Midweek New Music Roundup :: November 5th - 12th

[hitokage]

Thursday still counts as midweek, as far as I'm concerned, so hey. Especially since I went from a collecting of 138 videos down to less than 90 (if only just).

We've got a full house of genres this week, from hiphop and trot to EDM and punk rock. A pre-release, a boy group debut, a double handful of OSTs, and even a couple I'd missed from last week. It's a full list, so review it in whatever way makes the most sense to you, whether by picking out your favorite majors or doing a genre tag search or some other method entirely.

Want to dance? We've got dance pop by SUNMI and RESCENE, EDM by XLOV, and trot by Oh Yoojin. Looking for the freshest hiphop? Check out the latest from JJAX, Jessi, or FatDoo. Into rock? There's punk rock from JAURIM, alt rock by Hoshi of Seventeen, folk rock by Moonbit, soft rock by Moker, or just plain old rock rock by Ha Hyunwoo, plus much more. And if you need a good cry, there's a whole bunch marked with potential hanky warning, so go forth and feel everything.

Banner artist slots this week was a tough choice, but in the end I had to go with Jessi and Hoshi (Seventeen). Additional favorites are marked in the listing below (and there are many).


Releases for the week of November 5th - 12th:
SUNMI - CYNICAL
J.Y.Park - Happy Hour (w. Kwon Sinah) *
XLOV - Rizz * 💚
U-KNOW (TVXQ!) - Stretch 🔤 * ⚠️
NEWBEAT - Look So Good * 💚
park soru - Witty Mess (audio only)
H7KD - Melt (audio only)
DongPang - One Step (audio only)
Oh Yoojin - SOME * ⚠️
RESCENE - Heart Drop (pre-release) * 💚
NCT WISH - Dreamcatcher 🔤 * 💚
NTX - ICE LUV * 💚
Ahnjunuproject - Small City, Large People (audio only)
Eo Sumin - The part of Mrs. Kwak's will (audio only)
GRASSOFSUMMERNIGHT - 99 (audio only)
Mark Tuan (GOT7) - Sunsets & Cigarettes * 💚
RiRi - CALL IT LOVE *
RiRi - YES YES
Im Sejun - If tomorrow comes (Would You Marry Me OST) *
Na Yoonkwon & Doh Kyungsoo (EXO) - If It Were Me * 💚
Lucid Fall - Bloom with You *
Kim Suyoung - This Time (Would You Marry Me OST) *
A-1000 - JOY * ⚠️ 🚩
Kimseohyeon - 불완전 (audio only)
SoOv - FLOWER (audio only)
a:pomt, Yunseo - The Unreachable Star * 🚩
FatDoo - Breaking news! A UFO has abducted a giraffe! (feat. STi)
Chun Wookyoung - Imprinted
Lee Kyura - VIOLIN *
Lee Mujin - Remember (Last Summer OST) * 💚
GaBi - A Season Like You (audio only)
Ha Hyunwoo - GOD BLESS (Typhoon Family OST) * ⚠️
LunaTune - WFY (audio only)
RAN - You Don't Know (Our Music Drama OST) *
JUSTB - True Heart * ⚠️ 💚
Paul Kim - Summer End (Last Summer OST) *
BanHaNa - Still Alive *
BB - idk (audio only)
U-Chae - Bad Guy * 💚
Songminsoo - Falling in Love
Kwon Giyeol - She (audio only)
Chaeryun - SHIGOL (audio only)
Moonbit - I am +
Kang Seonghee - I mean, you know
Yunamong, Bbanggyul - Cupid's Trick (Five Hearts Under One Roof 2 OST)
THETHE - HAVE A NICE DAY * ❌
Hasonbi - We Don't Really Know Each Other
Songminsoo - What do you think
Jaurim - LIFE! *
ITZY - TUNNEL VISION 🔤 * ⚠️ ❌
ONF - Put It Back 🔤 * 💚
PLAVE - BBUU! 🔤 * 💚
CRAVITY - Lemonade Fever 🔤 * 💚
AM8IC - Link Up (debut) *
SM Jazz Trio - Growl (Jazz ver) * 💚
GOYO - Let it Rain +
Jung Seunghwan - Without you 🔤 * 💚
Whisty - The diary of the Moon (feat. mingming) *
MUZIE - AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU +
leezeon - All Day (feat. HAHYUN) (audio only)
Lee Seunghyun - Just You and I (audio only)
Moker - Coming * +
My Very End - EoL (audio only)
Phantom Queen - Puff Piff Pow *
ChungSeul - Heaving Sea *
Chasumin - Eternal Night *
Hoshi (SEVENTEEN) - Fallen Superstar 🔤 * ⚠️ 💚
DJ Snake - In the Dark (w/ Stray Kids) *
YOON MIN - trust me!
CLOSE YOUR EYES - X 🔤 * 💚
YEGNY - Fly Up (Rookie Director Kim Yeon-koung OST) *
Sohyang - Brand New Me (Don't Call Me Ma'am OST) (audio only)
Balming Tiger & Haruomi Hosono - Nettaiya (Japanese release)
Park ji hyeon - Nasty Man (Nice to Not Meet You OST) *
Chanyoung Kim - For Freedom 💚
DOHVVA - We Only Love Things That Fade * ⚠️
DOHVVA - I Did Nothing, But Everyone Left *
Earth Sky - Fresh Love *
JJAX - Turandot (audio only)
Choi Ingyeong - Stars 🔤 *
Lee Joo El - To you who embraces starlight * ❌
DEONTE - Action! *
Jessi - Girls Like Me 🔤 * 💚
Pizza.zip - Supernatural *
WEN - Medusa (feat. Tamiz)
Kadi Korgi - Andante (feat. obviouxx, Soul)


The Mea Culpa Section:
Tracks that got missed for this or that reason

Kim Sihun - Journey * 💚
KISS OF LIFE - Lucky (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

note: this listing starts with the missed tracks
note 2: for ease of finding, releases by the same artist are pulled together regardless of how they're listed above.


Kim Sihun - Journey https://youtu.be/MgL_zpyC_6M
genre: pop-rock
cw: lens flares
note: formerly of BDC, Produce 101, and Project 7, now a soloist just barely getting his feet wet with his first multi-track single.


KISS OF LIFE - Lucky (Japanese release) 🔤 https://youtu.be/j6OqLm0lQ68
genre: R&B
cw: UFO, flashing lights, lens flares, surrealism, Yankees, fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: CC in 4 tracks, including English. The date on the video says October, the upload went up in November. Note that by Yankees, I'm not referring to New Yorkers, but a specific Japanese subculture.





SUNMI - CYNICAL 🔤 https://youtu.be/gIqlV9Dh2uU
genre: dance pop
cw: MCD, supernatural elements (hungry ghosts, occultism), flashing, fake blood, lens flares
note: I feel like this came late to the party and would've made more sense being put out during Ghost Month. On the other hand, I think I'm in love with this exorcist.


J.Y.Park - Happy Hour (w. Kwon Sinah) 🔤 https://youtu.be/IQQsJUaOmnc
genre: trot
cw: JYP, supernatural elements (fairies, fae magic), drinking (social)
note: CC in 9 tracks, including English. Look, I suffer so you don't have to. I'm pretty sure this entire plot was a ploy to get other fairies their promotions by helping his useless human self, so there's that?


XLOV - Rizz 💚 https://youtu.be/NCuFonpf-qk
genre: EDM
cw: flashing, violence, lens flares, supernatural elements (dark magics), Rui's lack of bones
note: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. If you, too, need a complete cleanse after that last one.... Oh I guess we know where Rui's bones went now. 🤣CC is only in Korean, but auto-translate kicked on ... and then the timing was off a couple times, oops. Familiar location is familiar.


U-KNOW (TVXQ!) - Stretch 🔤 ⚠️ https://youtu.be/ciYSctwotMM
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, aggressive flashing, supernatural elements (black magic)
note: CC in 8 tracks, including English. Putting an elevated warning for the aggravated flashing/strobing. Well. That was. Well. Yeah. Something something lore possibilities?


NEWBEAT - Look So Good 💚 https://youtu.be/KHG3M3UqHBc
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares
note: it's so hard out there that idols are just regularly unable to afford properly fitting shirts 🤣


park soru - Witty Mess (audio only) https://youtu.be/QCGNqh-WdLo
genre: folk rock
note: her voice is on the high end for folk rock, but otherwise, pretty standard folk rock


H7KD - Melt (audio only) https://youtu.be/Ciw8Vkes4-I
genre: EDM
note: upbeat and sugary as heck, which seems extra appropriate, given the title 🤣


DongPang - One Step (audio only) https://youtu.be/cu2Nt0YmuJ4
genre: hiphop
note: rapid-fire flow. Sure, we've heard faster deliveries, but this is still pretty fast.


Oh Yoojin - SOME ⚠️ https://youtu.be/zALzWZvQToQ
genre: trot
cw: flashing/strobing lights
note: video leans hard into the disco roots of trot all right. Very much not recommended for those with light sensitivities with all those strobing spotlights.


RESCENE - Heart Drop (pre-release) 💚 https://youtu.be/1cfaD4IX2jQ
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, flashing, unsteady cam
note: Welcome back to That Service Station. 🤣 The way their choreographer had them holding open spaces, I had to double check that they are in fact just a five member group (they are).


NCT WISH - Dreamcatcher 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/UulR1x4tvZE
genre: dance pop
cw: unsteady cam, flashing
note: CC in 10 tracks, including English. Oh I didn't realize how much I've missed them singing in Japanese.... 😭 This is a happy song and yet it made my cry, so if your brain chemistry is also broken in that way...


NTX - ICE LUV 💚 https://youtu.be/ghXT7bDjoBY
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares, flashing
note: I'm always going to be here for boys in skirts, even when they're wearing pants under those skirts.


Ahnjunuproject - Small City, Large People (audio only) https://youtu.be/YRLqCHb7Qh8
genre: hard rock
note: discordant rock, even.


Eo Sumin - The part of Mrs. Kwak's will (audio only) https://youtu.be/gtTsu7qbgTo
genre: spoken word/traditional Korean folk
note: 12 minutes of very traditional Korean folk


GRASSOFSUMMERNIGHT - 99 (audio only) https://youtu.be/icb9aCZeSaI
genre: folk rock
note: and then in some severe genre whiplash... cheerful co-ed folk rock!


Mark Tuan (GOT7) - Sunsets & Cigarettes 💚 https://youtu.be/fDMFONaXAso
genre: dance pop
cw: smoking (implied), lens flares, arson/pyrotechnics
note: despite the title, most of the smoking feels much more like smudging than any cigarette smoking. But augh, MARK TUAN NO, that last act was uncalled for, sir.


RiRi - CALL IT LOVE https://youtu.be/2pGIC2KO-YE
genre: pop-rock
cw: lens flares
note: these girls are off to a running start all right. Lyric video meets performance video. I'm not a fan of white glow behind white lyrics, but it does mostly work to keep the lyrics separate.

RiRi - YES YES https://youtu.be/GQl5-1LJnRg
genre: pop-rock
note: a performance/choreography-focused MV. Three videos for a debut feels like a lot, I'm curious to see what comes next.


Im Sejun - If tomorrow comes (Would You Marry Me OST) https://youtu.be/XKUeTEupxCE
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares, sudden kiss trope, potential hanky warning
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Moved some of the non-standard warnings from the note into the CW just cuz it felt more appropriate to have them up there this time.


Na Yoonkwon & Doh Kyungsoo (EXO) - If It Were Me 💚 https://youtu.be/tflr4ab-Bik
genre: R&B (ballad)
cw: lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: where "special clip" means "live performance clip" (it doesn't always!). I almost expected to see tears rolling down Kyungsoo's cheeks at some point, woof. 😭😭😭😭


Lucid Fall - Bloom with You https://youtu.be/w0UFg_N_yoQ
genre: jazz
cw: uncanny animation, animated flashing, animated surrealism
note: The song's fine, the video just left me unsettled ... which, the more I watched it, the more I think it was trying to be a metaphor for mental illness and finding hope in other people. In a very lesbian sort of way?? I might be reading too much into the animation, but I can't help it.


Kim Suyoung - This Time (Would You Marry Me OST) https://youtu.be/3QnGAfFk2-Q
genre: jazz
cw: lens flares, sudden kiss trope
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Play stupid games (surprise back hug) win stupid prizes (sit on a cactus).


A-1000 - JOY 🚩 ⚠️ https://youtu.be/_pvacsjXxWk
genre: R&B
cw: animated flashing, glitch effects, police state plot, MCD
note: can't clear this of suspicion of genslop because we live in the worst timeline. Enough segments feel human-drawn that it could be all human-generated, but then there's parts that feel too much like slop and, well, the garbage machines aren't poisoned yet, so.... Elevated warning for the MCD.


Kimseohyeon - 불완전 (audio only) https://youtu.be/m5b785PQJVw
genre: adult contemporary
note: mostly piano, strings, and solo female voice, good for a winding down playlist


SoOv - FLOWER (audio only) https://youtu.be/uzRlGk0q_Q4
genre: soft rock
note: slightly breathy solo male voice, a bit too peppy for bedtime, but maybe acceptable for post-workout wind down


a:pomt, Yunseo - The Unreachable Star 🚩 https://youtu.be/vZqODSoFJBg
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: background flashing/flickering
note: very simple visual that kind of reminds me of a badly programed screensaver from Ye Olden Days. 😅 As an animation of the album art, one fears this might be another instance of using the trash machines, so flagging for possible genslop. Yup, I hate it here.


FatDoo - Breaking news! A UFO has abducted a giraffe! (feat. STi) https://youtu.be/4oSy4_QXWK0
genre: hiphop
note: lyric video where the only motion is the lyrics crawl. Okay, with a title like that, how could I possibly resist? 🤣


Chun Wookyoung - Imprinted ❌ https://youtu.be/Oi-0qAOFl6g
genre: rock
cw: city lights at night
note: as a video of driving on a highway at night, this was giving me a weirdly high amount of anxiety and I don't know why, but I had to stop watching after a bit. The video's probably fine, I know I have some bonkers triggers sometimes, but honest disclosure's important, so there we are.


Lee Kyura - VIOLIN https://youtu.be/rgCv0jZ7uDU
genre: R&B (ballad)
cw: lens flares, water glare (mild), potential hanky warning
note: speaking of honest disclosure... this is the 2nd MV for this song, but the other one (which I admit I didn't watch) looked like a performance version where this one promised to be more cinematic, so this is the one I'm linking. And look, sweet puppers! 1theK has both MVs uploaded, if one wanted to go looking for the other one. But take tissues with you cuz the song's a tearjerker.


Lee Mujin - Remember (Last Summer OST) https://youtu.be/zMhNiIDp2RI
genre: R&B (ballad)
cw: lens flares, ML being a bit of a creep, flashing (lightning)
note: Video is roughly half clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. The Korean title is 지나왔던 추억이 사랑이 되고, which is rather a lot more than just "remembering" but shh.


GaBi - A Season Like You (audio only) https://youtu.be/MvVwEl4wcpY
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: another good candidate for a winding down playlist


Ha Hyunwoo - GOD BLESS (Typhoon Family OST) ⚠️ https://youtu.be/Nt3dWIvCnV0
genre: rock
cw: blood/injury, organized crime, violence, attempted murder, water glare, flashing club lights
note: video is clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Elevated warning level due to all the violence. Anger management issues all over the place.


LunaTune - WFY (audio only) https://youtu.be/jTc-QXQkD3g
genre: hiphop
note: as per the cover art WFY = wait for you. Hooray for another lady rapper.


RAN - You Don't Know (Our Music Drama OST) https://youtu.be/oEH5dYLq8Do
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: drinking/drunkenness (social), unsteady cam
note: video is clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. So much crying, not recommended if you're a sympathetic crier.


JUSTB - True Heart ⚠️ 💚 https://youtu.be/qoWYe2znc8I
genre: EDM
cw: aggressive flashing, water glare, lens flares, zentai suit, heist antics, false color flashing, implied gun violence
note: elevated warning for the flashing and gun violence.


Paul Kim - Summer End (Last Summer OST) https://youtu.be/CzbfP7rzwqQ
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: violent grief, fireworks, camera flashes
note: video is about half clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. And a cute little pupper who's obviously the best boy (or girl).


