DRIP — BABYMONSTER Kidnapped an Ice-Cream Truck and the Entire Last Chorus
BABYMONSTER · RaeRae Reacts DRIP BABYMONSTER takes a word for effortless style, throws it into an EDM bass machine, ties up the ice-cream-truck driver, and ends with AHYEON climbing three high notes like the roof was personally disrespectful. Song + MV releasedNovember 1, 2024 AlbumDRIP · 1st full album LineupRUKA, PHARITA, ASA, AHYEON, RAMI, RORA, […]
CLIK CLAK — BABYMONSTER Put All Seven Members on Rap Duty
BABYMONSTER · RaeRae Reacts CLIK CLAK BABYMONSTER puts all seven members on rap duty, drains every color from the room, walks through jewelers and abandoned factories, and discovers that a heel tap can carry more attitude than an entire luxury-car commercial. Music video releasedOctober 30, 2024 Song + albumNovember 1, 2024 · DRIP The experimentAll […]
“Tonight I Might” Is the Moment KATSEYE Stops Asking to Be Good
“Tonight I Might” Is the Moment KATSEYE Stops Asking to Be Good SIS spends a lot of time establishing the girls as polished, ambitious, and likable. Then this track quietly wonders what would happen if they made a questionable decision on purpose. Finally. Character development. Released August 16, 2024Second listenOfficial lyric videoSpoilers: mild My actual […]
KATSEYE’s “I’m Pretty” Turns Self-Confidence Into Group Chat Evidence
KATSEYE’s “I’m Pretty” Turns Self-Confidence Into Group Chat Evidence This is not a philosophical investigation into beauty. It is six girls hyping themselves and each other until the room has no choice but to agree. Honestly? Important scholarship. Released August 16, 2024Second listenOfficial lyric videoSpoilers: mild My actual first reaction First thought: My first reaction […]
“My Way” Is KATSEYE’s First Real Look at the Girls Behind the Product
“My Way” Is KATSEYE’s First Real Look at the Girls Behind the Product The debut singles introduced a machine with six excellent faces. “My Way” finally lets the machine breathe—and suddenly the confidence has history, fear, and actual stakes. Released August 16, 2024Second listenOfficial lyric filmSpoilers: mild My actual first reaction First thought: My first […]
Sweet Dreams: Ten Years of Red Velvet Folded Into One Scrapbook
RAERAE REACTS · RED VELVET · MUSIC VIDEO Sweet Dreams: Ten Years of Red Velvet Folded Into One Scrapbook This is not a grand comeback video. It is Red Velvet opening the archive, handing ReVeluv a stack of memories, and pretending nobody is going to get emotional about how much time passed. ArtistRed Velvet ReleasedAugust […]
KATSEYE’s “Touch” Found the Exact Amount of Pop to Be Dangerous
KATSEYE’s “Touch” Found the Exact Amount of Pop to Be Dangerous This is the song that turns “maybe I should learn their names” into a scheduling problem. It is tiny, polished, ridiculously replayable, and somehow has enough personality to survive being built like a two-minute sugar cube. Released July 26, 2024Second listenOfficial music videoSpoilers: mild […]
FOREVER Dance Performance — Keep the Moon, Clear the Runway
BABYMONSTER · RaeRae Reacts FOREVER — Dance Performance The MV packed seven girls into a boutique, hotel, claw machine and fashion fantasy. The dance film keeps the moon, clears the runway and finally explains how the song changes from bright summer escape into CHIQUITA’s full-body warning. Performance videoJuly 5, 2024 Original songFOREVER LineupAll seven members […]
FOREVER — BABYMONSTER Checked Into the Future and Kept the Moon Prop
BABYMONSTER · RaeRae Reacts FOREVER BABYMONSTER checks into a fashion hotel, raids a boutique, traps prizes in a claw machine, floats PHARITA through the air and walks a moonlit runway like the future already sent a car. Song + MV releasedJuly 1, 2024 FormatDigital pre-release single Later albumDRIP · November 1, 2024 The music video […]
KATSEYE’s “Debut” Was Less a Hello Than a Controlled Detonation
KATSEYE’s “Debut” Was Less a Hello Than a Controlled Detonation For a song called “Debut,” this has absolutely no interest in politely introducing anyone. It kicks the door, gives us two minutes of synchronized confidence, and leaves before HR can schedule orientation. Released June 28, 2024Second listenOfficial music videoSpoilers: mild My actual first reaction First […]
Cosmic: A Beautiful Love Song Walked Into Midsommar and Asked for Dinner
