haitangkitty: (sakura selfie)


I was at a music festival this Saturday and had lot of fun. Artists i saw: yullola, murrettumeri, pearly drops, grande mahogany, lust for youth and erika de casier<3 i'm super sad that i missed seda bodega because i felt really ill and had to left early. I've been having weird health issues again...

New releases:

- PinkPantheress new mixtape: love it! It's more upbeat than her previous music but i like it as much. Unfortunately the whole thing is only 20mins... fave song: illegal 
- Erika de Casier new suprise album: really like it! She performed some new songs at the concert too!
- Lately into: kero kero bonito, halcali, serani poji, poison girlfriend, dream dolphin
- New ggs: i started to like kiiikiii, checked rescene and say my name
 
Today's releases:
 
- TripleS new album: <ASSEMBLE25> 
I really liked the whole album. The title track "Are you alive" is really good. I'm only a casual listener but want to get into them more.

- MEOVV debut album: "EYES OPEN VVIDE"
This album only had 2 unreleased tracks. I liked them both and was suprised to find out the members(Gawon and Narin) were in the writing credits. I really like this album. I already did one gym session listening to it. The vibe is so cool and fresh, it's a lifestyle.

Next month lot of comebacks. Looking most forward to Seulrene and Enhypen(amazing concept cinema! Vampires and desire...)

Also f5ve makes me really wanna get into jpop. Back in my middle school weeb era i actually only listened to Ai Otsuka and Ayumi Hamasaki. I've been listening to AKB48 again(i think upcoming summer inspires me). Also been listening to E-girls and Happiness.

haitangkitty: (pinkpanheress)
New music releases today i'm excited about!


Enhypen
released a new English single! It's groovy and flirtatious, i love the high notes!

I also watched EN-DRAMA, a literal y/n high school drama. It's so silly but i liked it. Enhypen is really the y/n group. I'm used to groups having more m/m fanfiction but Enhypen seems to be very girlfriend ship fandom, i'm not against that it's just different.

I've been getting into their vampire lore. The concept videos for the albums are so beautiful. I was excited to hear they have multiple manwhas, i'm gonna check them out.

I've been reading this vampire jazz bar 50's fic where all the members want Sunoo lmao but it's well written! I love the concept because it reminds me of the tv series Interview with the Vampire, which i absolutely love.
Next i really wanna read a jakehoon vampire fic i just have to find the right one.
Some day i'm gonna write my own fics for the fandom but first i want to finish my hyunlix fic.
I also yesterday wrote a Jinx(manwha) fic! The title is from 2hollis who i recently discovered and i'm obsessed(he's a vampire to me too because he looks like young Lestat). He also he released a new album "star" today.

And now my babygirl, my pookie: PinkPantheress<3


Another artist who hasn't released a single bad song. i love this. the mv has really bridgeton vibes. i found her during covid on tiktok and i have to say even though her songs have gone viral multiple times she is still kinda underrated. she's also a kpop stan and has a really nice vibe.


I'm going to a j-core/hyperpop club tonight! I'm excited because i haven't been gone clubbing in a while.

haitangkitty: (charli)



This month especially listened to a lot of different artists. I feel so much more inspired.
alt-pop, electropop, hyperpop, shoegaze, ambient, experimental...
  • Namasenda - Unlimited Ammo
  • Hannah Diamond - Perfect Picture, Reflections
  • Yeule - softscars, Glitchprincess + new singles (refound them when they did soundtrack for “I Saw the TV Glow”, absolutely love their music, theyre dropping a new album next month, cyber horror landscape right up my alley, lyrics really do resonate with me)
  • Ichiko Aoba - Luminecent creatures (nighttime album! i cant belive im seeing her live)
  • Marie Davidson - City of Clowns
  • Blurred City Lights - Utopia, Dystopia, tenshi no inai machide
  • Seda Bodega - Romeo, Dennis
  • Erika de Casier - Essentials, Still (i love it, i also found out she composed and wrote Super Shy!!)
  • Pearly Drops - Call for Help
  • Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (&sad women)
  • Lust for youth - All Worlds
  • Machine Girl - Wlfgrl (why did i only now found it im obsessed)
  • Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love
  • Japanese ambient: Hiroshi Yoshimura, Susumu Yokota (nighttime albums as well)
  • Eartheater ft. Shygirl - Dolphin, Shark Brain
  • Jackson Wang - GBAD
Lot on repeat: Gaga’s Mayhem, David Bowie, txt and enhypen discographies, hot by le sserafim, britpop and new oklou

