young have had a cassette Walkman or boomboxes, but the aesthetic feels both 90s and current. Which just further proves that fashion is cyclical. 😆


Lim Jaehyun - If I ever do love again https://youtu.be/ICSCFMAhlcU
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: background flashing (mild), lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: the hard subs are small enough I'm struggling to make them out, but that could just be me


LUCY - Hama https://youtu.be/POxUDjkMTPY
genre: rock
cw: animated flashing, surrealism
note: hama = hippo. This video is so ridiculous and adorable, just like the song


Cho Hyunyoung - a starry night https://youtu.be/PCcJr_MSwos
genre: adult contemporary


Kim Yongpil - 100 seasons https://youtu.be/eX8Y_kntdoo
genre: trot (ballad)
cw: video "artifacts" (variously white & black), lens flares
note: As someone still learning Korean, I low-key hate the font style used on the hard subs here, but that handwritten affect feels especially appropriate for a trot ballad, so, you know

Kim Yongpil - Forever with me https://youtu.be/nEM0r8pEy3g
genre: trot (ballad)
cw: lens flares
note: should I be warning for the use of an accordion in the instrumentals? 😅

Kim Yongpil - Season of Romance https://youtu.be/oXcbHrPUC_Q
genre: trot
cw: flashing effects, camera motion
note: this is a happier dance sound more often considered emblematic of trot


Ha Hyunsang - Cat https://youtu.be/w93ewP62eQ4
genre: rock
cw: flashing effects, unsteady cam, lens flares
note: I get that for the purposes of this video, Hyunsang is the cat, but it could still have used more actual cat footage. 😝


Yoo Minhee - TODAY (Etude for Daegeum) (audio only) https://youtu.be/JAF7cWouUr8
genre: Korean folk/traditional music
note: at almost eight minutes with that often discordant whistling flute, this track is not for everyone (and that's okay)


Hiding Day - Please say something, even if it's just empty words 🚩 https://youtu.be/TQOEqJoW1EA
genre: soft rock
note: I would like to note that I loathe that I'm sitting here frowning at a rather small animation and wondering if it's human drawn or genAI made and it's ultimately too short and too minimalist for me to be able to definitively tell and this is the worst timeline, I hate it here


Lee Harin - Really ugly https://youtu.be/vFzgqLHRhFs
genre: soft rock (ballad)
cw: lens flare, flashing, potential hanky warning


Big Baby Driver - Spring Around the Corner (audio only) https://youtu.be/p4Sa-wjhYGI
genre: folk/tech
note: normally tracks with the "folk" tag from this uploader are folk rock, but this is little too techno for that? Which is absolutely a bizarre sentence to have written. 😆


SEMIN - Ever Spring (feat. OSSH, Youngcode, Hollow Young) https://youtu.be/xfNxVB1PUSY
genre: hiphop
note: plain and simple font choice, lyrics kept nicely distinct and easy to read, good job guys


BURVEY - AEIOU (debut(?)) https://youtu.be/mvw6Nq539Io
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares, camera motion
note: why the question mark: these girls have technically already had one debut, but that was as literal children in 2020. I mean, they're still babies, given the oldest just turned 15 (int'l) this week, but it looks like taking the group name BURVEY is new?


LET ME KNOW - 初なfeeling (Japanese release) ❌ https://youtu.be/JHilX4RnOy4
genre: dance rock
cw: flashing/strobing club lights, video "artifacts"
note: I got a third of the way in and had to nope out. I am, admittedly, feeling more sensitive to flashing this week, so there's that, but yeah. Rapid, stark flash took me out.

LET ME KNOW - SKY BLUE (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/hVJ4g5A5uP8
genre: dance rock
cw: scratchy video "artifacts," sparkling mirrorball, flashing
note: ok the conceit of this lyric video is kind of adorable. I could have done without all the visual noise/flashing effects, but I suppose that was an effort to up the vintage vibe. Or something.

