Five Fresh Band Singles From The Philippines, Korea, And Japan

Five songs. Five distinct moods. One immersive listen that moves from hazy warmth to triumphant return to a heart-tugging plea that won’t leave you alone. We spin through new and notable band singles from the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan, comparing notes on production, emotional arcs, and those tiny moments—drops, claps, whispers—that flip a good track into a great one.

We start with Over October’s 'Dahan', where soft rock and a psychedelic sheen create a slow-burn glow. The vocal sits rich and husky while the guitar shimmers, and a late-song drop brings a goosebump whisper that seals the mood. From there, macico’s 'puppet' layers lounge, J-pop, and R&B, all breathy and conspiratorial, hinting at power, distance, and the loneliness between the lines. CNBLUE’s 'Curtain call' turns the energy up without losing finesse: bright piano, brass accents, and a propulsive groove that feels like walking back onstage to cheers—grateful, charged, alive. Sakurashimeji’s 'who!' brings youthful drive with a smart stereo intro, handclap lift, and a mid-song funk wink that keeps the ride playful and tight. We close on SURL’s 'Please stay', where the guitar weeps and the vocal folds into the arrangement like another instrument. It’s melancholic, intoxicating, and beautifully produced, the kind of track that asks for one more midnight replay.

Throughout, we talk arrangement choices, vocal textures, sonic influences—psychedelic touches, jazz inflections, R&B undercurrents—and how personal context shapes what we hear. If you love discovering Asian indie, pop rock, and cross-genre band sounds, this one’s packed with gems and ear-candy details worth your time.

Your notes help others find the music, and your favorites might make our next playlist—what track hit you hardest?

Over October: Instagram X YouTube Dahan

macico: Instagram X YouTube puppet

CNBLUE: Instagram X YouTube Curtain call

Sakura Shimeji: Instagram X YouTube who!

SURL: Instagram YouTube Please stay

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:21

Welcome everybody to another episode of Music Elixir with me, Sada Sheet and Misty Japanic. I don't know what that sounded. I try I was trying to do two different things at once, so it just came Were you trying to sound like your cat? Like one of your cats. No, that would be oh jeez. Let me guess. Hmm. Bobo. Oh yeah. Mr. Bowie. You know it. He's very vocal. He's and and loud. He's very loud.

SPEAKER_01 1:00

Oh my goodness. I know. I miss the scene the kitties. And uh also my neighbor's cat, missing Kobo. Oh. Yeah. I I need to one day pay a visit. He likes to hang in the apartment. I don't know why. It's like, my place.

SPEAKER_00 1:18

Yay! Well, it's welcoming, you know. That's a good sign.

SPEAKER_01 1:22

I know. But anyways, besides cat talk, uh, we're going to chat about five singles. Actually, like I wanna say two songs are from albums, or one song is from an album.

SPEAKER_00 1:36

Two of them.

SPEAKER_01 1:37

Two of them, right? I think so, yeah. Two of them are are from an album. We're not gonna be doing deep dives in those albums, but uh picked some songs that actually are current popularity in Spotify. Mm-hmm. So you can check. They are all on streaming services, definitely. And makes life easier for us. We're not talking about this band today, but we do have a dedicated episode on this band, and it's called The Molise. Oh, okay. The Molise just dropped a new album. Awesome! Yes, you cannot find them on Spotify only in Bandcamp. Yeah, you have to order straight from the Bandcamp website, which is cool. I love Bandcamp. I'm gonna give them a shout-out because they do the Bandcan Fridays. Please check them out because I th well they do one Friday a month. Don't quote me on it. I think it's the first Friday of the month, where if you buy music for on that day, all proceeds go to the band. They don't take any any any of the fees out. That's only for the bands.

SPEAKER_00 2:45

That's awesome. That is awesome. That's really cool.

SPEAKER_01 2:48

That it is awesome. Now, Yusuru reached out to me, you know, let me know about the new album, and I'm like, yeah, I'll get it right away. And then I was thinking, ah, Bandcamp Friday, I just missed it. You know, he let me know kind of late. So I was like, all right, but I'm spreading the word, you know, Bandcamp Friday, just check which which month you're at, and please go there. There's so many artists there, and on that day, all whatever, whatever you have bought from whatever your favorite is, is just gonna go 100% to the group. That's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 3:18

Yes, yay, Bandcamp, exactly. And yay, Molise, you'll have to check out the new album. Oh my god. Definitely. Oh my god. It's you know how good they are. Yeah, yeah, definitely. They're so good. So wait, did you end up getting the album yet or no?

