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notes:

• i have misophonia (found through talks with a psychiatrist in 2018), which means i get triggered by specific sounds. these sounds can bring a range of reactions including discomfort, annoyance, anger and extreme anxiety. for that reason, i may pick up or dislike tiny details of songs; it's not me being a hater, it's just a condition i have! sometimes i even clarify in my reviews that it's something personal.
• i repeat a lot of the same adjectives
• i keep my initial opinions written and then make addendums as i listen to it more

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main releases:

♡ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ bite me — limelight ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 8.75/10

͏ ͏1 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ bite me

• score: 8.75/10
• outstanding member(s): there's no color coded lyrics for this song and i'm unable to identify the members' voices
• outstanding part(s):
• review:
• i like the instrumental a lot
• their voices are soooooo pleasant to listen to
• the verses are way better than the chorus; it is kind of weak compared to the rest but it's still nice!
• one of the members' parts, the baby, i'm sorry, reminded me of seori's voice and i love it!
• although it isn't their best release, it was a cool song, one of those that would be very fun in a club, i can definitely see myself listening to it quite a lot
• it also seems to be a song that will grow a lot on me with time

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♡ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 'the billlie's odditorium' the second edition — billlie ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 9.5/10

͏ ͏1 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ january 0th (a hope song)

• score: 9.5/10
• outstanding member(s): sheon, siyoon
• outstanding part(s): bridge of the song
• review:
• the intro is cute
• their voices sound very good
• it reminds me of softer pop songs i would listen, not quite a colbie caillat but something around it
• the part they're singing together is gorgeous
• sheon's voice improved so much
• siyoon's ending line is so pretty too
• i don't know if it is the type of song i'll listen to often, but it is one that will make me feel warm every time i do

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♡ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ love 119 — riize ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 7.5/10

͏ ͏1 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ love 119

• score: 7.5/10
• outstanding member(s): shotaro
• outstanding part(s): vocal harmonies and lower pitched verses
• review:
• the intro is delicious and it gives me a young k vibe
• the instrumental of the first part the members sing together, the piano, is so good
• the rhythm itself of this part is nice, something kind of angsty releases of boygroups during the end of 2nd gen and beginning of 3rd
• the "yelling" vocals, though, are kind of meh... i'm so sorry...
• sohee's voice is cute, had never heard it
• for some reason, the way the verses flow reminds me of just the way you are
• i like wonbin's voice in his first solo line, sungchan's in his too, they're really delicate and sweet
• sohee's and wonbin's higher pitches... not really my style, they are a bit like a needle
• anton's so sweet, though, is delicious
• i really like the addition of synth
• anton's and eunseok's harmony and shotaro's and sohee's are delicious
• wish the chorus weren't like that first part, it's a little bit boring
• eunseok's voice is beautiful, i just need to get used to his pronunciation because it is a bit foreign to me
• i don't know whose voice is which in shotaro's and anton's rap, but the one with lower pitch has a very nice voice, the higher pitch made me feel just like in sohee's and wonbin's parts
• anton's voice is so airy sometimes, i like it a lot
• all the pairs harmonize really nicely
• shotaro's rap is so good, definitely my favorite in the song
• sungchan's is nice too
• wonbin's adlib and sohee's high notes are good
• final thoughts: their harmonies are nice, shotaro's rap is really good, their medium pitches are really sweet, but i, unfortunately, was unable to enjoy the vocals in the chorus because it made it kind of boring, although i liked the rhythm, nor the higher pitches. i also loved the instrumental. it might grow on me, though, since it happens sometimes. maybe i'll give it another listen later.

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♡ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ voyage — geenius ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 8/10

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• score: 8/10
• outstanding member(s): mika
• outstanding part(s): bridge
• review:
• the intro is delicious
• i love mika's voice
• it kind of has a loossemble vibe
• the chorus is cute
• i enjoyed the (short) rap
• i love the bridge
• it's cute

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♡ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ mr. vampire — itzy ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 8/10