new skz mixtape: i was suprised that there was a new release so sudden… there wasnt enough hype to build around the songs, i gotta say escape and cinema were the only ones i liked, but i do hope that hop solos stay in the europe tour bc i like all of those solos… but escape mv will live with me for a long time it was so homoerotic i obviously loved it

honestly i feel so much like myself now that i listen to more than just pop music, its been a way to distract me, someone said online that when theyre having a breakdown they dont listen to sad music but some horrible hit song over and over again and thats basically me the last 10 years (okay i do genuinely enjoy pop music but i gotta say nct127 got me through covid thats one of the reasons i cant listen to them anymore that much...reminds of my long covid mental breakdown walks when i used to replay the same songs)
Talking about nct127 i listened to Ten’s new album “Stunner”. He was my nct127 bias i remember i used to listen to his first single “Dream in a dream”. i love the new album! very fresh!
Also talking about covid i finally watched the Charli XCX covid era documentary “Charli XCX: Alone Together”. Found her during Vroom Vroom from tumblr gays around 2016. Throwback to covid times, still think about it even though it was 5 years ago because it changed my life permanently for the worse (i became a neet). The doc follows her creative process how she makes an album in 5 weeks. I'm also working on a few creative projects right now so it's inspiring.

I missed TXT Europe tour bc im too broke :( but i watched the Berlin concert live on tiktok lmao it was fun. Beomguy’s solo “Panic” is very beautiful. I'm thinking about buying a ticket for SMTOWN London i have enough time to save money! Would probably be my only chance seeing Red Velvet(partly) and WayV live!

Probably my favorite playlist atm somehow encapsulates my music taste rn (hyperop-kpop-j-core-experimental):



haitangkitty: (brat)

Lexiu Liu dropped a new banger! A very self-aware pop girl anthem. I looove the MV!
Fame and insecurities in the digital age, i need to find more songs like this.

haitangkitty: (sakii)

Le sserafim - HOT

Lot of great new pop releases lately! They're saying recession pop is back. When the times get worse the music gets better?
These are the albums I've listened this week(not in a particular order):

Seulgi - Accidentally on Purpose
The visuals are great although it's not a dark concept like her first album "28 reasons", which is one of my favorite albums ever. Unfortunately I had higher hopes for "Baby not Baby". The rest of the album is classical Red Velvet style rnb which I of course love. Favorite song: Whatever

Le sserafim - HOT
Loved this album! It's both groovy and emotional. Completely new vibe but their core message about inner strenght is the same.
Ash is a masterpiece, it made me cry. All the songs stand out strongly on their own. It's crazy how they're about the same things I've been writing about: transformation, self-destruction, loving something so much it burns, desire that is destructive, rebirth. Album really resonated with me and I feel like it was made for me.

Jennie - Ruby
It girl music truly. A very confident, cool, and coherent album. "Like Jennie" and "ExtraL" are on constant repeat. I understand why it's popular but I feel like i'm not the target audience.

Lisa - Alter Ego
I really liked the pre-releases New Woman ft. Rosalia and Born Again ft. Raye and Doja Cat. The album does match Lisa's vibe really well: energetic, international, confident, sexy. I was excited for the Megan thee Stallion collab("Rapunzel") but i just couldn't get into a song about flexing how much money they have. And the album has that sort of vibe overall. It's unfortunate because I was excited for this album.

Rebecca Black - Salvation
She is already an internet legend for "Friday". Niche group of gays have been telling she makes great music and that she's a great DJ. So I decided to check her new album and really liked it. It's a very citrusy album. I've been into hyperpop lately so it's a perfect album for me. "Sugar Water Cyanide" is a bop!

Olly Alexander - Polari
I've listened to the band he was part of(Years&Years) before. His performance in the series "It's A Sin" was amazing, so I got intrested in his solo career. The title "Polari" refers to a secret gay slang that was used in the UK. The album is really groovy, it has that 80's vibe, which I love!

