Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 August 2026

July Favourites

Happy to see the end of July mainly because I've had a never-ending cold for the entire month. Plus it's super cold and I'm so excited for Spring to come soon. I'm not a fan of cold weather and spend a lot of time underneath a warm rug with a book. Been a little while since I posted a monthly favourites due to the break so here are some of my favourite things for the month of July.

Gaming

The other week I posted a new play journal for Model Debut4 which I've started playing again this month. Been enjoying it so far and I'm interested to see any new characters that appear. A few have appeared recently and it's always fun to work on leveling up friendships. Anotehr game I have been playing is Coloree as I discovered new DLC on the eshop. The latest set is wildlife which has some lovely colours in the pictures. I've finished quite a few of the pictures already and await the next DLC!

Ages ago I brought a little game called My Cozy Room on the switch and picked it up recently to play. It's a cute game where you decorate a small room with various objects. You can also buy packs with themed items and I believe I got a bundle set that had a few of the packs in it. My Cozy Room is one of those games you always see on the e-shop for like $5 with multiple versions. It's a nice game to kill time with and I loved making this pretty pink themed bedroom.

 

Reading

In 2026, I've really kicked up my hobby of reading and are trying to read more instead of scrolling on my phone. I used to read stacks years ago but it dropped off slightly in the last few. So one of my goals this year was to read 100 books and I'm up to 78 so far! I use the Storygraph app for tracking my reading and it's great! Been using it for a few years now and it gives you some amazing statistics about your reading. Here is a little summary for the month of July!

Tuesday, 31 March 2026

March Favourites

It has been a billion years on the blog since I posted a monthly favourites. Always a fun post on the blog and I've had a few interests in recent months that have taken up a large chunk of my time. March has been a strange month as the weather is still quite warm here which I'm all for! I do not want the cold weather to arrive and I'm loving the shorts and t-shirt weather. 

Gaming

Most nights I spend time playing colouring in games on my switch as I'm obsessed. My switch friends see a notification for the games I play and they are always like 'what on earth are you playing?'. I just find them so relaxing and I use a stylus which makes it super easy to colour in each section. COLOREE and Pixel Cross Stitch Color by Number are my current projects. COLOREE is a colour by number style game and Pixel Cross Stitch is the same but you can use the stylus to colour it in rather than just selecting the square. That's what makes using the stylus so perfect for the game! Nice and lowkey activity to do at the end of a busy day.





Books

This month I decided to spend less time on my phone as my screen time was getting out of hand. I was wasting so much time doing pointless things and decided I had enough! So I've set out on a mission to read every day and so far my streak is 9 days! Recently picked up 13 books at the library as they had a book sale for 50 cents each or $2 for a bag/as much as you could carry. I ended up getting two lots in different visits as I visit my library weekly. So far I've read one book which I really liked, two that weren't my vibe and currently 33% through a new romance one. 

Saturday, 8 February 2025

Kep1er 2nd Mini Album Review DOUBLAST - Album Review (B1ue Blast Jewel Case Version)

The inspiration for today's blog post is that I haven't posted a music review in ages so that is what we are going for. I randomly picked an album in my blog backlog and it is the 2nd Mini Album from K-Pop group Kep1er!


DOUBLAST is the 2nd Mini Album from Korean girl group Kep1er and it was released on June 20th 2022. The mini was released in four versions: Lemon Blast and B1ue Blast with both having a photobook and jewel case format. I ordered the jewel case format from YesAsia who sent a random version and I ended up the B1ue Blast one. I did like the concept of the Lemon Blast version more however this one is still fun and fresh. The jewel case format of DOUBLAST comes with the following:
  • CD - 5 track mini album
  • Jewel case
  • 16 page photobook
  • Photocard (Random 2 out of 18 types)
  • Postcard (Random 1 out of 9 types)



Saturday, 1 February 2025

January Favourites

First post of 2025 is a monthly favourites as this is the first time I've been back on blogger since the start of the new year. Unfortunately January hasn't been the best month for me as I had to suddenly go to the hospital one day as I was quite unwell. So I haven't been too active this month and wasn't on my computer really at all. Today I am feeling slightly better and thought it would be nice to put up a new post. Let's get into it!

