There were 2 major releases and one debut scheduled yesterday so I was pretty hyped about them especially because one of those releases is my kids, Stray Kids!!! I admit I'm not as invested in them as I was at first or I thought I would be leading up to their debut, but I'm still excited to see their growth and I'm looking forward to new music from them.

So I went home and tried to listen to them but.... wow it was difficult.

Power-up - Red Velvet
RV is one of the biggest girl groups right now so I was excited about their summer release. Aand well it's cute. The hook is super catchy, the MV is colorful and cute, the choreo is fun, the girls are beautiful. I just don't like the song that much though, it's so noisy?

My Pace - Stray Kids
Now this is even more difficult because they're my babies. At least I thought they're my babies. I can't get into this song!! I was so puzzled listening to it, what the hell is going on??? It's so weird, the opening sounds like something from the 90's, the song is on the cheerful side and there's autotune?? This is not the Stray Kids I used to know. Maybe it's because I've distanced myself from them I didn't get to see the teasers and such, but I ... thought... they supposed to have a darker tone to them, that was their appeal in the first place. This was produced by JYP and it feels like it's produces by JYP. It feels very all over the place for me. I tried to give it a second, third, fourth listen and that still doesn't change my stance on the song. I tried listening to their other songs on the album as well and ... wow. Nothing really clicked for me except for Voices although that as well, feels like several different songs jumbled together. So... I purchased that one song. If this was any other group I probably will walk away without purchasing any songs from the album. I think this is a proof that I love them for their music and when the music is not something I expected, I am left with little to no attachment to them. They're cute though!

Palace - D-Crunch
This is a debut song. D-Crunch is another boy group trying their luck in the industry. During the noon I saw clips of their debut showcase in which one of the members says that BTS is their role model. I was pretty excited and curious about debuts in general so I clicked on their music video. And wow. This was the weirdest of all stuff I've seen all day. Low budget MV, I understand. I can handle it. The song though, what the fuck is this? It doesn't seem to have anything interesting about it, there's no drop, no nothing. The tone stays the same the whole song, it's so fucking boring it doesn't seem to end. I don't understand it.