LET ME KNOW - Svveet Pea (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/-xFl7-VVj8A
genre: pop-rock
cw: flashing, video "artifacts" (scratches, flickering)

LET ME KNOW - 真夜中のタクシー (Japanese release)
genre: rock
cw: lens flares, drinking (social), smoking
note: title translates as "night taxi" and oh lort, the vintage vibes...

LET ME KNOW - Boring Days (Japanese release) (audio only) https://youtu.be/xj7XPqfdYmo
genre: pop-rock
note: are we done now guys? you've practically done the whole album now😜


Noraejjigae - 그때의 우리 https://youtu.be/fWeRlM4WXPY
genre: folk rock


Ahn Ye-eun - ANYWAY ANYTHING https://youtu.be/MI7rDZ3Fehc
genre: trot
note: this is just joy in a song


Parc Jaejung - Your Song https://youtu.be/dWZOOkY16Mc
genre: R&B
cw: implied MCD, supernatural elements, potential hanky warning
note: oh that ending hit like a freight train all right.


Miss Kim - DOIL NOM https://youtu.be/l1gQIda_Ioo
genre: trot
cw: flashing/strobing lights
note: the genre whiplash is real again this week, but hey, after the last one, you might need a pick-me-up


Primary, ickyvichie, Puggi - Sunrise (Newtopia OST) https://youtu.be/lTQw5e1IvRE
genre: EDM
cw: military, surrealism
note: video is clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. But hey, no zombies this time!


CHEEZE - (feat. Young K (DAY6)) https://youtu.be/wiagiJo9BPg
genre: folk
cw: flashing (transitions)
note: ah, young love~


Ellap - Love shot! (UK garage remix) (audio only) https://youtu.be/8tnWWkC2RxA
genre: EDM


Gae Ddong - Your Traces (Practice Love OST) https://youtu.be/7Re3-ioOcu0
genre: folk rock (ballad)
note: video is entirely clips from the program, so may contain spoilers


HONEYZ - HoneyHeart♡ https://youtu.be/b7LGBGzuPZ4
genre: dance pop
cw: surrealism, animated flashing, camera motion
note: so a little digging around finally revealed that this is a virtual idol/streamers group, which typically means an animated avatar but real voices and dances based on real peoples' movements. They just debuted last year, so most places have them as a stub or not at all, meaning there's not much more I can say about them right now.


cotoba - syhi ❌ https://youtu.be/ukQ44mNx5Gw
genre: rock
cw: lens flares, background flashing, camera jitter
note: either the flashing OR the extreme camera pulls/motion would have been borderline, but having them both together towards the end was too much and now I have regrets. Which is too bad cuz I was enjoying the song up until the video tried to take me out.


Zaku Diving - Flowers and weeds https://youtu.be/uPV8xEGlPng
genre: jazz
note: a nice and restful lyric video that gives a jazzy break (from the rock-ish end of the jazz pool)


NIve - Word https://youtu.be/aGtBvK_UwIc
genre: rock
note: video has been formatted/optimized for mobile screens. Lyrics provided in both Korean(+English) and English

NIve - 0 https://youtu.be/UzmSND8sBCU
genre: rock
cw: surrealism
note: video has been formatted/optimized for mobile screens. Includes hardcoded lyrics in both Korean (+Eng) and English. Honestly, can't tell if the moving object is a human in a spacesuit or a weird alien. No idea how it might possibly connect with the lyrics either. but I also lowkey don't really care? I love NIve, he could do just about anything with his lyric videos at this point and I'd roll with it.


