devil by the window - the r&b bridge completely halting the bouncy baseline is an odd choice as it almost kills all the momentum. it does makes it more interesting from a compositional standpoint, because it's the only thing that stops it from being a total bad guy ripoff. fond of the outro, the percussion that comes in is quite unqiue for a kpop song. 7/10
sugar ride rush - killer nu-disco guitar intro, killer build up, KILLER bridge that removes and re-adds the guitar over some sweet synth pads and then... antidrop that goes nowhere. there's a lot of perculiar instrument choices in the antidrop, there's a pretty prominent wood sounder in there that sounds cool. but this chorus had no excuse boiling down to just a bass drum for its almost entirety. the final chorus is what should have happened for both choruses. also this straight up not having a middle 8 is really odd. is this the future of pop music for the adhd riddled zoomer generation? 7/10
happy fools - exactly the sort of zion.t crush krnb i don't like, which i expected so it's whatever. coi leray's verse was nice, she matched the energy well. 5/10
tinnitus - STEEL DRUMS BABY WE GOT STEEL DRUMS yes i still love trop house in 2023 sue me. it's much more subdued than the trop house that plagued the radios years ago, lots of focus on the wooden percussion which i love. i didn't notice a single vocal melody in this, i was just hypnotised by the beat. 8/10
farewell, neverland - it's your typical txt sorta-rock song, but it has a unique carribean folk flair in the guitar work which means it's instantly better than every other txt sorta-rock song. they really went to the islands with this mini. god damn. 7/10
tl;dr soobin shove your tatas in my face