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The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
During the first year of this blog, I wrote a Halloween playlist feature. Many of those choices hold up, but of course there have been tons of new songs released since then.
For today, I’ll go with a song that’s a little under the radar. Synth-rock group The Midnight Romance released “Nightmare” in 2020 and its dark electronic sound is just perfect for spooky season! The video’s super atmospheric, too.
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if i didn’t mention married to the music i think i would collapse
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Such a great mv!
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One of my all-time favorites. Funny enough I am literally wearing a custom sweater with the MV logo for Married to the Music on it as I type this, and my Stray Kids obsessed co-worker just saw it irl and asked me what what it’s from and she started watching the video immediately. I am literally a walking talking SHINee advert and I’m proud of it (lol)
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Pixy- Villain
Pixy- Bewitched
Nature- Girls
Dreamcatcher- Chase Me
EXO- Monster
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The first thing that came to my mind would be Enhypen’s Drunk-Dazed
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YES SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT! Nobody ever thinks it’s a Halloween song but it is! Hands down!
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Midnight Circus by Sunny Hill will remain the ultimate kpop halloween song
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EXO’s Monster is my Halloween favorite, but I also have to mention ATEEZ’s Deja Vu. It was released right around this time last year and they gave it a Halloween themed performance video, and now the holiday and the song are inseparable in my mind.
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A fun fact about is that I truly, from the bottom of my heart, hate Halloween. but! I have been trying in recent years to find something to enjoy about spooky season and have found I much prefer “campy” over “scary” halloween stuff if i must do halloween. Music-wise I feel like anything a bit off-kilter fits the bill so my playlist is a little random but has highlights like:
Wonderland – ATEEZ
Peek-a-boo – Red Velvet
Obsession – EXO
Why Not? – Loona
Tail – Sunmi
And the recent addition of ‘Dead Man Runnin’ by Seulgi
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I think I should mention the kings of Halloween themed songs and concept VIXX especially voodoo doll. Another performance I like is A.C.E cover of VIXX On and On
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basically exo’s wolf but melodically much more appetizing. also i love rooting for nugu boy groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kOVdJD_4kM
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waiit how does this link work
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I like both Wolf and Wolf Baby, but other than superficial titular similarities I don’t think they’re anything alike.
If anything, this is closer to Growl, and I vastly prefer this one to that. (That said, while I used to hate Growl, it is growing on me…)
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Also still so mad about what happened to these poor boys. 😦 Fuck TS Ent, good riddance to them even though it’s a damn shame they had so many talented acts…
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Some TRCNG members are together for a project called “APR project”. They’ve released a few songs and i guess they’re going to debut again.
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I did not know this, thanks for the info. But by goodness I can only hope that the boys are okay because while TS Ent were totally shit I also have concerns about how their parents handled the situation, suing the two boys who complained…
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well they are kinda alike in terms of them imitating wolf sounds like AWOOOO!!!
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I love this song so much 🙂
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I would be remiss not to mention Dracula (lala-la-la) by F(x):
and the live of it is even better :
Black or White by Cross Gene is incredible for the season (TW: Blood, Violence, Death) –
Full Moon by Sunmi:
And lastly, TT because it just is:
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And don’t forget the wonderful cover of “Full Moon” by (five members of) LOONA:
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Obviously Dreamcatcher and VIXX, and they’ve already been mentioned. A couple of other ones I like:
Need to talk about Pink Fantasy. Man I want to root for this group, they can be maddeningly inconsistent but when they deliver they absolutely do. Their metal songs are my favorites for obvious reasons, but Iriwa is also good. Anyway, absolutely, for Halloween they have to be in the conversation.
Dreamnote’s “Ghost” is pretty good.
ATEEZ’s “The Black Cat Nero” is also so much fun.
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The Boyz “Drink It”. One of the few good Universe app songs.
“My breath on your neck” gets me every time (at 2:01).
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on that note tbz are the only artists i know of whose universe app songs are actually good like how tf was this not a tt for a vampire themed mini (also sweet shouldve been the tt for be aware and i will stand by that shit till i DIE)
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I agree with a lot of the comments. I would also want to add on an underrated DRIPPIN b-side that fits Halloween well.
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Inspired choice!
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Zombie Party from SPEED
They got the evil laugh at the beginning, zombie walking choreography and they did it all on a budget 😏
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I’ll add Kang Daniel’s Paranoia and Bibi’s Animal Farm.
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Something non-obvious/kinda creepy in theme:
I’ve also realized the bassline is pretty much identical (note-wise, and in tone) to Charlie Puth’s “Mother” haha. I think I prefer GWSN’s take, though.
Another stalker anthem:
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oh, and less in the vein of “scary” and more “elegant witches performing rituals at midnight”, “Apple” might fit the bill:
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Ok last addition I promise. Oh My Girl’s recent “My Doll” fits a more subtly unsettling mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_efCcnb2TA
I wonder why creepy concepts are often relegated to b-sides.
(Life update: I went to a bar to the first time the other day and they played “After Like.”)
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I’m surprised no one has mentioned Vixx yet, to be fair I don’t know much of their songs but these ones I always have on repeat in October
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The last sentence was a lie; I literally discovered Hyde last night lol.
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Upadate: vixx was mentioned, but not these songs
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orgel by shinee sonically! also volume up conceptually…..decadent and dated (in the best way possible)
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Wicked Night: The Chain G.
Zombie: Purple Kiss
Don’t Tease Me – from Speed, creepy circus
Black Cat Nero – Ateez
And of course Monster and Obsession from EXO.
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I have never even heard that first song. I like it!
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So cool the you liked it! That was my #1 song last year. The album, Wicked Night, also has a b-side, Love Again with a video that kind of makes a continuous loop with The Wicked Night video. It’s also spooky.
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When I checked out your playlists on Spotify, I discovered those two songs, and I absolutely love them!
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That’s so great!
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Some people have already mentioned my favorite but hands down, Goosebumps by ONF is just a musical masterpiece, Halloween related or not. It’s too powerful. Too addictive. Too good!
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*favorites
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This song from the 보이스4 OST has proper creepy Halloween vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-C-S3tgsC4
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Some of the tunes from Hotel Del Luna (Punch’s Done for Me, Taeyeon’s All About You) and The Witch’s Diner (Yeseo’s Fair Dish), NCT’s The 7th Sense is proper creepy.
Of all the songs this year, you can’t do any better than Changmin’s Devil. Another new one is Girl’s Generation’s You Better Run, a sort of sequel to their earlier Run Devil Run.
One song I absolutely love, that would have fit perfectly on Hotel Del Luna’s OST, is JeHwi’s Dear Moon, from the My Mister soundtrack (which has similar nocturnal vibes). [I’d post music videos for these, but I haven’t figured out how to do it.]
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A lot of what would be on my Halloween playlist has already been mentioned, but a couple B-side additions I haven’t seen mentioned yet that fit the Halloween vibe aurally for me:
-Psycho – Baekhyun
-Ticky Tocky – Super Junior
-Let Out the Beast – EXO
-Monster – SuperM
And a couple title tracks that may not necessarily fit from a concept standpoint but sound like Halloween to me:
-Mr.Mr. – SNSD
-Criminal – Taemin
-Lucifer – SHINee
-Bad Love – Key
And if I expand considering that I think some funky songs (I blame “Married to the Music”) and anything that sounds remotely like “Thriller” also sound like a Halloween party waiting to happen, then my playlist explodes (add “Devil” by CLC, “Beautiful Night” by Beast, etc. ad nauseum)…
…I may have to actually build this playlist now.
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DreamNote’s Ghost. Forgot about them.
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