(Please note – This is a real-time review, meaning I am typing down my exact thoughts while listening to each song.)

“2 KIDS” by TAEMIN – Reaction to Official MV:

• Interesting guitar strumming for the intro, and as expected, Taemin is serving vocals.
• The cityscape visuals for this music video are stunning.
• The guitar instrumental is really intriguing and beautiful.
• I love the chorus, it has a graceful and somewhat relaxing melody.
• Taemin dancing is so unique and fluid. It’s always fun to watch him dance.
• So this song is about two young people that fell in love and unfortunately had to break up? I guess they were too immature and hurt each other a lot.
• That’s what I’m getting from the lyrics so far.
• The instrumental is incredible, it keeps surprising me.
• I know Taemin wrote the lyrics, but whoever produced the music is mighty talented.
• “2 KIDS” is playlist worthy. The rhythm and melody are going to be stuck in my head for a while.
• I love this song. Therefore it gets a 10/10 rating from me.

“DUMDi DUMDi” by (G)I-DLE – Reaction to Official MV:

• Thankfully most of the music videos I’m watching today have English subs.
• I am getting strong Old West vibes from this music video and intro.
• All the girls look beautiful.
• Well, that was an abrupt way to end the intro. I would have preferred a better blend into the actual song.
• The song itself is giving me major Arabic vibes.
• Honestly, at this point, I have no idea what to expect. Fingers crossed🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼, please be a good song.
• WAIT, I am so confused. The Arabic sound that I assumed was the beginning of the song is not actually the song?😂😂😂🤣🤣
• Okay… okay, let’s continue, but at least that makes up for the abrupt switch I didn’t like.
• All the ladies are in the same motel, and it’s about to go down!!!
• You see, the actual song intro blended in perfectly like I wanted.
• Oooh, the beat is hard, and Soyeon looks stunning with the long hair.
• They are all doing well in the vocal department. Unfortunately, I wasn’t feeling it until Minnie’s part came in.
• She looks gorgeous with pink hair.
• The chorus is captivating but still feels off to me.
• Soyeon’s flow is excellent, as always.
• I vibe with the chorus more on the second listen.
• I think Minnie might be my bias in (G)I-DLE. I love her voice, and she is so pretty.
• “DUMDi DUMDi” is a fun song. I love the chorus, but I don’t think it’s something I would listen to a lot, hence why it gets an 8.5/10 from me.