Gaming

I thought being unwell would give me time to play my Nintendo Switch whilst lying around but I couldn't because of vertigo/dizziness. So the only thing I played was Island Farmer which is a puzzle game where you re-arrange blocks to form farms and landscapres. I have completed the game previously and just restarted all the levels as something simple to play to past the time. Definetly check this game out if you are a fan of puzzle games as well as the developers other title Island Cities.

Downloaded Animal Crossing Pocket Camp after the longest time and I have been enjoying the new version. The main reason I stopped playing was the constant stress from events and grinding to complete them. However the new Complete version of the game as made it less time consuming and you do not have to constantly be checking it every three hours. Luckily I saved my data to my Nintendo account so I still have my previous save which was great as I had high levels and cool items.

Not something I played this month but a game I was thinking about recently which is Fashion Dreamer. I was reading some information about the future of the game online and I saw rumours that they are planning to discontinue the online servers. Now I totally understand why the devs are doing that however it would be a shame if that part of the game wasn't accessible anymore. I am going to wait to see what happens in the next update announcement of the game and honestly I don't see much future for Fashion Dreamer as we never got the fashion shows feature or the fairs are just repeats of previous ones.

Beauty

Received a lovely order from Sportsgirl recently as I took advantage of their great selection of items in the sale section whilst I was unwell. Nothing like a little retail therapy to make you feel better. I needed some small sized bags/wallets for different things and a few things from their beauty range. Sportsgirl has a great range of make-up and you often see the display surrounded by tweens in the stores. Which is awesome because I feel Sportsgirl is more age appropriate for them than somewhere like Mecca or Sephora (which are both stupidly expensive here in Australia). I used to wear quite a lot of Sportsgirl beauty when I was a teenager mainly because it would be gifted to me. One of the items I brought is this bright eye shadow palette as I've been wanting to buy a new palette for ages but couldn't never find anything besides the typical browns and neutrals. So this colourful palette was right up my alley and I love the retro Sportsgirl design. I did have a palette from the brand a while ago however it gave me a reaction on my eyes. So I'm hoping this one will be better as the shades are different and I only paid $5 so I won't feel bad if it doesn't work out.

Sunday, 1 December 2024

November Favourites

Did not even realise it was the end of November and I kept thinking there was 31 days in the month. The last two weeks have been crazy busy as the Black Friday sales here don't go for one day, we do it for way longer. So I've been busy at work with that and there are still more days to go! Haven't brought much myself in the sales besides the new hair dryer I will buy soon as mine is about the explode. Thinking about trying one of these new air style ones as they are better for your hair and look quite light to hold. Will update on which one I end up getting and what I think about it next month!

Gaming

I have played my Nintendo Switch quite a lot this month however it has kind of been a mix of games. Mainly I've been playing this cute game called Summer Paws where you find cats hidden across various locations. It is super adorable and relaxing! Only have a few levels to go before I finish it and one negative that I don't like about the game is the zoom feature. I wish you could zoom in more as it doesn't go in enough for me to see. There is a level where I cannot for the life of me find the final cat! I thought I found the last one yet the bar says there is one more to go. It frustrates me so much as I cannot figure out where they are hiding.



Been playing Fashion Dreamer mainly to just load into the game to clear out my likes. I do enjoy the game however I go through periods where I am bored with it and this seems to be one of those times. It is fun to make outfits and I'm slowing working on a new colour collection series in the game to post on the blog. That is always a fun activity and motivates me more to play the game.

Thursday, 31 October 2024

October Favourites

OMG I was trying to hard this month to remember to post my monthly favourites as I have missed a few recently. It has been a crazy last few months for me however and it feels like it is slowly improving which is amazing. Plus the weather is getting a bit warmer however it is always crazy windy. My city was never a windy place but I feel like in recent years it has been super bad. I have just had two weeks off work for annual leave which was great! Loved just chilling out and not having to deal with stress constantly. Now I'm back and ready to take on the busy peak trade season over Christmas. Anyway let's get into the monthly favourites for October!

