[MV] BTS - 2.0

Feels like deja vu. Last big set of MVs I caught up with ended on SWIM. I'll end on 2.0 today... still a couple weeks behind. As much as the vocal production (as always) annoys me in this one and the chorus is too repetitive for me, the performance is fucking rad. Bangtan being thoroughly Bangtan with the energy.

I had cracked up so hard seeing the teaser for this with such a literal Oldboy reference to that famous fight scene. So seeing the whole MV completely commit to that fully, truly delighted me. Great cinematography, great styling, great idea, great choreography, great execution, great elevator interlude. That whole section from the elevator to RM's verse with the rest lined up doing the canon and sideward slides. Perfection. Fun shit.

[MV] IRENE - Biggest Fan

[MV] Kep1er - KILLA (Face the other me)

[MV] Baby DONT Cry - Bittersweet

[MV] YUNA - Ice Cream

[MV] DOK2 & LEE HI - You & Me

Don't think I've ever seen such a hard launch in the industry. Lol! Lee Hi and Dok2 announced they were in a relationship, had founded a label together (808 HI RECORDINGS), and were releasing this single. Well, okay then. Good luck, I suppose!

[MV] NMIXX (feat. Pabllo Vittar) - TIC TIC (Pt./Kor./Eng.)

The track kinda annoys me 😅, but a fun collab! Everyone looks and sounds great. Always here for drag queens in K-Pop spaces.

[MV] KINO - TAXI

[MV] ZELO - Cola Comigo (Spn./Eng.)

Flashing light effects throughout

[MV] RAWBURN - RAWBURN

Pre-debut release.

[MV] g0nny - who is this woman?

[MV] JO KWON - Like I Do

[OST] NANA - Black Star

From the 'Climax' OST.

[MV] JANG HANEUM - WANNA

[MV] Jeong Sewoon - Tell me you love me

[MV] NiziU - Too Bad (Jpn.)

[MV] EL CAPITXN, TAEYHYUN & Jeremy Zucker - Breaking Through (Eng.)

I guess this is the first time posting EL CAPITXN? He's interesting. Used to be in HISTORY, but I believe he started struggling to sing/perform live due to some psychological stress/anxiety/stage fright. Kinda dropped out of K-Pop. But SUGA (BTS) reached out to him to work on production together, which resulted in Mic Drop and a bunch of other stuff that refreshed his love of music. Works a lot within HYBE now. Kind of a cool journey.

[MV] WONPIL - Highs and Lows

Flashing light effects throughout and a gentle warning for blood/car accident imagery

[MV] Xdinary Heroes - X room

[MV] ChatsBerry - UNDERTOW

[MV] SF9 - Love Comes Slowly

[MV] OuiOui - Unhappy Ending

[MV] xikers (Minjae & Sumin & Yechan) - DELULU

[MV] TWS X 24kGoldn - YOU LIKE IT I LOVE IT

[MV] SEEYA - Still Here, Still Us

[MV] HANRORO - 1111

[MV] verycoybunny - HELP!

[MV] BTS - SWIM (Eng.)

Because I'm so behind I've had almost 3 weeks of experience with Bangtan's post-military comeback album. The vocal processing issue persists and is ever-present throughout. I've truly given up ever getting to hear another BTS album without it. But that aside, I thought this was a really interesting choice for the lead track. Maybe the mellowest lead they've ever had. Even Spring Day wasn't this mellow. Just One Day might be the closest, but I think that was technically a B-side. Anyway, quite the choice. Preferred the later performance versions of the MV. As lovely as Lili Reinhart is, I'm here for Bangtan choreo. It does have really pretty choreo. Also mellow. The tracks I like the most are Body to Body, Normal, and Swim. The rest is a little too plagued with trendy/shallow English lyrics. Makes it killer for virality and use on social media, so it will do well, but not my personal jam.

[MV] P1Harmony - L.O.Y.L

[MV] Xion (feat. WOOZI) - Blooming

[MV] pH-1, BIG Naughty, lIlBOI, Woodie Gochild - SUPERSTAR

Flashing light effects at the end.

[MV] Hyunjin (Stray Kids) - LOVER

Flashing light effects throughout

[MV] WOODZ - Stray

Some flashing light visuals throughout.

It's fun how wide-ranging WOODZ explores genre-wise. Quite heavy.

[MV] Mighty Mouth (feat. Minyoung) - Lalala

[MV] AB6IX - BOTTOMS UP

[MV] HOSHI - Baby, Honey

[MV] P1Harmony - UNIQUE

[MV] AmbiO - SHOWTIME

[MV] ODD YOUTH - Babyface

[MV] LATENCY - LATENCY

Song starts at 1:12.

[MV] ALL(H)OURS - DEAD MAN WALKING

[MV] M.O.N.T - Keep It Slow

[MV] ChoCo1 X ChoCo2 - FRENZY

I think these are groups still in development, well before debut. ChoCo1 is the boy group and ChoCo2 is the girl group.

[DEBUT] TUNEXX - I'm Alive

[MV] CRAVITY - BLAST OUT (Jpn.)

