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“Problem Child” | NOWZ Made a B-Side Look Like the Title Track Cube Forgot to Promote

NOWZ performing Problem Child in the official performance video

RaeRae Reacts “Problem Child” NOWZ brought fifty dancers to a b-side performance video and accidentally made an argument against their own title-track strategy. This is what happens when the “extra content” has more teeth than half the comeback. Artist: NOWZ Album release: July 9, 2025 Performance video: July 18, 2025 Album: IGNITION Genre: Trap-based hybrid […]

Made Me a Man: Jackson Wang Removed the Mask and Left Nothing to Hide

Made Me a Man Jackson Wang did not end MAGICMAN 2 with a victory lap. He ended it by taking the costume off, admitting what the climb cost him, and standing there with absolutely nowhere left to hide. This is the quiet answer at the end of an album built around grief, betrayal, burnout, anger, […]

One Bite: NEXZ Broke the Rules and Left the Kitchen Unsupervised

Still from NEXZ's official "One Bite" music video. Video: JYP Entertainment. NEXZ made a song about biting through rules, masks, and everybody else’s idea of normal. Then they put seven boys in a kitchen where the food looks dangerous and nobody appears licensed to handle a knife. “One Bite” is strange on purpose. The beat […]

JUMP: BLACKPINK Turned a Group Reunion Into a Citywide Bass Emergency

JUMP: BLACKPINK Turned a Group Reunion Into a Citywide Bass Emergency — official music video reaction featured image

BLACKPINK returned after two years and eight months without a new group song and chose hardstyle for the reunion. Nobody eased back into the office. “JUMP” kicks down the door, shouts its Korean title four times, and turns a city into a block party with structural da…

In Your Fantasy: ATEEZ Lowered the Lights and Hid the Contract in a Velvet Chair

Still from ATEEZ's official "In Your Fantasy" music video. Video: KQ Entertainment. ATEEZ opened “In Your Fantasy” by announcing that gentle is not what the listener came for. Fine. At least everybody understands the dress code before entering the red-and-black club. On this page Release File The Song Chooses Control Over Explosion The English Version […]

EVERGLOW: NOWZ Burned the Old Name and Recorded What Survived

NOWZ together in the EVERGLOW official music video

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 […]

Express Mode: SUPER JUNIOR Put Twenty Years on the Departure Board and Refused the Brake

Still from SUPER JUNIOR's official "Express Mode" music video. Video: SM Entertainment. Twenty years into the job, SUPER JUNIOR chose a title track about refusing to slow down and filmed it in an airport where nobody appears responsible for baggage claim. “Express Mode” is fast, polished, and shamelessly built for men who already know exactly […]

EXTRA: Jeon Somi Took the Camera From the Main Character and Kept the Movie

Still from Jeon Somi's official “EXTRA” music video. Video: THEBLACKLABEL. Jeon Somi spent years being introduced through groups, competitions, labels, bright concepts, and other people’s headlines. “EXTRA” puts her at the edge of somebody else’s frame, lets her notice the camera, and then makes the background character take the movie home. On this page Release […]

FiRE: Xdinary Heroes Locked a Love Song in a Burning Art Gallery

Still from Xdinary Heroes' official “FiRE (My Sweet Misery)” music video. Video: JYP Entertainment. Xdinary Heroes wrote an English love song in which chains, scratches, screams, dolls, and mutual combustion count as romance. The title says misery is sweet. The guitars spend 3:15 checking whether everybody signed the liability waiver. On this page Release File […]

Deja Vu: RESCENE Found an Old School Memory and Let the Rain Keep It

RESCENE members in a distinct promotional image for the gyaru makeup Tea report

“Deja Vu” sounds like finding an old note inside a library book and realizing your teenage self had better handwriting and worse judgment. RESCENE does not attack the chorus. They let it drift in, smell like rain, and sit beside you until the nostalgia becomes suspiciously personal. Song: “Deja Vu” Artist: RESCENE Released: July 2, […]

Do the Dance: ILLIT Turned First-Love Panic Into a Borrowed-Cat Emergency

Still from ILLIT’s official “Do the Dance” music video. Video: HYBE Labels. ILLIT turned first-love panic into French house, borrowed-cat slang, a vintage anime sample, waist-length hair, tandem bicycles, and one poor boy who has no idea five girls have crossed an entire city because Wonhee made eye contact for half a second. On this […]

Fly to the Youth: NOWZ Let YUQI Turn Burnout Into a Group Project

NOWZ in the Fly to the Youth featuring YUQI official music video

RAERAE REACTS · NOWZ Fly to the Youth: NOWZ Let YUQI Turn Burnout Into a Group Project “Fly to the Youth” is what happens when five rookies admit adulthood already feels like unpaid overtime, then ask YUQI to produce the escape route. It is warm, earnest, slightly messy, and much more interesting than another rebrand […]

Do the Dance: ILLIT Turned First-Date Paralysis Into French House and Cat Choreography

Still from ILLIT's official Studio Choom performance of “빌려온 고양이 (Do the Dance).” Video: Studio Choom. RaeRae’s verdict: ILLIT found a French-house loop that sounds like a music box learned how to flirt, then built the choreography around five girls trying to act normal while their nerves have other plans. The song is sweet, strange, […]

Killin’ It Girl: j-hope Left the Lyrics Thin and Put the Rest in His Body

Still from j-hope's official “Killin' It Girl (Solo Version)” choreography video. Video: BIGHIT MUSIC. RaeRae’s verdict: “Killin’ It Girl” is two minutes of j-hope choosing body control over lyrical depth. The beat is lean, his delivery slides between rap and pop without a seam showing, and the solo choreography video explains why the song exists. […]

Lemon Drop: ATEEZ Lowered the Volume, Raised the Heat, and Forgot the Final Kick

Still from ATEEZ's official “Lemon Drop” music video. Video: KQ Entertainment. RaeRae’s verdict: ATEEZ poured “Lemon Drop” over a slow R&B groove and discovered that eight men can make summer look threatening without setting anything on fire. The vocals are warm, the rap verses stay inside the song, and the hook is smoother than the […]

Keep a Secret: 4EVE Opened the Group Chat and Gave Us 2:10 to Behave

Still from 4EVE's official “Keep a Secret” music video. Video: XOXO Entertainment. RaeRae’s verdict: 4EVE made “Keep a Secret” sound like seven women walked into the club with a group chat nobody else is allowed to read. The bass is neat, the hook is nosy, and the music video turns girl code into a private […]

Outside: ENHYPEN Put Desire in a Fight Club and Made Two Minutes Feel Dangerous

ENHYPEN’s “Outside” is what happens when wanting somebody stops sounding romantic and starts sounding like a bad decision with excellent bass. The song is short, blunt, and a little mean. It does not ask whether you want to come outside. It assumes you are already halfway through the door. OUTSIDE Artist: ENHYPEN Album: DESIRE : […]

Bad Desire: ENHYPEN Brought Vampire Hunger to Studio Choom and the Camera Got in the Way

ENHYPEN | BAD DESIRE (WITH OR WITHOUT YOU) ENHYPEN finally stopped treating vampirism like an unfortunate metaphor and admitted the plan is to bite the love interest. “Bad Desire” wants forever, blood, surrender, and apparently excellent cheekbone lighting. Studio Choom gives the choreography a clean room to confess. Then the camera gets excited and occasionally […]