LE SSERAFIM, BND, xikers, & P1Harmony

I’ve implemented a new review system by the way, if you didn’t see some of my previous posts. There’s now five playlists and I grade the songs on a scale of 1-5 (based on my own personal opinions) and each playlists corresponds to whatever grade I give it. It’ll look like this without the numbers next to them:

Playlist

•No Jams (1/5)

•Party Party Yeah (2/5)

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely (3/5)

•Strong Power, Thank You (4/5)

•Oh Man, Holy Shit! (5/5)

Hopefully this makes it easier for me to express how I feel about the songs and for y’all to understand wtf I’m saying :sob:

Oh, and if you’re confused about the playlists names, they’re based off of BTS memes LMAO. I just wanted them to be something silly

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LE SSERAFIM - CRAZY

Automatically into Obsessions (now aptly named ‘Oh Man, Holy Shit!’ :relieved: ) :point_right:

Like this is f*cking iconic, hello!? The voguing elements in the choreo, the actual professional vogue dancers, the sass, just :tired_face: I’m in love

Y’all my face the first time I saw the beginning was, in one word, terrified lmao. I had no idea what was about to happen and I could just feel it was going to be amazing (and I was right :point_up: :sunglasses: )

‘All the girls are girling girling’ :nail_care:

Quick moment for the outfit appreciation :hand: I’m living for Sakura in the little dress and tiara :sob: but Kazuha’s super long, straight black hair with the bangs is everything. Plus her outfit!? ⚰

When Chaewon mentioned Pikachu I screeched. First of all, I’m a huge Pokémon nerd and now two of my ult groups have had some song crossover with Pokémon (them and ENHYPEN). Second of all, the way she said it was so cute 🤧

Also, Chaewon rapping!? Sign me the hell up ✍

SAKURA DUCK WALKING AHHHHH :clap:

The framing of the dancers leaning back and revealing Eunchae is so good 🤌 :sparkles:

And then when she slipped, spun, and did a death drop, my jaw dropped LMAO. She made that look so badass

The scenes where they make it seem like they’re underwater also blew my mind

EUNCHAE RAPPING :raised_hands: I love her little devil horns

Kauzha and Chaewon rapping as well ⚰

The vogue dancers (from House of Juicy Couture if I’m not mistaken) killed this, they were going wild

I love the part at the end where the girls walk forward while they’re doing the arm choreo :sparkles:

Playlist

•No Jams

•Party Party Yeah

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

•Strong Power, Thank You

:sparkles: •Oh Man, Holy Shit!

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LE SSERAFIM - Pierrot

I’ll give you a cookie if you can guess the main reason I like this song

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If you said the creepy af beat and vibe you were absolutely correct and have read too many of my reviews lmao 🤲 :cookie:

‘That’s my girl, that’s my girl, giirrrl’ :nail_care:

Omg and when they turn it into an acapella :tired_face:

Love how it has a lot of casual rapping. Like it doesn’t go crazy but it’s not just singing, if that makes sense. It just has a great rhythm to it all the way through

And the references to other female artists :clap: :clap: :clap: queens :crown:

For the other two songs on the album, both 1-800-hot-n-fun and Crazier got a 4/5. LE SSERAFIM never disappoints :relieved: :nail_care:

Playlist

•No Jams

•Party Party Yeah

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

•Strong Power, Thank You

:sparkles: •Oh Man, Holy Shit!

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BOYNEXTDOOR - Nice Guy

I love this song, but I can’t take the beginning part with Woonhak seriously :sob:

‘Let’s rizz up all night :wine_glass: :sunglasses: ’ :skull:

The sign behind Riwoo that says ‘BOY NEXT DOUGH’ is just 🤌 :sparkles: I love me a good pun

The chorus is so catchy, it’s one of those I have an intense need to sing along with. The brass in the instrumentals makes it sound so fun and groovy as well, it just makes me happy

Sungho dipping that worker and then raising his eyebrows suggestively PFFT, I love him so much

The way they walk down the street right beforehand along to the tempo is so satisfying to me