SPEAKER_01 3:33

Yeah, oh okay, yeah, because I wanted to play it on OK Asia because I was like, I'll be playing it. Of course, it's just like thank you. You know, we haven't seen them oh my god since pandemic.

SPEAKER_00 3:43

I know, wow, five years, geez, yeah, maybe more because I don't remember when we last got to see them.

SPEAKER_01 3:50

I want to say 2019, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:53

26 years, wow.

Setting The Playlist Plan

Over October’s Dahan: Slow-Burn Glow

SPEAKER_01 3:54

Yeah, because I remember they were um their visa had ran out, is has ex had expired, so they had to go back to Japan and do the whole process to come back. That's when pandemic happened. Yeah, yeah. And they're like, I we don't know when we can go back, you know, and now they're just stuck over there. Huh. So we'll see. Maybe when we go to Japan, because we are going to Japan. We are going to Japan. It will happen. I'll reach out and be like, hey, any clubs you you any clubs you you're going, you know? But anyways, okay, so I'm rambling on that. But um, so we are going to talk about one Filipino group, two Korean groups, and two Japanese groups, right? Correct. All right, this is all bands. Yes, this is not idol groups. But I mean, I've actually one of them they call idol group, even though it's a band, but uh, later on I'll tell you. But we're going to talk this Filipino group. I found this song, and for some reason I kind of hooked with this group, yeah, and I was looking into more into them, and they're like popping on Spotify. They have over three million streams. Awesome. Just on the group. So this group, the name of the group is Over October. The song is Dahan. It was released on September 26th. Now, I was reading on Spotify, so what I'm going to say is actually from their bio on Spotify. So Over October is a pop alternative rock band composed of members Josh on lead vocals and acoustic, uh guitar. And then we have Lua on lead guitar, Anton on rhythm guitar, Janessa on drums, we have a female drummer, and she is good. And then and Jorik Jorick. I'm gonna say Jorik on bass. So did you translate it the word Dahan? I did. Me too. Did we get the same? I was gonna say we use Google and my I sometimes my it says different than me. It's slowly, yes, that's what I got.

SPEAKER_00 6:12

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 6:13

Definitely.

SPEAKER_00 6:14

Finally we go.

SPEAKER_01 6:16

Why not the same time? I will translate words, and it's like, well, mine says this, and you're like, Well, I'm using the same Google thing. Oh, I'm seeing this. I'm like, I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 6:27

Why is it being like that? Does not make sense. Different search engine, different use. Yeah, I don't know. Well, you know, and sometimes words have two meanings, so yeah, you have to sort of make your best guess. But we both got slowly for this, so that's good. Yes, that's a very good thing to hear.

SPEAKER_01 6:47

You weren't go ahead and give me your uh your review or your talk.

SPEAKER_00 6:51

My talk. Sure. Well, what I got from this was sort of a soft rock, psychedelic revival kind of sound. Overall, it's just low, sultry, with uh gentle occasional swells of music, like it it flows very well. And so it works with slowly because you're kind of like everything's just going along nice and slowly. They've got that wavering guitar, that's like where I got sort of the psychedelic revival idea from. Just some gentle strumming, easy drum beat. So it gives this sort of uh simple love song vibes. You know, it's just it's almost like easy listening, but not quite. It's right, it's a little more exciting than that. The singer's voice is so rich and sweet, but like husky. So it gives sort of this yearning sound to the song, and then everybody coming in and harmonizing sort of makes it exciting and gives sort of this overall like tingly feeling in your body. You're just like, oh, oh, this is like so I don't know, it's romantic without necessarily being a romance song. I think it it I think they're sort of talking about taking it slowly. You know what I mean? I could be wrong, but that's sort of how I felt all over because I did. I just got like tingly and was like, oh, but again, his voice, whoo! Oh yeah, wow. So to me, this is like a a slow burn love song. You know what I mean? Like you're waiting for it to happen. Anticipating it, and they're just sort of coaxing you into feeling this love, like come on, because when they go, duh, oh you know what I mean. So it's just this one gets all the feels going. You're just like, wow, I'm my mind's a little spacey, and my body's a little floaty, and I just feel good all over. So that's my take on it.

