#im more worried about a group like weki meki... but even they have been doing a number of concerts and stuff recently!

[wickymicky]

hi! hope you’re doing well!!

i was just reading the comments on the everglow pirate mv to see what people were saying about the song (bc it slaps of course) and a lot of them were talking about how the group is apparently in dire straits and that the company needs to take action quickly or else they’ll fall apart/disband/etc. obviously it all seemed quite dramatic, but some of the things people mentioned (no full album/lightstick, yiren’s situation, the group’s current general absence from the spotlight, etc) were things that i did know about and aren’t necessarily great signs. as a person who is generally pretty informed on the girl group scene (and the number one first fan), i wanted to ask if you thought these claims had any legitimate merit or if it’s just fans worrying and creating problems where there aren’t any (or at least not to this scale). regardless, i just hope we get some good news about them soon :(

oh wow this is unexpected lol, im not an expert at all haha

but to answer your question, im not that worried about them, tbh. it has been a while since their last comeback, but this is actually not the longest gap there's ever been. it's just about the same length right now as the gap between First and Pirate, and not as long as the gap between La Di Da and First. i wish their gaps werent so long but.... in any case, this is actually fairly normal for them. i think Yiren's situation and Onda's father passing away have been big delays though. but as for right now, they're actually doing pretty well right now, they've been performing all over the world at a couple big concerts and festivals. i think they were the first kpop girl group to ever perform in saudi arabia? they did that a couple weeks ago. they were in london recently too, and they just performed at 1thek's big "g-kpop" concert in seoul like last night. aisha has covid right now i think, so they were performing just as 4 members... but they were performing! and i've heard really good things, especially from people who were at the saudi arabia and london shows. yuehua is having yena come back next month, and i think everglow will probably be after that. i dont think they would be flying everglow all across the world if they werent gonna have them come back i think, haha. unfortunately it's very likely that it'll be without yiren... i'm not very informed about her current situation, but i do think she'll definitely be back... just... maybe not yet. i think there will probably be at least one comeback without her, similar to dreamcatcher in their era without handong. idols getting stuck in china is a recurring thing. i think this is more of a handong situation than a cheng xiao/meiqi/xuanyi situation though, i really do.

fans do love to worry and complain though. everglow arent on top of the world, that's true, they're not the biggest kpop group ever, but i think theyre doing pretty fine. there are a lot of girl groups who would KILL to be where everglow is right now. it's taking longer than i would have hoped, but i think they'll come back relatively soon. probably september or october. and hopefully the gap after that comeback won't be so long

[kachulein]

Mind giving me K-pop recommendations? Like, what got you into K-pop, who's your favorite, things like that? I want to try listening to it and I wanted to ask you, Kachu! Congrats on 800!! 💖💙

Aww thank you so much dear!!

First of all, Kpop is not just simply pop music, as the name suggests. Within the genre kpop are actually many different genres of music mingled and there’s something nice for (almost) everyone to find. I’ll give you some information about my favourite groups that might help you find what you could like. I will also link mostly title songs as they are the more popular songs and usually have a music video (kpop music videos are always very aesthetic btw).

Starting off with my ultimate favourite group Stray Kids. They are still rookies as they debuted in March 2018 but I’ve fallen in love with them and their music so much that I highly recommend you checking them out. They are a 9 member boy group with three of those members, Bang Chan, Changbin and Han (knowns as 3RACHA) writing and composing all of their songs. 3RACHA has been releasing pre-debut mixtapes on Souncloud throughout 2017 and if you like hip hop/rap music, you should definitely give them a listen. Some recs are:

Hellevator

District 9

Grow Up (try to listen & read lyrics without crying; you can put on eng sub on the mv)

Voices

My Pace

Awkward Silence

I am YOU

Get Cool

M.I.A

Mixtape#3 ‘For You’

Mixtape#1 ‘Placebo’ (my favourite songs of theirs)