Gaming

I feel like most of my blog readers would already be aware that MODEL Debut3 #nicola got an English release this month which was crazy surprising! I totally wasn't expecting it and I thought it was funny as I had been playing the game quite a lot recently before was announced. Honestly I love the game and was happy to see it reach a wider audience. I will of course be posting lots of content about the game including a few guides that I've done recently. You can find them all on the MODEL Debut3 #nicola page here!

Music

This month I have been obssessed with the Japanese pop duo Wink who were active in the 1980's to 1990's. I was already aware of two of their songs 愛が止まらない Ai ga Tomaranai ~Turn It Into Love~ and 淋しい熱帯魚 Samishii Nettaigyo but had never really listened to anything else. So I randomly brought their best of on iTunes and I'm hooked! Absoutely amazing and so annoyed I left it this long! Why are there so many amazing Japanese groups from the 1990's? My current favourite songs are 夜にはぐれて Yoru ni Hagurete ~Where Were You Last Night~ and 真夏のトレモロ Manatsu no Tremolo. The first song caught my attention as I already knew the original song that they covered. So I was like hey I know this song!



Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Aespa 3rd Mini Album My World - Album Review (Zine WELCOME TO MY WORLD Version)

The blog has been nothing but Fashion Dreamer posts for a while now so it's time for a good old music review. I picked the first folder I had saved in my reviews folder on my computer and it was for an aespa release. Previously I have reviewed the Zine Spicy Version of this mini album and this time I will be reviewing another zine version which is the WELCOME TO MY WORLD one.


My World is the 3rd Mini Album from Korean girl group aespa and it was released on May 8th 2023. The album came in 19 versions and only two of the zine styles were available here in Australia which are the two I own. I brought both from JB Hi-Fi however I seen people in a local Facebook group looking to sell/trade zine versions that were available from overseas retailers. Must've imported them and those versions look awesome. The WELCOME TO MY WORLD Zine version comes with the following contents:

  • CD - 6 track mini album
  • 40 page Photobook
  • Trading card set of 4 cards
  • Photocard (Random 1 out of 4 types)
  • Poster (Random 1 out of 2 types)
  • English lyrics booklet
  • SM promotional flyer


Sunday, 30 June 2024

June Favourites & Quick Blog Update

It has been a little while since I updated the blog and life has been a roller coaster the last two months. I just couldn't bring myself to write new blog posts and luckily I had some Fashion Dreamer content scheduled to go up. Everything has been better the last week and looks like it might be on the brighter side now so fingers crossed. 

I'm trying to get back into blogging a bit more however I am wondering on what direction to take the blog in terms of content. Some of my old content has been retired such as certain Style Boutique ones as I cannot play them anymore nor I do I play game much. Plus with writing up posts, some take way more time than others and it just isn't worth it sometimes. I was thinking more short content like outfit posts and not uploading every single week. It is too difficult to fit into my schedule and it may become harder in the future. Hoping to work through my backlog of Nintendo Switch game screenshots and they should make for some fun posts! Thank you for all the support on the blog and I hope you keep visiting xoxo

Gaming

Honestly I haven't been playing much as I started crocheting a cardigan and I've been working on that at night. Plus I've been insanely tired so I don't have much energy to game and when I was sick recently, I couldn't even look at my Switch. Nothing super amazing in the sales recently besides the Hidden Cat game series that I like and the new Paris one is super cute. There is an event going on in Fashion Dream that I have slowly been working on and need to finish. I haven't recently cleared off my Switch SD card so here is a random Fashion Dreamer screenshot for fun!

Music

My earbuds broke this month so that was fantastic. And only a few weeks out of the warranty but luckily I got the extended care so they got sent off to be looked at. After that, a whole bunch of my other electronics also died so not my month for technology.

I feel like I've listened to a billion different things this month and last month as I didn't post an update for May. Lately I've been really into this Finnish group called Nylon Beat and have a random rotation of their songs going on Youtube Music. Their sound is so unique and beautiful to listen to! 

For a while, I was super obsessed with aespa's Supernova and it was on loop for days. Such an amazing song however I am currently on a break from it from over playing it too much. I was looking forward to getting their new album however my local music store stopped stocking aespa. So sad! The change in suppliers and price increase was the culprit and even though I could order it in, it was way too expensive. Could've ordered it for half the price from overseas. So I haven't got their new album yet but might pick it up on iTunes. I did get some cool photocards online of the girls and it was much cheaper than buying the pricey albums.


Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Zenmarket Haul - Found New Treasures!

I went into 2024 with the intention of not purchasing any Japanese releases this year due to shipping costs. This was until I was having a bad week and thought bugger it, I'm doing it! Luckily the Japanese Yen was a good rate so I got some bargains and didn't lose out too much on conversion between the currencies. For this order, I focused on getting releases that were exclusive to Japan and not available on any streaming services. The service I used was Zenmarket of course and it was a simple process. Shipping wasn't too bad with the final cost of shipping it here being around $45 and I received it within two weeks. Everything was packed perfectly with lots of bubble wrap and no damages! In total, I ordered 25 CDs which is a good number and it was about $240 for all of this including all the fees and shipping within Japan.


Starting off with the main reason I placed this order which was these albums from m.o.v.e! I have been addicted to these albums for a while now and unfortunately they are hard to listen to here in Australia. The group isn't on Spotify nor does Australian iTunes have these specific releases. It has the singles but not the albums! So I was always listening to them on YouTube until I got sick of that and needed the physical CDs. These were various levels of difficult to get with their first album being the easiest and their third having barely any listings. So excited to have these in my collection and they sound amazing! In clockwise order from the left side, the albums I got from m.o.v.e where electrock, worlds of the mind and Operation Overload 7.


This was kind of an impulse buy as I love one particular song on this dream world album which is King & Queen. dream music is always difficult to come across and I thought I'd get the physical one as I enjoy the songs on this one. It was a pain to find as the title is so vague and I had to go through so many listings of other things to find this. Thank heavens the cover is red otherwise I wouldn't see the listings. Originally I wanted just the standard CD version but couldn't find one as all the listings were for the limited one. I wasn't too sure if the box was big or not however it is a decent size and you get lots of fun inclusions. There was even a calendar that I didn't know about!

Monday, 29 April 2024

April Favourites

Super happy to see April go as it was another stressful month and I've quite a number of things on all at once. I have been working on the blog more and trying to clear out my backlog of screenshots. Pretty much up to date and I am going to work on updating/revamping the various topic pages on the blog. One exciting thing of the month was seeing the Aespa World Tour concert at the cinemas which I went to last weekend. It was great that it got shown here and there was even two sessions! My session only had 23 people in one of the biggest cinemas at my local one and it was good to see support for the group.

Gaming

This month I've been playing stacks of Pretty Princess Party as I've been working on finishing the game. It is a cute game with lots of collectibles and I've been creating some nice looking rooms. Once you get a good range of furniture that is from the same set, it is easy to create rooms. Currently I am focusing on completing the villager houses but I think I've reached the limit I can do until I reach Level 5. Here are some of the rooms I've designed in Pretty Princess Party:



Sunday, 31 March 2024

March Favourites

Happy to see the end of March as this month has been quite eventful. Lately I've been having a stressful time and looks like it will stick around for a while longer. So I haven't really been doing much besides playing Nintendo Switch or reading. Hopefully April will be better and things will improved. I will miss the warm weather though as we starting to head into Autumn. It is meant to be stormy the next few days which will be good as we haven't had rain for a long time.

Gaming

I have been playing my Nintendo Switch more than usual and I actually got back into Fashion Dreamer! During my last play journal that I posted that other day, I commented on how I was a bit bored with the game but once I got back into it, I found it quite fun. There is currently an event running and I have been enjoying taking part in that. I want to try out making some cute outfits to take photos in and level up the NPCs.

Another game that I've been super into is Pretty Princess Party which I totally forgot I owned! It got caught up in all the games I have on my Switch and I randomly decided to play it again the other week. I forgot how adorable it is and I love a good collectible game. Once I focus on it, I should be able to finish it in no time and trying to master that silly horse riding game. Never have been good at that type of mini game and I was surprised I aced the dancing one as usually I'm awful at rhythm games. Might post a play journal on Pretty Princess Party one day if I have enough photos. Maybe once I get closer to completing the storyline or collections.