The rose pizza!? The guy who rejected that is crazy, give it to me I’ll eat it 🍽

Woonhak with the puppies 🥺

Leehan you can’t be smiling at me like that with those blue s, blond hair, and fuzzy filter :tired_face: bro looks hella angelic

The puppies are so cute :tired_face:

‘Look at my 👁👁, look at my :wavy_dash: my 🧍‍♀you like me right? Oh :no_good: ‍♀ :no_good: ‍♀ :no_good: ‍♀’ I’M OBSESSED :sparkles:

Not the girl with the fan for a head :skull: cause, you know, ‘fans’ AHA AHA :grinning:

Sungho in the basic grey sweatshirt and Jaehyun in the long-sleeved white shirt 🤌

The fancy black suits aren’t too bad either though :eyes: they all pull off everything, I could only dream 🙄

‘Hey my girlfriend, come on over’ send me the address rn ✍

I love this group more and more every day. I thought I might’ve ulted them too soon since I haven’t really had time to watch much of their variety stuff, but I just fall deeper and deeper every comeback

Dangerous gets a 4/5 from me, I love almost everything, but I’m still on the fence about the pre-chorus. Gonna Be A Rock and 20 get a 2/5, I wasn’t super feeling them but I wouldn’t skip them either. And then Call Me gets a 3/5, it’s a solid song overall

Playlist

•No Jams

•Party Party Yeah

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

•Strong Power, Thank You

:sparkles: •Oh Man, Holy Shit!

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xikers - Tsuki (Lunatic)

Tsuki = moon

Moon = luna

Luna = lunatic

🤯

Anyway LMAO, this is a fire song and mv from xikers and KQ as always :relieved:

Minjae’s bat hat is adorable, I love the little wings on it

The background for this entire mv is white, but I love it because the editing is so well done. All of the transitions and effects are just 🤌 :sparkles:

Omg Sumin :tired_face: every time he’s on screen I just smile. He’s a weird mix of goofy and charismatic and I’m just in love 🤷‍♀

The rapping is just perfect, the xikers rap line never fails to impress me

JUNMIN I’M GETTING SICK OF YOU 🤺🤺🤺

He has been absolutely ruining my life since We Don’t Stop, he just has this aura of a powerhouse all of a sudden and I’m scared 🧍‍♀

Like if you don’t watch their content outside of music, you wouldn’t guess it from this but he’s such a little cinnamon roll. Man was screaming every time a balloon popped in one of their recent TRICKY HOUSE episodes :sob: I love him for that though, the dichotomy is just insane recently

I love the spotlight effect they have during the pre-chorus, it’s just a cool idea I don’t think I’ve really seen done. At least like this

Hunter has also leveled up in the past two comebacks. He just has this sassy attitude lately and I’m living for it

Jinsik and Hyunwoo’s voices :sparkles: :tired_face: :sparkles:

The Yujun-Seeun-Junmin tag team right after Yechan’s rap was not alright :sob: especially with Junmin glaring into my soul at the end, I’m seriously about to fight him 🥊

‘We got more than you’ll ever know’ don’t rub it in, damn :skull:

NAH YUJUN F*CKING ATE ON THAT BRIDGE :clap: :clap: :clap:

Junmin as well, but Yujun was feeling himself there. The confidence was off the charts :chart_with_upwards_trend:

The dark background with the flickering lightning made it even better

Junmin needs to cut that whispering shit out though :hocho:

SUMIN STOP DANCING AT ME :hand: :triumph: AND GET YOUR FOOT OUT OF MY FACE :skull:

Hyunwoo and Jinsik’s heavenly vocals again :tired_face:

WHO TF DID THAT ‘ehe’ 🫵👁 :lips: 👁

I bet it was Hunter, he had a stupid smirk on his face 🤺 mf is giving me Hongjoong flashbacks

Loved this song, they absolutely killed it 🤷‍♀ It was also an amazing Japanese debut. I just don’t understand how they’re this perfect after only being debuted a little over a year

This not even having a million views is a crime :unamused:

The other two songs I didn’t care a whole lot for, at least compared to the majority of their discography. I’d give Are you serious? a 3/5 and Cool a 2/5

Playlist

•No Jams

•Party Party Yeah

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

•Strong Power, Thank You

:sparkles: •Oh Man, Holy Shit!

