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starting a song with a high note was BALLSY

so mad at how she literally saved the genre and outdid JLO's discography in one fell swoop but was paid DUST.

8 of the most iconic k-pop artists on one track (most with successful solo careers), yet the only part I remember is Bom's. She is THE VOICE.

Wait I never appreciated how ridiculously good these were til now. The fact that I'm still discovering 2nd Gen bops 2 decades later. Even Gossip Girl is a bona-fide bop in 2026.

JYP had a VISION I tell you, a VISION. The best mini to ever come out of his company.

how much I miss SISTAR: I will go through the BESTie b-sides for scraps

Nicole the crazy smile seeing her on stage bought to my face

I've known of this song since it came out (the other nugu stans couldn't stop talking about it), but I haven't actually listened until today lol. and God it's like Christmas came early for me and I have another Girl's Day song I will never move on from Gen 2.5

The amount of KARA covers / samples in 2026 is frankly shocking to me. Seems their activities since 2022 are solidifying their legacy I like that this one is pretty faithful to the original, like I would listen to it. I had to turn the Mr. cover off before it finished.

my geriatric ass has now unfortunately aged past the title of this song, but my God, what a bop for the ages.

a song so good that I still remember and listen despite the group being dead for over a decade

I knew it had to made by Swedish people too omg. The unsung foundation for the genre.

Only just now finding out how nonsensical the lyrics are (which I realised is quite rare for the genre at the era tbh), but it kinda makes the song slap harder.

I said this when it came out, and it still rings true today: sometimes, you just gotta keep things simple and call Brave. Like as much as I respect how they all tried to branch out, none of the EXO solos were better than this.

I love the moment when Sooyoung comes to the front of the vocals on the 2nd chorus, it's become so noticable to me.