Lady Gaga - Mayhem
I can't believe the old Gaga is back. Although I really liked Art Pop and Chromatica but they're unfortunately underrated. I'm not a super fan but I've always liked her music. Abracadabra is so catchy it's one of the best pop songs i've heard in a while. This album lives up to the hype. It's simply a great pop album. Killah might be my favorite it reminds me of a David Bowie song


Singles (i love both of these artists very much:)
f5ve - Magic Clock (perfect spring song! their album drops 5.5.25 and i pre-ordered the vinyl and some merch<3)
The Deep - Make Up (super cute gyaru themed MV!)
haitangkitty: (heeseung xo)




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!)

XO

Feb. 14th, 2025 02:39 pm
haitangkitty: (heeseung closeup)
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

 My plan for today is to check out the new Japanese GL Call Me By No Name on Gagaoolala. Maybe I'll watch a freaky film too we'll see. There's also a new South-Korean GL called Friendly Rivalry that's going viral now, I will check it later. I'm so slow to watch tv series nowadays. I still haven't finished the Heart Killers, which ended recently.

I have no date for Valentine's but gladly I have kpop :D Stray Kids are doing a fanmeeting and they're performing each other's solos. I'm excited to see who covered who. Also Hyunjin has a pink buzzcut now like I manifested<3

This past week I have few covers I came across that I've been thinking about all the time:

I'm not even a fan of the Weekend but I've been replaying this song every day the past week. Heeseung's performance is amazing.

XG solo performances on their tour in Japan are going viral on tiktok, especially Jurin's sexy solo of Gwen Stefani's Luxurious. I unfortunately missed their tour in Europe because I was saving money. I think they performed a Destiny's Child cover here. I really feel like this year XG is going to be really big. Coachella is gonna bring more fans. They are incredibly talented and have a very unique style that I love.

Some new pop songs i've liked:
  • Abracadabra by Lady Gaga (old Gaga is back, i love it!)
  • High Fashion by Addison Rae
  • Born Again by Lisa, Doja Cat & Raye
  • DISCO by Nessa Barrett & Tommy Genesis
  • last night i dreamt i fell in love by Alok&Kylie Minogue



haitangkitty: (heeseung)

Favorite new album of the month: Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay


Inspired by last year's Spotify wrapped I've decided to find more new music to listen to. I posted earlier this month about some of the new music I've been into lately.

  • This month I've listened to a lot of Charli-adjacent music (brat is still on repeat every week): Magdalena Bay, Japanese House, Caroline Polacheck, A.G cook.
  • Thanks to tiktok I found Lexie Liu!
  • Rap: Tyler the creator, Megan thee stallion, and Doechii new albums. All really good
  • New genres: Detroit House and Korean RnB
  • I finally got Irene’s debut album i ordered few months ago. The visuals are one of the best I’ve seen(like with Red Velvet always). It’s a comfort album about growth and personal discovery and self-love. I’m very much aligned with the album. I’ve been also listening more to Red Velvet again and remembered why they’re my number one girl group forever. I’m excited for Red Velvet 10th anniversary concert film next month and also for Seulgi’s 2nd solo album!
  • I also listened to Ethel Cain's and FKA twigs' new albums and reviewed them


I really liked No Doubt MV! I feel like I've seen more office themed mvs lately(Eusexua and Viola) but I really like it and actually office romance is one of my favorite genres :D
  • I really got into ENHYPEN this month.Although I absolutely cannot afford to have other groups to stan so I try to stay a casual fan. But I ended up watching their survival show I-land (i will post about it later). I really like the romantic vampire concept and the members seem really sweet.
  • I also recently found(ahem tiktok) new j-pop group &team which is also under HYBE and many of the contestants were in i-land.
  • Honorable new song mentions:
  • Kim Wan-Sun & Seulgi - Lucky
  • Min Jiwoon - Sentimental Love
  • IVE - Rebel Hearts
Another MV I really liked:

It's a simple MV but I really love the found footage + online aesthetics. A.G. Cook produced this song! I played UFO a lot during last October when it dropped. I watched a lot of horror films and so the song reminds me of those and that's why I feel like the horror theme of the remix mv is perfect. I've been obsessed with f5ve since last summer when Underground dropped. I feel like I'm their perfect target audience because I like kpop,jpop and hyperpop (+ I'm gay and chronically online like their very active social media manager on twitter who divides opinions). I really look forward to them releasing an album and hopefully touring in Europe.

haitangkitty: (hyunjin headphones)


So I finished few times of listening to FKA twigs' 3rd studio album "Eusexua"  inspired by the Prague rave scene.

