july 2023 listening log

i should listen to more infinite. i think the intro was cool af. and i think it also set me up cus nothing here really..... stood out to me. except the intro i guess.

it was a pretty chill tho! but i was expect more. not bad tho. new emotions and time difference are pretty nice but i feel like its just missing something

highlights:time difference, new emotions

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listened on 31.jul.23

i've tried to get into itzy, i like the members! but their releases are just simply not for me so i kinda gave up BUT! that said kill shot was like seeing light at the end of the tunnel. after the same ol trap, and power pop songs i honestly never expected them to have something like this in this EP. awesome.

highlights: kill shot

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listened on 31.jul.23

[i dont stream their music arggg ]

putting my beef with min heejin ASIDE..... yeah. this is nice. i had been waiting for ASAP to come out since they teased it. ive had that just for a minutee ~~~ tik tok tik tok tik tok tik like ON REPEAT the entire past month. and yeah :D i do think its a Pretty Okay mini album

but i have one MAJOR beef with it:

i cant help but feel a little nervous when i see that each track in this is so god damn short..... please. and im not even that attached to this group's music. but. i am very scared that this will slowly become like a "trend" among kpop songs. or maybe trend isnt the right word. but like you know what i mean. WE CANNOT GIVE THEM IDEAS!!!! of entire EPs being composed of songs that are less than 2:40 mins long. my bones are shaking at the thought of it im so scared

i saw that ppl were saying that shorter songs like these make it easier to replay and while I GUESS i get that, i also have this to say: skill issue

highlights: new jeans, cool with you, ASAP

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listened on 22.jul.23

i refuse to believe this was the best title they had for this mini album. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE....

anyway just like the album title (along side the album cover.....) this whole thing was just. boring. they tried SOMETHING tho when now & forever came up with its drum n bass beat and that sample that keeps repeating in the bg. its givinggg sonic frontiers ost and you know what? i will take it. because the rest of this was just. so fucking boring. sorry mirae. wait actually no im not sorry. with an album titled like this, i already knew i wasnt going to get much

highlights: now & forever

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listened on 19.jul.23

i have no clue how this ep found its way to my backlog or how i found out about this artist with 0 monthly listeners on spotify (do not fear i am now 1 of them) but wow. now this is a hidden gem. its so smooth and chill. i think this was very lovely. i know this would go hard as hell while driving at night with NO traffic. those are the vibes of this ep. TWO thumbs up!!!!!

highlights: end of the world, the pit, seoul, endless night

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listened on 19.jul.23

i find the description of this EP on bandcamp very sweet:

This music is only for the one person.
I made this music for the life who couldn't stay in this world for a long time.
This music is for leaving evidence of that soul who are no longer with us.
This music is in return of Joy and Humor that I was given from that life.
This music is in return of Grief and Loss that I was given from that death.
Music is beautiful, Human life is sweet.
Let's play music together someday all through many reincarnations. I dedicate this music to my dearest child in the world, "巡（MEGURI）".

with that said, meguri is a very very beautiful track. i've always loved how this artists uses strings. i think they really nailed it.

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listened on 17.jul.23

some nice ambient pop songs right here. i cant tell you which one i liked the most since they all easily blend with each other but i liked listening to this and i added all of these to my sleeping playlist so either way i win

highlights: -

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listened on 15.jul.23

man still cannot believe i got to witness this. another odd eye circle release. um. i really liked this! overall! i think some (most) songs should be a bit longer tho (ESPECIALLY THE TT... MODHAUS...) but other than that this is pretty cool :) and i love how you can hear some very Classic and Iconic odd eye circle sounds. like you hear this and "oh yeah, odd eye circle time". yeah :)

BUT with that said, while all the tracks in here are pretty enjoyable, the one that surprised me the most was my secret playlist! i found it so cute and charming and THEM!!! air force one while the whole concept and lyrics of the shoes (and imagery in the music video LOL) was pretty Funny at times, i def liked a whole lot more than i initially thought i would have. so thats pretty cool.

not (exactly) related to the music of the ep but i did hateeee how they (modhaus) promoted this tho. like the track list being released 1 week before cb day and the highlight medley being released 3 days prior to it was just so awful to me and it genuinely pissed me off... but lucky for me i had a nice time with this

and as good as the music is, i really dont see myself buying albums off a company who is so ass deep into nfts which is :'(( which is so sad bc i love this and even some stuff tripleS has put out has been fantastic to me. idk i'll probably get it second hand at some point but yeah. congrats to my girlies and i hope they have an easier time in this company (i think every kpop company should go to hell)

highlights: air force one, je ne sais quoi, my secret playlist, did you wait?

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listened on 14.jul.23