Mixtape#2 ‘Even a shadow needs light to exist’

note: The songs with a ‘mixtape’ in front of them mean that they were originally  track 3RACHA released in one of their mixtapes but they’ve been alternated and remastered into a ot9 Stray Kids version

Some 3RACHA songs:

ZONE

Start Line

Matryoshka

Broken Compass

NXT 2 U

Tik Tok

P.A.C.E

Placebo (I love the original version as well)

For You (^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)

Runners High

MONSTA X is another one of my favourites and it was actually thanks to their song Hero that I got into kpop. It’s a great song with a beautiful music video and I highly recommend it. Their songs are usually very powerful bangers to get hyped to. Some song I recommend are:

Hero

All in

Stuck

Shine Forever

Beautiful

Fighter

Jealousy

Dramarama

Newton

Shoot Out

Another favourite of mine is BTS. I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of them already. They’ve been around for a while and gained worldwide a lot of popularity in 2017. They’ve changed their music style over the years but it shows that their music has grown with them. Some recs are:

I NEED U

Dope

Run

Fire

Save Me

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Spring Day

Not Today

DNA (their most famous song I believe but not their best imo)

MIC Drop

FAKE LOVE

IDOL

I’m Fine

Don’t Leave Me

Another group I definitely cannot miss is Seventeen. Their name is misleading since they are actually only 13 members not 17 (it’s still a lot though). The group is split into 3 sub-units, Hip Hop Team, Vocal Team, and Performance Team with each of those teams having a leader. The three leaders also created a SVT Leaders unit for their song Change Up. They mainly release ot13 songs with one of their members, called Woozi, being the main composer but they also released songs in their respective units. Some recs are:

Boom Boom

Check-In (Hip Hop Team)

Highlight (Performance Team)

Don’t Wanna Cry

Change Up (SVT Leaders)

Pinwheel (Vocal Team)

Clap

THANKS

Oh My!

Call Call Call

Getting Closer

bonus: Just Do It (by BSS a new sub-unit consisting of three members, however they only released this song so far)

Got7 is a groups under JYP entertainment just like Stray Kids and they are their seniors since Got7 has been around since 2014. They also have great music I highly recommend checking out:

Hard Carry

Never Ever

You Are

Look

Lullaby

Miracle

Day6 is under JYP entertainment as well but they are a bit different from the usual Kpop group since they are actually a band and play their own instruments. If you like rock music, I highly recommend them!!

Shoot Me

Beautiful Feeling

Somehow

DANCE DANCE

I Wait

How Can I Say

Congratulations

and since we’re already talking about about rock music, here’s some more groups whose music goes into the direction of rock to check out:

The Rose - BABY, Sorry

FT ISLAND - Take Me Now, Pray, Out Of Love, Lose, Hello Hello, Wind

Dreamcatcher - Chase Me, Good Night, Fly High, YOU AND I, What

EXO is a group that has been around since 2012 and even though they haven’t been very active lately, they still got a lot of bops that you could check out. They are under SM entertainment just like the next three groups I’m about to mention:

Overdose

Call Me Baby

Love Me Right

Lightsaber

Monster

Lotto

Ko Ko Bop

The Eve

Tempo

Love Shot

NCT are another group under SM. Their concept is a bit difficult because they are said to have an unlimited member count and they will be debuting more and more sub-units. NCT (as a whole) consist of 21 members as of now with 3 already existing units called NCT U, NCT 127, and NCT Dream and a fourth unit called WayV that is said to debut this month. Some recs are:

NCT U:

The 7th Sense

BOSS

Baby Don’t Stop

NCT 127:

Limitless

Cherry Bomb

Chain

TOUCH

Regular

Simon Says

NCT Dream:

We Young

GO

We Go Up

Red Velvet and Oh!GG are two girl groups under SM Entertainment. They are both really nice and worth checking out. OH!GG is actually a sub-unit from the girl group Girl’s Generation, one of the most popular girl groups of the 2nd Generation. I hope I’m not messing up rn with the info lol. And Red Velvet is currently one of the big three girl groups.

