[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: March 4th - 11th

[hitokage]

Oh my but it's been A Week again - I started out with almost a hundred videos and then tossed out a number of dupes, rights transfers, and a few proudly genslopped MVs. The number of times I had to double and sometimes even triple check the release on something because goddess forbid they include that information on the upload... So yes, I left in ATEEZ's On The Road, despite it being a "live" stage (a video type I've been mostly dropping to keep this list from getting entirely out of control each week), as a treat to myself and everyone else. Between the extra research and the relentless attacks by flashing lights and certain beautiful people... I needed it!

ANYway.... Big week of comebacks this week, with new music from Onew (SHINee), WOODZ's first full album since his return from military service, and a Chinese collab from Solar (MAMAMOO)! Plus OSTs from Rothy and three members of ZEROBASEONE. Or if rock is more your speed, check out the latest from Rolling Quartz and/or Dragon Pony. Needing the freshest in hiphop? Perhaps the collab of Ann One, Jung In, and Horim will be your style. Feeling more jazz? Check out Jay Chang (ONE PACT)'s latest solo release. Just want to dance? NouerA have some EDM for you this week and ACE (VAV) has another Latin dance groove to get your booty shaking. Folk rock more your speed? Check out Jeong Sewoon or perhaps Kim Sunah. Not sure what you want? Peruse the list in whatever way feels most satisfying to you or hop into the comments box to ask for suggestions!

Banner slots this week went to ATEEZ, Solar, and WOODZ, because I am indeed that much of a predictable simp ... and also aspect ratios pushed me into this banner template. (I didn't fight back that hard) Additional favorites can be found with the green hearts~!

Releases for the Week of March 4th - 11th:
toyou. - Velvet (audio only)
WOODZ - Human Extinction 🔤 * 💚
MADEIN - PUNG! *
Lydia - Still Miss You (Little toad, Little toad OST) *
Choi Yeoleum - Remind (audio only)
ORORA - Hold My Breath 🌟
ORORA - Siren Song (debut) 🌟 * 🚩
Rolling Quartz - Red Hot 🔤 *
SMALEAR - I just wanna (feat. hanyu) (audio only)
DeVita - Tricycle ⚠️ ❌
MINSEO - Deep Dawn *
H1-KEY - To. My First Love *
YOUNHA - Sub Character * ⚠️
LIT - Wanna know *
Jane B - PEACH (audio only)
Jay Chang (ONE PACT) - FEEL
Yp - Sunset (audio only) *
SUCTION - Still Hurts (debut) * ❌
Jeong Sewoon - First Love (Still Shining OST)
Kim Sunah - All I Wanted Was Loving You
seaz - dust (audio only)
BORAN - Delulu * ❌ 🌟
HANZ, Kwon Inseo - Because I Miss You 🔤
Lee Jimin - You're Mine, You're My Man
JUNGSOOMIN - You Are My Color (In Your Radiant Season OST) *
Rothy - My heart, To you (Still Shining OST) *
ATEEZ - On the Road 🔤 * 💚
Neuloneul - Ash and Amber (audio only)
Ann One, Jung In, Horim - Soul is Freestyle +
DAVII, hagi, 904 - Money Talk (audio only) *
Seok Matthew, Kim Taerae, Park Gunwook (ZEROBASEONE) - Let's Just Go (Curtain Up, Class OST) 💚
kang omyo - Angry (audio only)
Kim Mongyong - Love you, with you (audio only)
MRCH - I Feel Special (The Practical Guide to Love OST) *
ONEW - TOUGH LOVE 🔤 * 💚
NouerA - POP IT LIKE 🔤 * 💚
YOUNHA - Karma *
KickFlip - Twenty 🔤 *
Solar x Accusefive - 總有一顆屬於你的星球 (Your Own Star) (Chinese release) 🔤 * 💚
DAILY:DIRECTION - SELF *
aoen - INSTANT CRUSH (Japanese release) 🔤 *
geumeum - white dwarf (audio only)
RED OOPART - 2AM (audio only)
Redo Kim - Even the Shadow (audio only)
ACE (VAV) - Bonita * 💚
Yeojin (Loossemble) - Sugar talk *
Song ziu - Spring Rain * 🚩
Dragon Pony - Oh Perfect! 🔤 * ⚠️ ❌
toyou. - Tangled (audio only)
FridayOff - Alone (audio only)
ROSESIA - B.O.M (feat. Noducksoon) * ⚠️
GUNKYU - The Night's Too Long (feat. Joyce Yoo) (audio only)
M'ewn - Like That (feat.Deyy) *
MEMORIA - Phoenix (audio only)


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 week the listing is in the same order as above - I ran out of spoons to rearrange, so toyou. and YOUNHA's offerings are still separate


toyou. - Velvet (audio only) https://youtu.be/K1_rhtRtGOs
genre: instrumental jazz/R&B
note: the lofi crispy-pop was a lot, I immediately had to turn down my headphones (which, to be fair, had been cranked juuuuust a bit from trying to soothe my own brain crackles earlier), but as per usual, ymmv.


