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Song: Poison by VAV Member in focus: Ziu Runway is another bop from the album, makes you feel like you're walking on the runway(😉) submitted by /u/fried_chicken03 [link] [comments]

This is not a new EP; it came out in 2022, but I still think it is one of the Best EPs in K-pop and think it deserves more recognition. And you never know, maybe someone will find a new favorite song, I also love writing music reviews sooo.... Tbh, when I first listened to this, I got angry. 😂 Angry that it didn’t do as well as his first mini. Angry that it wasn’t even on my radar until way too late. And most of all, angry at whoever thought that giving us just a mini album of this instead of a full album was a good idea. This should’ve been a full-length album with promotions, 7 music videos, an orchestra, a world tour, and maybe a Netflix documentary. I would sacrifice Lee Soo Man to Hestia to have a full album of this. (That said... I would sacrifice LSM to Hestia for less.) This is the sexiest 20 minutes that ever sexied in K-POP. Like, holy moly. 🥵 HOT. 🥵 The production on this EP? Absolute perfection. Changmin sounds the best he ever has. I cannot explain how much I love this project. This is a no-skip EP. And whoever skips a song from this must’ve been hit real hard by COVID because there’s just no taste left (jk do not kill me if you don't like it). Jokes aside, I trully, madly, deeply love this project and I would love for it to have more. Apart from turning this into a full album, which should have happened, I wouldn’t change much. It is perfect. Maybe, I’d play around with the track order just to make the whole experience sound like sonic edging, but even as it is, it works incredibly well. Here is my ranking of the Songs: Number 6: Alien I’m sorry, Alien, it’s not personal. But someone’s gotta be last. Life’s unfair like that. I actually really like this song. This is the most playful track on the album. It’s cute and fun but in a grown-up, mature way. Not “bubblegum cute,” but more like “you and the person you are head over heels flirting at a beach bar at 11 AM” cute. The guitar, and the whole production is very fun and rattly in the best way. It’s sexy, but flirty-sexy, as opposed to the rest of the album. Changmin wrote the lyrics for this one, and they are actually adorable. In the moment in which I cross the darkness You come to me without anyone knowing You're proud, as if you're deciding between giving me the small universe or not I'm holding my breath The production leans into a kind of subtle Latin-inspired groove (this runs through other songs on this EP). Plus, the outro is great. He sings it in this very playful, almost staccato way, a little cheeky, like he’s winking at you through the mic. Also, the whoosh effects in the background totally work. Same with the angelic female backing vocals, like he’s literally hearing angels while sitting at the beach with her. Idk why, but this song feels very Late Summer to me. Number 5: Airplane Mode If Alien is flirting, then Airplane Mode is aftercare. It’s the post-everything cuddles. The “wrapped up in each other, no rush, no worries” part of the night. This song is smooth, fuzzy, but still hot. His voice literally melts over the instrumental. It’s breathy, soft, but steady, like he’s at complete peace. The kind of peace you only get when you’re tangled in someone’s arms, under a blanket, half-awake, playing with each other’s hair, drawing lazy circles on skin, whispering nonsense just to hear the other laugh. On every suffocatingly busy day I will become your relaxation, baby Even if we don't go far away We turn off the world right now, in this moment Where the rest of the album is fiery, this one is warm. Not boring, but comforting, and intimate. Number 4: Maniac Ok, Maniac is the first meet. It has a musical vibe to it. The way he describes meeting the girl is just like a scene where the protagonist gets hit on the head or something, looks up, sees her, and just 😳. Someone call the police I'm gonna be in big trouble (He's in danger) Without warning, she reappeared as a stranger (She's a stranger) You're like a black widow, a black widow An obsession that didn't let go after it grew up [...] An awful thriller for love Deeply pricked by your needle Like a cursed voodoo doll (Oh-oh-oh) Devil's eye looking at me, I get chills By the way Do you know what's even crazier? I don't really hate this more and more The song treats the whole situation as a hostage one, because he’s so head over heels that it feels like there’s no way this is normal. She did something. She came out of nowhere, and now he feels like he’s losing control and threatened. Honestly, it could easily be a 2VXQ song. It lives in the same universe as Something, Spellbound and Chance of Love, but it’s more quirky; it's very obvious from the MV as well. Something, and I don’t know what exactly, in the intro reminds me of late '70s-'80s movies. For some reason, the first thing that came to mind was Highway to the Danger Zone. The guitars and melodies, as well as his delivery, are something between an '80s movie soundtrack, a musical, and a Queen or Journey song. Number 3: Devil Now, it was so hard for me to decide between Devil and Dirty Dancing, but personally, I think I prefer Dirty Dancing a touch more. Still not sure though. Ok, so not looking at the lyrics, I don't think I would've ever guessed what they were. The song just sounds hot. Max, my friend… I don’t know what you mean by