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KPOP: 6/26/18 BAAM by Momoland 💚

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So at last, momoland has come back. Ever since they've been destroying the charts with Bboom Bboom they seem to be milking the same concept of this upbeat party song, because Baam gives a lot of the same vibes that Bboom Bboom did. There's a huge dance break at the start of the song, there's a dance vibe to it, and I dunno I think there's also a little rap section after the chorus? I dunno well here are my thoughts. Pre Chorus: So everything before the chorus is pretty upbeat. Again, like Bboom Bboom there's a massive dance break in the beginning, which obviously watching it in shows it's really cool but when listening to it during a road trip it can get a little hard to deal with. This is a huge party song, and it has a nice dance vibe to it. There's also a lot going on, like it seems like multiple people are singing at once (not at once but there's never a pause in lyrics or whatever it kinda comes at you. Take it how you want). Chorus: The thing I...

YOUTUBE: 6/22/18 DJ Khaled Has the Worst Shoot in America...

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Alright, so it looks like I haven't posted in a while, so later today I'm probably gonna drop a review on Red Velvet's japenese debut. I'm also gonna have a reflection post on Square Up and some other things I've been hearing about their release, so that'll be fun I guess. Anyways, here's a quick little post for you guys. I saw this on YouTube in the other day and was dying of laughter. Here's an amazing clip of DJ Khaled who possible has the most uncoordinated and worst shoot in America.

KPOP: 6/18/18 See U Later by Blackpink 💚

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It really has been a magical 9 days. This group has been my first kpop group and it's been really fun reviewing their songs and listening to the new music they have produced. And so, we end the week (and a bit more) of blink with see u later, the last track of their album. This is kinda their bad girl song, obviously about a guy, breaking up with him (see u later) and overall it was very great. Before Chorus: So the song starts out with this guitar thing and it isn't bad, but I do feel like it is a little out of place. However, it sets this chill but powerful mood, like sit back and relax I'm about to blow you away, I dunno this falls into the category of hard to explain moods. Anyway, Jisoo begins the song and has a really good tone, which I enjoyed. Also Lisa has a singing part which is really good. But what these two verses were kinda lacking was a rhythm. It just didn't seem to quite line up with the background rhythm. However, Jennie's part had a swing, not q...

KPOP: 6/17/18 Really by Blackpink 💚

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MY FAVORITE SONG HAS ARRIVED. I could go on and on about this song, it is soooooo goood. But in an effort to not drive away any non kpop fans, i will keep it concise. Oh and aI think I like this new style of reviewing so I'll keep it, but instead of doing what I did with Forever Young, I'm going to be grouping things in bigger sets like "Before Chorus" "After First Chorus" "Chorus" and "Bridge". Anyways, Let's go. Intro/Chorus: oddly enough the song begins with the chorus, however, I'm going to have to group this in the intro section as it is how the song begins. AND I LOVE THE INTRO. it has this sort of swing feel to it when jennie/rose sing "If you really, really love me, malhaejwo" that it so catchy and I really love. The tone of their voices is also supper addicting and overall I really like how the chorus is structured. One thing i have to note is that it struck me a bit odd that there was no introductory beat or...

KPOP: 6/16/18 Forever Young by Blackpink 💚

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Alright so I can't anymore. This new format I have has to go down the drain, because with these next two songs, like holy cow it just doesn't work with the whole instrumental and then lyrics. These next two reviews are my two all time favorite songs from BlackPink, so of course things will be done a little differently. Hopefully this style works well, let me know if you'd rather have this style. So my new style is just going to be going through the song like from the first verse to chorus, second bridge, and so on, and pointing out the stuff I like and don't like. The Intro: ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS BECAUSE JENNIE KIM ABSOLUTELY KILLS HER PART. Like she goes into the song so beautifully and the whole "I could die in this moment" has honestly become one of the more iconic moments of the song, almost as iconic as the chorus itself "Forever Young". The background music is so slow and kind of gives this ominous mood where you just don't know what...

KPOP: 6/14/18 DDU-DU DDU-DU by Blackpink 💚

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WOOOOOOO BLACKPINK CAME BAAAACKKKKKKKK. Alright so for those future readers, sidenote I was not about to wait until 4AM to listen to their comeback, however I did wake up and the first thing I did was put up the Music Video and I meannnnnn wow it was really pretty good. I currently have not listened to the other songs yet, but if this is the title track, I should be in for an amazing album. I think I'll spend the next few days just raving about this album, so future me will probably call this the week of blackpink or something I dunno. Anyways, here we go. Instrumental: Alright, so I"m really trying hard to characterize this beat but it's like, Blackpink's concept is that there so unique and different from all the other groups, which really shined here. There was so much going on in this beat, sometimes it feels like the Boombayah vibes when it's all loud and powerful but other times it felt like Playing With Fire where it was just lowkey and chill, like a really...

KPOP: 6/14/18 Stay by Blackpink 💚

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WE ARE T MINUS 4 HOURS UNTIL SQUARE UP DROPS!!!! Alright so I know that none of you guys are gonna read this like actually before square up drops, but for future readers, just a little note I will not be staying up to 4 when it actually drops. Like I'm a blink and all but not a superfan. I will try to review DDU-DU DDU-DU at around 9 AM my time and it will probably be just the third perfect score. Oh and quick shoutout to my mans Seth Le and @blink.gang on instagram, they're cool I guess. Instrumental: Alright so this is a nostalgic ish song, you know reminiscing about somg guy or whatever, but it isn't a SUPER slow song (85 bpm not bad for a slow sappy ish love song). Overall, the instrumental set the mood a lot and really gets you in the feels. From a grander perspective, I love the contrast in background music; in the other songs it's more fast and I wanna say "electronic" but I know it isn't really, but in here you can really tell it is almost like f...