BoA – Sweet Impact -The Greatest Ver.- (Digital Single)

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“Sweet Impact -The Greatest Ver.-” is the digital single by the singer BoA.

Release Date: 2022.05.16

Tracklist:

1.Sweet Impact -The Greatest Ver.-

OVERALL RATING: 4 stars

YERIN – ARIA (Mini Album)

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Aria (stylized in all uppercase) is the debut mini album by Yerin. It was released on May 18, 2022 with “Aria” serving as the album’s title track.

Tracklist:

1.”Intro : Bloom”
2.”Aria”
3.”Believer”
4.”Lalala”
5.”Time (시간)”

OVERALL RATING: 4 stars

Kassy – LOVE & HATE (Single)

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S. Korean singer Kassy release a new digital single “LOVE & HATE” on May 19.

It is the singer’s first new album in about seven months since the mini album “Old Story,” which was dropped in October, 2021. It contains the double title songs “Don’t wanna leave tonight” and “HATE YOU.”

“Don’t wanna leave tonight” depicts the happiness and excitement of starting love, while “HATE YOU” expresses the desperate feelings experienced when ending a relationship.

Nextar Entertainment introduced, “The album contains two conflicting emotions so many people would relate to the songs.”

The new song was written by Kassy and composed by lyricist Cho Yeong-su.

Tracklist:

1.늦은 밤 헤어지긴 너무 아쉬워 (Don’t wanna leave tonight)

2.점점 지쳐가 (HATE YOU)

3.Don’t wanna leave tonight (Instrumental)

4.HATE YOU (Instrumental)

OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars

Lee Soo Young – SORY (Album)

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Veteran ballad singer Lee Soo-young is back with her 10th full-length album “Sory,” marking her new studio album release in nearly 13 years following “Dazzle,” which dropped in October 2009.

In a press conference held in Seoul on Tuesday, ahead of the online release of the album at 6 p.m., the singer described her grand comeback as “making a debut for the second time,” with a quivering voice while shedding tears.

“When I debuted at the age of 20, I was too young to realize what it meant to be onstage. It feels different to be here now. Frankly speaking, I’m very nervous,” Lee said. “Thank you for waiting for my comeback. I’m not sure how I can return so much love and attention.”

The 43-year-old debuted in 1999 with the megahit “I Believe.” Her strong singing abilities quickly gained the singer popularity and she enjoyed several hit songs such as “Say Goodbye,” “La la la,” “A Teardrop by Itself” and “Grace.”

However, it took more than a decade for her to release a full-length album following her marriage in 2010. It was a “way longer than expected break,” according to Lee. While she made considerable efforts to return with a new album in the intervening years, things did not go as planned and she even thought about ending her music career, Lee said.

The singer was afraid of getting forgotten, and at the same time, felt sorry for her long-awaiting fans. “Sory” sings about her apologetic feelings and a “journey to find an original sound,” she said. The eight-track album took three years to complete.

“Singing songs means happiness to me. It makes me alive. On the first day of recording songs for the album, it felt like my blood started circulating from head to toe. I felt grateful to experience the feeling again,” she said. The singer was emotional throughout the one-hour press conference, tearing up several times. She also bowed repeatedly to the reporters.

Along with the lead track “Uranus,” which was written and composed by singer-songwriter Ahn Ye-eun, many talented musicians including singer-songwriter and jazz pianist Lee Jin-ah and lyricist Kim Ea-na participated in the veteran singer’s 10th full-length album. Lee also helped write the lyrics for the last track “Rainbow.” Earlier last month she unveiled one of the songs titled “Sore.”

With her comeback, Lee said she is planning to actively pursue her music career this year. The singer also expressed her wish to hold a concert and appear on television variety shows.

Tracklist:

1.작은 빗방울이 네 손끝에 (After the rain)

2.사월에게 (Dear April)

3.덧 (Sore)

4.천왕성 (Uranus)

5.방문을 닫고 (Close the door)

6.알아가려 해 (About me)

7.너 같은 사람 (Like you)

8.Rainbow

OVERALL RATING: 4½ stars

EXiNA (Shiena Nishizawa) – SHiENA (Album)

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Yukikane Nishizawa’s solo project “EXiNA” finally drops its long-awaited full album! The album includes “ENDiNG MiRAGE”, the outro theme for the TV anime “Harlem of the End” and “DiViNE”, the intro theme for the TV anime “BLUE REFLECTION RAY/Mio”. The sound producer is daiki kasho, who is also in charge of music for the “Gran Turismo” game series, and he is fully involved in the project. The cover artwork is the first CD cover by Shinichiro Inui, an artist who has collaborated with numerous brands and companies.

Release Date: May 18, 2022

Tracklist:

01 MONOLOGUE
02 DONUT
03 KAiJiN
04 BYE BYE
05 MY KEYS
06 MONKEY WRENCH
07 ENDiNG MiRAGE
08 STEREOTYPE
09 DiViNE
10 ZOMBiES DON’T CRY
11 SAGA
12 YOU ARE THE REASON

OVERALL RATING: 3 stars

DRIPPIN – So Good -Japanese version- (Single)

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DRIPPIN to release the debut single in Japan.

Release Date: May 18, 2022

Tracklist:

1.So Good

2.Villain (Japanese ver.)

OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars

AB6IX – A to B (EP)

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A to B is the fifth EP by AB6IX. It was released on May 18, 2022 with “Savior” serving as the album’s title track.

Tracklist:

1.”Parachute”
2.”Savior”
3.”Sucker for Your Love (우리가 헤어젔던 이유)”
4.”Einstein (아니슈타인)”
5.”We Could Love”

OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars