u/Latter-Geologist2401

Hello, everyone! I return with my wrap-up of what was going on in kpop and the releases that I liked best in March!

So, the full post can be found here, where I mention debuts, include the link to the full list of March reviews, specifically mention the non-March 2026 releases I reviewed this month, and what I was listening to (the most listened to song was a surprise for me, but number two was not), and some plant pictures to herald spring.

The four weeks of music show wins (which I am keeping track of three different ways to make my life easier for the end of the year) can be found here. Most of the weeks are a full slate of music shows, which is good for the groups, and I also pick a non-winning group from each week to share their stage because I'm still peeved about The Show being canceled and am doing my small part to keep talking about the groups that would have been on The Show.

Week of 03/04 - 03/10

Week of 03/11 - 03/17

Week of 03/18 - 03/24

Week of 03/25 - 03/31

I'm actually going to give the full list of the songs I really liked, but I'm not going to include the reasonings, though I'm sure you can guess from reading the reviews. If you want the reasonings though, you'll need to go to the full post.

Eighteen of the releases from March I loved enough to put on that playlist. At some point, I anticipate having large swathes where I don't like them as well, but until then, I'm just feeling really spoiled.

For both the Greatest Hits and the Battle of the B-Sides, the big posts where I celebrate older songs and offer a good starting point if you've never heard the song or are looking to get into the artist, they was carefully crafted in the order because I had NU'EST's anniversary, JR's discharge, BTOB's anniversary, Stray Kids's anniversary, and xikers's anniversary that I wanted to celebrate. March is a very busy month for me because of the number of groups I really like that debuted in March.

Greatest Hits:

HyunA (Wonder Girls/4Minute) "Bubble Pop!": I wanted a very bright song to help balance out all the intensity and heaviness of recent posts. One of K-Pop's most iconic summer anthems fit the bill pretty well, and I've got this on a few playlists. Including my "pre-work so I can pretend I want to be there" playlist and my "post-work so I can loosen up and shake off Work Fangirl and go back to being Normal Fangirl" playlist.
RM (BTS) "Wild Flower": I had the problem of what to put in the slot for the timing for the NU'EST anniversary, because I'd pushed back that post to combine with JR's discharge. Because I'm sentimental around this time of year (and also we were getting into my car accident anniversary time because two in the space of a week), I had been chewing on the problem for a while. And then I figured, "Why not do an artist that I wouldn't bias if it wasn't for NU'EST and JR?" Three birds one stone, because as I realized later, this was also right before BTS's first post-military comeback. I did pick one of his softer rap songs because I'm not a huge fan of rap, but I did really like this one. And the music video is gorgeous.
LUNA "Love Paranoia": This was my part-NU'EST anniversary and part-JR disbandment post from the band JR was the bassist for in the drama, Let Me Be Your Knight. This wasn't my best work, not going to lie, but it doesn't change the fact that you should listen to it, because it's amazing and JR wrote his rap for it and learned to play the bass for it.
woo!ah! "Catch the Stars": Again, I wanted something really bright, but this one I didn't actually want an emotional attachment to. So, I found something very cute that I tested out a little bit with a stage added to one of my Music Show Wins posts. Very cute. Very bright. The music video is a bit odd, but I was genuinely smiling for most of it. Perfect to start spring.

Battle of the B-Sides:

xikers "Rockstar": What's funny about this one is I didn't realize until a couple of posts later that I could have used this for their anniversary at the end of the month. I just did it at the beginning instead when it wouldn't have the same competition. The music video is amazing. The choreography is amazing. That dance break? Amazing.
Gain (Brown Eyed Girls) "Paradise Lost": I've been circling this song for...four months now? Maybe. A while. This of course is despite the fact that I hadn't heard it yet in full. I just knew that I was going to be covering it at some point because of how many times it gets listed on compilation kpop videos. And that music video is a work of literary beauty.
AMPERS&ONE "I Know You": Submission from The Form! I deeply wish that this gets performed so that we can get a look at the choreography. But I'm also positively kicking my feet over the amount of vibrato we hear in this song.
BTOB "The Feeling": Happy anniversary, BTOB, my beloved emotional support group! When they performed it on Show Champion, there wasn't an in-ear to be seen, and if you're looking for some absolutely incredible vocals (from all seven of the performing members because they all sing for this song), this is where you should come.
Stray Kids "Pacemaker": Happy anniversary, Stray Kids! This was suggested by my Stay friend, and this song is actually surprisingly heavy for a song that's technically as slow as it is. There's also a spot in the choreography where I.N is framed as the backbone of the entire rest of the group. I like that.

That's it, everyone! I'll see you all in about a month with a fresh batch of wins, songs, and celebratory posts!

If you've got any suggestions for me, feel free to send me a message, or drop a comment, or you can submit it via The Form. I am fresh out of submissions at the moment, and while April is a "where the wind takes me" kind of month, if you give me a time sensitive request, I'll do that one instead of whatever it happens to be.

Monthly Wrap-Up:: March 2026; Greatest Hits; Battle of the B-Sides