The Week in Review: August 27, 2022

My song recommendations of the week, a sneak peek at next week's content, and more!

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Thought-Provoking Quote of the Week: TAEYONG, “The most important [thing] in the world is you yourself. Everyone, please take care of your own health and move forward towards your dreams, just don’t forget there’s ‘us’ in that path…”

Top Ten Song Recs of the Week

1. Novel Core’s “Imaginative Fantasista,” truly one of the most fun and catchy singles I’ve heard in a very long time! 
2. “FOCUS” by HA SUNG WOON, which has a layered instrumental that is even fun to listen to sans vocals!
3. WONHO’s “Don’t hesitate,” speaking of super-fun instrumentals!
4. YOUHA’s dreamy “Last Dance”
5. The best B-side on TWICE’s new album, “Queen of Hearts”
6. IVE’s “After LIKE,” a disco dancefloor gem!
7. LUMINOUS’s underrated “Engine”
8. SKYLE’s new and improved sound on “Bye Bye Bye”
9. CityNoise’s “CopyCat,” which mixes electronic, rock, pop, and R&B sounds in an impressively cohesive way
10. SKY-HI and ☆Taku Takahashi’s new single, “Fly Without Wings,” which has a sound that’s YOSHIKI EZAKI meets j-hope

What’s New From Me
I started releasing my KCON coverage, including a convention review, a concert review, a highlight video, a podcast episode, and exclusive photos!

I reviewed SEVENTEEN’s Be the Sun World Tour Chicago concert and posted a highlight video!

Lastly, I released my interviews with BURN from The FunCity, Viral Affair, and Yunsae!

Coming Up 

• Exclusive images from SEVENTEEN’s Be the Sun Chicago show!
• My interviews with BLACK ON, Ahn Ye Eun, and color-code
• My “Best of August 2022” picks
• More KCON coverage
• A new episode of “17 Talk”
• A roundup of the latest K-pop headlines
• Get ready for new music from Balming Tiger x RM, BE:FIRST, Billlie, Chuu, Even of Day, HoneyJ, KEY, LEE JIN HYUK, MAMAMOO PLUS, PRITTI-G, Rocket Punch, TEMPEST, TXT, Yiren from EVERGLOW, and more!

Throwback of the Week: “Mansae” by SEVENTEEN

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