Delphine

I like this, it's a very solid release, and it's lots of fun!

Oh god he's finally back! Bless!

I had the exact same feeling when I was 18 years old too, it's... difficult to parse what it means to be a woman, and how to become one, or, sometimes, if you even want to become one. I personally finally came to terms with my womanhood and let it flourish between my 23rd and 25th years, those years were very important for me in terms of development and I learned a lot of things about myself then. It's a journey, and each have their own, it's not a competition and never should be, but I also wholly understand the feeling of lagging behind when you see so many people around you looking like they figured it out and are comfortable. Most of the times though, they're either faking it, or going in blind hoping something sticks. This is why I related a lot to IU's 23 and IU's Palette. I feel like these songs perfectly encompassed what my mindset was during those times. You feel lost, you feel anxious, you don't know what you're doing, and you don't really know yourself nor what you want to be, nor how to understand and integrate womanhood to yourself, but there's also something exciting about that period, where you can try, stumble and try again differently, slowly but surely to discover who you are and who you want to be. Sorry for the essay, just know that it's a process, and that you're gonna get through it PS: I'm in my early thirties, but I still don't feel like an adult yet either lmao. But I know myself better for sure, it's a little bit less hectic now than it used to be 10 years ago. Growing up is truly interesting!

I think it's a very decent debut song, it's solid and I'm enjoying it well enough. This group also doesn't look like a typical YGE group, and I welcome it. It's a nice change of pace for YGE and I'm curious to see what they have in store for the future!

Glad I wasn't the only one to see the parallel with Sia, and I also welcome it. Her voices shines a lot with these kinds of songs. I miss Summer Hyolyn though.

This has potential to be great, I'm excited!

Look at her, so happy, so precious!

Not as good as her previous songs, but I dig it still!

I find this a bit boring and quite bland. I need the Q&A energy from Cherry Bullet back, nothing they have put out since their debut has appealed to me quite the same, a shame.

I can finally update this, at long last! Music Show Wins: WJSN DIA Chungha Somi Gugudan Weki Meki Pristin

So happy for her, and yeah, definitely a goof ahah!

FINALLY! It's so great, I personally wasn't believing it would happen, and yet it did, Somi got her first win! Congratulations girl, and congratulations to the fandom, I hope she's happy and will work even harder to soon have a comeback!

She's delivering better performances each time. The Inkigayo one is really great, she's dancing well, her synchronization is good, and her moves are sharp and energetic. Her stare, expression and charisma are also even more playful than during previous performances. This is why she needs to make more than one comeback a year. She needs to be way more active than that. Her Korean fans aren't doing much right now and it's sad to see. But it was bound to happen, at some point, when you can't see your favorite artist, support her, and spend more than half of the time stanning her, just waiting for her to make any music/public appearances, naturally people move on. She and her marketing team need to get as aggressive and active as Chungha's team, there's just no secret to it.

Someone made her solo debut despite having the most hardships in Kpop history!

So happy to see her thriving, so deserved!

This song hits right in the feels. Thanks Lee Hi.

It's a weird song, but I like it anyway? I can see myself replaying this for sure!

Yeah, I think the teaser sold me the song too much so I ended up being a bit disappointed at first. It also sounds a bit under-produced and lack that oompf I think would have made it a great song. Regardless, this is a huge step-up from Birthday, this isn't an usual Teddy song either, it's a bop that grows on you a lot and is thoroughly enjoyable despite some basicness to it. I like it, and it shows a lot of growth, and I can't wait to see what's next!

Maybe it's because I've been BP starved for so long, I still enjoy the song well enough and think it is a solid release, but yeah that chorus was still pretty underwhelming, and this is not one of BP's best release for sure. It has room to grow on me though, and I enjoy it still, but I understand why people wouldn't enjoy it.

Overall pretty happy with this, this is definitely a great upgrade for most of them!

Finally IZ*ONE delivers a good and interesting song after a year and a half of blandness. Last song of theirs I truly liked was Suki To Iwaseitai, but I'm glad they're delivering again now with this one. Also yeah, the MV's ressemblance to WJSN's Secret is a bit uncanny at times, but I also absolutely welcome it. It's a style I truly love, and Iz*One fits it very well too.

Yeah, and it's from a 2 year old photoshoot, if not 3 years old? I don't remember precisely, but my point being: it's an old as fuck photoshoot, she has done plenty more since, she deserves better than this. But oh well, my bad for missing out on this, so I'll just deal with it for the upcoming year, not like I'm that active anyway so I'm not sure I should care too much

Loving the new I.O.I badge, it's very pretty! Sohye's new badge is an upgrade as well, happy for her. Somi's new badge on the other hand is very questionable, I don't like her pouting face on it (it's a pouting expression, but not a cute one in my opinion), but oh well.

Totally forgot about award voting, and not a fan of her final badge, heh. Welp.

I know this song is more lowkey than their previous ones, but I think that's its strength somehow. It has potential to grow on me for sure, and it already does. I love how their voices sound on this, very mature and adult, especially for Momo & Sana who have had to adopt the "cute child-like" voices for so long, they don't anymore, and that's growth, and I love that for all of them, they sound great, and the song is pretty nice even though not ground-breaking. The MV is incredibly stunning and a sight for sore eyes, and an eye candy all at once. They all look stunning and the editing is amazing. Bless that 4k, yess! The whole mini is solid tbh, Oxygen is pretty great!