WOODZ - Human Extinction 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/elyhLAHsXGg
genre: rock
cw: aggressive flashing, depictions of disordered thinking/mental illness, medical/hospital, fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: CC in 6 tracks, including English. Rockstar Woodz may be my favorite Woodz, but he's definitely not afraid to tackle hard issues. Be gentle with yourselves.


MADEIN - PUNG! https://youtu.be/sfck7I-Aas0
genre: dance pop
cw: surrealism, guns/military gear
note: this feels about 25% too slow, which is a problem when we're already dealing with a sub-3minute-long song. But it's cute! And a severe whiplash from the previous MV.


Lydia - Still Miss You (Little toad, Little toad OST) https://youtu.be/uXbtTFNZuGM
genre: R&B
cw: drinking/drunkenness, lens flares, blood/violence
note: video is entirely clips from the film, so may contain spoilers.


Choi Yeoleum - Remind (audio only) https://youtu.be/BwmDr62Hkjo
genre: folk rock
note: mellow guitars, both acoustic and electric, and simple percussion plus unassuming vocals


ORORA - Hold My Breath 🌟 https://youtu.be/JIp7YISo_gs
genre: adult contemporary
note: B&W with the contrast dialed up rather a lot, ooph. Includes hard-coded subs in English only. Feels very much like a Disney princess image song.

ORORA - Siren Song (debut) 🌟 🚩https://youtu.be/6bJd9_NyeYs
genre: adult contemporary
cw: flashing, water glare, lens flare
note: This and "Hold My Breath" were both released on the same day, but it feels weird to mark them both as her debut. That said, I really, really hate that I can't escape the creeping fear that at least some parts of this might have been slopped, especially the ending. I hate this timeline, it's seriously the worst.


Rolling Quartz - Red Hot 🔤 https://youtu.be/6J7K9Wi8uJ4
genre: punk rock
cw: background flashing/strobing lights, camera motion, bathroom humor
note: CC in English. We recommend against trying to play guitar with your tongue.


SMALEAR - I just wanna (feat. hanyu) (audio only) https://youtu.be/nYx0dIu9CI4
genre: electronica
note: it's too pop for typical EDM but too techno for dance pop, so, uh... yeah, roll with it. Or bop with it. 😅


DeVita - Tricycle ⚠️ ❌ https://youtu.be/5S8E-xQj7Mk
genre: dance pop
cw: aggressive flashing (dark)
note: Only made it about 40s before the flashing took me out - I tend to be more sensitive to this dark flash style, go figure - so the CWs could very well be incomplete. Proceed at your own risk.


MINSEO - Deep Dawn https://youtu.be/flC0Ajafv8Q
genre: pop rock
cw: lens flares, "artifacts"
note: between the vintage car and the aging filter ... but then the actual content is modern


H1-KEY - To. My First Love https://youtu.be/HZslmYXBvCY
genre: pop rock
cw: lens flares, surrealism
note: Well that was... a saccharine adventure all right 😅


YOUNHA - Sub Character ⚠️ https://youtu.be/-NwKL8izYNs
genre: pop rock
cw: lens flares, background flashing
note: elevated warning for the at times disruptive flashing. It didn't quite knock me out, but I probably should have quit, if not after the first flashing interval, then certainly after the second. Ah well.


LIT - Wanna know https://youtu.be/b27fUmfFP5Q
genre: R&B
cw: drinking (social)
note: produced by SLO. Too short!


Jane B - PEACH (audio only) https://youtu.be/pRswHzknGaE
genre: R&B
note: yeah, yeah, we know what 🍑 is code for....


Jay Chang (ONE PACT) - FEEL 💚 https://youtu.be/rQSIEPYQRV8
genre: jazz
cw: background flashing/strobing lights, fisheye cam
note: a funky beat to make you feel ww Some people would probably file this under R&B, but that piano is all jazz


Yp - Sunset (audio only) https://youtu.be/nmgUcc1Eytg
genre: hiphop
cw: f-bombs
note: yeah, disagreeing with the uploader again. It's from the lyrical end of things, but still hiphop.


SUCTION - Still Hurts (debut) ❌ https://youtu.be/qwmNcmuXMVA
genre: trot
cw: teeth, surrealism
note: I tried, I really did, but I can only push my dental trigger so far and this went smashing right past that limit, so....


Jeong Sewoon - First Love (Still Shining OST) 💚 https://youtu.be/p0vApu-4bcE
genre: folk rock
cw: lens flares
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Also, whoever did the CC screwed up, cuz the track is marked as English, but it's not. But it's a cute song, so there's that?


Kim Sunah - All I Wanted Was Loving You https://youtu.be/CbPKoJkcXbo
genre: folk rock
note: is this the Korean version of manic pixie dream girl? ww


seaz - dust (audio only) https://youtu.be/6yxOosya5jI
genre: R&B
note: my attention kept drifting, so I can't guarantee one way or the other if this is entirely in English or not, but I think it was?


BORAN - Delulu 🌟 ❌ https://youtu.be/_An6OXS8dzc
genre: R&B
cw: horror vibes, flashing, arson
note: Thanks to the hand models, I spent the entire gd song expecting a giant spider to materialize, which was very much not great. It also took me three minutes to triple-check and realize that this video is actually 16 minutes long, meaning it's the entire EP and look, that's Boran's prerogative, but I can't spend 16 minutes sitting with this tension that something explicitly horrifying is just around the corner, so, nope, I'm out.


HANZ, Kwon Inseo - Because I Miss You 🔤 https://youtu.be/8lV6ZFZsqOk
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: CC in Korean and English. With some oopses in the content and timing. Half a star for at least making an effort


Lee Jimin - You're Mine, You're My Man https://youtu.be/J-mE0MhouOI
genre: adult contemporary
note: the framing of the video is almost unbearably cute...and makes her look 12 😅


JUNGSOOMIN - You Are My Color (In Your Radiant Season OST) https://youtu.be/QdqU3T17TV8
genre: soft rock
cw: water glare (night), lens flares, fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


Rothy - My heart, To you (Still Shining OST) https://youtu.be/RTawqbQF6ig
genre: folk rock
cw: lens flares
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Another instance of the CC claiming to be in English, but it's hangul (except for the lyrics that are genuinely in English).


ATEEZ - On the Road 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/ue8xg0gqVY8
genre: pop rock
cw: slow flashes, lens flares
note: CC in 10 tracks, including English. Yes, I'm including this here because it's on their official channel now. This is such a meta track and goddammit, who's out here chopping onions again??? 😭😭


Neuloneul - Ash and Amber (audio only) https://youtu.be/4hOr5NcwzZ0
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: mournful and not what I needed when I was already tearing up, oops


Ann One, Jung In, Horim - Soul is Freestyle 💚 https://youtu.be/NPHvsClGpYI
genre: hiphop
note: love a good jazzy backing beat, but aww, this could've been so much longer


DAVII, hagi, 904 - Money Talk (audio only) https://youtu.be/i9bGetKw5Ks
genre: EDM/hiphop
cw: f-bombs
note: this one I don't mind being short


Seok Matthew, Kim Taerae, Park Gunwook (ZEROBASEONE) - Let's Just Go (Curtain Up, Class OST) 💚 https://youtu.be/pFKNeC5-MiM
genre: dance pop
note: video is half clips from the program, half studio video, and all the way adorable. I spy with my little eye a fluffy sweater I need to steal. 🤣


kang omyo - Angry (audio only) https://youtu.be/7ImsRp4Dt3o
genre: folk rock
note: singer has a bit of a nasally tone to his singing voice, so if that's a dealbreaker, give this a pass


Kim Mongyong - Love you, with you (audio only) https://youtu.be/DCigNZNx5tA
genre: folk rock (ballad)
note: something that could be used for winding down after a long day for sure


MRCH - I Feel Special (The Practical Guide to Love OST) https://youtu.be/Xk0dFAkAhgo
genre: jazz
cw: lens flares, religious imagery (Catholic)
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Ok, but who goes camping in such unpractical clothes?? Leaving aside the way the clips feel like a comedy of errors.... the song gives me nostalgia for the style of soft jazz I used to hear a lot as a kid


ONEW - TOUGH LOVE 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/geONm_InNZA
genre: EDM/pop
cw: surrealism, gun, flashing, lens flares, explosions/pyrotechnics, blood/injury
note: CC in English, Japanese, and Korean. Welp. That's a video all right. Sometimes I really love the way Onew's mind works. Other times I end up entirely lost.


NouerA - POP IT LIKE 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/FeU8m9YEVSY
genre: EDM
cw: surrealism, aggressive flashing, gun imagery, explosions/pyrotechnics
note: CC in 14 tracks, including English. Can't decide if this is genuinely giving Fast and the Furious or if I'm just getting that from my other listening choices.