“Eusexua is a state of being. A feeling of momentary transcendence often evoked by art, music, sex, and unity. Eusexua can be followed by a state of bliss and feelings of limitless possibility”

FKA twigs has teased her new album since last autumn and pre-released the title song "Eusexua", "Perfect Stranger", and "Drums of Death".

All the songs on the album have their distinctive own vibe. FKA twig's style hasn't completely changed. Her voice is so beautiful and trancendental. My favorite song is probably "Drums of Death". "Girl Feels Good" reminds me of Madonna's Ray of Light, but the lyrics weren't to my taste."Childlike Things" is a fun song although I was first hesitant by the fact that the Kardashian daughter North West was featured in the song. 

But unfortunately the album was not as experimental as I thought. It actually is the most easily listenable album of hers I think. It was not as techno inspired as was marketed. I have to say I was a little dissapointed. I was promised raves, dark rooms, freedom, euphoria, - and that's what the visuals and lyrics were about but the feeling didn't quite reach me. I wonder if it's because I'm too desensitized and can't feel myself be as open and vulnerable as she is in her lyrics. There is kinkiness like in "24hr dog" but it's so sensual it isn't really my style. Or maybe it's because I'm not a bottom. Maybe I just haven't reached Eusexua? I don't know.

I don't mean that I don't like it - I do, but it didn't live up to my high expectations. I will definetely come back to this album.
haitangkitty: (Default)


I listened this during night laying on my bed with headphones on. Just focusing on listening. It was a full ride.
It was uneasy and scary all through. This album had the vibes of "Ptolemaea" from her previous album. Deeper into darkness.
Most importantly this album made me FEEL. It got me inspired to work on my hurt/comfort fics, the tense and release of horror is present in this album.

It's not as easily digestable as her previous album Preacher's Daughter, the songs are longer, and it's impossible to make these songs to a tiktok viral. It's not background music. The listening experience was similar to when I listened to Pink Floyd's long songs, instrumentals and got transported into another world.

I will definetely listen to this album again when writing and look more into the lyrics.

New Music

Jan. 11th, 2025 04:07 pm
haitangkitty: (Default)
Few new songs dropped yesterday I was waiting for and neither of them dissapointed me:


This song is such a bop! It has been on repeat. I really like it i just wished there would have been a music video. I've been getting more into ENHYPEN and their romantic vampire concept and I feel like even though this is a feature the song fits them well.

 
A very calm and comforting existential song. I really liked it. Yunjin is so talented and I'm happy we are able to see her own personal creativity as well.

Le sserafim's CRAZY is still trending! I lived in a kpop bubble i hadn't realized it had gone viral outside kpop fans as well. My brother found out about the song because it was going viral with some gamer boys :D He also got into Bigbang because he really liked Squid Game S2 (I still haven't watched it, first season was stressful enought). I've been watching the K-drama Mr. Plankton and I've really enjoyed it so far. I will post a review when I've finished it.

haitangkitty: (irene)
Hi! Happy New Year everyone! Sorry for answering some messages late.
Thank you for the anonymous who bought me a paid account! I'm really suprised and grateful!

I have some films and series I plan to watch this month but so far I've just listened to music.

Here's some music I've been vibing with lately(mostly chill vibes):
Wave to Earth (thank you Hyunjin for introducing me to them I love them)
Lamp (similar vibes to wte i love it)
Ichiko Aoba (etheral! calms me down when i'm panicking)
Jaehyun (his solo album is so good)
Baekhyun (i got nostalgic for Candy era which got me into his new releases, he also recently had a fun live where he was vibing to kpop songs and I remembered why he was my bias on EXO... looking forward to their comeback later this year)
ENHYPEN (i knew everyone is crazy over their visuals but their music is actually good)
DPR Ian (idk why i only now got into his music he's really good)
FKA twigs (revisiting her albums since her new album is dropping soon)
SZA (her new album on constant loop)

For emotional nights my old faves Beach House, Cigarettes after Sex, and Lana Del Rey.

New favorite party album: Electric Pink by The Deep

I bought Jungkook's Golden LP and I think I'm slowly getting back into collecting my favorite albums on LP. For now I will thrift some cheaper pop and rock classics.

I'm going to a techno party this week. I've always liked techno but haven't gotten fully into it because techno elitists/the scene kinda scares me. But I love the music and that's all that should matter.

I also listen to Stray Kids and Le sserafim daily and escpecially during gym.