BanHaNa - Still Alive https://youtu.be/GDHMWzexzQM
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares
note: a performance rather than a narrative video


BB - idk (audio only) https://youtu.be/U8nNL3L7qwU
genre: R&B
note: male soloist who maybe could have thought a bit longer on his stage name, but whatever makes him happy, I guess


U-Chae - Bad Guy 💚 https://youtu.be/NA-JkhGtYtw
genre: pop-rock
cw: lens flares, drinking
note: CC is only in Korean, but auto-translate kicked in.


Songminsoo - Falling in Love https://youtu.be/8XyDXN52_ps
genre: R&B
note: the video feels like an almost perfect depiction of Waiting Mode - unable to settle cuz ADHD but also can't actually start anything because Waiting for Thing. Whether that was the intention or not, well....

Songminsoo - What do you think https://youtu.be/_eb4I8_gElM
genre: R&B
note: another video with strong Waiting Mode vibes.


Kwon Giyeol - She (audio only) https://youtu.be/2qBoiwGdT7M
genre: folk rock (ballad)
note: The Korean title is 그녀는 어여쁜 미소를 내게 항상 보여줬고 나는 그녀를 통해서 또 하루를 살아갔어요. also known as a whole ass sentence, but hey....


Chaeryun - SHIGOL (audio only) https://youtu.be/4WiWaKfvOR0
genre: folk rock
note: disagreeing with the uploader again, but it's probably an edge case. I just thing it's too discordant to be proper R&B when folk rock is right there. Also, was not expecting a man's voice, so, there's that to consider.


Moonbit - I am https://youtu.be/507hAsdid2k
genre: folk rock
note: you know me and acoustic guitar. 🤣 But hooboy, terrible hard subs time. A performance video rather than narrative


Kang Seonghee - I mean, you know https://youtu.be/B5tardL7-HM
genre: folk rock
note: another music video that's a performance rather than a narrative.


Yunamong, Bbanggyul - Cupid's Trick (Five Hearts Under One Roof 2 OST) https://youtu.be/NUBhthBmWWA
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, camera flashes
note: video is clips from the program, which means getting some peaks at how the sausage is made, so to speak. I'll take the fluffy white kitty?


THETHE - HAVE A NICE DAY ❌ https://youtu.be/Xjm673FyFSI
genre: folk rock
cw: brightness, camera motion
note: I know, I don't usually note for brightness, but the color/contrast is hinky as hell and aggravating my migraine, so guess who tapped out early again. As such, CWs may be incomplete, since I barely made it a third of the way in


Hasonbi - We Don't Really Know Each Other https://youtu.be/evdELyJRXw4
genre: rock
note: lyrics video where the only motion is the appearance/disappearance of the lyrics. Block cut, fairly distinct from the background image, we rate this as minimally adequate.


Jaurim - LIFE! https://youtu.be/iGjEac6TqdQ
genre: punk rock
cw: flashing, lens flares, unsteady cam
note: an array of dance styles, from ballet to street


ITZY - TUNNEL VISION 🔤 ⚠️ ❌ https://youtu.be/piSq8IioghU
genre: dance pop
cw: aggressive flashing,, insects, disembodied eyeball
note: CC in 10 tracks, including English. Elevated warning for the same reason I had to quit early: aggressive flashing and camera cuts were too much for my enmigrained self. As such, content warnings may be incomplete


ONF - Put It Back 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/5xzE2JtYIq0
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, flashing, fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: CC in 4 tracks, including English. Aww, this makes me happy.


PLAVE - BBUU! 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/8L001YT4k6k
genre: dance pop
cw: animated flashing
note: CC in 10 tracks, including English. This is so ridiculously cute, as one might expect from a Sanrio collaboration project. Enjoying seeing the alternate animation styles, too.


CRAVITY - Lemonade Fever 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/SksA5JlCtI8
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, surrealism
note: CC in 5 tracks, including English. Oh HELL no I'm not drinking that lemon's 'ade. 🤣 Guess this was the year of the summer lemon song and I'm okay with that!


AM8IC - Link Up (debut) https://youtu.be/A5Kpz-n-siY
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, false color, surrealism, blood/injury
note: awkward resolution is awkward? The extra wide screen aspect ratio makes it feel like I'm missing part of the shot, but it's just that they went really wide with it. Anyway, a lot of room for interesting lore building if that's a direction they're going.


SM Jazz Trio - Growl (Jazz ver) 💚 https://youtu.be/Z4BtRibutWI
genre: jazz (instrumental)
cw: lens flares, aggressive flashing
note: Another reinterpretation of South Korea's other national anthem because of course. Look, when "SM" is in your name, it just makes sense to do jazz covers of some of Sm's most iconic songs. And Growl takes the jazz treatment so very well.


GOYO - Let it Rain https://youtu.be/XxH4sbGy74I
genre: R&B
note: this is labelled as a lyric video, but it's really a live clip with white text pasted atop the video in the laziest way possible, sigh


Jung Seunghwan - Without you 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/HyVLOvnZP0k
genre: R&B
cw: flashing, disco ball
note: CC in 4 tracks, including English. Do you need a potential hanky warning or are you normal? 😅 There's a lot of light effects in the video, but worth it if you need a cry.


[[BONUS]]
xikers - ICONIC 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/tOtNwAO_q_4
genre: EDM/noise
cw: flashing
note: CC in 10 tracks, including English. Easter egg performance video release for a single released this past summer. I wasn't going to include it, but this was shot concurrent with SUPERPOWER and the original kinda got lost in the summer crush. Plus I'm weak for blond!Junghoon, especially when he smiles.


Whisty - The diary of the Moon (feat. mingming) https://youtu.be/H5FkypPYb84
genre: dance pop
cw: animated flashing
note: almost disco, the video is a looping animation that is kinda evoking some retrofuturism vibes


MUZIE - AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU https://youtu.be/_IFD1CxXYGw
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: once again, hard coded lyrics that disappear into the video because no real effort is made to prevent it, le sigh. Potential hanky warning, though more mild than some others.


leezeon - All Day (feat. HAHYUN) (audio only) https://youtu.be/jBea9BRCNDM
genre: R&B
note: and now for something completely different: peppy and upbeat dance music! Okay, not all that different overall, but different from the last couple of entries.


Lee Seunghyun - Just You and I (audio only) https://youtu.be/svcHgF8JG1A
genre: R&B
note: another potential hanky warning


Moker - Coming https://youtu.be/odJl8tTmOzM
genre: soft rock
cw: lens flares
note: once again, standard practice means the hardcoded lyrics aren't always legible.


My Very End - EoL (audio only) https://youtu.be/s2yZNILgkl8
genre: rock
note: almost but not quite shoegaze with a lady vocalist


Phantom Queen - Puff Piff Pow https://youtu.be/sgYxp3luFnA
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, flashing effects
note: I completely believe the title and lyrics are written "puff piff pow," but that's not how they're voiced, so make of that what you will.


ChungSeul - Heaving Sea https://youtu.be/IM73TTAxAfI
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares, background strobing (brief)
note: I feel like there's a whole cultural reference here that I, as a non-Korean, am just not getting. But the country scenery is lovely and so is the song. And oh look, a guest star pup!


Chasumin - Eternal Night 💚 https://youtu.be/u5U0kyQqWwY
genre: alt rock
cw: lens flares, flashing effects/transitions, camera motion, water glare (at night), fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: a lot of warnings, but none of them are super severe, so not really enough to push into an elevated warning state. And yes, I'm handing out green hearts like candy this week, so sue me.


Hoshi (SEVENTEEN) - Fallen Superstar 🔤 ⚠️ 💚 https://youtu.be/sEeXBvk_t8Y
genre: alt rock
cw: aggressive flashing
note: CC in 17 tracks, including English. Welcome to Missing Hoshi Hours, featuring blond menace Hoshi. Elevated warning for the hyperaggressive flashing in the last quarter of the video that almost took me out.


DJ Snake - In the Dark (w/ Stray Kids) https://youtu.be/xNAIOnpWepE
genre: R&B
cw: flashing/digital noise effects
note: went with the lyric video versus over the visualizer. Still feeling some kind of way about this song, it might need a few more plays to really get into my heart.


