EVERGLOW: NOWZ Burned the Old Name and Recorded What Survived

RAERAE REACTS · NOWZ EVERGLOW: NOWZ Burned the Old Name and Recorded What Survived Still from NOWZ's official “EVERGLOW” music video. Video: Cube Entertainment. NOWZ changed their name, lit the first mini album, and walked into a ruined city carrying microphones and film reels. “EVERGLOW” is what happens when a rookie group stops asking whether […]

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 […]

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 […]

HER: MINNIE Met the Woman in the Mirror and Refused to Pick Just One

MINNIE turns her first solo title track into an argument between the woman being watched and the woman writing the scene.

Valentine’s Dream: MINNIE Asked Time to Leave the Room

MINNIE gives her self-written R&B ballad a quiet Valentine setting where her voice, not a plot twist, is the event.

Obsession: MINNIE and TEN Made Fixation Sound Like a Two-Person Standoff

MINNIE and TEN trade control across a sleek duet where fixation sounds less like surrender and more like a standoff.

Cherry Sky: MINNIE Painted the Clouds Pink and Told Everybody to Keep Quiet

MINNIE gives a dreamy album cut sharp choreography, pink clouds, and one very firm request not to ruin the mood by speaking.

Blind Eyes Red: MINNIE Opened Her Solo Era With a Beautiful Warning

MINNIE opens her solo era in black and red, using her low register and her own lyric credit to turn desire into a beautiful warning.

Sky Walking: MIYEON Wrote the Staircase and Walked Up It Herself

MIYEON writes and composes her own staircase, lets her main-vocal range climb it, and reaches the white-dress finale with SOYEON behind the camera.