My obsession with Stray Kids is really insane and I've spent already so much money although I've stanned them for 2-3months. This has never happened with any other kpop group. I've always been more of a casual listener. My bias is Hyunjin but I really love all the members and this has never been the case with any boy group I've liked. They really give me joy and energy daily. I feel like I found them at the right time in my life.



coolest and sweetest guy ever <3 inspires me to pick up dancing and painting again


haitangkitty: (saki)

My two different personalities


Spotify wrapped is here! In total I listened music to 40k minutes this year.

My top artists were:
1. NewJeans (suprise!)
2. Charli XCX (I thought she was gonna be number 1)
3. LE SSERAFIM ( i knew they were gonna be in  my top5, my new favorite group)
4. PinkPantheress (also a suprise! i think the features in Le sserafim's Crazy and Troye Sivan's Rush might explain because I listened to them a lot)
5. Unloved (big suprise, this is basically one album from the Killing Eve soundstrack and has been on my top artist list for years)

I was also 0,5% most active listener of NewJeans! I was suprised. I love them but I had no idea I had listened to them so much. I feel like both NewJeans and PinkPantheress make a type of chill music that is just very pleasing to my ears and i can replay their songs thousands of times without getting bored. Supernatural might be my favorite song of the year. Now that it's confirmed that NewJeans leaves HYBE, I hope they find safety and success in a new better company.

Around last spring I started listening music much more and I have said it here before but during summer I got into kpop again in a way I've never been into. I also found jpop(Morning Musume was my number 1 on soundcloud wrapped). One part of me wishes I had listened more other genres than kpop. Indie and dreampop used to be my most listened genres, but I feel like I've needed pop music these past months when I've been feeling down(although Slowdive and Cocteau Twins did make to my most listened songs list). Even though "brat" has been a viral tiktok album and the album of the year, I've been a listener of Charli since Vroom Vroom. I've changed a lot these past months and I feel like "brat" truly captures the energy I've had going on. I'm getting older but I'm more than ever excited about clubbing and concerts. I also went to my very first techno raves this year.

Most of my favorite kpop songs were by girl groups. I really got into IVE, LE SSERAFIM and XG this year. Only these past months I've been listening to my old SHINee, EXO, and NCT127 favorites. I also got into Stray Kids and I'm obsessing over them to the point that I bought a ticket to their concert! They make the perfect music for gym which I started recently.  I'm also seeing Taemin and Charli XCX next year, which I'm really excited about.

There are a lot of popular new boy groups but I haven't had that much interest in them. Zerobaseone is the only I've listened to and I do like their music and the group seems super funny(and gay). From new girl groups I'm most excited about MEOVV although they only have 3 songs out they're super talented and beautiful. I feel like I see in them what lot of people see in Blackpink and Babymonster (an it girl/girl crush concept), except in their case I actually like their music.

All in all, music has been very important to me this year. I found a lot of new artists this year. For the first time in my life I've also allowed myself to be a full on fangirl and less shameful about my kpop interest. I watched both MAMA and MMA and I will be watching the Christmas concert SBS Gayo Daejeon.

Anyway, I'm excited for Twice's comeback tomorrow and Stray Kids comeback next week!

haitangkitty: (karina)
Last Friday there were two new singles from new global girl groups who both sing in English but have been training under Kpop companies.  I've been obsessed with these bands lately lately:


1. Something Ain't Right by XG




I'm competely obsessed with their out of this world looks (they literally play aliens in the MV) that look unique and fresh. XG has previously made rap and R&B songs but this time they tried a new genre: house music. I love it! They actually might be my favorite group at the moment. The girls are insanely talented and I recommend every song of theirs.


2. Touch by KATSEYE



I was following the Dream Academy competition when it was going on and voting every time possible and they ended up forming this 6-member global girl group. Two of my faves Lara and Manon made it into the group. They are airing a documentary on the process and it's coming up on August 21 on Netflix. "Touch" is their second single after "Debut" and it's a very addicting song! I was happy to see it going viral on tiktok. They girls deserve it! Unfortunately there's also been a lot of stupid hate campaigns and some peple are saying they won't be popular because the koreaboos won't care about them but i'm not so worried about it. Talent shines through and every KATSEYE member has it! I watched their Kcon performances and they have insane stage presence and syncronization. I'm happy to follow this group from the very beginning!

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