SPEAKER_01 9:04

Okay, I had kind of similar feels. Uh what that for me reminds me of the early 90s Seattle indie vibes with like the dreamy, the warmth, the kind of hazy, but in the best way. And there's this like killer moment around 237 where everything kind of drops, and then Josh comes back in like a whispering the hung. Yeah, please, yes, I got the goosebumps too. Because I'm like, oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 9:38

That was probably my tingly moment.

SPEAKER_01 9:41

Total goosebumps, his tone. You know what? Sometimes his tone gave me a little bit of Chris Martin energy from Coldplay.

SPEAKER_00 9:50

Oh, okay, yeah, yeah. So I was like, I did think of that way.

SPEAKER_01 9:54

Don't forget Chris Martin from Coldplay. No, I your boyfriend loves him. Who am I speaking? No, Sarah is single. The boyfriend that we're talking about was Jim. Anyways, but yeah, the so sometimes like there's a tone that gives me that vibe, that energy of Chris Martin. Uh, plus that guitar with the effect, yeah. That it puts you like in a trance. It's just like it's very chill. Just feel everything kind of track. Yes, we felt the same way.

SPEAKER_00 10:32

Yeah, it's like I felt everything. It's like it does. It it surrounds you, you feel warm, yes, but tingling goosebumps because you're like everything just sort of goes right into that spot in your brain that's like I feel good. Yes, it feels so good, definitely. Even driving it, I was relaxed, you know, like just nothing was bothering me.

SPEAKER_01 10:59

So in the car, I was singing singing the dahan part. I was like, oh my goodness, really, even sometimes I wake up in the morning with that in my head, you know, the song that's the morning song in your head. And we always I was like, wow, this song really, like, really got stuck in my head. It did me too.

SPEAKER_00 11:20

It's like, oh, yes. When we well, when we first talked about, you know, oh, this is the new playlist, and I was like, that on song, yes.

SPEAKER_01 11:31

I'm like Sarah was just like this da on song. Oh my god, I can't get it off my head. I'm like, okay, good. I'm lost in it. Yes, really good. We need to do a deep dive on this group, definitely. Yeah, we have some okay. So we have like what, like five groups that we need to do deep dives on. I know.

SPEAKER_00 11:55

We got someone requested one, and we got yeah, now groups though that we've been finding that we're like, oh, let's look at that.

SPEAKER_01 12:02

We need that psychology. We need to do a deep dive on this. This is really good. So come on, Lauro, give us money so we can just only do this. I know, right? You know, we can do more than just one one week episode. We will do two. I don't know. Unless somebody wants to like give us a contract. Anyway, putting it out there in the universe.

SPEAKER_00 12:24

I'm gonna manifest this shit. Remember, I gave you that pen for a reason.

SPEAKER_01 12:32

Yes, you did. Things are happening to me, but I cannot say anything because they're not set in stone. Okay. All I have to say is it's really good. It's really good. All right, moving on. Oh, yeah. You ready for the next song? I am, yeah. Alright, so hmm. So I'm divided on how to say the name of this band, Masico. Yeah, I'm not sure. Because the C usually is like uh with an I is usually like an S sound. But the name of the song is Puppet. It was released on October 22. Now reading again on the Spotify band Bio, they are a trio. The members are Tom Tom Kobayashi on vocals, Yukono on keys, Koki Horita and guitars. The music style of uh Maki Maki I'm gonna say Machiko is uh was focused on J pop and with elements of club, lounge, and RB, which I kind of hear it on this song on Puppet. It just has this hit that smooth jazz lounge feel. Uh it also has this happy-go lucky tone, but with a little like but with that title like Puppet doesn't mean that the protagonist feels like they are struggling around like a bubble. Or um I like the layers of the instruments, like the flutes, the brass, the piano, the organ, the different tones of guitars makes a full song just for a trio.

SPEAKER_00 14:19

Yeah, it does.

SPEAKER_01 14:20

So I was like surprised to hear that this was that this group is just a trio. You know, of course I'm sure they have other people I'm assuming helping. Putting them out with the music. Yep, some studio players. But the puppet, and I'm like thinking it was there was so much going on, but then again, I don't know how to feel, but it was a really good song. It was like like happy go lucky.

Masico’s Puppet: Strings And Secrets

SPEAKER_00 14:42

Well, definitely it had good energy. Yeah, I was gonna say, uh, it's like um to me, it was a mid-tempo electro, RB, smooth, cool jazz. Like there was a lot to choose from sound-wise. They had the the synth and the brass, that drumstick tap sort of in-between beats, like they were drumming, and then it would be just like a click, click, click, click, click, click, click, and back it, you know, it was really interesting, interesting drumming style going on. It was really, like you were saying, sort of a playful merge of the music and the vocals, right, which at some points were like almost a whisper, like they were telling you a secret or something. Yeah. Sharing a secret or a deep thought, you know, like I'm gonna be real kind of quiet about it. Yeah. And yet somewhere in there they said lonely, lonely. So that was so I was thinking like they're implying that they feel like a puppet with you, you're pulling their strings. Right. Or that maybe you're the puppet and they're trying to coax you with the strings. I wasn't sure. Yeah. But somebody it's not a total sense of controlling because the music's too sort of laid back for that. But it's it's definitely like this someone's someone's playing with the strings, and I'm not sure who, but yeah, they feel like there's a puppet at work here. Yeah. And um, yeah, like whether it's willingly being led around or doing the leading, but it's right again, still really sort of subtle.

SPEAKER_01 16:22

Yeah. I like like on this song, Kobayashi's vocals is so different because it's kind of breathy too.

SPEAKER_00 16:32

Yeah, that's why I'm like whispery almost.

SPEAKER_01 16:34

Like you know, it's just like, what are you trying to say?

SPEAKER_00 16:40

And then yeah, the whole lonely thing. I mean, that's a really catchy that it's got sort of even though it's laid back, it's sort of a little punch there that dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. You know what I mean? It's so it's yeah, it's very interesting.

SPEAKER_01 16:57

I like the it's like exact. I do like it, but I was like, what are you trying to say? And I'm like trying to get words, and it's like, are you being a puppet? Are you the puppet? Who's the puppet? You know, I'm like, I don't know. I don't know, I don't know. That'll be great if we I don't know. Maybe I can find something.

SPEAKER_00 17:19

I kind of feel like they were implying that they were your puppet. Like I'm a puppet and you're controlling it. But it's yeah, it's hard to say.

SPEAKER_01 17:28

But you said when you said that word lonely and then why are you lonely? Are you lonely?

SPEAKER_00 17:33

Are they lonely? I don't know. Well, being a puppet would be lonely because you get hung up set aside for a little while, and then only when people are interested. Uh yeah, you know what I'm saying? So I have questions for this song.

SPEAKER_01 17:48

Yeah. I have questions for this song. Maybe if I don't know, if we ever get to meet anybody in the group, we'll have to ask, you know, like can you give us the meaning on you know, puppet? We're kind of like what's going on here. But it's a really good song. It is very jassy, very smooth, very cool. Definitely uh lounging and cocktails and just you know, putting the background. But it's a good song. Ready for the next song?

SPEAKER_00 18:17

Sure.

SPEAKER_01 18:17

Alright, this Mac group, CM Blue. Oh my god, this is from like my early K-pop days. I remember seeing CM Blue. Now, the singer for CM Blue, he was in a drama that I completely love. And of course, he was not the the protagonist, he was like on the side, anyways. So I was like He was just an extra or something. No, he was okay. So the group main was like this group, which is funny, it's a band. Okay, and the thing is that also in that um in that drama, the singer for FT Island also was in that drama. Oh so they kind of all from the same company. Okay, but the thing is that he liked the protagonist, but then the protagonist was in love with the singer, and you know, the singer is a total like singer the vibes, you know, like eh, you know.

SPEAKER_00 19:14

I'm too good for everybody.

SPEAKER_01 19:16

Exactly. But then, you know, he softened after he meets her, blah, blah, blah, blah. You know, all right, anyways. Oh, oh, so oh yeah, the protagonist was a nun. Yeah, okay. The protagonist was a nun who was a twin. His twin was supposed to his twin brother, her twin brother was supposed to be in the band, but then he did something that he couldn't be there on time, but because she looked so much like him, the manager tried to find her to change him into him, and then she got in there. I don't know, yeah. Yeah, there's but it's a really good drama. I'm gonna have to find it now. What is and of course it's been so long because this came out like in 2010, 2011, 2012, around that time. Okay, I don't remember, but it's a really good drama. Okay, so that's what this is how I know about CM Blue because he was in the drama and I like him. And he's this is Jong Young, who is like, oh, love. Actually, I have the on my fridge. I have the original CM Blue band. Because they this has this group has transitioned to now three, but they were a quartet, so all four members are on my fridge when in their heydays, young and cute, but not that they're not cute now, they're very handsome man, they're men now.