the lyrics being about “having the will to move forward confidently without giving in to the devil's whispers even in a difficult reality,” because this song sounds exactly like the devil trying to lure you in, and I am OK with it. I am convinced. No regrets either. It does have a “church” quality in the way he delivers a lot of it, but all in all, the song is sooooo charismatic, and sounds like sex on legs. The guitar is exceptionally well used, it has both distorted and clean parts, and it’s accompanied by harmonies almost throughout, and it sounds delicious. There’s a part on the “rain down on me” line, right before the tasty sexy riff, where there’s an almost dubstep-y scratch in the production, and it’s just 🤌🤌 His voice is so, so, sooooo freaking good on this one. The raspiness and the highs are to die for, yes, but honestly, his falsetto and the softer, breathier parts (like in the beginning and end) are so, so good. His ad-libs are crazy, and the last 40 seconds are just… this. His lighter vocals sound so, so good, and almost boyish in a mischievous way. The only thing I’ll pass on here is the KWANGYA line: Under the name of fate (Ooh) In the twisted KWANGYA Walk towards the light because the SM cinematic universe is not one I particularly enjoy, I'm sorry 🥲. All in all, this is R&B, and a tad Kaleo rock-inspired track, with soul vocals. It is so groovy, and the last 40 seconds are just... overwhelming in the best way possible. Number 2: Dirty Dancing If Alien is “you and the person you’re head over heels for flirting at a beach bar at 11 AM,” then Dirty Dancing is “you and that person being way more than flirting at the same beach bar, but now it’s 11 PM.” It’s nighttime. You’ve had a couple of drinks, nothing crazy, but everything feels heady, sexy, and intense. You’ve been out in the heat all day at the beach, and now you’re dancing, tipsy on the vibe itself. Everything feels like you’re in this constant state of dizzy adrenaline. Behind the extremely hot, Latin-inspired guitar, there’s this faint “wingg… woosh…” sound; it’s subtle, but it’s there, and it makes you feel like you’re slowly losing your mind. The drums also become more prominent and more electronic as the song progresses, like going from actual dancing to the devil’s dancing. Gonna dance, dance, dance with you Baby, let me hear you sing, yeah, hey! His vocals have their intense moments again, of course, that is his bread and butter, but, and I will stand by this forever, the breathy, soft parts are the best thing about this song. That teasing, the agility, the whispery delivery is exactly what the song needs. That’s the secret Chemical X. Number 1: Fever I’m sorry, what the actual hell? Why is this song NOT number one in K-pop history? Why isn’t it everywhere? I am in love with this song. K-pop, music, life in general, it peaked here. Let’s all go home. (I’m kidding, but not really.) I swear, English isn’t even my first language, but I genuinely don’t think I could explain how much I love this song even in Greek. And I have never been more grateful that this song is a proper four minutes long instead of whatever 2:30 nonsense is trendy lately. The intro… oh my god, the intro. It opens with this sexy, tingly, jazzy piano, and then the guitar slides in so smooth, so light, tucked behind the piano, his voice, and a ticking clock. And THEN, if Devil had a light dubsteppy scratch, here there is a FULL Massive Attack dubstep slide before the sexiest, smoothest guitar riff, before it moves to the front. And then it glides right back into that playful piano, with his voice sounding like butter, honey, sin, and mischief all in one. Sir? Sir! The heavy breathing, the growling between the belting, this is illegal. The bass and percussion are super electronic, but there’s also a string orchestra layered behind it, placing it in a smoky bar in a noir film. Meanwhile, the guitar is just quietly shredding its heart out in the background, throwing out the most tasty, delicious little riffs and runs, and then suddenly, BAM, it’s distorted and right in your face again. There’s this two-minute build-up that explodes into an almost melodeath, Kalmah-esque “Black Waltz” if it wandered into a jazz bar at 2 AM. Except… it’s K-pop. Do not ask, I cannot explain it differently. I am sorry. And then it's back to the insanely delicious piano, the electronic slides, the orchestra, and him doing the best ad-libs of his life. Honestly, the bridge just explains the feeling of this song: Spread your arms And welcome the rising wind The dawn air swirling Between the strands of your hair Ascending to the sky With the secrets two of us shared Like that deep resonance Make keep together always Oh I truly believe every human on Earth has to hear this song. And you know what? I want, no, I demand, a completely raw live version. No dancing. No flashy stage. Just get this man a microphone, a band (an orchestra ideally as well), and a suit, and let him sing. Please and thank you. 😌 Track Order If it was in my hand, the order would be: Maniac Alien Devil Dirty Dancing Fever Airplane Mode All in all, perfection. Truly. I am going to listen to it again now, bye 💃💃 submitted by /u/Any-Listen4184 [link] [comments]

um, I don't know what to put here since it's just an anniversary sub so.. have this OT7 photo from their 2nd anniversary. https://preview.redd.it/zspkr5jlffkf1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=12e308b27a8fadbd89f8616377835c15bab9384d submitted by /u/Ilovehuskies1111 [link] [comments]