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xikers - WITCH

Y’all don’t understand the pure joy and excitement I felt when I realized they used the instrumentals from whereabouts in the last album as the beat for this album’s title track :tired_face:

I was DISTRAUGHT earlier this year when Trial And Error came out because I knew it’d be a fire ass song if they used it in an actual full track, AND I WAS RIGHT 🫵

This is one of my new top Halloween/fall anthems, it’s such a banger of a spooky song :triumph:

Omfg it’s such a fire beat, I can’t get over it :fire:

Junmin’s blond hair with the blue streaks is such a good style on him. The blond by itself is great, but the blue gives it a bit of umphf

And his distorted voice :tired_face:

Yechan’s rap HITS

‘I know your 위치(wichi) but I’m not a WITCH, 여기에(yeogiae) 미치지(michiji)’ the wordplay is so satisfying. Just knowing how to pronounce hangeul makes it so much more fun to listen and understand the lyrics sometimes

I’m sorry, I laughed when I first saw Hyunwoo’s hair. I like it but it caught me so off guard, I wasn’t expecting that shape in the bangs :sob:

HUNTER ATE THE CHORUS AND LEFT NOTHING :nail_care:

Like the little wave, HELLO!? Mf even threw in the TRICKY HOUSE spin ⚰ AND THE SMIRK RIGHT AFTER!? Actually fight me, 1v1 right now 🤺

‘Peek-a-boo, scared you’ ‘everyone’s a liar 🤞’ fire lines, this chorus goes so hard

Jinsik killed it as well, the expressions were great

I just know for a fact that Junghoon would’ve thrived on this concept. His facial expressions were top-tier from the get-go, I was getting demon line from him during their debut. He would be perfect for this darker spooky concept. I really cannot wait until he returns, I think I’ll actually cry :sob:

THE CHOREO :raised_hands: bbtrippin did it again :nail_care:

The part where they’re lined up and swaying back and forth with Junmin, Jinsik, and Yunjun leaning over their arms is amazing. And Junmin’s killer eyes make a reappearance :sob:

SUMIN :raised_hands: :tired_face: the ‘tippy tippy toes’ line gets me every time, and his little dance as well ⚰

Minjae’s verse was perfect, too. The way he raises the pitch in his voice at the end, along with the ‘haha’ and smile was 🤌 :sparkles:

Jinsik and Hyunwoo as a vocal duo never disappoints, I love when they’re put back-to-back

This isn’t shown in the mv, but in the choreo where Jinsik’s voice is distorted, he jumps up and is caught by the other so he’s sitting up in the air. It’s such a cool part, I love watching them dance

I’m being so for real, the part where their arms are crossed and they do the head isolations with Junmin in the center kills me ⚰⚰⚰ he makes it attractive for literally no reason, I’m so tired of him :skull:

The bridge being a tag team of the rappers is everything :tired_face:

Again with the choreo, the weird arm Illusion with Hunter blew my mind

THE BEAT CHANGE THOUGH!? That shit broke my brain the first time, my jaw dropped. I’m obsessed with that part, it’s such a good outro

Another 10/10 title track from xikers. I’ll never stopped being amazed by them. I’m just so in love with this group

Playlist

•No Jams

•Party Party Yeah

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

•Strong Power, Thank You

:sparkles: •Oh Man, Holy Shit!

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xikers - Bittersweet

This song getting a music video saved it for me. I liked it before, but something about the mv just made me absolutely love it for some reason 🤷‍♀

I just need to get this out of the way first before I start going off about the and the song, the editing and effects of this video are WILD. KQ went so hard on this for just a b-side, but honestly it deserves it

Now… THE CHOREO OFF THE BAT!? Yechan rolling down Junmin’s back and landing in a pose was epic as hell

The loud drums and electric guitar are everything for this song, it has such a strong rock presence in a way I really enjoy

This song is definitely the XIKEY/Koong/Red Sun of this album and I’m not disappointed at all, it’s so good now that I’ve come around to it

Junmin’s of course destroying my life again 🧍‍♀

Jinsik’s outfit!?!? I actually love all their outfits here, but Jinsik’s arms :eyes: also love the way his hair is styled when it hangs over his eyes