SPEAKER_00 20:41

I was gonna say all grown up, anyways.

SPEAKER_01 20:44

So the band is from South Korea, form and soul in 2009. Wow, but they got the start in Japan, so like they got popular in Japan before and um but because of that drama. Oh, okay. That makes sense. So then in South Korea, people are like, okay, like, okay, you know, like they started getting popularity in their own country after that. So curtain calls. I like this song. Now, this was released on November 5th, and this kind of feels so much of the group because of all the transitions they have gone since 2019, the struggles as a group, and it's like curtain call, you know, like yeah, we're starting, but then we're ending, but there's another show we're starting again. So the song, even though it's in Japanese, uh, and of course, knowing a little bit of the background of the group, it just feels personal for them. The sound is just like big and uplifting, part pop rock, part big bang vibes. Of course, my boy's vocals, it's just just so cool. I love his vocals, and it's just like feel like really happy that they're still dropping like bops, yeah. So even not, you know, I'm like probably one of the few bef fans, like they still follow them. It's just very big, very grand, and just very fitting for the group for the history.

SPEAKER_00 22:12

Yeah, yeah. I was gonna say it's funny, we've been having sort of the same um feel of the music because I was saying it was like up-tempo pop rock with a jazz influence. Like, definitely very jazzy because the piano in this is sick. Like, oh yeah, it's insane, it's crazy. I love it though, I love it. And then the the brass and electric guitar mix just gives it that super high energy. I'm it's sort of like frantic, frenetic. Yeah, just this ball of energy wavering around, waiting to explode. Yeah, I I got the feeling of it like curtain call is when the audience calls them back, wants you back. So this sort of has this like I don't know, accepting of the gratitude and the the recognition, and then the exhilaration and excitement of going back out, like being called back out. This is the energy I got from it, is they're excited for this curtain call because the people do want them to come back. Yep, you know what I mean? So they're like, all right, it's like you said, the end of the show, but they want us back, they're calling us out again. So here we are. It's just I I was so energized by this song every time it came on, just sort of bouncing around, bouncing off the walls. Like this was probably like the most high-energy song on this list. Yes, so it was really funny, but it still fit with everything because it wasn't so loud and uber rock. It was it was still sort of in that playful, gentle kind of mood, even though it was like energy, just excitement from the get-go. I mean, they were they were, they were just going, going, going, going to that curtain call. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 24:05

Like, oh my god, his voice delivery when he says curtain call because he's like curtain and call. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 24:15

It had almost like uh, was this used for a show?

SPEAKER_01 24:18

It does have a feel for like a drama or something like that. You know, all I can think of maybe he just they wrote it like that in hopes of maybe somebody picking it up.

SPEAKER_00 24:30

That could be but it has that feel like it would be good, a really good opening for some you know rom-com thing, kind of you know definitely.

Sakura Shimegi’s Who: Youthful Drive

SPEAKER_01 24:41

It does, it does, it does have that feel. Oh my boys, anyways. Moving on, you ready? Yes, all right now. I'm surprised. I'm very like when I was doing a deep dive on this group, I was like, no way. Anyways, so we're going to talk about Sakura Shimegi. This is a duo. The name of the song is Who? It was released on October 22nd. This is a very young duo. I was telling that uh Sarah that they graduated on 2020 from high school.

SPEAKER_00 25:20

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 25:20

Which I was like, eh? So these are two young men in Japan. Now the little bit that I can find, this the the unit was formed on June 14, 2024, as Gaku and Hyga on on Tokyo MX Ebi Dan program. Guess this is more for youth, you know, like talent youth. Oh, okay, yeah. So I'm like, geez, these were just like really young. You know, like it might wanna say in the let's see, I went over and looked up a little bit of like how old they are. I believe one is 23 and the other one is 24. Yeah. So uh they were young. They're just very young, talented man. And um, I mean, they're so talented. Let's see. One of them played guitars. Uh there's one that plays guitars, tramboling uh tramb uh trombone? No, tambourine, uh percussions, okay, because they're they're saying more percussions, so he's more into like percussions and whatever. But this is so cool, and um that song I was like, no way, these two kids, because they're kids. It's really cool, and the track it has like this uplifting vibes, both members like vocals are just just carry it, they're super youthful and energetic, of course, because just like kids. It's a very guitar-driven, really fun. You have did you read my notes?