What song are you currently listening to or has been stuck in your head? I’ll go first: Shine On Me by Enhypen submitted by /u/otaku_hotgurl888 [link] [comments]

Now I get we want to stop the spam of these useless posts on the same topic but we don't need every single person to write that under every post. You writing a quick snarky remark to one of these posts may get you a few upvotes, but does not benefit the sub in anyway, much like these posts. Just because the point your making in response to these dumb posts is correct, doesn't mean your comment can't be bad and stupid. I'm so tired of these playground insults and comebacks on every post. If your going to comment on these posts, don't stoop down to their level and instead tell them to stop and why their post is bad/unnecessary in a normal way. I get it, we're tired of the dumb posts riddling this and other kpop subreddits but these replies don't accomplish anything. In fact, they may even enable more of these posts as the posters may like to make people mad Also, the whole "search it up on google thing", when someone posts something that genuinely is a factual yes or no question that can be answered in two seconds on google, then yeah, call them out. But people do this on so many posts its kinda crazy. Google fucking sucks sometimes. Sometimes people want want the opinions of actual people on something, even if they can technically find some info on google. Also the people who say "this has already been asked before" before linking a post asking the same thing, but posted four years ago. Things change, many things have happened in those four years that can change the answer. I appreciate the people who want to keep this sub good and from all the slop, but sometimes you can just spend an extra question scrolling. If you look through my comment history, I am guilty of all this too. I gotta work on it as well. Just remember, sometimes the best way to discourage a stupid post is to ignore it, and not insult it. submitted by /u/SnooOranges829 [link] [comments]

Hyun - xlov Leo - Vixx Seok - 1verse Key - SHINee submitted by /u/xlov_mother_muti [link] [comments]

First, lets start with one that is most common: shipping idols. "OMG Han's arm touched Lee Know's and they both looked at each other! They are dating!" or "She is SUCH a LESBIAN!" This has to be one of the worst of the worst because let me tell you something, these idols are under strict managment and if the members were caught dating, then there would be consequences, not just from the entertainment label, but also from k-pop stans. Shipping idols is creepy. Like if you do that, you have a serious issue and should go seek some help (no, seriously) Second, is this whole "[Idol] next Sulli/Moobin" Like I can't go through one comment section without seeing some bitch send that. Let them rest in peace for fucks sake! K-pop stans forget that idols are not npc's and are actual people with real life feelings and not some emotionless ragdoll. Like, c'mon get a life. Next (i will get attacked for this) but the fact that K-pop stans brainwash themselves into stanning groups with no talent but they have visuals (I won't name name's) but there are some groups that have very limited talent but the members are all gorgeous. And do we know who's fault that is? K-pop stans. In survival shows, a lot of K-pop stans vote for the prettiest and not the ones with the most talent. So next time every single one of you people complain about a group with no talent, blame yourselves (or at least most of you guys anyways) Then, there is calling idols "ugly" but have k-pop stans really thought about how they actually look themselves (joking...) But seriously, nobody is ugly or unattractive because k-pop stans SOMEHOW forget that idols pull more people in a month then we (YES, we) can in a decade. Finally, people getting mad at idols for dating, and did you know (confirmed!) 99% of male idols got to clubs to find a date? Are you mad now? Well guess what?! You never stood a chance with ANY of them. (I cant wait to laugh at the delulu people getting mad over this) So what are your thoughts? submitted by /u/Far-Lab-9945 [link] [comments]

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I know they are adults and everything but wanna see some cute outfits. submitted by /u/Competitive-Top42 [link] [comments]

So ive been searching for some kpop songs that have valid meanings lyrics Could be about life,confidence,empowerment and so Would be thankful for your help submitted by /u/whoarre [link] [comments]

Disney+ is a priority target and Airbnb is a high pressure target. This means that unlike other brands like McDonald's or Coca-Cola, BDS chose them specifically. It hurts seeing a group that speaks at the UN lose all sense of morals :( submitted by /u/Substantial_Art_5189 [link] [comments]

Lately Ive been obsessed with sign Izna especially the prechorus of the song and jungeun voice is so catchy! Also flower rain by youha her voice is the best thing to hear and the song is so good! I highly recommend listening to her songs, you’ll definitely like one of her songs submitted by /u/whoarre [link] [comments]

THE DEBUTE！！IN BLOOM😍😇 submitted by /u/tuesmagic [link] [comments]