Kwon Jinah - How have you been https://youtu.be/jvcyi1qqMCo
genre: R&B (ballad)
cw: drinking (social), interpersonal violence, lens flares, implied sex
note: the plot of this MV makes me [frumple] but it is what it is


DOKYUN - LIGHT ON ME https://youtu.be/22QTKAFmG3I
genre: rock
cw: lens flares, flashing


LOVEONE - Drama Queen https://youtu.be/hhB1kA3ax2c
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares
note: oh of *course* it's [redacted for plot spoilers]


maijin - haengbog eunbiulsulog https://youtu.be/Z4SwK3Y2iJY
genre: trot (ballad)
cw: lens flares
note: you know the "not to be a lesbian on main" meme? Yeah, that's where I am right now 😊


Jung Dongha - You Better Run (The Haunted Palace OST) https://youtu.be/b_OYajBk3y0
genre: rock
cw: supernatural elements (magic, dragon, possession), blood/injury, murder/MCD
note: video is clips from he drama, so may contain spoilers


Lee Jinhyuk - Letter https://youtu.be/TRTt4v38kOM
genre: hiphop/jazz fusion
note: as far as the genre tag ... I suppose I could've left it as just jazz but this felt more ... helpfully honest? Something...

Lee Jinhyuk - Be your side https://youtu.be/F0QFN4cXFMk
genre: hiphop
cw: lens flares, city lights at night

Lee Jinhyuk - Always https://youtu.be/QIeC7ETFG7E
genre: hiphop/R&B fusion
note: aww, what cute pups! I hope they've been having their best lives


SSunder - Hug me Anyway https://youtu.be/P42SP8ou9HI
genre: rock


Young-hoon - My love for you (audio only) https://youtu.be/Uxvd1hU2cLw
genre: folk rock (ballad)


BOB_U - courageous love (feat. Kim Sieun) (audio only) https://youtu.be/nWPYJlmL2S4
genre: folk rock (ballad)


Woody - By Your Side (Crushology 101 OST) https://youtu.be/8suNuTg7oPQ
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares, blood/injury
note: video is clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers


Seen Hyunhee - TWIST A GOGO (audio only) https://youtu.be/NX18XNJ2lFI
genre: country-western
note: don't look at me like that, what ELSE am I supposed to call it? 😆Yeah, the uploader tagged it "folk" but with that cover art AND that twangy banjo? Country-western.


Minnie ((G)I-DLE) - Breath (Resident Playbook OST) https://youtu.be/sTNXFgl-US4
genre: folk rock (ballad)
cw: medical/hospital, code blue/implied character death
note: video is largely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


jass bach - Love is here to Stay (audio only) https://youtu.be/h8_iK_nstdc
genre: jazz (instrumental)
note: another soft but happy jazzy instrumental break for those who might need it


EIREN, Seo Wooyeon - Hangang Riding (audio only) https://youtu.be/u8Sx4F6F1mQ
genre: folk rock
note: is this the second accordion of the week? How strange....


Kim Nayoung - Only You Know https://youtu.be/O12knV8AHwo
genre: folk rock
cw: video "artifacts" (burns, noise), lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: I was thinking that mailbox reminded me of the ghost phones ... and then the final sequence played and oh hey, guess who was right 😅


BB - Show me (feat. Geuneul) (audio only) https://youtu.be/GAP3718yhH4
genre: R&B


SoonSoonhee (Gitae) - I loved her a lot https://youtu.be/ym5DwMu3OPw
genre: R&B
cw: flashing, lens flares, potential hanky warning


D.O (EXO) - Forever (Resident Playbook OST) https://youtu.be/nq_SJPKO_G0
genre: R&B
cw: medical/hospital, blood/injury
note: video is mostly clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Me being me, I find it interesting that for this OST he uses his EXO name where his solo releases last year were as Doh Kyungsoo. I'm sure it means nothing, I'm just weird and tend to notice things like that.


Polarix - Dreamless (pre-release) (audio only) https://youtu.be/_XVeYyB3yQk
genre: dance pop
note: this is the group formed from the survival show Starlight Boys. Ironically, I'd just seen some fans lamenting the lack of any movement on this project just a couple days before this released. Official debut date is still unknown, as best as I could dig up quickly.


