MANILA, Philippines—As Kpop becomes more global especially during this pandemic, many idols have already gone into the digital space to host concerts such as BTS’ Map of the Soul ON:E, TWICE’s World In A Day, IZ*ONE’s Oneiric Theatre, even the KCON:TACT Summer 2020 which featured performances from various groups and gathered fan participation worldwide.
We’re back with the hottest and most anticipated KPop comebacks and releases this week!
Some on our list are MAMAMOO Solar‘s 1st Solo Album “SPIT IT OUT“, GOT7‘s comeback “Not By The Moon“, and APRIL‘s “LALALILALA“~ The past days are amazingly KPop jampacked!
Former B.A.P member, ZELO just dropped his first EP album “Day2Day”! The album consists of six (6) songs written by himself. ZELO expressed his long-term goals, experiences, and stories that he felt every day through this album! You may enjoy the album’s title song “She and Malibu” (그녀와는 말리부) music video below!
MAMAMOO’s Hwasa just participated as the second singer of the OST of SBS’ new Friday-Saturday drama “The King: Lord of Eternity,” the most anticipated film in the first half of 2020. Hwasa’s “Orbit” expresses the mysteriousness that crosses the dimension. It is a song that promises to protect the loved one. The song has a dreamy, yet, powerful guitar sound and hip-hop rhythm harmonizing with Hwasa’s powerful vocals that have garnered explosive responses. “Orbit” leaves a strong impression on viewers and fans which really matches the vast scale of the drama “The King” and the development of all-time fantasy romance.
GOT7’s released their new mini-album “DYE” leaving a strong impression like unfolding a classic novel! It gives listeners an attractive expression of the reckless it is to long for something. Looking at the feelings of love from various angles like a lighthouse that illuminates the unstable sea. The title track “NOT BY THE MOON” exploded a unique synergy with GOT7 as JYP chief Park Jin-young participated in writing, composing and arranging the song!
Lee Han-kyul and Nam Do-hyun started a new leap with unrivaled charisma! H&D’s first mini-album “SOULMATE” includes a total of 10 songs to show a different side of Lee Han-kyul and Nam Do-hyun. “SOUL” the first title track, is an addictive song with its speedy and intense beat. Lee Han-gyeol’s delicate vocals and Nam Do-hyun’s rough and chic tone gives the song a restless sense of immersion and masculine energy with H&D’s parade on a sophisticated melody line.
A song that expresses sympathy with the reality, the second title track, “GOOD NIGHT” is a really comforting song to listen to. We recommend the song for those who are looking for comforts and healing.
APRIL prepared their new album “Da Capo” with a determination to return to their original-self and start over! APRIL showed their various looks and charm in this album. The title track “LALALILALA” is a dreamy song that chants a spell to the love you want to achieve. The sensuous melody and repetitive hook that seems to chant a spell are impressive.
A new song entitled “Refresh” from the “2020 Global K-POP Project” came to our side showing the elegant charisma of the Republic of Korea. This song is one of the projects in which K-pop artists of various genres present new music according to their respective concepts like Zico and Kang Daniel. “Refresh” is a song that expresses the beauty of Korea through upbeat melodies and traditional rhythms.
MAMAMOO’s Solar just released her first solo album [SPIT IT OUT]! The title track, which shares the same name with the album, is a song with trans sound on top of an energetic beat. Solar expressed her confidence in spitting out what she wanted to say and do without being bound by other people’s standards. Hooks with exotic Latin guitar riffs and unique synth sounds and autobiographical lyrics are making this song really attractive!
New rising R&B producer team ‘White Bones’ just released a new single entitled “shooting star” with the participation of SHINWOO, the talented main vocalist of the KPop boygroup BLANC7, and A-HYEON, the emotional vocalist of S.I.S. “shooting star” is a song about the feelings of two beloved men and women looking at the stars.
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Another week passed and we have another K-Highlight from last week’s happenings in the K-Pop community! Brace yourself as we bring you the updates of what’s new and what’s hot! Here are the happenings!
BTS prevails on first place with their comeback track “ON” on Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020 for the first week of the month.
Meanwhile, (G)I-DLE drops their third mini-album “I trust” with the title track “Oh My God”. The song revolves on feelings of rejection, confusion, recognition and confidence and realization that in reality anyone has to believe in their selves. Spiced up with Urban Hip-hop genre, the song features a bold rhythm chain that changes with each development of the song, and its vintage piano sound, dreamy atmosphere led by 808 bass, and intense sound. Check it now!
BTS’ Suga surprised everyone, especially the ARMY as he uploaded a video on Twitter of his solo track “Trivia: Seesaw” from their 2018 album “Love Yourself: Answer.” Suga said in the tweet, “I was rummaging around and then hahahahahaha my draft came up.” The file was titled “180213 flower vocal guide.”
Kang Daniel grabbed his fifth win for his comeback track “2U” on “M Countdown.” However, he already wrapped up his music show promotions for “2U” last week, that is why he did not perform it on the said music show.
Meanwhile, TWICE‘s debut song “Like OOH-AHH” has now reached 350 million views on Youtube. The group made its debut back October 2015 with it as the title track on their first mini-album, “The Story Begins.” Now, their debut song is the group’s fifth music video to surpassed 350 million views. Congratulations TWICE! For that, enjoy and watch it again!
Meanwhile, WINNER made their heart-warming return with their studio album “Remember” together with a music video for the title track with the same name. The song gives so much emotions with its moving lyrics such as “remember me.” In addition to that is a heartfelt music video of WINNER’s journey together with their very own Inner Circle in the past years.
Shawols, get yourself ready as SHINee has started its countdown to “2020 SHINee’s Back.” The group suprised everyone with a revamped website that now counts down to members Onew, Key and Minho on finishing their mandatory military service. Onew’s countdown is now at D-100, Key’s at D-179, and Minho’s at D-218. So much to that, fans are now wondering if this countdown has something to do with their comeback as a group.
Congratulations to GOT7 as their music video for “Lullaby” has officially surpassed 100 million views on Youtube. This is the fifth music video of the group that had made. The song was originally released on September 17, 2018 making it a year, six months and 24 days to reach this milestone.
These are just some of the ‘what’s new, what’s big, and what happened’ from last week! For more recaps and details on the Kpop scene, stay tuned and see you next week!