[MV] NiziU - Dear･･･ (Jpn.)

[MV] KickFlip - Twenty

[MV] NouerA - POP IT LIKE

[MV] ONEW - TOUGH LOVE

[DEBUT] DAILY:DIRECTION - SELF

[MV] YeoJin - Sugar talk

[REMAKE] YOUNHA - KARMA

[MV] JANG HAEUN - Bloom&Burn

[PROMO] PUBG x ALLDAY PROJECT - I DON'T BARGAIN

Promotional collab to celebrate the 9th anniversary of PUBG.

[MV] Dragon Pony - Oh Perfect!

Really interesting syncopation/rhythm situation in there.

[MV] n.SSign - 'FEELIN' GOOD (Jpn.)

H1-KEY - To. My First Love

[MV] JAY CHANG - FEEL

[MV] MINSEO - Deep Dawn

[MV] WOODZ - Human Extinction

[REMAKE] YOUNHA - Seasonal Crime + Sub Character

Younha is releasing a remake album. Seasonal Crime is originally by Miiro and Sub Character is by wizu.

[MV] NCT JNJM - WIND UP

New NCT subunit with Jeno and Jaemin.

[MV] Rolling Quartz - Red Hot

[MV] X:IN - Who Dat

[MV] Eric Nam - How The Fire Started (Eng.)

[MV] GIRLSET - Tweak (Eng.)

[ADMIN] Forever behind...

I was this close to catching up in mid-February.

Then a lightning storm moved over my house and killed my computer. Straight murdered my sweet old machine.

Took me a few weeks to attempt solving the problem by replacing parts, failing, trying to rescue my hard drive off it, failing, getting a new computer, discovering a second drive on the old computer, buying the gear to hook that up to the new computer, and rescuing my whole life off that drive.

Then just been trying to settle into the new computer and figure out replacement programs for my Adobe stuff (Fuck the subscription model. I was using CS5 for nearly 20 years!) and feeling very out of sorts about everything.

But I'm nearly getting back to something normal now.

And will again attempt to catch up.

🙏

[MV] BLACKPINK - GO

[MV] AtHeart - Shut Up

[MV] ONE PACT - SANE

[MV] ASC2NT - Still Rose

[MV] Lee Young Ji - Robot

[MV] KIM SUNG KYU - When I think about you

[MV] LAVIN - Junk Love

[MV] QQQ - UNCOOL

OnlyOneOf subunit with members KB, Jisung, and Nine.

[MV] Yunsae - Forevermore (Eng.)

[MV] Lee Juck, Jung Jaeil - Daehan Is Alive: Rewritten

[MV] owoon - Favorite depression

[MV] CRUCIAL STAR - WOK HEI

[MV] WOODZ - CINEMA

[MV] blah - Youth

[MV] ENHYPEN - Big Girls Don't Cry

[MV] ENHYPEN (feat. So!YoON!) - No Way Back

[MV] YOUNG POSSE (feat. KOONTA) - Pilot3

[MV] GIST (feat. BANG YEDAM) - Song 4 You

[MV] idntt - All I Need

[MV] JAEHYUK (AVION) - Sweet Venom (Eng.)

[MV] KANG DANIEL - Stay (Eng.)

[MV] JIWOO (KARD) - Home Sweet Home (Eng.)

[MV] Sohyang - Sparkling Yellow Stars (Eng.)

[MV] IVE - BANG BANG

[MV] STAYC - MWUAH (Jpn.)

[MV] YANG YOSEOP - Fade Away

[MV] ILLIT - NOT ME

The Ting Tings sample! Haven't heard them in a long while.

[MV] ATEEZ - Adrenaline

[MV] THE SSYNDROME - Good Boy

[MV] Wonstein - I Don't Speak English

[MV] LEENALCHI - Do You Know the Five Virtues?

[MV] ZEROBASEONE - LOVEPOCALYPSE

[MV] 8TURN - BRUISE

[MV] POW (feat. Shin Onyu of Shin In Ryu)) - Come True

[MV] WHIB - ROCK THE NATION

[MV] LNGSHOT - FaceTime

[MV] YOUNG POSSE - VISA

[MV] SUNGMIN - Godsaeng + Dancing under the Stars

[REMIX] Tame Impala, JENNIE - Dracula (Eng.)

[MV] i-dle (feat. skaiwater) - Mono

[MV] KiiiKiii - 404 (New Era)

Like this one. Lots of fun.

[MV] XG - HYPNOTIZE (Eng.)

[MV] ZEROBASEONE - ROSES

[MV] MOMOLAND - white spring

[MV] TNX - CALL ME BACK

[MV] TWS - Here For You (내일이 되어 줄게)

[DEBUT] dodree - Just Like a Dream

New duo out of JYP. I think they'll be conceptually incorporating traditional instruments/vocals for all their stuff. Intriguing!

[MV] ONEUS - Grenade

[MV] CATCH THE YOUNG - Amplify

Interesting rhythm.

[MV] AxMxP - PASS + Thereafter

Flashing light effects throughout.

[MV] M.O.N.T - History (더 멋진 날을 위해)

[MV] RESCENE - Pinball (Jpn.)