Music

Finally brought all the items I could on Yahoo Auctions and I am currently waiting for the parcel. So excited to get all my Japanese CDs as they are unavailable here in Australia. Our iTunes didn't have a lot of the albums I was looking for and luckily I could find copies on Yahoo Auctions. The parcel will take a while to get to my address but I don't mind waiting.

Sunday, 24 March 2024

Aespa 3rd Mini Album My World - Album Review (Zine Spicy Version)

First music review for 2024 is aespa's mini album My World! Super happy that my local music store stocks aespa as they are the only current generation girl group that I collect. Plus it makes it super easy to find the albums and I always pre-order to make sure I can get a copy. It seems to fly off the shelves quick at my local store however if I visit the same stores elsewhere, you can usually find a copy.

My World is the 3rd Mini Album from Korean girl group aespa and it was released on May 8th 2023. The album came in 19 versions which is mind boggling. Who on earth would attempt to even collect all of those. I love aespa but that's a bit too much and I wish they would cut down on the number of types available. As mentioned before, I purchased my CD from JB Hi-Fi and I got the Spicy versions of the Zine type. I didn't know which version I would get as it random on what the supplier sends so I was excited when the zine one came (even though I did buy the other version later on). The Spicy Zine version comes with the following contents:

  • CD - 6 track mini album
  • 40 page Photobook
  • Trading card set of 4 cards
  • Photocard (Random 1 out of 4 types)
  • Poster (Random 1 out of 2 types)
  • English lyrics booklet
  • SM promotional flyer


I've been loving this style of photo book that SM has been doing lately. They are smaller to store on the shelf and the magazine concept is a fun one. This concept matched the vibe of this song perfectly and you get so many great photos in the photo book. There was just too many amazing pages to choose from for photos! I did get one of their next mini albums in the same style of photo book and they look great next to each other.


Thursday, 1 February 2024

January Favourites

This month is going to be a boring favourites as I haven't got anything super exciting to share. Typical greeting of the month going super quick and we are already in February. I haven't been doing much besides work and that hasn't gotten less busy traffic wise as the Christmas and back to school season has ended. Brought a new phone as my old one was worn out battery wise. I upgraded to the Oppo Reno10 5G and the best thing about it is the beautiful ice blue colour. The purple case I put on it only adds to the reflective nature of the phone plus my cute pop sockets.

The only interesting thing I have photos of were some items I brought at Sportsgirl. For my Secret Santa at work, the person who had me knew I loved Sportsgirl and got me a voucher and a lip set. The lip set was a limited edition item for Christmas so it was great I didn't have any of those items. I like the lip balm the best so far and I haven't tried out the others. With the voucher, I knew I wanted to get the limited edition Jelly Gloss set and the day I went to buy it, it had disappeared off the website! So sad! I went into a physical store and they had a whole stack of them luckily. Maybe they ran out of online fulfillment stock and it was worth it as they are the best lip glosses ever. The scents are lovely and they aren't sticky like some glosses can be. Also picked up the lash/brow serum, a hair scalp massager and a new lip mask. I'm not a fan of masks usually as I never find a good one but this one is amazing! It has healed up my lips drastically and it has a fresh peppermint feel to it. I use it everyday and have barely made a dent in the pot.



Gaming

During the e-shop sales back around Black Friday, I picked up a few games on my wishlist which were mainly puzzle games. I'm addicted to puzzle games on that console and I even finished one already. Super into those matching ones or spot the difference. One game that I purchase is called Hidden Cats in London and I love it! It is super cute and easy to navigate with the controls. Plus you can use the stylus which is always a win for me. 

Monday, 8 January 2024

My J-Pop Collection 2023

The J-Pop Collection post for 2023 is not an exciting one and is starting off on a sad note. Unfortunately I had to declutter a large amount of my T-ARA Japanese singles at one point of the year. The story is that when I first got these CD's along with some others from Yahoo Auctions, they stunk of cigarettes. Like super strong! At the time, I managed to get the smell out or so I thought. The CD's that had the jewel case type were okay but the ones in cardboard sleeves were not. I always kept them in a separate box due to the smell and I came across the box whilst cleaning. The smell still hadn't gone from them and I decided it was a sign to clear something out of my collection. At least I still have the songs in my iTunes and maybe one day I'll re-buy them. Until them, my T-ARA collection has shrunk to just these five titles: two albums and 3 singles (one from the subunit QBS).


