[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: March 25th - April 1st

[hitokage]

It's sure been a hell of a year of a week all right. To the point where the time limit rule kicked in and I wasn't able to finish reviewing everything on the list. It's clearly marked where I left off, so you'll know it when you get to it. And I did make it through most of the very long process. Enough to pick out some favorites, both expected and unexpected. Still, it's been a long, horrible day after a week of long and largely horrible days, so I don't have my usual wits about me, sorry not sorry.

Went with a simplified banner this week, so the only featured artist is MAMAMOO's Moonbyul, though you can find my other favorites on the list by keeping an eye out for a 💚. There weren't as many as there have been in some other weeks, but c'e la vie~!

Releases for the week of March 25th - April 1st
SF9 - Love Comes Slowly 💚
Ahfoné - wantu2stay * ❌
siso - 1972
Moonbyul (MAMAMOO) - Hertz * 💚
UV - It's on me (feat. Choiza) * ⚠️
Xdinary Heroes - X room *
BABY BLUE - The One I Miss (18 Youth OST) * ⚠️
BUMJIN - To You + *
BAO - 1LOVE *
nemori - Hitotsu no Ten (One Point) (Japanese release) (audio only)
HYA, Zenn - DASH *
REDCHAIR - Afterglow (audio only)
Haneul - Goodbye, my youth *
So Soobin - every!
KANGMIN - Free Falling *
KEYVITUP - BEST ONE (pre-release) 🔤
DIGNITY - SLIPSHOT * ⚠️
ROSESIA - CLICK! * ❌
BABY BLUE - Can't Stop (Always Meet Again OST) *
ILHOON, PATEKO - Merry go round (feat. meenoi) 🔤 🚩
#Annyeong - Still Missing You
2Key, 247, Blu3, David Kook - Too Many * ⚠️ 🚩
OAH! - Yellow Vital
mellow button A Day I Wanted To Lean On (audio only)
NODI - Slow Fire (audio only)
Bambam (GOT7) x MINNIE (idle) - CARRY YOU * ⚠️
floryy - Daisy (feat. Terry) (audio only)
Jo Kwon - Like I do 🔤 * 💚
KIM PUREUM - Shining (Still Shining OST)
Kong Jeonghwan - Rosa
WHIJN - Mug With Hair (audio only)
ChatsBerry - UNDERTOW *
The 5th season - Moonlight and you (audio only)
Brick - Puffy Love (Phantom Lawyer OST) *
Ra.D - I'm fine, really (Still Shining OST)
Naye (Gavy NJ) - We Are (For the Goddesses, For Daphne OST) *
YOSEP - Flower *
SF9 - By Your Side * 💚
HRDN - Illusion (feat. 123) + *
NiceKatchy - Damn * ⚠️ ❌
Gi Yeowool - the Stock, Matthiola Incana (audio only)
Sweet_bRos - Blurt It Out (audio only)
HAEUN (4Men), YOSEP YUN - Feel Like Yesterday *
Jang Hyejin, Zo Zazz - Our Endgame * 💚
Lee Solomon - All You Left Me Was Your Scent (Doctor Shin OST) (audio only)
Taeyong, Haechan (NCT) - Bitter Sweet (Addiction) (Mad Concrete Dreams OST)
SEVENTEEN - Tiny Light (BEASTARS OST) 🔤 * 💚
EL CAPiTXN, TAEHYUN (TXT), & Jeremy Zucker - Breaking Through * 💚
CLOSE YOUR EYES - Waiting For You (The Practical Guide to Love OST) *
NO LiMIT - Thunderbolt (audio only)
ONDA - LOVEBIRD (feat. HAEIN) (audio only)
Dadarong Kim, Steven Lee - Good Night, Sweet Dreams (audio only)
SEEYA - Still Here, Still Us *
IRENE (Red Velvet) - Biggest Fan 🔤 * 💚
WONPIL (Day6) - Highs and Lows 🔤⚠️💚
JANG HANEUM - WANNA 💚

🌟 HERE BE DRAGONS! -- aka, I didn't review past this point, so proceed with caution 🌟