AYOUNG - If You Leave https://youtu.be/FoJ5fbYstdI
genre: R&B
cw: implied car explosion
note: Color sections run normal, but when the color goes out, it goes back to running backwards, giving those parts an unsettling feeling. I know we SEE the explosion (twice), but not what actually explodes, so...


In Gyojin - To My Youth https://youtu.be/Yekt2t4RzcU
genre: trot (ballad)
note: was there a secret meeting that letters/memories should be the theme of the week? 😜 Potential hanky warning (which is the only warning, so putting it here instead)


Moon Yeonjoo - Don't Hold Me Back https://youtu.be/Z7Hj-HlJpy0
genre: trot
cw: lens flares
note: oh the camp is strong with this one! I should be so lucky to look so good at her age


Seoul Dabansa - Your Name Is Spring https://youtu.be/doE9kOSUuT8
genre: R&B
note: almost didn't even notice the added hard subs at first, eesh


Kim Junho - An unbreakable heart https://youtu.be/hzGIeHgfo9M
genre: trot
cw: flashing (transitions), lens flares, background flashing/strobing lights
note: my brain keeps wanting to give him a labret and I don't know why 😅


Six Siblings - Love attack https://youtu.be/hC7bpoiAV6E
genre: folk rock
cw: lens flares, unsteady cam


DarkSoul VIRUS - Rise (feat. Kim Heekyung) https://youtu.be/p1iAv4uQBN8
genre: R&B
cw: flashing
note: hard subs are in both English and Korean


BOUN - In the shine https://youtu.be/qbLmYbC-dSQ
genre: pop-rock
cw: lens flares, unsteady cam, background flashing/strobing lights


KATSEYE - Gnarly https://youtu.be/R2-yomhYAj4
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing, foul language, camera flashes
note: .... you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. /GenX reference. This was a hot fucking mess and I was expecting better. And don't even try the "everyone copies us" lament line when you're the THIRD "first global Kpop girl group" hokay?


MEOVV - HANDS UP (pre-release) https://youtu.be/sL0pCS6K9bc
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, surrealism, supernatural elements (ki blast)
note: can't tell if it's actually better or if playing it right after the shitburger of "Gnarly" just makes it look better.


Chen (EXO) - Broken Party https://youtu.be/JXfqzAEHJqQ
genre: R&B
cw: background flashing, destructive temper tantrum
note: jury's still out due to my expectations being trashed by previous tracks. Is it just me or did his singing sound ... mushy? Definitely gonna need further listening.


NEXZ - O-RLY? https://youtu.be/624NpugNTi4
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing effects, surrealism
note: ... well, that's ... that's a video all right. That level of sugar intake can't be good for anyone....


HIGHLIGHT - Chains https://youtu.be/3kfhoikVzUc
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, guns, police, flashing/strobing lights
note: BEAST is back, oh yes. There was earlier reporting they might be reverting to their original name, but so far they're still going by HIGHLIGHT, so I guess we'll see what happens?


Hyungseok, Dey, Kyungmun (YOUNITE) - Who's Next? ⚠️ https://youtu.be/G0TIeXqTRHc
genre: hiphop
cw: very aggressive flashing, camera jitter
note: it's labelled as a visualizer, but it might as well be called a performance MV. Really would not recommend this to anyone feeling at all photosensitive, ooph


HITGS - SOURPATCH (debut) https://youtu.be/JepQz3QizGg
genre: dance pop
cw: surrealism (mild, animated), flashing graphics
note: yeah this week I'll take "sweet" over "edgy," thanks


JANNABI - May the TENDERNESS be with you! (feat. Karina (aespa)) https://youtu.be/UQ1ygqtEOts
genre: R&B
cw: lens res, video "artifacts" (scratches), fireworks
note: well this was just sweet and with an unexpected finale


Chenle (NCT) - Tear Bridge (Chinese pre-release) https://youtu.be/JoQ8SA1Mj_U
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: flashing effects, camera flashes
note: surprise solo (pre-)debut is a surprise, not because I don't think he has the will and talent (I know he does), but because I wasn't expecting another solo debut just now, at least not from the Dreamies.