͏ ͏1 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ mr. vampire

• score: 8/10
• outstanding member(s): chaeryeong
• outstanding part(s): second part of the chorus
• review:
• i like the intro
• i love chaeryeong's voice
• chaeryeong's and yuna's first parts are sooooo good
• i'm not sure if i enjoyed yeji's part, the rhythm is nice and her voice sounds mostly nice, but the high pitched end of each word really isn't my style
• the instrumental suits the intro more than the chorus; since ryujin has a more monotone, maybe, voice, the louder instrumental makes the chorus a bit boring
• ryujin sounds good, though
• chaeryeong's part is really good, even the instrumental is nicer in her lines
• ryujin's rap is ok, her vocal is good, but the lines aren't anything special
• yeji's voice has become very pleasant and sweet note in a certain line, but i still, unfortunately, feel the same as her other part
• yuna's parts are nice
• apparently, my issue with the first pre-chorus was that it didn't suit yeji, in my opinion; it sounded better in chaeryeong's voice, even though i wouldn't say it's amazing because it's still a bit annoying
• the chorus sounded a bit less boring with yuna starting it
• ryujin getting the second part of the chorus sounds really good, they could've switched hers and chaeryeong's part in the first one
• the bridge is very nice
• yeji sounds nice in the first part of the chorus too
• absolutely loved chaeryeong's parts

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♡ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ sequence — SF9 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ?/10

͏ ͏1 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ bibora

• score: 9.5/10
• outstanding member(s): chani, zuho, yoo taeyang
• outstanding part(s): chani's and zuho's shared part, youngbin's pre chorus rap, chani's part in the first chorus
• review:
• they'll never stop making gay club songs and i'm happy for it
• oh wow, i don't know if it's because i just woke up, but the song is too fast for my brain to keep up with it, i'll have to go back to the beginning
• the beat is nice
• dawon sounds nice as always
• inseong also always sounds really good, although these overly breathy lines aren't that enjoyable, but this could be due to my misophonia! either way, it's inseong, so they don't sound bad, they're just a bit uncomfortable to my ears.
• so, i had a commercial break, which means that i got distracted, so i started again and after listening to it three times — four, actually, because i went back to comment on it properly —, i have slightly different and clearer opinions:
• my discomfort with inseong's first part only happens in his first line, i liked the other two
• now that i'm fully awake, i can keep up easily with the song, it is fast-paced but nothing outlandish
• now we're back to the parts i'm listening to for the first time
• chani's and zuho's part tickled my brain just right, this will for sure be one of those i repeat to exhaustion, it's just too good
• chani's voice is such a delight, i wish he had more lines, not only in bibora, but in their discography as a whole
• he's already great as a rapper, but zuho's vocals deserve so much appreciation, his higher lines sound really nice even though he has a deeper pitch
• it seemed like zuho's part would keep going but suddenly it's youngbin already, the whiplash
• i'm not sure what i think about youngbin's rap: at first i didn't like it, then i disliked the beginning but enjoyed the later lines, and now, after looping it a few times to try to form an opinion, i guess i like it. it's very youngbin's style, which i almost always like, maybe at first i wasn't ready for it specially after a part that i loved so much; zuho's lines were deep and soft while youngbin's voice has always been sharp and higher, and i often need to get used to piercing sounds, but now i believe it grew on me. it was quite fast, really, so i'm happy with it
• the pre chorus is amazing, i'm so in love with how delicate their voices are, the instrumental and everything
• it feels holy
• i just need to get used to these lines where they speed up a bit, it feels like they lost the rhythm and have to fix it
• hwiyoung's part... i love hwiyoung's voice so much, but for some reason they often go a bit heavy on the autotune on his parts until it sounds robotic; when it's only on one member's part, it sounds weird — not the good kind of weird — just like in this song. it happens way too often with him or chani
• the chorus is really good! yoo taeyang's part, the first one, slightly reminds me of older 3rd gen releases, specially the way he sings 슬픔 속에, 되고 and 부서져 내려
• inseong's 휩쓸려 is also chef's kiss
• his so would you rain on me bibora melting into chani's voice is making me insane
• taeyang's part at the ending of the chorus is also amazing
• oh my god, this song is so good, my SF9 is — mostly, since it's incomplete, — back
• zuho's rap starts nicely but it becomes really good when the beat picks up its rhythm
• chani's part is coming... i am happy
• i... didn't really like his part too much... but he was amazing in the rest of the song so we love you kang chani
• weirdly i also didn't enjoy hwiyoung's rap, which is usually my favorite... well, there are other songs in the album!
• this pre chorus is also amazing and youngbin's part is god tier, i love it so much, another one i'll probably loop
• this song is so incredibly good
• the bridge is amazing, specially dawon's part
• hwiyoung's would you rain on me bibora is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• this song is so so so good, it was really hard to choose outstanding members, but i think i'm satisfied with my picks
• updates:
• listened to it again and liked hwiyoung's part!!!!!!!!!!!!
• the part i got obsessed with wasn't any of the two i predicted; it was chani in the first chorus

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͏ ͏3 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ domino

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͏ ͏4 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ strings

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͏ ͏5 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ morning coffee

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͏ ͏6 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ superconductor

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