New Music Friday - March 1, 2024

[mayjailer]

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[originaru]

at first i thought i liked "shalala" more than "tap" but i've also been playing "tap" on repeat, lol. love that he had his hand in everything related to this ep. i'm gonna be emo when he enlists tbh truly the one who embodies the whole neo concept and loves it too.

i've also been really like cravity's latest and i think they've been putting out much better music than their debut. the title track is good, but the bsides are even better. but i'm guessing like mx, they're might need another year or 2 to really blow up.

[greasetastic_x]

I hate tap but now that you say it like that, taeyong really is the only one fully on board with the neo concept, so I can't hate. And good for him for making top 100 on melon which is a very difficult feat in the current market for male idols

[originaru]

i think the neo concept plays to his strengths and he geniunely likes it lol. the others don't seem like they'd go the same direction with their solo music unless jungwoo or johnny throw me a curveball lol

[sweetestbliss1]

lol I canNOT see Jungwoo going neo...

[bsfan]

Cravity has been getting better since they switched from NCT noise music to just regular songs. More people should've heard Groovy.

[originaru]

as a nct noise music fan, i think starship was trying to gravitate towards monsta x 2.0 which didn't work at all and i'm glad they've pivoted lol

[sweetestbliss1]

I like shalala better still. It took a bit to grow on me, so maybe I need to give Tap some more time too but the "lay low lay low...baby keep it lowkey" is so good for shalala.

Taeyong really is the epitome of neo. He is neo itself lol. I am anticipating tears at their last Unity concert...SM better do beyond live for it. I wish Korea could have been their last stop...would have been very special.

Moon Tour is my favorite song off the album and has been on repeat. I'm glad it did not disappoint since I've been in such anticipation for it ever since he teased it last year.

[originaru]

shalala had to grow on me as well and i def prefer the shalala choreo and his looks during that era but there's something about tap that makes me keep playing it and it isn't even my fave song on the album. i can't believe sm did the "and more" on the initial tour posters and then just. didn't?? good old sm ent.

when his teaser images first came out the memes about him becoming the neobong cracked me tf up lol

[sweetestbliss1]

Yeah, I will be forever bitter about the lack of planning for 127's last two tours.

The "and more" for the Unity still kills me, but I'm thinking they did intend to do more but Taeyong got served his enlistment date all of a sudden, couldn't defer anymore, and that killed the "and more". Taeyong alluded to his enlistment being sudden during the Seoul concerts, which would also explain why he was so emotional. Not trying to excuse SM at all but yeah. I am glad I decided to say YOLO and went to their Unity concert in Seoul because I would have been even more upset to learn later on that I wouldn't be able to see them in concert again for a longgggggg time.

At least Taeyong's impending enlistment is not as bad as Kai's. He literally had like a few weeks (was it like two?) and then he had to go.

[slaygalthessily]

I think with Cravity, it’s because Starship finally realized they weren’t Monsta X and needed a different sound than the loud beast music MX is known for. Their last album it felt like they finally found their sound and I’m glad SSE didn’t walk that back.

And while I like Taeyong’s last mini, this one is def better (for me). And yeah, I’m not ready for Taeyong to enlist.