Kihan - Light out https://youtu.be/-hvQqdw6agU
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing, drinking, fireworks, implied nudity
note: I know the uploader listed him as "Kihvn" but the ending title has his name romanized as "Kihan," so I'm going with that.


Groundless unfounded - Dacapo (audio only) https://youtu.be/HZaR5hHCXbQ
genre: rock


H7KD - Paripi (audio only) https://youtu.be/SBsTitv2Sg8
genre: EDM
note: I feel like I'm getting a sugar rush from this. 😜


Kim Yuna - While I Loved You https://youtu.be/bEVPW0V4o2M
genre: R&B
note: still not a fan of relying on a faint drop shadow to keep lyric hard subs legible, but it seems to work in this case? Barely, at times, but at least an effort was made. But her cross necklace is bugging the shit out of me for some unfathomable reason


UDTT - REALLY REALLY (debut) https://youtu.be/bNpAtiGLYMo
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing effects, lens flares, background flashing
note: UDTT is only the four girls, so the inclusion of a masked fifth girl is...I mean unless that's Sena, who left the group in March, but that feels... odd? I don't know, I guess we'll see what comes next.


MAZ.B, A:rth - Cx3 FREESTYLE https://youtu.be/pJ-aQKoxwzE
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing effects, false color, flanged vocals, glitch effects
note: the glitching is pretty bad, it's distracting. Just once, can we have a hiphop MV that isn't trying to trigger a migraine the whole time? I stuck with it mostly by focusing on writing up the previous entry instead, so maybe give this a pass


Jae Yeon - Forever here with me (The Divorce Insurance OST) https://youtu.be/tcsUnR1gfhA
genre: R&B
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers


wake up - I don't wanna know (audio only) https://youtu.be/yjLqdCATgYA
genre: EDM


FIFTY FIFTY - Pookie https://youtu.be/1ZX1vEDTfY4
genre: dance pop
cw: guns/gun violence (sorta), aggressive flashing, lightning, arson (sorta)
note: last place I was expecting to run into a long gun, all right. The "sorta"s are mostly because this is clearly an entirely staged situation


Jang Hyunseung - Orbit https://youtu.be/dJKPYTCDoCY
genre: R&B
cw: aggressive flashing, surrealism/unreality


MeloMance - Surprise https://youtu.be/NuU-ZVftvUY
genre: jazz
note: oh idiots in love really are the best kind 😆


Yang Da-il - One Summer Night (audio only) https://youtu.be/J1PWn_UQbLg
genre: R&B
note: I wish this was an MV, but I'll take whatever new Yang Da-il he sees fit to give


ONEUS - Time Machine (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/TLlYFfZKOV4
genre: R&B
cw: unsteady cam, drinking (social), fireworks
note: sex song is pretty blatantly a sex song, but we'll allow it.


toyou.- Running (audio only) https://youtu.be/RvBph2vC8yM
genre: hiphop/chill-hop
note: can you call it hiphop if there's no rap (rhetorical question is rhetorical)


Catch The Young - The Young Wave (pre-release?) https://youtu.be/WA0uEvJbITA
genre: rock
cw: video "artifacts," aggressive flashing, glitch effects
note: a long and wholly instrumental track in keeping with an older rock tradition. Marking as a possible pre-release, due to that being kind of a pattern with one-track singles, but I'm prepared to be wrong. 😅


FRankly - Morning https://youtu.be/ju5f5qQRLV0
genre: rock
note: that is how the band chooses to typeset their name, so I'm rolling with it


Hoony Keys - Fantasy (audio only) https://youtu.be/wwYN35S6xWI
genre: neoclassical instrumental
note: wrapping the week with this sleepy lullaby, which is good because my next order of business is getting some shut-eye.😅


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