SUMIN’S RAP ⚰⚰⚰ ‘we have no mercy :satisfied: :no_mouth: ‍🌫 :satisfied: ’ that face blurring effect was so cool. And the little devil horns in his hair 🥺

He’s just such a joy to watch

Jinsik was giving his all in this song, the way he came onto the chorus with the vocal fry in his voice was 🤌 :sparkles:

Also that ‘haaa’ was BEAUTIFUL :tired_face: and the fact that it was paired with the image of Jinsik and these burning wings was the cherry on top

Nah, Hunter is GIVING and I’m here for it

I’m realizing how much of a problem Yujun’s been as well. Him, Hunter, Jinsik, and Junmin were fierce this album :nail_care:

I mean they all were, but they just keep sticking out to me this time around

Seeun don’t start with this whispering shit :triumph: I’m already on my last nerve

Hyunwoo’s voice :sparkles: :tired_face: :sparkles:

Jinsik and Hunter really made that chorus theirs

OKAY MINJAE DAMN, WHERE’D THAT ENERGY COME FROM :hand: that was such a fire verse though

The ending is reminding me of ROCKSTAR, which I can definitely see Bittersweet being the upgraded version of, at least personally

I’m so glad my brain decided to like this. Something about seeing them perform it in a music video just made it click for me

This and WITCH were great, as you could tell I loved them, but album as a whole was not my favorite of theirs. Sandcastle is probably my third favorite. It’s kind of the Sunny Side/Run/Break A Leg of this album so it has a more laidback, fun vibe to it. I’ll give it 4/5, which is still really good

The other two though… I felt kinda meh about. They’re not bad at all, but like with Are you serious? and Cool, compared to their other songs I wasn’t feeling them as much. I’ll give both Hang Around and BACK OFF a 3/5

Playlist

•No Jams

•Party Party Yeah

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

•Strong Power, Thank You

:sparkles: •Oh Man, Holy Shit!

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P1Harmony - SAD SONG

I actually wasn’t planning to talk about this one, but I re-listened to it just in case and I suddenly realized how much I like it. My brain is so weird, sometimes I’m instantly obsessed with something and other times it takes me a whole month to get really into it :sob:

The latin-type beat in this song is so good. I love all the recent comebacks from groups with this vibe in them

Soul making the ‘brrr’ sound is so cute :sob:

Not Jiung getting slapped with a banana peel :skull:

Okay, ignore me if this doesn’t make any sense to you but I can’t get the thought out of my head. This sounds like the theme song to Power Rangers Mystic Force 🤷‍♀ I can’t put my finger on why, but it was literally the first thought I had when I first listened to this song and I keep thinking about it

It’s a good thing though because the Mystic Force theme song is one of my favorite Power Ranger theme songs LOL

I make the most random connections sometimes, I don’t know how y’all tolerate me :skull:

Anyway, Jiung’s voice sounded amazing, I didn’t realize how well he could sing. I usually think of him as a rapper. Man can do both :nail_care:

Intak’s rap :fire: :fire: :fire:

Keeho’s voice is angelic as always :tired_face: that pre-chorus is so pretty, it contrasts really well with the upbeat chorus

Speaking of, the choreo for the chorus is so funny, specifically the part where they have their hands out like they’re gripping onto handles or something and they move their shoulders back LMAO

Dude Jongseob is just an incredible rapper, I don’t even know what I could say to praise him at this point 🤷‍♀

Keeho’s voice :sparkles: :tired_face: :sparkles:

SOUL SINGING!? STFU I NEED SILENCE :hand: , MY BABY IS SINGING 🗣

His voice sounds so pretty 🤧 I’m so happy and excited for him, I’m glad he’s feeling more confident even if it’s just a couple lines at a time

Holy shit, Theo’s voice plus the red hair ⚰ I can’t handle him no more since Killin’ It. Him and Keeho together as my two wreckers just ruins me

The chorus is so fun :dancer:

THEO ON THE BRIDGE!? 🤺

THE F*CKING RAIN AT THE END!?!? I AM TIRED

I’m so glad this is the last mv I’m writing about for this post, I can’t handle anything else :skull:

Also listened to Late Night Calls and I’m giving it a 4/5. It was honestly really close to a 5/5 but it’s just not quite there, couldn’t really tell you why

Playlist

•No Jams

•Party Party Yeah

•Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

•Strong Power, Thank You

:sparkles: •Oh Man, Holy Shit!

