A long history of being a fan a lot of personal reasons why I couldn’t purchase (well also that and my mom didn’t trust her card info on the internet) BUT HE IS IN MY POSSESSION AND HE IS BEYOND PERFECTION! I also will say that this is the first K-music anything with a Parental Advisory sticker.
I’ve listened to somewhat the full discography but I did skip some like the Japanese comebacks (My first group in Kpop in 2008 was Shinee, and even I did not like their Japanese comebacks, just not my thing, and I’ve tried with every group off and on for the past almost 18 years I’ve listened to K-pop), and also as someone who very rarely like English comebacks. Idk I feel like they’re harder to get the longer you wait, and for some groups I listen to that have it they’re not promoted well. But here are the songs that are in one my sole playlist called Hyperfixations and here are the albums that made it. Now the full discography made into my library, but not all made it into the playlist I use when I obsess over something.
Fighter and Queen- these songs were the best off of that album and while I genuinely could go back and listen to the whole album at like 4am when insomnia kicks in and I play obscure music, it wasn’t (the whole album) nothing crazy imo BUT THESE TWO SONGS ARE MANY OF SONGS I KID YOU NOT HAD MY VERY GAY UNCLE THAT I LIVE WITH (mainly Queen) CAUSE OF THE BEAT ALONE DANCING AGAIN (and he just lost his husband).
Follow and Monsta Truck- Now me and my uncle were uncertain literally the first 2 seconds to the start of Follow and then when it went into that other beat (literally right after) we were jamming. Monsta Truck, it’s one of those songs that it’s a feel good for when you don’t want complete noise music or you a nice tempo before you play noise music is how he described it.
Unfair Love- Now I’m going to say this A LOT OF THEIR SONGS FEEL NOSTALGIC TO ME as in they all in a sense represent every genre or style of music I listened to growing up. Like between my *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys and Aaron Carter and Britney and Christina era I was also listening to every 80, 90s and early 2000s rap and R&B group or soloist you can think of their sounds in their songs just give that nostalgia. But Unfair Love is one me and my uncle are still deciding where that’s placed. Cause it sounds like 2010s LMFAO era to even like early 2000s and 90s. But it’s nostalgic in the beats, and I love that.
Albums. I HAVE NEVER LIKED COMPLETE ENGLISH SONGS, now after failing French two years in a row, I’m not one to like be able to keep up and speak a language. I can barely speak English, but I love especially in music knowing about other cultures. One of my fave non-kpop bands in the world is called Tokio Hotel and they’re German and when I discovered their German music while listening to their English I never, ever went back to listening to English unless I didn’t have a choice. And that’s also why I love K-pop I like my k-pop in subtitles to learn the lyrics which is ironic cause I watch the few anime’s I do watch completely dubbed. But that being said. MX HAS THE BEST ENGLISH COMEBACKS! AND WHY, WHY, WHY HAS MY MIND BEEN F-D BY THESE MEN!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I LISTEN TO UNFOLD FIRST AND IT IS ABOUT HEALING THEN GO THROUGH THE OTHER AND IT IS ABOUT GETTING THEIR GIRL NAKED! MY SIL MINORED IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SHE IS MY UNOFFICIAL THERAPIST AND ME AND MY UNCLE HAD TO TALK TO HER ABOUT IT FOR 2 AND A HALF HOURS! APART FROM MICHAEL JACKSON, SHINEE, JONGHYUN, TAEMIN, & JACKSON WANG & XLOV, I HAVE NEVER BEEN SOOO MINDFCKED IN MUSIC IN MY LIFE! I STILL AM TAKING NOTES!!
But the albums that made it-
TRESSPASS
Shape of Love
Unfold
The Connect: Deja Vu
Fantasia X (though that was almost debatable until the second run through cause I listen to things on repeat and I love it)
Fatal love and We Are Here both I was unsure of until the second run through
Are You There?
Shine Forever Repackage (I didn’t listen to the original cause I didn’t want to repeat tracks when the repackage had almost the same songs with the Shine Forever added)
The Code
All About Love
The Dreaming
No Limit
One of a Kind
The X
Reason
The English shockingly Are in my TOP 3 which is the ironic for me. I listen to music from around the world because music has been the only thing I have and still do. I didn’t watch much TV growing up cause it wasn’t a luxury we could always afford so music helped me embrace the broader world. But my fave Korean albums hands down are Shine Forever Repackage One of a Kind and The X. Also I want to say the way the pace their slower more ballad songs in their albums is amazing! I don’t usually like ballads in kpop I like upbeat more noise or upper and faster tempo and hands down they broke that mold which was rare. As I listen I begin to wonder if what they’re performing now (they have a setlist playlist on Spotify, though it’s a fan account one) and I’m beginning to wonder would they change their setlist before coming to the US since the dates are so spaced out. Any way sorry it’s sooo long! Lol. They’re edging maybe becoming a second ult group as I am currently looking to have a second and keep up with fairly, I genuinely love all the boys in the short fanmade clips I watch (I don’t ever watch or have the time to watch full length things, nor do I really watch content unless it pops up on IG whe I check every few days). But I’ll solidify ult status when I see them in October. I put this as Misc cause idk what to call it.
I didn’t take a pic of the tutti-frutti because I LOVED those but I will say I’m not a fan of this flavor sour. An influencer who tries snacks as content got me to try them, and I should’ve known that if she likes circus peanuts and candy corn and the sister candy pumpkins I should not have followed advice. If they were not sour I do believe these would’ve been great! Now since I was raised with the @you got them, you finish them” rule I will finish them but I would not buy this flavor again. The tutti-frutti ones I definitely will! Sorry to those who do like this flavor I’m glad you enjoy, just not for me.
I started listening to the new album and I love it! I was wondering if you have any recs for more of their songs! If you can give me more song recommendations that would be great. I know the members pretty quickly just need more songs. Thanks sooo much!