Rambling About: aespa – Girls

If there is one group that has all eyes on them at the moment, it would be aespa. Their rise has been rapid. From performing at Coachella to now locking in 1.6 million pre-orders for their new album, Girls, which is an obscene number, their meteoric rise (whether you agree with it or not) has

Track Analysis: IU – Celebrity

I wholeheartedly believe that IU isn’t just the best vocalist in K-Pop, but the best vocalist in the world. Her vocal range and ability to inflect her vocals seemingly at will with perfect technique and precision always adds an extra layer of emotion into her discography which helps a listener become more immersed and connected

Track Analysis: Dreamcatcher – Odd Eye

Dreamcatcher are still an extremely underrated group, but over the past year I feel they’ve been getting a lot more of the recognition they deserve. What I love about Dreamcatcher is that they have a unique sound relative to every other girl group, focusing a lot on mixing rock into the discography for their title

Track Analysis: Cherry Bullet – Love So Sweet

Cherry Bullet were my picks for the best debut girl group of 2019. ‘Q&A’ delivered a bright and fun, but also interesting game-like concept and seemed to get the group off to a flying start. Their first comeback, ‘Really Really’, is a track I personally enjoy but also saw the group fail to capitalise on

Hidden Highlight: Berry Good – Time For Me

Hidden Highlight: I analyse and review a track that I believe is going to fly under the radar. Simple, right? Berry Good are troopers. Last November, they released the digital single ‘Accio’ after a 17 month hiatus which I think surprised many, especially after their leader had left the group on expiry of her contract.

Track Analysis: Chung Ha – X

I am in extreme anticipation for the release of Chung Ha’s first studio album ‘Querencia’ next month after a delay due to COVID-19, and so when I heard that she was pre-releasing another album track, I was very hyped. I really do believe that Chung Ha has the potential to be absolutely huge worldwide –

Track Analysis: (G)I-DLE – Hwaa

WARNING: VERY LARGE POST AHEAD. The girl groups are starting off 2020 with a big comeback, since I think it’s safe to say (G)I-DLE are one of the biggest girl groups in K-pop at the moment – most definitely in the west. For myself, however, I just haven’t really clicked with any of their releases.

Track Analysis: IZ*ONE – Panorama

IZ*ONE have joined GFriend in being the next girl group to have three releases in this year we refer to as ‘2020’, coming back with their 4th Mini Album ‘One-reeler’ headlined by title track ‘Panorama’. I was actually quite interested in this comeback since I think the whole theatre/cinema concept is quite cool, and was

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