RAERAE REACTS · RED VELVET · MUSIC VIDEO Cosmic: A Beautiful Love Song Walked Into Midsommar and Asked for Dinner The song is warm disco romance. The video is a flower-crowned village smiling much too politely. Naturally, Red Velvet makes those two facts belong together. ArtistRed Velvet ReleasedJune 24, 2024 ProjectCosmic VideoOfficial music video Watch […]
SHEESH performance video: seven members, one white horizon, and nowhere for the choreography to hide
RaeRae Reacts SHEESH performance video: seven members, one white horizon, and nowhere for the choreography to hide The music video sold the monster house. This version clears the furniture, turns on the lights, and proves the completed lineup can actually move as one. Artist: BABYMONSTER Song: SHEESH Performance video: April 5, 2024 Main choreography: Bada […]
SHEESH: BABYMONSTER finally arrived as seven—and YG turned the entrance into a haunted-house warning
RaeRae Reacts SHEESH: BABYMONSTER finally arrived as seven—and YG turned the entrance into a haunted-house warning The hook is ridiculous on purpose, the vocal line earns its drama, and that final minute is pure YG family DNA. But the most important thing happening here is simpler: this is the first time BABYMONSTER looks and sounds […]
Stuck In The Middle live stages: the fairy dresses are pretty, but the microphones are the actual plot
RaeRae Reacts Stuck In The Middle live stages: the fairy dresses are pretty, but the microphones are the actual plot Two official stages take the ballad out of the CGI garden. One sells the fairy tale; the other makes six young singers stand still and prove the song was not studio smoke. Artist: BABYMONSTER Song […]
Stuck In The Middle: BABYMONSTER traded the baseball bats for a Disney heartbreak audition
RaeRae Reacts Stuck In The Middle: BABYMONSTER traded the baseball bats for a Disney heartbreak audition No rap break. No chant. No choreography to distract us. Just six voices, a piano, a suspicious amount of fairy dust, and a first crush that refuses to answer a direct question. Artist: BABYMONSTER Song: Stuck In The Middle […]
BATTER UP performance files: BABYMONSTER built a debut stage without ever visiting a music show
RaeRae Reacts BATTER UP performance files: BABYMONSTER built a debut stage without ever visiting a music show The polished debut special, the raw practice room and the stadium version tell three different truths about the same six-member choreography. Artist: BABYMONSTER Song review: BATTER UP Debut-special performance: December 4, 2023 Choreographers: Chae Dasom, YGX dancers, Kyle […]
BATTER UP: BABYMONSTER stepped to the plate before the team was complete
RaeRae Reacts BATTER UP: BABYMONSTER stepped to the plate before the team was complete Six members, one missing center, a chorus built for stadium lungs, and enough YG family DNA to require a paternity test. The debut is messy history—but it already contains the group’s real secret weapon. Artist: BABYMONSTER Song: BATTER UP Release: November […]
Chill Kill: Five Sisters Turned a Bright Tragedy Into an Escape Plan
RAERAE REACTS · RED VELVET · MUSIC VIDEO Chill Kill: Five Sisters Turned a Bright Tragedy Into an Escape Plan This song keeps changing emotional weather mid-sentence, and the video answers by putting five sisters inside a beautiful house where love, fear and survival have been living together too long. ArtistRed Velvet ReleasedNovember 13, 2023 […]
DREAM: BABYMONSTER turned an elimination threat into the group’s emotional origin story
RaeRae Reacts DREAM: BABYMONSTER turned an elimination threat into the group’s emotional origin story Before the haunted mansions, baseball bats and giant dance breaks, there were seven trainees crying in practice rooms and singing about whether the dream was worth surviving. Artist: BABYMONSTER Song: DREAM Video release: May 14, 2023 Context: finale song for Last […]
RUN2U — STAYC Set Off a Synth Emergency and Then Barely Ran Anywhere
RaeRae Reacts RUN2U — STAYC Set Off a Synth Emergency and Then Barely Ran Anywhere Six girls. One absolutely feral synth siren. A love confession with the survival instincts of someone sprinting through traffic because a crush texted “come over.” STAYC · Synth-pop · February 21, 2022 · From YOUNG-LUV.COM What “RUN2U” actually means “RUN2U” […]