SPEAKER_00 26:56

No, are we doing this again? We're not even this in the same office. I know, yeah. No, I it's right here. Guitar-driven pop rock.

SPEAKER_01 27:06

Let's see, just and just overall, happy go lucky. Another one with happy go lucky. Honestly, I had a great time listening to the song. Yeah, you know, and and then when I started go looking to it, I'm like, oh my god, they're just kids, and they're that talented. They're that talented. So it's like, I don't know what else to say.

SPEAKER_00 27:26

I mean, they're just it's just a really good song. It is. It's high energy, like you said, guitar driven. I said pop rock. It's got that element of sort of like fun to it. The clapping in it, just cheering along kind of thing. They have that clapping going through the whole thing. I was gonna say what was interesting is with the headphones on, like the guitar is only on one side, the opening guitar, I should say, and then it goes full stereo with the drums in the second guitar, the bass all coming in, so you've got surround sound on your head. So it was really interesting how it started out, you're like, like something's coming up on you, sneaking up from behind. So then high energy strumming going on, and around two minutes in, they get a little funky with the waka waka, and they go in the the guitar, you know, like and they go into this sort of groovy jam, right? And they're just I don't know, it's like they move into this interactive thing with the audience because again, they go, it's more of the when the band stops and they're like, okay, everybody, clap along. That's what happens. It just boom, they have everybody clapping, and then it goes back into transitions back into the main drive of the song, just going, going, going. The the sound ends sort of the same way it started. You it drifts off, all the instruments drop off, and you have just that guitar in your ear again, like one ear. It's just so cool. It's like a a full ride, the whole roller coaster ride. You just go in, it's a good production, you go wild, flip around a few times, and then you come out and you slowly like go, whoa, what happened? Yeah, it was just a lot of fun, like just so captivating. It really was. It really was. So I'm surprised from two young guys, yeah, that much talent.

Swirl’s Please Stay: Melancholic Plea

SPEAKER_01 29:29

There is a lot of talent. I mean, come on, they're just wow, that's cool. Check them out, you know? That was really good. Are you ready for the next song? I am. This one we were like, mmm, the name of the group is Swirl, and the song is Please Stay. Was released on October 23rd. Now, this is definitely a single because it's this, and then an instrumental, which I love. The instrumental too. You just put that in the background, forget it. You're just like it, wow. Anyways, Swirl is a four-member Korean indie band that debuted in 2018. They have collaborated with Jay Park.

SPEAKER_00 30:14

Yeah, I saw that actually. I I did look up a couple of things about them. You know, wow.

SPEAKER_01 30:19

So I was like, they have a full bio on Spotify. I'm not gonna, I just took a few things right there, but please do a deep dive. I was mentioning to Sarah that they actually they came to Boston back in 2023, and I was a little disappointed because I was uh not able to, so you know, I missed them. But this song OMG, this track was just has like this sultry, almost intoxicating vibe.

SPEAKER_00 30:47

Yeah, it is.

SPEAKER_01 30:48

Like his voice, oh, just carries like a deep sadness. Uh like it has like a pleading, like for someone to come back. Oh my god. The guitar weeps. Oh my god, you know, it's like the guitar weeps alongside him. Uh the echoing, that longing. Oh my god. I yeah, this song was one like it really in deep. I really enjoy the whole melancholic thing, you know, the heart tug, the at the atmosphere of the song. I mean, yeah, yes, and now I'm like thinking of that song and then thinking of like dang it, I missed them on 2023. I just hope they come back. But this song is oh so good. Yeah, it's so good.

SPEAKER_00 31:35

If they come back, I definitely would love to go.

SPEAKER_01 31:38

It's a sad song, but it's like so good because come on, please stay. It's like with his voice, he's just like pleading for this person to please stay, don't go. My god, so good. Anyways, go ahead, my Sarah. What do you have to say?

SPEAKER_00 31:55

Well, I was gonna say it's angsty soft rock for sure. It's like you can feel the emotion, but it's got a little bit of arm RB to it. And this one also has sort of a mild psychedelic influence to it because it's got like a really sharp guitar riff to start off, and then like the the drums are sort of slow moving. That cowbell, did you hear the cowbell in there?

