



Favorite albums this month: Voice Actor,Squu - Lust1, Oklou - choke enough, Hyukoh, Sunset Boulevard - AAA, Eartheater - Powders
By new music I don't only mean new releases but exploring artists new to me. I've been looking into what's popular with the gays on xhs and going through playlists on Spotify. I really like all genres but I guess I've been more into experimental pop lately.
Some new artist I've mostly listened this month: Hyukoh, Sunset boulevard, the Marias, Eartheater, Seda Bodega, Oklou, Voice Actor, Nala Sinephro
I started doing the 20 albums that have influenced me challenge on Bluesky. I've been going through my old favorites. I've been listening lot of dreampop and shoegaze again. I realized that I can't listen to Tame Impala or the Arctic Monkeys anymore, they remind me too much of my teenage angst.
This month's theme for me is nostalgia.
I've been thinking and writing a lot about my teenage years. Lot of those albums have been very inspirational and emotional experiences. I had a more diverse music taste back then. What have I listened to in my 20's? Pop mostly, and Lana Del Rey and Mitski... I do love their music but I have listened to the same songs a thousand times. Listening to A.G.Cook has really scratched my brain in the right way so I 've been listening to artists from his label PC Music.
These past few months I've gotten into the habit of listening to Wave to Earth before going to sleep. I've listened to their discography so many times I thought I need to find new music so I don't get bored of them. They are also touring in Europe in few months and I'd love to go but I'm not sure If I can afford it, the tickets are cheap but flight tickets are nowadays so expensive.
Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre were also on my top 20 albums, so I searched for more ambient/cinematic/synth/classical electro artists. I have a new playlist perfect for sleeping and writing my scifi story.
Kpop: I said I won't tune in with any new groups since there are members born in 2010 and I can't process that. But ofc I had to check out their debut songs:
KiiiKiii: marketing/visuals/graphic design right up my alley, they do stand out, but their two released songs didn’t live up to the hype of the visuals
hearts2hearts: i found out FLO produced their debut song “The Chase”, so i had to check it out, it wasn't the strongest debut song but i did like it. SM girl groups are elite so i'm sure i will end up listening to them when they drop more music.
I doubt I will become a fan of either one but it’s exciting to check out new concepts. MEOVV is the only new 5th gen girl group I’m invested in.
I liked Jennie's collab song with Doechii, they unexceptedly matched each other really well on their song "ExtraL".
My kpop prediction for 2025 came true:
Tyla is collabing with a kpop artist: Lisa! (Megan thee Stallion also!). My 13yo cousin is a big BP fan so it's fun to watch her being excited about their success.
But my most listened artists this month were actually TXT and &team, i feel like the same with Enhypen and Newjeans their songs are really chill and replayable. Hybe knows what they're doing.
I'm seeing Taemin live next week! I'm super excited especially because I got a VIP ticket! I'm going there alone but the day before I'm meeting with some shawols for kbbq so I'm excited to get to know other fans as well :) I remember seeing Taemin's Drip Drop MV when it dropped in... 2016(that was 9 years ago and not 5 years ago?) and being super impressed by him. I obviously had listened to SHINee before but I wasn't a fan like I was with EXO. I actually started dance lessons again because i really got into Taemin and SHINee (but then dance classes were cancelled bc of covid ;_; but i recently started again!)