RaeRae Reacts Archives - Page 7 of 10

I Want You To: SMORZ Made a Campfire Name and a Very Clean Debut

SMORZ arrived with six women, an English-language mini album, and a group name built from s’mores plus Generation Z. The song is sweeter than the branding meeting. SMORZ in the official “I want you to” music video, released May 19, 2025. Official videoDaily+800Total views4.3M. Song: “I want you to” Artist: SMORZ Released: May 19, 2025 […]

Good Thing: i-dle Found a Great Beat and Forgot to Hire an English Editor

Still from i-dle's official “Good Thing” music video. Video: Cube Entertainment. RaeRae’s verdict: “Good Thing” is i-dle laughing at an ex over arcade noises while the music video lets all five members beat one another through several television genres. The English is crooked, the song is 2:34, and the post-chorus says “holy moly” like somebody’s […]

MILLION PLACES: XG Reached Tokyo Dome and Turned the Tour Footage Into a Thank-You Letter

Still from XG's official “MILLION PLACES” music video. Video: XGALX. RaeRae’s verdict: XG closed a world tour by releasing the song people usually save for the encore speech. “MILLION PLACES” is earnest, polished, and completely uninterested in pretending the fans are an abstract marketing segment. The MV uses actual tour footage, exhausted smiles, airports, stages, […]

Are You Alive: tripleS Put 24 Women in One Dance Frame and Somehow Nobody Needed a Traffic Cop

Are You Alive: tripleS Put 24 Women in One Dance Frame and Somehow Nobody Needed a Traffic Cop “Are You Alive” asks a heavy question, then answers it with 24 women moving like one very determined organism. I expected formation chaos. I got proof that someone owns a terrifyingly detailed floor map. ArtisttripleS SongAre You […]

LIT RIGHT NOW: MEOVV Found Their R&B Pocket and Lost the Last Thirty Seconds

Still from MEOVV's official “LIT RIGHT NOW” special video. Video: THEBLACKLABEL. RaeRae’s verdict: “LIT RIGHT NOW” is the MEOVV song that stops asking five teenagers to pose like they own a multinational company and lets them enjoy being good at R&B. Gawon and Narin helped write it, the low vocal colors finally have room, and […]

DROP TOP: MEOVV Opened the Roof, Found Their Voices and Finally Looked Their Age

Still from MEOVV's official “DROP TOP” music video. Video: THEBLACKLABEL. RaeRae’s verdict: “DROP TOP” is what happens when MEOVV stop announcing that they are expensive cats and start sounding young enough to believe tomorrow might work. The song begins quietly, grows guitars, and gives five distinct voices an actual emotional arc. Gawon helped write it. […]

Girlfriend: i-dle Took a Breakup to Paris and Brought a Five-Woman Response Team

Still from i-dle's official “Girlfriend” music video. Video: Cube Entertainment. RaeRae’s verdict: i-dle made a breakup song where the emergency response is five women, a Paris safe house, and permission to talk trash about the ex. “Girlfriend” has a chorus simple enough to sound childish until the members start swearing in a group chant. Soyeon […]

Messy: ROSÉ Gave F1 the Emotional Crash and Shut Down Las Vegas to Walk Through It

Still from ROSÉ's official “Messy” music video for F1 The Movie. Video: Atlantic Records and Apple Original Films. RaeRae’s verdict: A Formula 1 soundtrack asked ROSÉ for speed and got emotional brake failure. “Messy” is a power ballad about treating chaos as proof of love, which is exactly the kind of terrible idea her voice […]

KATSEYE’s “Gnarly” Is Annoying, Brilliant, and Fully Aware of Both

KATSEYE’s “Gnarly” Is Annoying, Brilliant, and Fully Aware of Both My first response was “what is this?” My second was also “what is this?” The third involved replaying it voluntarily, which is how I knew the song had won and I was now participating in my own psychological experiment. Released April 30, 2025Second listenOfficial music […]

