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f(x)  〘Pink Tape〙
Stars: 3.5/5
Strong Point: The aesthetic, their m/v is exactly what we call aesthetic.
Weak Point: F(x) didn't have much of a budget for this m/v so there's not so much of variety but it's good.
Feedback: F(x) is probably the only group that matches this concept the most in the kpop industry. It's so....magical and creepy and weird and artistic. SM please scan through the comments and realize that you need to spend money on something like this more. Because this video is beautiful!

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MAMAMOO 〘Reality In Black〙
Stars: 5/5
Strong point: The confidence in the whole of the album, a very popular point is that people just love the confidence and power radiated by the album.
Weak point: None
Feedback: This album is easily on of my favourites in all time. The sheer brilliance in the album is something people need to appreciate more.

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2NE1 〘Fire〙
Stars: 4/5
Strong point: All of it, 2NE1 is known immediately for their first song, 'Fire', not many new kpop fans know about the song but it is an ultimate everyone should listen to.
Weak point: Their animations, the green screen animations aren't really that well done. It can be seen quite a lot of times in the m/v and doesn't make it quite appealing.

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GFRIEND 〘Time for us〙
Stars: 5/5
Strong point: The class in the whole of the album. Many of the new kpop groups or even old ones, focus now more on EDM beats. Whereas GFRIEND's album was a soothing calmth of class.
Weak point: none
Feedback: I love about GFRIEND songs is that it has the old classical K-Pop vibes, not like a bubbly songs when they repeat the same word all over the song to be catchy  or become more western style songs with tropical and EDM music in it with so many English words, it's not that I'm against it but I find it so unique, classy and rare nowadays from young K-Pop group like GFRIEND.

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APINK 〘Pink Memory〙
Stars: 3.5/5
Strong point: Even though their album was named to be a 'summer album', they didn't follow the normal summer cliche and consistently did their own things and fans are here for it.
Weak point: Even though the album is amazing, I don't think it got much attention as much as it should've. Also the fact that some fans said that 1/2 of the songs were a bit too slow for their tastes.
Feedback: Apink is one of the few groups that have consistently had strong songs from start to finish on each of their albums. All of the songs could be hits with very little filler if any. As this is labeled as their "Summer Album", I'm glad they have also avoided all the typical summer cliched themes.

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Red Velvet〘The ReVe Festival: Day 1〙
Stars: 5/5
Strong point: The synchronity in the album and a significantly small (maybe) storyline. Every fan was going crazy after the album and fangirling over it because of how consistent the aesthetic was and a slight storyline might being hinted on.
Weak point: None
Feedback: It's a great album and a total bop. Hear it and don't regret it.

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BLACKPINK 〘The Album〙
Stars: 5/5
Strong point: EVERYTHING, fans had been waiting years for the 1st album and once they did release it. It was all over the internet. Even the collabs in the album are amazing.
Weak point: There weren't m/v's of all the songs and that's pretty much what every fan was slightly angry about.
Feedback: The best thing about this album is the amount of songs are not too overwhelming. You have time to appreciate each without getting bored. Each song has its own color and vibe. So i just really love this album as a whole.

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IZ*ONE  〘Oneiric Diary〙
Stars: 4/5
Strong point: Their m/v and how their song, Secret Story of the Swan blew up on the internet. The iconic line 'Uahage' was stuck in everyone's day for a long time !
Weak point: Again the fact that many songs didn't have m/vs which had fans devastated after watching the m/v of Secret Story of the Swan.
Feedback: Fans still don't understand why they are still not being considered permanent when they are gonna be the very last produce group. They should just make them permanent in honor of the program to remember us by that they survived the competition.

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WICE 〘More and More〙
Stars: 5/5
Strong point: How every m/v in the album is very very very aesthetically pleasing. Fans could view the m/vs for 100+ times and still hesitate to stop.
Weak point: None
Feedback: The album is a total head-bop which you need to hear to before you die or else you are going to miss out on something great. What fans also love about the album is that how the album is very different from their previous ones.

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And that is a wrap on the article. I'll see you guys in the next issue with some more tea to spill and more laughs. Please still keep in mind that not everyone needs to agree with my opinion and that's okay. Not everyone thinks the same way.

See you when the stars twinkle,
-Reporter Beanie.