Track Analysis: aespa – Black Mamba

In what could be one of the most anticipated debuts of the year, SM’s new girl group, aespa, have so far teased an AI concept for their overall identity which I think is simply best described as ‘interesting’ – you can interpret that in whatever way you want. Obviously there is a lot of discussion

Track Analysis: STAYC – So Bad

Out of all of the girl group debuts this year, STAYC proved to be the one in which I was the most interested in, including SM’s new girl group ‘aespa’ which is set to debut next week. The reason for this is that they are under Highup Entertainment, which is founded by quite possibly my

Track Analysis: GFriend – Mago

For the third time this year (the first girl group so far in 2020!) , GFriend are back and are continuing with their ‘回’ album series. I don’t know what I was thinking when I first wrote my analysis for ‘Apple’, but it has since gone on to be one of my most played songs

Track Analysis: LOONA – Why Not?

Warning: long post ahead. Out of every girl group currently active, I don’t think there has been one which have grown on me as much as LOONA has over the last six months. This is largely due to the release of ‘So What’, which infused my love of harder EDM and Kpop by greatly incorporating

From The Vault: fromis_9 – LOVE BOMB

Two years ago, an absolute masterpiece was released. A perfect contrast between major and minor, happiness and sadness, dynamic and fluidity – it must be fromis_9’s ‘LOVE BOMB’. For a track that honestly takes a lot of inspiration from mainstream pop with pretty standard chord progression, the mixing together of a plethora of pop elements

Track Analysis: fromis_9 – Feel Good (Secret Code)

As a preface, I want to let everyone know that this analysis is most likely going to be extremely bias, because fromis_9 are by far my favourite K-Pop group and I wish nothing but success and happiness for absolutely every single one of the members. It’s been ONE YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS since their last

Track Analysis: CLC – Helicopter

Almost exactly one year on since their last comeback, it’s about time CLC returned, and return they have. I won’t lie when I say that CLC’s music originally didn’t speak to me, but in recent months I’ve definitely gained a huge love for CLC, particularly through some of their B-sides (Like It is a banger).

Track Analysis: BLACKPINK – Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez)

I think it’s officially time to say that the world should ultimately be viewing BLACKPINK as a western pop group. It was foreshadowed back in 2018 with ‘Ddu-Du Ddu-Du’ that YG clearly had a vision of them conquering the west, and with the whole tagline of ‘Blackpink is the Revolution’ it didn’t surprise me that

Track Analysis: ITZY – Not Shy

THE DAY IS FINALLY UPON US. For those who love their girl groups, today, the 17th of August, could be the most stacked day of the year. For myself personally, saying I’m not a MIDZY would be a complete lie, since I have absolutely adored all their past title tracks and albums. Their newest comeback,

Track Analysis: Brave Girls – We Ride

The upwards trend of city pop and similar retro-influences in K-Pop is definitely something I can get behind. After a week of no releases that caught my eye to have a close look at, this Brave Girls comeback could be the one that I was most interested in for August, and that’s including a day