Free: Rumi and Jinu Almost Chose Honesty Before Shame Collected Its Debt

Profile trail: HUNTR/X and KPop Demon Hunters Free Rumi and Jinu floated over Seoul, confessed the ugliest things they believed about themselves, and almost convinced me this doomed demon romance had a future. Almost. “Free” is the quietest major song in KPop Demon Hunters, which is exactly why it hurts. The movie stops selling an […]

What It Sounds Like: HUNTR/X Stopped Singing for Perfection and Built Something Stronger

Profile trail: HUNTR/X and KPop Demon Hunters What It Sounds Like Rumi finally stopped trying to sing herself clean, admitted the broken parts were still hers, and built a better Honmoon out of the truth everybody was trained to hide. “What It Sounds Like” is the ending KPop Demon Hunters earns. It is not a […]

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 […]