MUSM - runnitup (feat. Vinet, HyeongGwanNam, nin, blessbeauty)
FIVE O ONE - FAST FAST
FIVE O ONE - 7Days
FIVE O ONE - Set It Off
FIVE O ONE - Spin me your smile
FIVE O ONE - FLOWER
FIVE O ONE - Freakin' Exciting (feat. Kim Kyungho)
Jade - Peas and carrots
BIG VIOLIN PLAYER - Flower Seed (feat. MC Sniper) (audio only)
Anonymous Artists - Cloude Drawer (audio only)
sdy - GOODBYE. (feat. B JYUN) (audio only)
Kep1er - KILLA (Face the other me)
Jeong Sewoon - Love in the Margins
NANA - Black Star
ZELO - Cola Comigo
MELONii - RiskyRisky
toyou. - In Bloom
2SEON - Sorry That I'm Way Too Late (audio only)


The Mea Culpa Section
just the one miss this week

Baby DONT Cry - Bittersweet 🔤 * 💚

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 1: despite being listed last, the BDC track is at the top of this listing
note 2: the listing below directly reflect the listing above, meaning the releases by BABYBLUE and SF9 are still in their chronological order
note 3: yes, the Here Be Dragons point will be clearly marked below this point as well

Baby DONT Cry - Bittersweet 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/P9q7NoOQHIo
genre: dance pop
cw: surrealism, flashing, fireworks/pyrotechnics, camera motion
note: CC in 6 tracks, including ENG. It's maybe entirely cliche, but I liked it.



SF9 - Love Comes Slowly 💚 https://youtu.be/Oy5ga4qFxPM
genre: R&B
note: I'm not crying, you're crying! Soft and fluffy and quietly filled with OT8 feels. IDK, maybe it's just me, but it feels like military service era has been rougher on SF9 than on some of their contemporaries.


Ahfoné - wantu2stay ❌ https://youtu.be/aIRVGEbL2mk
genre: EDM
cw: flashing, glitch effects, camera motion, lens flares, water glare
note: the herky-jerky camera motion is arguably the worst attack of this MV. Like I might have managed it if the camera hadn't been flailing around so much...but it was, so I didn't


siso - 1972 https://youtu.be/lGFP39rqwWY
genre: R&B
cw: flashing
note: given that she looks younger than my daughter, I have to assume the title is referring to someone other than herself. 😜 Her mom maybe?


Moonbyul (MAMAMOO) - Hertz 💚https://youtu.be/qXfJbiUkbc0
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares, oscilloscope
note: given the heavy handed Americanization, it always trips me up when someone says "zed" instead (as in here, where she's saying "H-zed" in the chorus (referencing to the short form for hertz, Hz))


UV - It's on me (feat. Choiza) ⚠️https://youtu.be/0cPwsYzYS3A
genre: rock
cw: drinking (social), crotch shots, aggressive flashing
note: ... is that a Tukutz cameo? Drunken antics, ugh.


Xdinary Heroes - X room 🔤 https://youtu.be/kG68WXnzSbQ
genre: rock
cw: lens flares
note: CC in 13 tracks, including English. No more snow, dangnabit! 😅


BABY BLUE - The One I Miss (18 Youth OST) ⚠️ https://youtu.be/TGCtbqqAywA
genre: soft rock
cw: lens flares, domestic violence
note: video is entirely clips from the film, so may contain spoilers. Elevated warning for the domestic violence (1 scene)


BUMJIN - To You https://youtu.be/sZolBNCubqU
genre: soft rock
cw: lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: not the biggest fan of the font used on the hard coded subs, though it may not necessarily matter.


BAO - 1LOVE https://youtu.be/qN0QYe1lMnk
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares
note: that's some old school tech all right. 🤣 Too adorable


nemori - Hitotsu no Ten (One Point) (Japanese release) (audio only) https://youtu.be/5uQn3QWhdfo
genre: pop rock



HYA, Zenn - DASH https://youtu.be/6u-JOWfLJwo
genre: R&B
cw: smoking, unsteady cam, flashing, drinking (social)
note: the way boys all over the world will cheat in the exact same ways at video games.... 🤣


REDCHAIR - Afterglow (audio only) https://youtu.be/gleam4rhTqU
genre: R&B
note: quietly forgettable


Haneul - Goodbye, my youth https://youtu.be/iVNKVAx7p6I
genre: soft rock (ballad)
cw: (smoky) lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: not a fan of placing the lyrics where they did, but... 🤷


So Soobin - every! https://youtu.be/D4xL6twRi_8
genre: soft rock (ballad)
note: gee, I hope someone actually put the milk away... A kinda sweet/cute mismatch/misfits love story


KANGMIN - Free Falling https://youtu.be/R8syuOQQ5tI
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, blood/injury, surrealism(?)
note: The tone of the song and the visual language of the MV feel like two different worlds. Like the song is sweet and airy and then the video feels like a nightmare.


