Music Month in Review (Discussion Post): November 2021

[adenar.livejournal.com]

Hello omona! In a few discussions recently, a couple of users (I remember dior_chic especially) have suggested we start to do roundup posts for releases through the year. I thought that a 2-weeks-later post for every comeback might be too much, so this is my pitch for something similar; a month-in-review post, perhaps posted two weeks into the next month, for users to discuss and review the previous months' releases, see if opinions have changed, and even find see if there's anything they missed.

~BRIEF FOREWORD AND EXPLANATIONS~

- I've left out overseas releases just for now because I didn't want to melt my brain
- i put together the spreadsheet because i knew that if i put all that information in a post i would go over the character limit by like, 200%. I think it's a good compromise between 'having links to music in the post' and 'not being able to post due to character limit'
- i put the header together on befunky.com ok please don't drag me, this is half a pitch and half a discussion post, if anyone can direct me to a 'download free editing software 101' pls that'd be gr8, graphic design is my passion. i finally found my mouse the other day and i am ready to do this
- please discuss november's music in the comments but please also discuss if i you think i could have added information, taken information away, alternate ways of doing things, etc.

Top 10 commented new music posts;

🧬TWICE: “SCIENTIST” MV🧬 with 101 comments
KAI - 'PEACHES' MV & ALBUM LISTENING POST with 89 comments
BILLLIE: “RING X RING” MV with 30 comments
CHUNGHA - 'KILLING ME' MV with 24 comments
티아라(T-ARA) - TIKI TAKA(티키타카) weki meki's impact with 22 comments
WEKI MEKI - 'SIESTA' MV & ALBUM LISTENING POST with 17 comments
MISS A’S MIN RELEASES PRE RELEASE “ONION” MV, PREPARING FOR SOLO DEBUT with 17 comments
MONSTA X "RUSH HOUR" MV & "NO LIMIT" ALBUM LISTENING POST with 14 comments
CIGNATURE - 'BOYFRIEND' MV & ALBUM LISTENING POST with 11 comments
LABOUM - 'KISS KISS' MV & ALBUM LISTENING POST with 10 comments

The biggest surprise to me on this list is to see Billlie so high; it goes to show that sometimes taking a risk and dividing your audience can actually be a really good strategy, if you are truly bringing something new and interesting to the table.

An overview of all new music posted to omona in November;



spreadsheet with links available here

I've missed some but that's 48 posts of new music, music videos and albums. While kpop posts are naturally the most popular, we have a good spread of genres thanks to posters such as waves_of_light and others who will post literally anything, and have introduced us all to music we wouldn't have otherwise encountered. Thank you to these users!

A selection of releases that omona missed;

Singer Gemini, who debuted under GroovyRoom's label Area in 2020 had a second release this month; his first EP, Inside Out, with lead single 'UFO' featuring Seori. There are 7 songs on the EP, including UFO and his single from earlier in the month, Mia. This is an energetic but chill r&b song, led by electric guitar riffs and a funky bass. Seori's feature is excellently used. You can listen to Inside Out in its entirety at youtube.

cw: blood, wounds

Heize collaborated with and promoted beauty brand STONEHENgE (weird capitalisation but ok) to release her newest single, Beautiful Moments. It's a fairly typical Heize-style ballad, but nice nonetheless if you're into her style of music. The M/V is a little dark though difficult to understand, with various people wandering around with open (small) wounds and arrows shot into them.

Changmo attends a very creepy, very wealthy wedding in the music video for the orchestra-infused r&b track 'Hourglass', the lead single off his third album, Underground Rockstar, and turns to mass murder.

Woollim Entertainment's newest group, Drippin, go through a transformation from gentle flower boys to supernatural? fugitives? in their contribution to the Universe app. The song is synth-heavy and heartfelt.

yodayoung is a 25-year-old soloist under Brand New Music's subsidiary, BrandNew-A, who debuted in January 2019 with 'One Side Love'. She's an indie artist through and through, with soft hushed vocals and a soothing, jazzy instrumental, perfect for cold winter days and warm mugs of warm drink. You can listen to her previous singles on youtube: One-Side Love; Cloud; A Night of the Star.

So, omona, let's discuss!
What are you still listening to?
What grew on you?
What fell out of favour quickly?
Did you miss any releases that you would have been looking forward to?
Who surprised you and who let you down?
Is there anything omona missed that you'd recommend?
Did you find that the reaction to releases in other kpop communities was different to omona's?

sources: me & google sheets, Stone Music Entertainment, Kozypop, Ambition Musik, UNIVERSE_OFFICIAL, 1theK

Comments

[paige-nevaeh.livejournal.com]

Glad you included the top 10 OP because I always forget what came out when.

I loved Billlie’s debut. Ring x Ring was a different, but it worked cuz they’re risssssky. The Rumour is the cheesy fun that I want out of Kpop & im looking forward to Sheon’s addition.

Formula of Love didn’t grab me instantly. I didn’t like Scientist, but there are some really good songs on the album. Moonlight is probably my new favourite twice song. FILA, 1,3,2 and Espresso are replays for me.

Killing Me — I adoreee.

Siesta — not what I’d expect from Weki Meki, but Luminous is fab.

[adenar.livejournal.com]

i keep forgetting about luminous because i like who am i so much. i really wonder what would have happened if that had been the title track but the members themselves are so in love with siesta and really pushed the idea/concept for it so i can't really hold it against them.

i really liked that billlie added sheon in for a couple of stages at the end of the ring x ring promotions. the choreo works really well with 7 members and she fits right in - which makes sense because she trained to debut with all of them except the maknae i believe but still. it's nice to know it's going to work!

[paige-nevaeh.livejournal.com]

Oh that’s interesting to know! I only got into Weki Meki last year (I listened to the majority of their discography on a walk when we were still in lockdown!) so I’m a casual fan, but interesting to know that they were keen on doing a song unlike their usual style — especially since they have a unique sound. But Siesta is fun & I do listen to it a lot.

Yeah, Sheon did just slot straight in. She didn’t have chance to have too many lines though. Ring x Ring did seem to focus heavily on the two rappers, which is fair — I really enjoyed it, but it’ll be nice to have a song with her included from the beginning. Although I guess I don’t have to wait long — they have their Christmassy song coming out tomorrow?