Gloomy 🙃

Okay this will prob be a Long Message response but this has already been so fun, so I gotta write down a Ton of thoughts. I figured I'd give my Actual Faves for reference ofc but I'll go through your stuff first and boy am I excited to! (Post note: will be a second message for the list of faves and such)

So outright for groups I like or soloists I like, 2 out of 5 were groups or solos I really like.
(note as I write my faves down per group or such, they're not in any real order)

Darari - Treasure: I did quite like this remix I've got mixed feelings for treasure they're very hit or miss but what I've enjoyed I've like Enjoyed a good amount, maybe not enough to download or listen to a lot but enough to be like "yeah I'll go listen real quick." Out of their songs Jikjin and Move (yeah a subunit ik) both are faves I've heard in passing, not a like bias or such but they're alright!

Advice - Taemin: Oh of course I know Taemin of course I love advice of course I've listened to it a lot. BUT, he's not my SHINee bias that would be Onew somehow. I usually do drift to the performers and main daincers of groups but Onew for one reason or another grabbed me, second is prob Key though Taemin is right next to him in my eyes. Of SHINee I'm hard split on what I'd say is my fave but like, ring ding dong, juice, and hard. But of course on the solos Taemins got a good array if I had to pick one it might even be Advice for a favorite, but it's def hard to Just pick one. Key I think Gasoline, CoolAs, or Good & Great. Minho is a hard pick because I admittedly don't listen to him much but I did like a bit of what I listened to at least! And finally Onew, my bias, I like listened to Circle to DEATH when it released it's my #1 album and song of last year just from listens alone I was obsessed. Of course I also adored dice but Circle like. Changed me as a person. But MAN, love these guys.

BOOM - Huta: I do of course know BTOB, though admittedly most of my exposure to them is from Kingdom and the spare song. But I do quite like this solo at least! This does have me feeling like I need to go listen to their discography more mayhap. It's hard to write as much for BTOB or Huta since y'know, they are a classic IMO.

LOVE ME LIKE - OMEGA X: I'm sure you've experienced the same thing with kpop where u get exposed to a song via an awkward part of the chorus that doesnt portray a whole song well, and boy this was one of those because I only heard the flute isolated which doesnt work as well alone as it does in the whole product because Damn I did like this song a fair bit. I think I've listened to a bit of OMEGA X but I apologize for failing to be a OMEGA X fan before the fact but I may as well listen to their discography more now what with growing to appreciate this song much more alone.

Shut Up 받고 Crazy Hot! - ONEUS: Ohhh Oneus I love you Oneus. Ironically you were pretty close in concept to what's my favourite song of theirs by your description, I of course love this song but my fave still has to be LUNA the choreo there hooked me something unimaginable, and of course the song is so smooth and goes so hard that it's hard not to loop it a few times and really feel it yknow. They're a group that's harder to break down the fave songs and stuff for, idk why really but I do love them a bunch.

On to the ATEEZ Stuff and boy I do love your picks overall, there's a funny bit of getting Really Close but weaving around my favourites that I Think you'll get when u read them but I do ofc love all the stuff you've mentioned. Of the bunch I think Guerilla is my fave of those three particularly. Deja Vu second and Butterfly Wings last (ironically). Ofc not saying Butterfly Wings is bad. But as for favourites of theirs? Cyberpunk is prob my fave title overall still, Wake Up up close. Halazia, Guerilla, Bouncy, Say My Name, Hala Hala, Crazy Form, MATZ in no particular order are some of my fave w/ MV songs. Of course these picks have hefty recency bias it's hard to pick out of a big wonderful discography.

I've had a lot of fun with just this bit alone, had a big smile reading some of your thoughts on stuff this has been an absolute blast, of course I've still got to make note of my fave songs groups etc but I wanna make that a second message as this one is already, monolithic and ramble-y. But overall I've really enjoyed this response, it wasn't y'know dead on the money but I don't think it ever could've been obviously but I got some groups I realize I need to listen to more of so hey! A win for both of us!