KEYVITUP - BEST ONE (pre-release) 🔤 https://youtu.be/oEcfOzYWLSY
genre: dance pop
note: CC in 7 tracks, including English. This is a pre-debut drop - they'll officially debut next week. Look promising so far


DIGNITY - SLIPSHOT ⚠️ https://youtu.be/msOGCJC-EgI
genre: dance pop
cw: blood/injury, lens flares, flashing, guns/gun violence
note: elevated warning for the gun violence, even if it's a bit toned down


ROSESIA - CLICK! ❌ https://youtu.be/LihiX5fNC-g
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing, f-bombs
note: IDK, something in the visuals was giving me a headache, so I had to quit, so CWs may be incomplete


BABY BLUE - Can't Stop (Always Meet Again OST) https://youtu.be/cW79Eiy1j-8
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares, implied (high school) bullying, blood
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Ooph, that's some over the top romance tropeyness at the end there 🤣


ILHOON, PATEKO - Merry go round (feat. meenoi) 🔤 🚩 https://youtu.be/sGT0qu9kKbc
genre: hiphop
note: CC in 5 tracks, including English. For a hot second, I thought maybe this was going to be an old fashioned visualizer, but no, nothing in the video actually syncs to the track. Annoyingly, the more I watch, the more I'm getting suspicious of the merry-go-round, if not the whole thing, being slop. WHY?/ Ugh.


#Annyeong - Still Missing You https://youtu.be/61BNXUxxo3Y
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: potential hanky warning


2Key, 247, Blu3, David Kook - Too Many ⚠️ 🚩https://youtu.be/uKyNvIbak2U
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing, night vision, inverted color, smoking, implied illicit drug use, religious imagery (Christian)
note: well, those are some comments to be making all right. Elevated warning for the drugs/commentary and then to end on a slopped version of Seoul? SIGH


OAH! - Yellow Vital https://youtu.be/1FHZ3NsarVA
genre: alt rock
note: genre whiplash say what? 😅


mellow button - A Day I Wanted To Lean On (audio only) https://youtu.be/5wftrYYznJ8
genre: slow jazz instrumental
note: continuing the whiplash with another "and now for something completely different" ... a bit of slow piano melody as an interlude between all these other genres. 😉


NODI - Slow Fire (audio only) https://youtu.be/CNawbrhDSBo
genre: EDM
note: typical club number


Bambam (GOT7) x MINNIE (idle) - CARRY YOU ⚠️ https://youtu.be/A6MFdJ_ZCkg
genre: dance pop
cw: aggressive flashing, canon-typical violence (guns, grenades), fireworks/pyrotechnics, glitch effects
note: elevated warning for both the excessive flashing and the video game violence.


floryy - Daisy (feat. Terry) (audio only) https://youtu.be/usdyOY0KS3U
genre: R&B
note: soft and sweet like a daisy


Jo Kwon - Like I do 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/SZlfyoPC_c8
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares, shirtless male, water glare, dripping wet Jo Kwon
note: CC in English and Korean. Trying not to read into the use of rainbow lighting or whaacking.


KIM PUREUM - Shining (Still Shining OST) https://youtu.be/JEauKY37df8
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


Kong Jeonghwan - Rosa https://youtu.be/uje0_QsTLK0
genre: trot (ballad)
note: well now I, too, want to travel across the sea and see many things...


WHIJN - Mug With Hair (audio only) https://youtu.be/lBN2Inr6RQE
genre: R&B
note: admittedly, the space between R&B and dance pop is pretty fuzzy gray, but I'm still going to go against what the intern did. 😅


ChatsBerry - UNDERTOW https://youtu.be/IdnDdfN0X4w
genre: pop rock
cw: unsteady cam
note: always here for women in rock, especially femmes in grunge


The 5th season - Moonlight and you (audio only) https://youtu.be/q1t0S9wu2I8
genre: Kpopera
note: the way I knew from the opening this was going to be Kpopera... and my love for the fact that Kpopera continues to be a thing!


