imgnrytrvllr K-pop listening party

A thread to keep a record of my k-pop discoveries and relistening thoughts

Any album/discography recommendations are welcome

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Discography listening progress (notes)

Relistening in progress: Exo, NCT Dream, Yukika, SF9

New in progress: WJSN, Brave Girls, GOT7, IU

Queue (New): Seventeen, Monsta X, Mamamoo, Younha, BtoB, DPR

Queue (To Relisten To): Iz*One, Billlie, Ateez

GOT7 - "GOT7" (2022)

1. Truth - I like it a lot, catchy song for beginning of the album

2. Drive Me To The Moon - sounds fun, I like the vibe a lot!

3. Nanana - LOVE

4. Two - it's hard for me to focus on that song when it's next to Nanana lol But it's actually pretty good

5. Don't Care About Me - it's ok, but doesn't resonate with me too much

6. Don't Leave Me Alone - yes, I like it

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ooh I have been listening to several discographies over the last month or so. I should have made a thread.

great! I would love to check your thread (but don't feel pressured ofc)

Kep1er - "First Impact" (2022)

I've listened to this album so many times and I've skipped tracks 4-6 too much, so I'm relistening again.

1. See The Light -

2. Wa Da Da -

3. MVSK -

4. Shine - fun to listen to and actually now I don't understand why I was skipping it so much. MVSK suits my playlists better I think, but it's still good.

5. Another Dream - I always have hard times with ballads, not really my style. For the right mood, it's cute and dreamy.

6. O.O.O - wow, such a different mood from intro to first verse and chorus. That song surprises me the most. Feels a little bit too messy for me.

I'm excited for their comeback soon

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Try listening to Billlie The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter One!

thanks for the recommendation! I've already listened to the whole Billlie discography, but probably need to relisten to them again soon

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Try listening to the Noeasy album (if you want to that is, no pressure)!

I know all SKZ discography very well they are one of my favorite groups and Noeasy album is amazing!

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Taste! Also, Silent Cry>>>>>>>>>>

yeah, it's such a great song truly also I was for a long time obsessed with Sorry, I Love You, it's sooo good

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That one needed time to grow on me (as well as Gone Away), but they're both good now that they grew on me. The View and Silent Cry I loved instantly with no regrets.

ah so true, that's why I'm relistening albums a lot because most of the songs start to grow on me after about 3 listenings. Sorry, I Love You was instant love for me, but Silent Cry was a gradual love in my case, so completely the opposite

Yukika - all discography

Yukika is one of my favourite solo artists. I adore her beautiful and soft vocals, but what makes her music special is a fact that her songs are city pop inspired. City pop was a music genre in Japan in the 1970 and 1980s. Yukika as Japanese was listening to that genre when growing up and now she revives that style in her modern k-pop albums.

Yukika - Soul Lady (2020)

As a jazz lover I'm very biased. Since I'm also learning Japanese and city pop is an inspiration for my studies, this music is just a perfect match for me. There's no song I don't like really! I like also how all interludes create a nostalgic vibe for the whole album. It's simply perfect

Let me just pick a few favorites then: pit-a-pet, Cherries Jubiles, Shade, NEON

timeabout and the rest of the singles - TBA

Yukika - timeabout, (2021)

What a beautiful album! Every song here is like a treasure to discover and celebrate in special moments. I adore disco vibes and a late-night city atmosphere. Yukika creates her own little space with this flowing retro-inspired music. There's no skip song really. Especially worth listening to is the title track "Insomnia". My B-side recommendation is "TIME TRAVEL"

Yukika - singles (2020 - 2022)

I've listened to all singles and featuring songs I could find on Spotify, and there are quite a few tracks to listen to. Since Yukika is quite consistent in her music style, I think I'll just highlight some of my favorite songs as a recommendation. Btw in April Yukika shared on her instagram, that she recently got married, which is truly lovely, I wish her all the best She also added in the same post, that she will try to make her fans listen to good music with the next album - which I'm looking forward to of course!

My favorite singles: Orange Road, What're You Doing Tonight?, Tokyo Lights, Scent