[MV] IVE - Either Way

[MV] Kep1er - Galileo

[DEBUT] EVNNE - TROUBLE

[MV] TEMPEST - Vroom Vroom

[DEBUT] VCHA - Y.O.Universe (Eng.)

[DEBUT] FANTASY BOYS - NEW TOMORROW

[MV] BIG Naughty - Vancouver

[MV] YUJU - DALALA

[MONTHLY] Favorites for AUGUST 2023

Dang, I liked August a lot! July and August really both came through. Definitely not unique choices for my top favorites this month. SOMI's 'Fast Forward' is super catchy and gets me moving. Then we've got aespa's 'Better Things', which surprised me even. Not a massive fan of the English lyrics, but I love this instrumental and melody. I've had it stuck in my head for weeks. The flow of the choreo is also really pretty. But yeah, a ton of stuff over the month I was into.

In the full post: KWON EUNBI, Rothy, LIMELIGHT, Ahn Ye Eun, Kisum/Boi B, JO YURI, Kwon Jin Ah, Jooyoung, LUCY, Loco, JIHYO, Silica Gel/So!YoON!, AKMU, Izykite, XIA Junsu, H1-KEY, SE SO NEON, The Rose, HENG, Aylah, THORNAPPLE, cignature, and BIBI.

[MV] JAECHAN - Oh Girl

[MV] Hoody - Lonely

[MV] An Shinae - Respect

Excited to see what An Shinae does after leaving The Barberettes. She's with P-NATION now, which is really interesting. Love her voice so much.

The performer in the MV is AIKI.

[MV] Lee Jin Ah - Mystery Village & My Whole New World

[MV] Kim Yohan (with CHEEZE) - Blue In You

[PROMO] Yim Siwan, WINTER - Win For You

Theme song for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals.

[MV] Rolling Quartz - Fearless

[MV] V (BTS) - For Us (Eng.)

[MV] FTISLAND - F-R-I-E-N-D-S (Jpn.)

[COVER] SM Classics TOWN Orchestra - Golden Age (Orchestra Ver.)

I feel like Beethoven should get a mention in the credits. Lol.

[MV] GEMINI (feat. DAWN, BLASÉ) - Attention

[MV] Luli Lee - Phoenix

[MV] Ferry Blue - Free

[DEBUT] Loossemble - Sensitive

The LOONA ladies that are now with CTDENM: Hyunjin, Yeojin, Vivi, Gowon, and Hyeju.

[MV] TXT, Anitta - Back for More (Eng./Span.)

[MV] V (BTS) - Blue

[MV] mimiirose - FLIRTING

[DEBUT] EL7Z UP - CHEEKY

Project group formed on Mnet's 'Queendom Puzzle'. Members include: Kei (Lovelyz), Yeeun (CLC), Yeoreum (WJSN), Yeonhee (Rocket Punch), Nana (woo!ah!), Hwiseo (H1-KEY), and Yuki (Purple Kiss).

Also the worst K-Pop group name I've encountered. It started even worse as well. It was originally 'EL7Z U+P’. Lol. Would've been better off just making it simply puzzle backwards, 'Elzzup'. 

[MV] APOKI - Space

spaaaace

[MV] withus - Psycho

Strobing light throughout.

[MV] HUR YOUNGJI - L.O.V.E

[MV] CRAXY - Undercover

[MV] JUNG YONG HWA - Your City

[MV] D.O - Somebody

[MV] DAWN (feat. 10cm) - Star

[MV] POW - Favorite

Pre-debut release.

[MV] Lee Jin Ah - My Whole New World

[MV] Silica Gel (feat. So!YoON!) - T + Tik Tak Tok

Gets pretty flashy towards the end.

[MV] Lee Mujin - No MBTI

[MV] DinDin - Foolin' Myself

[MV] CHERISH - Can't you see me?

[MV] Lee Hyungju - Cherish

[MV] VVON (feat. Kid Wine) - Time Out

Seen a lot more indie artists using AI for their MVs. Hadn't seen one with this watercolor kind of style though. Interesting looking.

[MV] Huh - hit the floor

[MV] CHERRY BOY 17 (feat. SUPERBEE) - Street Singer

[OST] Forestella - Chosen One

From the 'The sword of Aramun' OST.

[MV] DRP IAN - So I Danced (Eng.)

[MV] Song Min Kyung - What's happening

[MV] HONG JIYUN - The early morning car

[MV] KEY - Good & Great

[MV] Rocket Punch - BOOM

[MV] BLACKSWAN - Cat & Mouse

[MV] CRAVITY - Ready or Not

[MV] FTISLAND - Sage

[MV] HWASA - I Love My Body

Apparently PSY sent this song her way for the body self-love message, which is appreciated. The chorus unfortunately not my jam though.

[MV] LEE CHAE YEON - LET'S DANCE

Hey, look! It's my pet peeve! Pointe shoes on untrained dancers. And secondarily that the concept at the start seems to be 'ballet is a sad form of dance, other forms of dance are fun and joyful so let's do that instead, fuck ballet'... 🙄

Cute song though.

[MV] BIBI - Hongdae R&B

[MV] V (BTS) - Slow Dancing

Still trying to figure out what's happening in the MV. Interesting.

[MV] D.O. - I Do

[MV] Kim Boa - Acid Dream

[MV] JAECHAN - Hello

[MV] NCT U - N.Y.C.T

[MV] TRENDZ - MY WAY

[MV] Eric Nam - Only for a Moment (Eng.)

[MV] ONLEE - Be With You

[MV] Suen (feat. Sik-K) - My Prada

[DEBUT] RIIZE - Get A Guitar

Is it possible SM will decide to stop giving all their boy groups the exact same sound? This feels more like early SHINee, which is welcome.

[MV] XODIAC - LEMONADE

[MV] CRAVITY - Cheese

[MV] Forestella - KOOL (Eng.)

Forestella with a straightforward pop song. What?! Lol. Fun.

[MV] THE BOYZ - Sweet

[MV] PURPLE KISS - 7HEAVEN

[MV] BOYNEXTDOOR - But Sometimes

[MV] BIBI - Hangan Gongwon

[MV] KIM SEJEONG - Top or Cliff

Warning for a lot of violence. Very similar to BIBI's 'Animal Farm'. More guns, less swords. 😂

Might have been going for a similar aesthetic as the movie 'Ready Or Not' from a few years ago. Song is also killer.

There's a shorter version available. Knife stuff is clipped out. Short Version

[MV] JEON SOMI - Gold Gold Gold

Oof. 😬

[MV] Ailee - I'll hold you

[MV] Young K - nothing but

[MV] KIM WOOJIN - On My Way

[MV] g0nny (feat. SHIRT) - You might

[MV] Sehyeon - Smitten heart

[MV] ONEWE - Omnipresent

[MV] B.I.G - WANT

Dang, didn't know B.I.G was still around.

[MV] Yang Da Il - When we broke up

[REMAKE] NELL X Sungha Jung - Drifting Apart

Remake is not really the right word, but this is a really old NELL song (2008, I think?). Lovely to see it performed again with Sungha's beautiful guitar. I think I've also seen the title translated as 'Recede' as well.

[MV] Eian, MERENDE - Bucket Lost

[MV] W24 - Voyager

[MV] JEONG DONG WON - Monologue

[MV] Woodie Gochild - M.O.M