Ma birthday month had some baanngeeerrrrss ššš
My mom always says we celebrate my birthday every day of the month. But thatās more of how she celebrates it. Personally, the rest of the month doesnāt matter to me much until we hit Gemini season (May 21st) thatās when the countdown to my birthday gets real.
I mean, yeah, Mother’s Day is important. And I get excited to see what other May babies are up to and how theyāre celebrating.
But from 12AM, May 30th to 11:59PM, Iām on lockdown. If I had a poster of myself, Iād hang it up the back of my door. Itās just a self-care, all about me mode. Itās the one day of the year Iām overly confident and selfish about myself.
I should have this attitude about myself the rest of the year. But I donāt. I just donāt, so itās the least I can give myself for this short period of time.
Iām one of those people who donāt like being told happy birthday until weāre about 3 days before it. Anything before then is too early. One lat thing Iām particular about with celebrating my birthday, I must have one of my favorite meals, either sushi (pick number 1) or Italian (typically pasta, but pizza also works).
Iāve had grill out birthdays numerous times since I was born on Memorial Day, but I must have sushi or pasta either days before my birthday. Otherwise, the whole system falls apart. Itās TRADITION. Period.
So for 28, this year my mom, her mom, and me went to Hilton Head Island (South Carolina), for my birthday weekend. It was a blast. I love the beach. I love the option of vacationing at a location where if you have nothing on the itinerary, you can always go to the beach.
Iāve been back home about two days now, but my schedule is totally thrown off from the sudden arrival of my grandma visiting us. She pretty much told us about two weeks out from the trip. She flew home today, so now Iām trying to get back on track. Iāll feel better tomorrow because then Iāll get a full night’s rest without hosting.
But anyway, enough about my May. Letās get into the music!
TXT – Good Boy Gone Bad
Now, I told yāall last month I was excited about this comeback. TXT did NOT disappoint. Although I havenāt listened to this album, well my main faves (“Opening Sequence”, āGood Boy Gone Badā, and āThursdayās Child Has Far To Goā) much.
This album is a bit of a return to the TXT I love dark & dancey like āCanāt You See Meā but with a hint of haunting and retro vibes of Minisode1 which makes sense since this album has minisode in the title minisode 2: Thursdayās Child.
I think I need to relisten to The Chaos Chapter albums. Because I know there are songs on there I love, but I never listen to. Iām just not as familiar with them, like their 2019 and 2020 releases. But I think this album, overall, is my favorite out of the most recent releases (like the last year) which is probably a hot take.
I think Iām one of the few MOA who doesnāt care about āFrostā, āLoser=Loverā or ā0X1 LOVESONGā. Iām not checking for TXT to be the alt-rock guys of Kpop, leave it too Woodz, which speaking ofā¦
WOODZ – I hate you
So I love āDifferentā and āWaikikiā but itās something about the duality of Woodz that sells this punk concept. Itās just so well executed. āDirt on my leatherā is still my favorite song from COLORFUL TRAUMA, but the visuals for āI hate youā. You canāt miss this music video.
LIGHTSUM – ALIVE
I forgot I listened to āALIVEā and this album, Into The Light. Iām glad I did because my second listen completely changed my mind. I donāt remember my first reaction to āALIVEā but I love love loved āGOOD NEWSā and āiā on my first listens. The outfits in āALIVEā are so so sooo cute. I would do a fashion review, but I donāt have the energy to do those anymore lol.
Moon Sujin and Jiselle – Only U
Thereās a version with PENOMECO too, but I canāt decide which version I like more. Both slap.
ASTRO – Candy Sugar Pop
I like when Astro makes pop dancey music like this. This is the fun Iām here for. Perfect for summer. They look great in the video. I didnāt realize they had solo songs on this album, Drive to the Starry Road. My favorite is Moonbinās āLetās go rideā because of course it is. Those are also the vibes I’m here for. Moonbin gets it.
ONEUS – Bring it on
Similar to having a specific sound, I enjoy from Astro (either bubblegum pop or jams like āAll Nightā. I have love when Oneus makes music like āBring it onā. Itās like noise music lite. āFragileā is my second favorite song off TRICKSTER. I did listen to the English version of āBring it onā but I didnāt like it. Itās not bad, but I prefer the Korean version more. Also, lime green hair. Love that for him.
BVNDIT – VENOM
Man. MAN. I just love this album. This is the noise music Iāve been waiting for.
Re-Original is such a good album. Bvndit had NO BUSINESS swing out the gate with such a phenomenal album like that. Easy add to my fave albums of 2022 list. āDONāT MESS WITH MEā is my favorite b-side. I was so excited to see they performed it on itās Live. One, because I thought they were just doing āVENOMā a BANGER song, and two, theyāre wearing the all red leather suits.
SEVENTEEN – Every song but Hot and Darl+ing
Hot is here because S.Coups and Joshua look amazing. Idk what’s going on this in this music video tho lmao. Let me explain. Seventeen hardly misses. But this is one of the few times in YEARS where I just donāt like the title or pre-relase songs. I saved āDON QUIXOTEā though āASHā on my new music playlist. And I thought to myself, āWait, where are the bad songs?ā Then I remembered because I already knew I didnāt like āHOTā and āDar+ingā I skipped adding those songs vgrioghroigiso. So for me, the rest of the album is a hit (Hit sound some may say) minus the titles. I havenāt decided on a fave song(s) yet, since Iāve only heard the album all the way through once last night while washing my hair. But I know Iāll be listening to it a lot. I havenāt bought tickets yet to see Seventeen this summer, but Iāll likely be seeing them again.
VICTON – Stupid Oāclock
Why is it, some of Victonās best songs are theyāre clock related ones (āWhat time is it now?ā and āChronographā). āMaydayā and āWhat I Saidā are some of my faves too, but they aināt got a time theme. Well, one of the albums has future in the title and that is a measurement of time, right? So it kinda counts. Anyway, Iām really impressed with this album. āBonnie and Clydeā and āStayā are my other faves off Chaos. I need more music from them like this.
LOONA – Pose
Despite me being angry, the girls arenāt coming to Atlanta. And I guess as of writing, Chuu aināt even going on tour (wack), I love āPoseā and the live performance of it. Iām in the process of catching up on Mnet Queendom songs on Spotify. Yāall know WJSN are my other girls, so Iām happy they won. However comma, I donāt like that despite Loona having sick members and having to miss first round, they werenāt given some type of catch up opportunity. COVID is still a thing Mnet wtf?? But both groups will have comebacks soon, so Iām looking forward to the bops.
Side note, my next post will be on VIVIZ (finally getting back to talking about their debut album in depth). They were on Queendom as well. I donāt remember where they ended up ranking, but Iām glad they were on there for exposure.
GOT7 – Two
Last but not least, GOT7 is back. I missed them. I like these reunions every once in a while. It looked they had fun spending time with each other again too from what I saw online.
Of course, my fave songs have Yugyeomās magic touch. Iāve been listening to āTwoā once a day, almost every day, since I first heard it a few weeks ago. āDonāt Care About Meā is my other fave off the self-titled album, Got7.
And thatās that. Iām not sure how, but I lost my May new releases list. So I made a new one, just for me not hardly even follow that list when it came to writing notes, lmao. Itās fine. Most months I have about 12 or so groups and soloists on here out of like 30 on the interest list. Then we cut down from there. If you were curious, a bit about my technique.
How were yāalls May? Mine was super busy. June looks like itāll be even more busy. So Iām looking forward to that. I hope things are going well for yāall. Let me know what yāall were listening this past month. Iāll see ya next post!
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