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Extras:

WEi - LOVE2YOU

Party Party Yeah

It’s a cute summer song and the music video was bright and fun

Taemin - Sexy In The Air

Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

I am not hearing the ‘y’ in sexy and it’s making that line a whole lot more 👁👁 also the water is disrespectful. He looks so damn fine

Taemin - Horizon

Party Party Yeah

Absolute fire set, the orange lighting also fits the ‘horizon’ thing lol. The dancing is phenomenal as well

Hwasa - NA

Strong Power, Thank You

MY QUEEN HAS RETURNED :crown: :bow: ‍♀ everything is just amazing: the outfits, the vocals, the rapping, and ESPECIALLY the choreo :eyes: LOL

It’s giving PSY, but that’s probably because she’s under P-Nation. It’s still really her style as well, it’s mostly just the chorus that’s making me think that

Oh, and Kirsten choreographed this which I was really hyped about

Chanyeol - Black Out

Strong Power, Thank You

His voice is so underrated. I still believe SM did him dirty by making him only rap in EXO. Like his voice maybe isn’t as ‘flashy’ as Baekhyun or Chen, but honestly his tone is my favorite personally

Chanyeol - Back Again

No Jams

I was not feeling this one. His rapping was nice, I just did not vibe with the beat or the background vocals

Just to get through this quicker, for the rest of his album I gave I’m on your side too, Clover, and Hasta La Vista a 3/5 and Ease Up a 2/5

Baekhyun - Pineapple Slice

Strong Power, Thank You

Speaking of Baekhyun, this song was 🤏 close to being a 5/5 but the chorus didn’t hit as hard as I hoped it would :sob: I still love it, but I don’t know. Maybe in the future I’ll move it up. Also not Baekhyun literally making that girl levitate, like same :nail_care:

Also just gotta say he looked FINE in this music video. I swear he’s one step away from becoming my third EXO wrecker (the others are Xiumin and Lay)

As for the rest of the album I gave Cold Heart, Truth Be Told, Woo, and Rendez-Vous a 3/5 and Good Morning a 2/5

Key - Pleasure Shop

Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

I might move this up, I’m not sure yet. I haven’t really listened to it a whole lot. But it’s a really nice song. He killed the choreo and the black outfit at the end with no shirt was :tired_face: 🪭

TIOT - The Long Season

Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

This is a super cute song, really sad this doesn’t even have 100k views yet

XG - IYKYK

Strong Power, Thank You

Everything in this song was perfect for me except the chorus, I was not into it

Han - Human

Strong Power, Thank You

I adore this man with every fiber of my being. Like I’m so serious he’s basically my ult ult right there with Namjoon at this point, I can’t deny it anymore. I want them to make another SKZ-REPLAY album with his songs since VOLCANO SO BADLY. I need all of them on Spotify PLEASE

Stray Kids - NIGHT

Lovely, Lovely, Lovely

This definitely sounds like an OST for an anime made by Stray Kids lol. I really like the buildup to the chorus

Stray Kids - Falling Up

Strong Power, Thank You

The pre-chorus is so beautiful, I love the rhythm of it. The vocals in this one were hitting. Also HAN’S HIGH NOTE!? AHHHHHHH HE’S SO F*CKING COOL. I literally almost cried listening to that high note, that’s how hard it hit me. Man went up THREE OCTAVES

Xdinary Heroes - iNSTEAD! (Feat. YB Yoon Do Hyun)

Strong Power, Thank You

:open_mouth: 🫢 I’m in awe. The outfits, the hair, the rock metal, the vocals, the power screaming, just everything. Jooyeon’s hair in particular is wild but I love it for him

Xdinary Heroes - Night before the end

Strong Power, Thank You

The vocals in this sound just beautiful. It’s such a good power ballad. I love the set where they’re playing their instruments with all the fire around them

I haven’t listened to the rest of the album yet, so I’ll talk about those songs next time