Red Velvet:

Dumb Dumb

Ice Cream Cake

Russian Roulette

Red Flavor

Peek-A-Boo

Bad Boy (love this so much)

Really Bad Boy (what a bop)

OH!GG:

Lil’ Touch

Twice and Blackpink are the last two girl groups I’ll be introducing to you. They are the other two of the big three girl groups alongside Red Velvet and are very successful and definitely worth checking out:

Twice, an example of a cute girl group:

Likey

TT

What Is Love?

Dance The Night Away

YES or YES

BlackPink, an example of a badass girl group:

Boombayah

Whistle

Playing With Fire

Stay

As If It’s Your Last

DDU-DU DDU-DU

The last group I’ll be mentioning is Big Bang, they are the Kings of the 2nd Generation of Kpop (if I didn’t misunderstand the whole generation stuff) and they released A LOT of great songs since they’ve been around since 2006. here are some recs I really like:

Bang Bang Bang

FXXK IT

Sober

Last Dance

Fantastic Baby

Let’s Not Fall In Love

GOOD BOY (GD x Taeyang)

Last but not least, I’ll list you some more songs from girl/boy groups and solo artists that I really like and find worth checking out. However, I try to keep it on the down-low since I could recommend and huge amount of songs.^^

Boy Groups:

iKON - Love Scenario, Killing Me, Bling Bling, B-Day

WINNER - REALLY REALLY, EVERYDAY

VAV - Senorita

TRCNG - UTOPIA (one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard)

VIXX - Fantasy

Pentagon - Shine, Runaway

SF9 - Fanfare, ROAR, Now Or Never

Girl Groups:

Pristin V - Get it

CLC - Hobgoblin, Black Dress

Weki Meki - Crush, La La La, I don’t like your Girlfriend

Gugudan - Not That Type

IZ*ONE - La Vie En Rose

(G)I-DLE - LATATA, Hann (alone)

Mamamoo - Egotistic, Starry Night

9MUSES - Remember, Love City

Solo Artists:

Sunmi - Gashina, Heroine, Siren

Chungha - Roller Coaster

Taeyeon (member of Girls Generation/Oh!GG) - I, Why

Hyuna - Roll Deep, BABE, Lip & Hip

IU - Twenty-three

Jay Park - Me Like You

G-Dragon (leader of Big Bang) - Untitled, 2014, COUP D’ETAT, Crooked

Jennie (member of BlackPink) - SOLO

Taemin (member of SHINee) - MOVE, Thirsty, Sayonara Hitori

This probably sounds confusing and like a whole lot, but don’t worry!! The main thing right now is that you find some songs to check out and the rest is some additional info to help you decide what to check out since it’s a lot.^^

[wickymicky]

i have been a little underwhelmed by a ton of the comebacks that i was anticipating this year so far though. like when they were announced, i was like “oh sick!”, but when they came out, i was like “oh okay” hahaha. gwsn, april, apink, oh my girl, chungha, g idle, etc... there’s a couple of those that i do genuinely like, but i think with all of them i feel like they arent as good as the previous comeback(s) from each, and just left me feeling like “yeah i guess it’s alright”. add twice to that list too now, for me. and tbh, weki meki was a bit of that too, i can see dazzle dazzle falling more as more things come out... so, like, i’m worried about wjsn, dia, nature, weki meki, and the other girl groups putting out songs this coming month. im not sure if its because of the pandemic and not being able to perform outside of music shows or something, but it feels like companies arent giving their groups the best material. or is that just me? is it just that it’s not fitting my taste? what do you all think?

i mean some comebacks have been great, a couple of groups have put out songs that i think are that group’s best song yet, so it’s not like every group is playing it safe or slow... idk.

the wjsn comeback is a summer one and those are really hit or miss with me, the weki meki one is one that of course im excited for but the graphic design on the teasers so far has not filled me with confidence that its gonna have any sort of budget, and then the dia one.... dia.... where do i even begin with dia... :(

anyway, i wanna be excited but i guess i’ll just have to wait and see.