SPEAKER_01 32:22

I was like, that's leave it to Sarah to pick up the cowbell and anything that has to be with disco. Woman loves her disco.

SPEAKER_00 32:31

But it's not disco, it's just it's in there. I was like, Do we hear? And but they've got you know the edgy guitar and just the nice steady bass. It's not overpowering, it just sort of goes along. And the singer's voice is totally another instrument. It just blends in with all the other music, almost like it's almost like an afterthought that he's singing the way he is, yeah. That he's sounding like an instrument as opposed to being a singer. He's not like please stay. He's like melodic with it. It's crazy. And then I caught at around one minute 40 seconds, the guitar is like full of longing and sorrow and soul searching.

SPEAKER_01 33:19

It's like that solo that guitar is like you're like crying to you. Right talking. That's what it's like.

SPEAKER_00 33:30

Yeah, it was it was like that exact moment. I was like, this is the saddest guitar I've ever heard. Right? The guitar was weeping, girl. It was oh just overall though, the song is got a really full and robust sound to it and profound emotion. You you are thinking about this very deeply that they want you to please stay. So it's like hints of desire and contemplation, but also like underlying disappointment, maybe a little resentment, and just sort of feeling lost. Like, I don't know what to do. Please stay. What can I do for you to just please stay? You know, oh my god, it like rips your heart out. Oh yeah. But it's beautiful it's so beautifully done. It is. It the production on it is amazing. Yes, I would love to see it live. That would be crying.

Subjective Listening And Final Notes

SPEAKER_01 34:36

Oh my god, yes, definitely will love to see that live. Oh my god. Yeah, like I said, like I it's I kick myself on out and for missing them. Well, not that this well, this the song was come out now, but I mean just see them perform. Oh yeah, definitely. They're great. They're great. Anyways, Miss Seaver. Any last thoughts?

SPEAKER_00 34:59

Maybe any uh, you know, well, just this is sort of like the most easy listening kind of playlist we've had. Because everything's sort of fairly like relaxed and calm. Yeah. Um, you've got happy calm, you've got sad, calm, you've got you know, like it's just it's crazy. But everybody just remember, like music's subjective. Yeah, so you will get out of it what you need or what you've recently experienced. You'll you'll bring that into the music. So take what we've said as sort of a guide to where our headspace was and see where your headspace goes with it. You know what I mean? Like open conversation, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 35:43

Definitely heard any of these songs, let us know how you felt, you know.

SPEAKER_00 35:48

Because they're definitely all thought-provoking.

SPEAKER_01 35:51

Yes, yes, and the mood, just always like you get a feels, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:56

It's like you got a feels from the songs, like wow. So, like Panic said, it's an open conversation, and we always we like to tell you how we feel and what we got out of it, and we don't even always agree. At one moment, I'm feeling one way, she's feeling another, and we can't agree how the song. But this one we were pretty much.

SPEAKER_01 36:16

We pretty much five on each song.

SPEAKER_00 36:18

It's because we're pisces.

SPEAKER_01 36:21

I don't know, then maybe the band thing we love our bands, and this is all bands, you know. That's true. We usually do idol groups. This is not idol groups, this is just like people with instruments creating, you know, songs and whatnot. No, like idol groups don't do that too. But I mean, it's a different thing, it's a different production, it's a different feel. Yeah, this is so cool.

SPEAKER_00 36:46

Yeah, I was gonna say, unless the idol groups like writing some of the music themselves, it's not always the same kind of emotion behind it.

SPEAKER_01 36:55

Speaking of the idol group, that I was saying CM Blue, like in South Korea, they see them as an idol group. But I mean, I never saw them as an idol group. Well, but it because of the background on the company they come from. Well, they're a band, you know, they're just they're a band. So yeah. A band that can write. Anyway, they're really good. I love CM. Anything else with Sierra?

Ratings, Reviews, And Support

SPEAKER_00 37:18

No, just sit back and enjoy this playlist because it's awesome. It's awesome. It's so cool. All right. So till next time. Yes. Well, Al, we gotta do our I forgot. Please rate, review, and share, share, share. Give us five stars because we love our constellations.

SPEAKER_01 37:40

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SPEAKER_00 38:04

You know, yeah, or new people coming in and being like, Oh, hey, what's that?

SPEAKER_01 38:08

Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yeah. So until next time. Bye bye.