JohnDavid's Music Page

Album Logs

A list of albums I have listened to in the year 2025.

Includes first-time listens and the occasional revisited work I have something to say about.

New content is added to the top of the list.

Ratings are based on my personal enjoyment at time of writing on a scale ranging from

"I don't think I'll listen to this again. โ˜…โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†" to "This album has given me life. โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…".

August

Last Updated: 25.08.25

Growing Pain pt.1 : FREE

Artist: YOUNG POSSE | Release Date: 2025.08.14

  • Another single that goes hard.
  • Maybe the first time I've actively disliked some songs on a YP release.
  • Not a fan of the blonde look either.
  • Favorite Tracks: FREESTYLE, "Same Shit, Another One"
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stereo

Artist: ์ฃผํ˜œ๋ฆฐ (Joo Hyelin) | Release Date: 2025.08.14

  • Get up and move your feet~!
  • Music that makes me smile. I put off listening to this because I was worried that listening to COOL last month would put my expectations too high. I was worried for no reason!
  • Also love the album cover and track list promotion poster with the little drawing on it.
  • Favorite Tracks: Busy Boy, ์•„๋ฌด๊ฒƒ๋„, ๋†€๋Ÿฌ ์™€, Green Tea
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WHERE IS MY HEAD?

Artist: Rich Brian | Release Date: 2025.08.15

  • Bars and guitars.
  • Feelings and diary entries.
  • My favorite album before this was The Sailor and he apparently worked with the same people to make part of this album. This my new favorite now.
  • Favorite Tracks: Body High, Butterfly, Little Ray Of Light, Timezones, She
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In Bloom

Artist: ์œ ์ฃผ (Yuju) | Release Date: 2025.08.12

  • Nothing reached me.
  • Sound so clean its sterile.
  • Another disappointing release from the gfriend diaspora ( แต• ฬฏ แต•ฬฉฬฉ )
  • Favorite Tracks: Sequence
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Blooming Wings

Artist: ์ตœ์˜ˆ๋‚˜ (Yena) | Release Date: 2025.07.29

  • Like an anime OST, and with the mangaka-drawn album cover to match.
  • The concept, vocals, instrumentation, all so satisfying. Like a light, but rich strawberry mille feuille.
  • The dance to the single is a whole ass musical.
  • Favorite Tracks: ์ฐฉํ•˜๋‹ค๋Š” ๋ง์ด ์ œ์ผ ์‹ซ์–ด, ๋„ˆ๋งŒ ์•„๋‹ˆ๋ฉด ๋ผ
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๋‚˜์˜ ์ •์›์—์„œ (In My Garden)

Artist: ์œค์ง€์˜ (Whys Young) | Release Date: 2023.04.22

  • Gentle indie with tinges of rock, folk, chamber pop, country etc.
  • Definitely a different vibe, but at the same time somehow reminds me a bit of ์žฅ๋“ค๋ ˆ.
  • Great for listening to while sharing homemade food with friends.
  • Favorite Tracks: ์–ด์ œ๋Š” ๋‹น์‹  ๊ฟˆ์„ ๊ฟจ์–ด์š”, You Have To Trust Me!, ์„œ๋ฏธ์•ผ ๋ฏธ์•„๋‚ด
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FESTIVAL

Artist: ๋ ˆ์ธ๋ณด์šฐ18 (Rainbow18) | Release Date: 2025.08.01

  • Two 2nd gen idols make a joke about forming a unit and performing at waterbomb. It gets turned into a comedy series on youtube. After over a year they actually put something out.
  • I was pleasantly surprised at how much I like their new original song. The remake of their old group's most famous song, A, is also way better than expected.
  • Was disappointed when I heard the title track is another tired cover of Uhm Junghwa's Festival. Nothing wrong with how it sounds, but I wish they spent more than two seconds on deciding on the cover they were going to do.
  • Favorite Tracks: SNS (Slow N Steady), A
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SURFACE TENSION

Artist: Dev Lemons | Release Date: 2025.08.01

  • Fun beats, wild voice colors, energizing.
  • Pretty then ugly then scary then sad.
  • Underrated artist.
  • Favorite Tracks: NICE TRY, FACE, STUCK AGAIN,
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