YOUNHA - Karma https://youtu.be/4a2bD1mSjUo
genre: pop rock
cw: lens flares, background flashing
note: a continuation of the plot from "Sub Character" but with slightly less flashing.


KickFlip - Twenty 🔤 https://youtu.be/Gt0wRAFpwvg
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, video "artifacts," camera motion, water glare, fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: CC in 11 tracks, including English. Note: these boys are useless in a road emergency. 🤣 It is a little something to realize oh yeah, these guys are relatively fresh from high school, actually.


Solar x Accusefive - 總有一顆屬於你的星球 (Your Own Star) (Chinese release) 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/RcU8cCdhNp4
genre: alt rock
cw: background flashing, motion blur, potential hanky warning (bullied child)
note: CC in 4 tracks, including English. I'm not crying, you're crying. To be fair, if a series of strangers were trying to offer me things, I'd probably be wary, too. On the other hand, I, too, would let Solar take me anywhere she wanted. 😅😅


DAILY:DIRECTION - SELF https://youtu.be/_MdOX5nud9M
genre: dance pop
cw: blood/injury, violence (various), flashing, surrealism, supernatural elements (magic, fairies+fae bullshit)
note: The level of weirdness distracted me from the song, I suppose I'll have to give it another try on a different platform at some point.


aoen - INSTANT CRUSH (Japanese release) 🔤 https://youtu.be/DzV97MXTZx8
genre: dance pop
cw: aggressive flashing/strobing lights
note: CC in 4 tracks, including English. So here's the thing ... yes, they're a Japanese group ... but they're also a group on a Hybe label, so it's only a matter of time before they get brought across to Korea, I'm sure. 😜


geumeum - white dwarf (audio only) https://youtu.be/0GReRplp9OM
genre: Korean folk (instrumental)
note: and now for something completely different! An instrumental break of sorts, should you need it


RED OOPART - 2AM (audio only) https://youtu.be/GfigbfxsN6g
genre: hiphop
note: always happy to have ladies in hiphop


Redo Kim - Even the Shadow (audio only) https://youtu.be/ApWJ61BwQF8
genre: adult contemporary
note: soft and flowing


ACE (VAV) - Bonita 💚 https://youtu.be/X06wy35pzC0
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares, dripping wet ACE and (woman) dancer (supposedly fully clothed)
note: SIR WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS? (Don't ever stop) Sorry about the shirt allergy flaring up again (no I'm not).


Yeojin (Loossemble) - Sugar talk https://youtu.be/Wy4DRb1KfJ0
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares
note: yeah, these are both dance beats, but talk about genre whiplash holy shit


Song ziu - Spring Rain 🚩 https://youtu.be/AbKo8kqjuiA
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares
note: I'm trying to give this the benefit of the doubt, but I highly suspect at least some amount of genslop use, up to perhaps the whole goddamn video.


Dragon Pony - Oh Perfect! 🔤 ⚠️ ❌ https://youtu.be/qcuKFGbiLlo
genre: rock
cw: aggressive flashing, camera motion
note: CC in 5 tracks, including English. Sorry, if this had come earlier in the listing, I might have made it further. It's a good song, but the flashing was bad from the start and I had to quit about halfway through. 😔


toyou. - Tangled (audio only) https://youtu.be/yeCIqYkU720
genre: jazz (instrumental)
note: again with the loud crackle/hissing that made me turn my headphones back down again.


FridayOff - Alone (audio only) https://youtu.be/KsizmUU7r_c
genre: R&B
note: ignoring the uploader's tag again cuz vibes


ROSESIA - B.O.M (feat. Noducksoon) ⚠️ https://youtu.be/QIAL3Su8x00
genre: EDM
cw: aggressive flashing, glitch effects
note: elevated warning for the level of flashing. If this has been any longer, it would've knocked me out, but probably better to not risk it.


GUNKYU - The Night's Too Long (feat. Joyce Yoo) (audio only) https://youtu.be/YP3BR1-da6k
genre: R&B
note: smooth groove


M'ewn - Like That (feat. Deyy) https://youtu.be/fU17ENlWW64
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, flashing
note: f I hadn't seen a commenter snarking on it, I'm not sure would have noticed, but she could stand to grind in lip sync a bit - sometimes it does look like she's not even trying.


MEMORIA - Phoenix (audio only) https://youtu.be/k4fhT2mtuRE
genre: pop rock
note: again ignoring the uploader's genre tag because that's rock music.


And that's the end! What were your favorites this week? Any surprises? Let's chat!


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