I'm not talking about European people who are in international KPop-groups, I mean like if you take Asian or half Asian people out of any country of Europe, who are in KPop-groups and place them in 1 new group. You can also use ex. idols, male and female too aswell as people who were not born in Europe but at least grew up in one of the countries for most of their childhood. You can also ad people who are just ethnicaly part European if you want :3 I also make exceptions for people who do not speak their parent's or grandparent's languages in case someone would have an issiue with finding someone who is fluently, but it would be funny the more European it gets trought speaking the language of their ancestry lmao For example you could ad let's say former solo-ist Shannon Williams who is half British and grew up in Wales and Yangyang of NCT who grew up in Germany. So ad anyone no mather if mixed or just born or rased in Europe, anyone comming to your mind. Note: it does not count if you pick someone who just spend some time there. Like for example Inseo g of SF9 was 1 year in London but this does not count cause its way too little time of his life. He would only count if he would've let's say spend age 2 to 18 in London, not just 1 random year. So what counts: People who spend majority of their childhood in any place inside of Europe People born in Europe and spend there a row of years (for example: born in France, lived there till age 7, also fluently in French) Born and at least partially or fully raised as mixed child in a place of Europe (example Mom could be German, dad Korean and they live in Germany till age 5 and are fluently in German) People who are at least partly European even tho never lived in Europe (like mom is Korean, dad spanish, the idol can speak fluently spanish) You can ad to the list or pick anyone others already said. I'm giving for inspo: Shannon Williams -> half British from Wales Yangyang (NCT) -> Taiwanese, but spend most his childhood in Germany Alex (ex. DRIPPIN) -> half German, moved to Korea at age 4, moved back to Germany at age 18 Maki (&TEAM) -> half German, I allow him for once cause people would probably fight if he wasn't allowed altho hes in a JPop group Somi -> partialy Dutch Huenning Kai -> half German Bahiyyih -> half German Nancy (ex. MOMOLAND) -> half Irish Maddox (who was a singer and is now a songwriter if I'm not mistaken) ->born and raised in Wales, but hes fully Korean I hope yall can come up with more people and form a group submitted by /u/Beautiful_Yellow_682 [link] [comments]

When Panorama by IZ*ONE first dropped, I instantly liked it, it even ended up in my Spotify Wrapped that year. But recently I’ve been listening to it a lot more, and every time it comes on I feel this heaviness in my chest and sometimes I’m on the verge of tears. I don’t even know Korean so it’s not just the lyrics for me. There’s something about the way the song builds especially during the last chorus and the outro. Like that feels so emotional and almost nostalgic, like I’m remembering something I never actually experienced. Does anyone else feel that way about this song? submitted by /u/sabrinasabzi [link] [comments]

Mine : ASH by Le sserafim submitted by /u/yunaa_005 [link] [comments]

Member of Le Sserafim, Chaewon, posted photo of her dog kissing her on lips, yes, kissing on her opened mouth, a literal kiss. What shocked me a lot is how her fans trying to defend this very odd and at this point gross behaviour and that this isn't normal and shouldn't be. A few reasons why you shouldn't kiss your dog on lips or even touch mouth - mouth: -Dogs can carry bacteria, such as Capnocytophaga canimorsus, which can be harmful to humans -Dogs explore their environment with their mouths, so they can have germs from various surfaces -Dogs cleaning their ass and genitals with their tongue, most often after pooping or peeing (yes...) -They not cleaning their mouths and even if we humans cleaning their mouth with dog teeth brush, theres lot of bacteries, smell etc that stay. All who defend this isn't normal, sorry, I had dog herself and I would never, never let him kiss my on my lips and even open my mouth to let his tongue touch my inner lips... yikes. I loved him so much but trully, this is very unhygienic and not normal. Something else is to kiss your dog on their head or fur, it's still unhygienic and not the best healthy thing to do but at least it isn't like kissing your lover. Yet some fans hated on people that pointed this out and rightfully told that it's gross and tried to call these people "fake fans, not love animals etc", what the actual fuck? Please be normal person being and not defend everything your idol does even when it’s disgusting, please have proper sense before you start to blindly defend all your fav do, this is not healthy as well submitted by /u/Wonkislay [link] [comments]

4th gens groups ⬇️ Stray Kids / Tomorrow x Together / Enhypen / Ateez / P1Harmony / The Boyz 5th gens groups ⬇️ ZeroBaseOne / BoyNextDoor / Riize / Xikers / Plave / TWS / Nct Wish / NEXZ / KickFlip Sorry if there are any groups i did not mention. I may not know them since i’m still fairly new in the kpop world. If there are any groups i missed, please let me know so i can list them in the next one. Only 1-2 idols from the same group is allowed. Also comment one idol a time to give fair chances as well. Group members ⬇️ Vocalist - Jongho Dancer - Wooyoung Rapper - Jongseob Center - Yeonjun Leader - Wumuti submitted by /u/rikistale [link] [comments]