On things that rust without being iron — Juho's 'Rusted Heart'
Out yesterday. Rust isn't breaking; it's changing, slowly.
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On the Way a Name Is Called — Hong Sung Yun, 'Bongiroguna'
The teaser came first. Whether the title is an exclamation or a verdict, we don't know yet.
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On Getting In for the Eighth Time — Stray Kids' 'THIS & THAT'
No. 61 on the UK Official Singles Chart, No. 80 on the albums chart. It's not the numbers that catch the eye, it's the phrase "eighth time".
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The song went out first, the video came two weeks later — siso · ALICE U, 'Ain't Good'
The song on July 28, the music video on August 13. Sixteen days opened up in between.
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On the hour when missing it means walking — Splayit, 'Makcha'
Released August 13. What decides the end of a day isn't the clock — it's the timetable.
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A single made by seven people is called '7' — URBAN ZAKAPA's 'Blue Diamond'
Out the day before yesterday. Both songs were written by one person alone.
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A pre-release that called back someone from twenty years ago — M.C the MAX's 'Go, Go!'
Out this evening. It's billed as the opening of a tenth full album.
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Why the same song appears twice on one album — WayV's 'Vision Wings'
Out yesterday. Of the seven tracks, the first and the last are the same song.
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The knife that arrived two months late — aespa's 'Switchblade'
The track came out in May; the video came out last week.
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The point where the tug-of-war starts — Yoon Jae Chan's 'Bickering'
Out two days ago. The actor featured on it wrote and composed it too.
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Toward the feeling of being alive — Seo Eunkwang's 'Feel Alive'
A single released yesterday. Two songs split the front and back of summer between them.
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A song that asks you to call first — Heo Jiwon's 'Call me up'
A solo debut mini, out yesterday. The title is a request.
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A question after four years — Choi Jin Hee's 'Who is it'
A new song, out August 1. A question over a jazz bossa nova rhythm.
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Leaving sweat at the end of summer — KISS OF LIFE's 'SWEAT'
It's their third single, out August 4. The title is a single word.
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One more before summer ends — Red Velvet's 'Surfin' Boy'
A summer mini album arrived on August 3. It's about someone riding a wave.
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The number of minutes a day holds — Park Da Hye's '1440'
A number is the title. It's a song by someone who counted how many minutes a day is.
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Being alone and becoming alone — Mark Tuan's 'Alone'
Three minutes thirty-six. A song that stays inside isolation instead of explaining it.
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A song finished the day before enlisting — JEONG SEWOON's 'Too Much'
About choices made not from fear or from not coping, but because they didn't fit.
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A night the sun and moon rose together — ONEWE's 'Neverland'
'Missing' turned out not to mean only that something was lost.
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A night sung by two people born the same year — SUPER JUNIOR-83z's 'Promise'
Leeteuk and Heechul, the first album from a unit of two who are the same age.
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The night a song that already existed was born again — LE SSERAFIM's 'BOOMPALA'
A voice from Nigeria stepped into a track released back in May.
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The night she decided not to fan her feathers — sunwoojunga's 'Peacock'
The Korean title means 'I won't even ask for more'. The song sits between the two.
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Between friends and lovers, that summer night — JENNIE's 'Less than a Lover'
JENNIE wrote and made the moment just before you name it, entirely on her own.
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For Sleepless Summer Nights: Nerd Connection's 'Good Night Good Dream'
It doesn't force your restless heart back down. It just sits beside you and says, let's only think this far for tonight.
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On the First Sweltering Night of Summer
The night the rainy season lifted and a hot wind blew in — strangely, the first thing to come to me was a song about summer ending.
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On a night the heat won't let you sleep
One old song, to carry you through a sleepless night.
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When Three Groups Meet in One Song
On what makes 'ICONIC BY MISTAKE' feel special.
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The Songs That Stay Behind the Numbers
On what the first-half record of 49.5 million copies doesn't tell us.
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A Summer Night, With the Window Half Open
About one song for a night when the heat has finally eased.
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Summer Festivals: A Playlist for the Night Before
A few songs worth warming up to, before you go.
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