Brick - Puffy Love (Phantom Lawyer OST) https://youtu.be/lMaEJeQcJh4
genre: R&B
cw: blood/injury
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


Ra.D - I'm fine, really (Still Shining OST) https://youtu.be/MINI5wVx7DE
genre: folk rock
cw: lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


Naye (Gavy NJ) - We Are (For the Goddesses, For Daphne OST) https://youtu.be/vzbsKpNrOPo
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: flashing effects, supernatural elements (magic, gods and goddesses)
note: from what I can tell, the video is based on the art of the webtoon, so there might be spoilers? IDK. Includes hard coded subs that are not very well set apart from the video.


YOSEP - Flower https://youtu.be/tiEemRgsmvE
genre: hiphop
cw: lens flares, flashing graphics effects (various)
note: ... now I want pancakes


SF9 - By Your Side https://youtu.be/_LGX8UHqebI
genre: R&B
cw: hanky warning, lens flares
note: no, I'm fine, seeing the open seats for the missing members doesn't affect me at all, nope, nope, not even a little bit.... 😭😭😭😭


HRDN - Illusion (feat. 123) https://youtu.be/Knwmj7x__1U
genre: jazz/R&B
cw: unsteady cam
note: the decision to use that font in medium-dark yellow for the hard subs was A Choice all right. Though not nearly as violent a choice as the camera work, jfc. And once again, featuring aritst is Sir Not Appearing in This MV (at this point, I almost feel like I should retire the joke as it's getting to where it'd be more noteworthy if the featuring artist actually made it to the MV shoot, yeesh).


NiceKatchy - Damn ⚠️ ❌ https://youtu.be/W-BmZHYu9wk
genre: hiphop
cw: aggressive flashing, surrealism
note: elevated warning for the high level of wtf-ery. There's so much WTF going on here I don't know how to put it into proper words of warning and I'm not sure it's worth trying. Like it was too much, my brain gave up


Gi Yeowool - the Stock, Matthiola Incana (audio only) https://youtu.be/nqX_4Y4NH-s
genre: alt rock
note: another woman in alt rock, yes, good


Sweet_bRos - Blurt It Out (audio only) https://youtu.be/w2KJOasyqQc
genre: alt rock
note: a somewhat unassuming track, a little shouty, kinda mid


HAEUN (4Men), YOSEP YUN - Feel Like Yesterday https://youtu.be/w7G3OXkDUdY
genre: R&B
cw: drinking (social), lens flares
note: potential hanky warning, more for the tone than anything happening on screen


Jang Hyejin, Zo Zazz - Our Endgame 💚 https://youtu.be/HoBfGXS4VDI
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: I'm going to keep using Zo Zazz for him because that's how he romanizes it, goddammit.


Lee Solomon - All You Left Me Was Your Scent (Doctor Shin OST) (audio only) https://youtu.be/YZbi-3gxk4c
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: I think this makes twice now OSTs for this drama have been uploaded this way, which makes me a little curious ... but not curious enough to actually do anything. 😅


Taeyong, Haechan (NCT) - Bitter Sweet (Addiction) (Mad Concrete Dreams OST) 💚 https://youtu.be/jyUGIDbK12I
genre: hiphop
cw: blood/injury, genre-typical violence, police and outlaws, flashing, attempted murder, actual murder
note: video is about half clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. I've missed Taeyong's special little accent. He always looks so happy to be back, too.


SEVENTEEN - Tiny Light (BEASTARS OST) (Japanese release) 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/5A7qyhj-HjE
genre: dance pop
cw: animated flashing, anthro characters, surrealism
note: CC in 6 tracks, including English. It's a Japanese release, but the song's entirely in English.


EL CAPiTXN, TAEHYUN (TXT), & Jeremy Zucker - Breaking Through 💚 https://youtu.be/nuozqH14UTM
genre: R&B
cw: flashing, unsteady cam, lens flares, smoking, death imagery, blood/injury
note: aww, kitty (too briefly, sigh) The effects are kind of a lot, but, like, with good reason? Potential hanky warning for those who might need it.


CLOSE YOUR EYES - Waiting For You (The Practical Guide to Love OST) https://youtu.be/7oYQM-9pXvA
genre: pop rock
cw: lens flares, implied drunkenness
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Nice to see a woman giving a man flowers for a change!


NO LiMIT - Thunderbolt (Japanese release) (audio only) https://youtu.be/WqwcneXe_y4
genre: pop rock
note: ignore the intern tagging this as "dance" - that's just crazy talk.