Yum: Kep1er Turned Seven Aliens Into a Dance Weapon and Served Only 2:29

Still from Kep1er's official “Yum” music video. Video: Sony Music Labels. RaeRae’s verdict: Kep1er turned seven women into aliens who hypnotize humans with choreography, which is already more plot than most songs called “Yum” deserve. The bass is mean, the pre-chorus is gorgeous, and the post-chorus keeps shouting the title until the meal becomes an […]

Midnight Special: FIFTY FIFTY Found the Goodbye Nobody Wanted to Start

FIFTY FIFTY Midnight Special official music video review with song, hook, lyrics, video presentation, context and RaeRae verdict.

Pookie: FIFTY FIFTY Put Bubblegum Inside a Surveillance Room

FIFTY FIFTY Pookie official music video review with song, hook, lyrics, video presentation, context and RaeRae verdict.

HANDS UP: MEOVV Turned One Flute Loop Into a Full-Body Emergency

Still from MEOVV's official Studio Choom performance of “HANDS UP.” Video: Studio Choom. RaeRae’s verdict: MEOVV’s “HANDS UP” is a workout hiding inside a Brazilian-funk beat. The flute loop is irritating in the useful way, the five voices finally sound cast for the same song, and Studio Choom shows how much detail the music video […]

Loose: ENHYPEN Sounded Better the Moment Vevo Turned the Microphones On

ENHYPEN | LOOSE “Loose” is ENHYPEN dropping the vampire paperwork for three minutes and asking somebody to stop pretending the tension is accidental. It is smooth, all English, suspiciously radio-shaped, and much better when seven live microphones expose the breathing underneath the polish. RaeRae Reacts: The studio single flirted. The Vevo performance walked into the […]

HOT: LE SSERAFIM Whispered While the World Burned Around Them

Still from LE SSERAFIM's official “HOT” music video. Video: Source Music and HYBE Labels. Jump to: The verdict · The song · The members · The video · Credits Reviewed: LE SSERAFIM, “HOT” official music video and studio recordingReleased: March 14, 2025EP: HOT On this page The verdict A controlled burn that ends at 2:23 […]

Handlebars: JENNIE and Dua Lipa Fell Into Love and Landed in a Heart-Shaped Trap

JENNIE and Dua Lipa compare falling in love to a bicycle crash, then BRTHR gives them diamonds, liquid light and a heart-shaped web.

IS THIS LOVE: XG Turned a Love Song Into a Seven-Woman Memory Machine

XG turns a bright question about love into a strange archive of friendship, shared history and unstable memory.

YELLOW: TREASURE Turned a Campus Crush Into a Ten-Member Spring Emergency

TREASURE trade their usual impact weapons for warm guitars, bright harmonies, and a campus full of boys who have apparently never seen a crush before.

Seoul City: JENNIE Made Homesickness Sound Expensive

Reviewed: JENNIE, “Seoul City” official video and studio recording Song released: March 7, 2025 Official video released: April 26, 2025 Album: Ruby

like JENNIE: She Put Her Own Name in the Hook and Made Everybody Else Audition for It

JENNIE turns two minutes of bass, choreography, Korean rap, and one very committed capybara into a nameplate nobody else can wear.

TOO BAD: G-DRAGON Let RIEHATA Put the Groove Under a Magnifying Glass

The official MV turns G-DRAGON, Anderson .Paak, Karina and a roomful of dancers into controlled commotion. RIEHATA’s performance film shows the groove underneath it.

When I’m With You: LISA Entered Tyla’s Heatwave and Bose Brought Every Speaker It Owned

Still from LISA and Tyla's official “When I’m With You” music video. Video: LLOUD and RCA Records. RaeRae’s verdict: LISA and Tyla made a heatwave video for a song that melts pride before the first chorus. Tyla brings the humid vocal glide, LISA finds a softer R&B pocket, and both women dance like the camera […]

Powered by vibes, caffeine, and questionable life choices. 💀