YOON MIN - trust me! https://youtu.be/4dfwJ7a_hys
genre: alt rock
note: ah yes, the wild boy antics 😜


CLOSE YOUR EYES - X 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/D5ljl9pNAmc
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares, surrealism
note: ah the horrors of clipping. 😅 Feeling a wee bit disloyal, but they're doing so well...


YEGNY - Fly Up (Rookie Director Kim Yeon-koung OST) https://youtu.be/Q4dCc2FGq0o
genre: rock
cw: flashing
note: video is entirely clips from the program, so enjoy a sports break featuring ladies' volleyball?


Sohyang - Brand New Me (Don't Call Me Ma'am OST) (audio only) https://youtu.be/bhEvLlikG00
genre: dance pop
note: I may regret listing this when there's only this audio release, but then again, this may be because there isn't going to be a clip version, so....


Balming Tiger & Haruomi Hosono - Nettaiya (Japanese release) 🔤 https://youtu.be/bhEvLlikG00
genre: rock
cw: flashing lights, smoking (sort of), surrealism
note: CC in English, Japanese, and Korean. Well. That. Was a video and a song all right.


Park ji hyeon - Nasty Man (Nice to Not Meet You OST) 🔤 https://youtu.be/yuCbu37mzNU
genre: trot
cw: aggressive flashing, medical/hospital
note: CC in Korean and English. Video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


Chanyoung Kim - For Freedom 💚 https://youtu.be/KZUIyqQ4zus
genre: jazz (instrumental)
note: a bit of a longer track and something of a break from everything else this week.


DOHVVA - We Only Love Things That Fade ⚠️ https://youtu.be/HAbN2GlF4D0
genre: alt rock
cw: extreme bullying, flashing, lens flares
note: elevated warning for extreme bullying.

DOHVVA - I Did Nothing, But Everyone Left https://youtu.be/VXC5AYBfmwU
genre: alt rock
cw: lens flares, religious imagery (Christian), supernatural elements
note: is it a ghost or is something else going on? you decide


Earth Sky - Fresh Love https://youtu.be/ejij5AM1ivQ
genre: R&B
cw: flashing (brief), lens flares (mild)
note: soft and yet not soft?


JJAX - Turandot (audio only) https://youtu.be/mdzaL4Bzlr0
genre: hiphop
note: not me only just now realizing his name's meant to be pronounced "gee-jacks." Anyway, something from the lyrical end of the hiphop pool.


Choi Ingyeong - Stars 🔤 https://youtu.be/qdMW2hcYavU
genre: folk rock
cw: lens flares, unsteady cam, water glare
note: CC in English. Ocean scenes making me homesick again. 😭


Lee Joo El - To you who embraces starlight ❌ https://youtu.be/zJBMxBdeVks
genre: ballad
cw: unsteady cam
note: Lee Joo-El is quite young and they fed her voice through an effector that's really turning me off, sigh, so that's a nope out from me.


DEONTE - Action! https://youtu.be/zjjtHPapwSs
genre: hiphop
cw: animated flashing, surrealism
note: everything's a circle?


Jessi - Girls Like Me 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/EkhN7B_bqzU
genre: hiphop
cw: NSFW language, lens flares, f-bombs, flashing, dripping wet Jessi
note: CC in English. I mean, it's Jessi, so appropriate caution is always appropriate.


Pizza.zip - Supernatural https://youtu.be/4x0apGdenAI
genre: hiphop
cw: camera motion
note: not sure what's going on in this video and not sure I'm meant to know. 😅 Hard-coded lyrics are a bit unnatural in placement and the CW really only appeals to the very end of the video


WEN - Medusa (feat. Tamiz) https://youtu.be/QykRzqjvj5I
genre: hiphop
note: sadly, the yellow doesn't entirely help with the legibility problem (that the font also isn't helping), but it's an attempt at an effort.


Kadi Korgi - Andante (feat. obviouxx, Soul) https://youtu.be/Xx0q3Qo4H6g
genre: hiphop
note: featuring several bestest good puppers! All the best boys and girls!


Look at that, you made it to the end! What were your favorites this week? Any surprises? Let's chat about it!



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