ONDA - LOVEBIRD (feat. HAEIN) (audio only) https://youtu.be/QXorPICZWjs
genre: pop rock
note: now, see, they got this one tagged right, so what the heckin, M&N? Happy bubbly pop rock, much like the previous track.


Dadarong Kim, Steven Lee - Good Night, Sweet Dreams (audio only) https://youtu.be/fusIQAcphvI
genre: EDM
note: starts out a little slow, but it gets there


SEEYA - Still Here, Still Us https://youtu.be/JsyEo4lE3K0
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares
note: given the note about twentieth anniversary, this looks like the original members reuniting for a special release. Whether they'll do anything more than this, I suppose we'll have to wait and see.


IRENE (Red Velvet) - Biggest Fan 🔤 💚 https://youtu.be/x7wLlK9MMN4
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, extreme closeup (eye),
note: CC in 8 tracks, including English. Ok, but the kyron is wrong, Irene's already had a solo debut well before this? Yeah, it's a minor quibble, but still....


WONPIL (Day6) - Highs and Lows 🔤 ⚠️ 💚 https://youtu.be/yiPTOpGWaeM
genre: alt rock
cw: aggressive flashing, insects, blood/injury (serious/severe), drinking (antisocial), arson, implied mania, car vs human accident, medical/hospital
note: CC in 13 tracks, including English. Elevated warning for volume of warnings and also the at times very aggressive flashing that wanted to take me out. I pushed through because a) Wonpil and b) coming up on a hard end point, but it was probably a poor choice overall, so be careful.


JANG HANEUM - WANNA 💚 https://youtu.be/EJHtJSoVoz8
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, false color, lens flares
note: almost disco, which both amuses and pleases the old woman in me. 🤣


HERE BE DRAGONS!
Beyond this point is where I ran out of time to review things, so if you continue, be aware that there's no telling what might be in any of these videos. Be safe and good luck?


MUSM - runnitup (feat. Vinet, HyeongGwanNam, nin, blessbeauty) https://youtu.be/FFAsxwz6_Zg


FIVE O ONE - FAST FAST https://youtu.be/DMCR410Yk3k
FIVE O ONE - 7Days https://youtu.be/Kn0r_TxBSMI
FIVE O ONE - Set It Off https://youtu.be/a1lvFz-856U
FIVE O ONE - Spin me your smile https://youtu.be/c3DpdaRGAO8
FIVE O ONE - FLOWER https://youtu.be/gbCYVSki7zo
FIVE O ONE - Freakin' Exciting (feat. Kim Kyungho) https://youtu.be/hNS1S6AjSoo
note: a run like this is suspicious, so I went and looked them up and yeah, they MV'd the entire release, more or less (don't look at me, I did the check days ago, I can't remember now if this was the full thing or not, just that all of these were on the latest release)


Jade - Peas and carrots https://youtu.be/2VUKrw-Elxs


BIG VIOLIN PLAYER - Flower Seed (feat. MC Sniper) (audio only) https://youtu.be/YGQmOhnsAHY
genre: hiphop
note: passing thru the genre tag used by M&N, this is usually pretty accurately applied


Anonymous Artists - Cloude Drawer (audio only)
genre: "folk"
note: again, passing thru the genre tag used by M&N, but with quotes because I haven't actually listened/ While M&N usually uses rock to mean, that means folk rock, it's not always the case.


sdy - GOODBYE. (feat. B JYUN) (audio only) https://youtu.be/mLUtmWUDiKU
genre: hiphop
note: again, passing thru the genre tag from M&N who are, generally, pretty accurate on this one


Kep1er - KILLA (Face the other me) https://youtu.be/AMwK8YGZGnU


Jeong Sewoon - Love in the Margins https://youtu.be/aKulGTx2hzY


NANA - Black Star https://youtu.be/fwMOqzlFZb0


ZELO - Cola Comigo https://youtu.be/lvpNFKmAN3w


MELONii - RiskyRisky https://youtu.be/bafIMw8apHs


toyou. - In Bloom (audio only) https://youtu.be/cZltq8T1iEU
note: toyou. is typically some variation of lofi jazz, but since I haven't listened, I can't make any promises except that it'll probably have that crackle


2SEON - Sorry That I'm Way Too Late (audio only) https://youtu.be/83w9cdncQPU
note: M&N tags this the meaningless tag of "ballad" but that covers a range, so who knows


And that's the end for another week. What were your favorites? Any surprises? Let's chat about it!


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