[MV] Luli Lee - King of the New World + unknown artist

[MV] KIK - Sun

[MV] can't be blue - should be you

Some flashing light in parts.

[MV] CLAVE - Sign

[MV] FRankly - We're Never Going Back

Strobing light throughout.

[MV] LA POEM - Meant to Be

[MV] EXO - Crown

Some flashing light effects throughout.

[MV] idntt - Yes We Are

[DEBUT] ChRocktikal - PEACE

Not sure if it would be right to call them a project groups, but this is the new rock band out of Dreamcatcher's company with Siyeon (vocalist from Dreamcatcher) as the frontwoman along with Lee Jun Young (bassist from IZ), Je Gwan Woo (drummer from Idol Band: Boy's Battle), and Lee Won Seok (guitar/producer).

[MV] ENHYPEN - Knife

[MV] MISAMO - Confetti (Jpn.)

[MV] Re:Hearts - Persona

[MV] TEAM ZICO X Crush - Yin and Yang (Show Me the Money 12)

Some strobe flashes intermittently.

[MV] BLASÉ (Feat. GEMINI) - INDUSTRY

[MV] 2Z (TuZi) - DIZZY

[MV] MAKTUB (feat. Park Da Hye) - Starting With You ∞

[MV] Kim Da Hyun - Black Swan

[MV] CHUU - Canary

[MV] IN SEONG (SF9) - Mute is Off

[MV] NCT WISH - Hello Mellow (Jpn.)

[MV] ILLIT - Sunday Morning (Jpn.)

[MV] ZEROBASEONE - Day After Day

[MV] KiiiKiii - Delulu

[DEBUT] ALPHA DRIVE ONE - FREAK ALARM

[MV] ONEWE - Ferris Wheel

[MV] n.SSign (feat. PEAK & PITCH) - Funky like me

[MV] SEVENTEEN DxS (DK & Seungkwan) - Blue (Cinema & Epilogue Vers.)

[MV] LNGSHOT - Moonwalkin'

[MV] ALLDAY PROJECT, TARZZAN - MEDUSA

[MV] CHUU - XO, My Cyberlove

[MV] ZEROBASEONE - Running to Future

[MV] idntt - Pretty Boy Swag

[MV] YOUNG POSSE x BENZO - LOSE YOUR SHXT

[MV] H1-KEY - Not Like a Movie

[DEBUT] WAKER - LIKE THAT

[MV] DIA - Dance! (Eng.)

[DEBUT] COMMA - Toxic Sugar

[MV] HA SUNG WOON - Tell The World

[MV] CNBLUE - Killer Joy

[MV] JIMIN - 0108 (Eng.)

[MV] Wonpil (DAY6) - Wish

[MV] ChatsBerry - LOSE

[DEBUT] LATENCY - It Was Love

[MV] Wonstein - Vision

[MV] BADA - Our Loud Goodbye

[MV] Sohyang - Moving on (Eng.)

[PROMO] Dynamicduo (feat. SUNGHOON) - Watch it, Feel it (Olympics Brand Song)

Promotional track for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

[MV] 1MILLION - AT US (Eng.)

[MV] Apink - Love Me More

[MV] JOOHONEY - STING

Muhammad Ali quote/audio at the start, of course.

[MV] SAY MY NAME - UFO (ATTENTION)

[MV] KATSEYE - Internet Girl (Eng.)

[MV] Seonghwa (ATEEZ) - Skin

[MV] SUNMI - Mini Skirt

[MV] XG - 4 SEASONS (Eng.)

[MV] Yoon Mi Rae - Breath

Lovely. Looks like Tiger wrote it based on the credits. Sweet.

[MV] SECRET NUMBER - Bitter Sweet

[REMAKE] Catch The Young - FOOTSTEPS

Remake of the Emerald Castle song of the same name. Originally released in '97.

[MV] ZICO, Lilas (ikura of YOASOBI) - DUET (Kor./Jpn.)

[MV] Wonstein - Pajama

[MV] HYOLYN - Standing on the Edge

[MV] JOOHONEY (feat. Rei (IVE)) - Push

[MV] LNGSHOT - Saucin'

Pre-debut release. This is Jay Park's new group.

[MV] blah (feat. Yves) - Falling for You

[MV] Heize - Even if

Light warning: Bro is coughing up blood immediately in the MV. Lol. Part of the narrative, but still squicked me out. 😅

[MV] BIG Naughty (feat. Gary) - Sincere Lies

[MV] Thia - Love Prison

[MV] SARA - Irony

[MV] ASC2NT - Replay

[MV] WOOYOUNG - Reason (Jpn.)

[MV] PARK HYUNHO - Jom Chi-ne (좀 치네)

[MV] CNBLUE - Still, a Flower

[MV] Re:Hearts - Persona

[MV] Rolling Quartz - Masquerade

[MV] GUCKKASTEN - OCELLI

[MV] Jaurim - STARS

[MV] JAMES LEE - Reverse (Eng.)

[MV] HLIN - Disappear

I don't know if I had noticed before how much this singer sounds like Jongwan/NELL. Nice.