Everything else in the J-Pop collection is the same as 2022 as I didn't buy any new titles. No Zenmarket purchases as it is too expensive to import nowadays and some of the items I want are rare to find. I occasionally check Yahoo Auctions and I cannot find listings for some of the older CD's I want. No clue where I'll buy from Zenmarket again, maybe if the exchange rate is amazing. I'm thinking about getting some albums off iTunes as it is easier and I don't have to store the CDs which is totally up my alley as I'm big into decluttering in 2024.


Lately I have been listening to a few of my E-girls albums and I forgot how much I love E.G. Crazy! That album is so good and is full of great songs for the gym. That is where I have mainly been listening to it along with some of the singles like E.G Summer Rider. Crazy to think I'm still missing E-girls singles from this photo! Only a few more releases I need from them to complete my collection of one of each of their discography. Also my yearly compliant of the last Dream Ami single not matching the rest as it doesn't have an outer sleeve. Still bummed about that one.


Wednesday, 27 December 2023

My K-Pop Collection 2023

The end of 2023 is upon us and that means it is time to round up my K-Pop collection for another year. Pretty much only purchased Korean releases this year and no Japanese ones. Luckily I was able to obtain all the albums locally in my city. The main music store here which is JB Hi-Fi has a decent K-Pop collection and it was easy to find ones I was interested in. Let's get straight into it!

First off we have aespa who are the main group that i follow nowadays. I don't stan the group but I always make sure to get their new releases. Aespa is the only girl group that my local store stocks regularly and you can always find a few different versions. All of the albums shown except Girls are purchases in 2023. I pre-ordered My World and was fortunate enough to get the Zine version which was the one I wanted! Plus I got Ningning's photocard! I eventually found the World version at another JB Hi-Fi. The Drama albums are a recent purchase from last week and I wasn't too sure about getting them. Originally they were listed as online only and wouldn't be available in store. Then the listing changed and I was able to order them. It was impossible though to tell what the versions were so I did some research online. I got the big two photobook version and the what I believe is the retail exclusive version of the Giant one. It isn't the Target exclusive as it doesn't have the same inclusions and you get the English message photocard. It is pretty easy to buy other versions of aespa albums in store and it is always those poster versions which I'm not interested in. Just not at the price they are set at and I doubt it would drop.


Isn't this the most aesthetically pleasing photo of this post? So gorgeous and I love the hardbook structure of Red Velvet releases. Previously I only had four of these albums and got two new ones in 2023. Russian Roulette and Summer Magic are the new additions and I adore how they are the same size as the other smaller ones. Rookie is just chilling there being gigantic and The Red I've had forever. The store I brought it from isn't even around anymore.


This year I wasn't planning on collecting more releases from Oh My Girl but I lucked out with finding their latest mini album stocked in my local store. Seems such an old girl group to find so easily available. Love the design on these two albums and all the inclusions were gorgeous. I'm a big fan of bookmarks being included in albums recently as that is definitely something that I will use often. Also picked up their first mini album which I ordered specifically in as the price was quite reasonable.

Saturday, 2 December 2023

November Favourites

Oh my god how on earth did we get to December already!?!? The weather has been awful here lately and it feels more like winter. Lots of storms and cold temperatures even though it is basically summer. I've never seen the weather this bad however at least my power didn't go off like it did in the last few storms. Anyway the forecast looks like it will warm up next week so that is something to look forward to. Apologies for missing last months monthly favourites as I ran out of time to post one and it just got too late. No point living in the past so here are my favourites for the month of November!

Gaming

I've actually been playing a few different games on my Switch this month. First off being Fashion Dreamer which came out at the start of November. Thinking of posting a review of the game once I have time as I have a few opinions on the gameplay. It is a fun game and I've been taking lots of cute photos or more like dumb photos because I'm still working out the camera.


Since it was Black Friday recently, there was a nice sale on the eshop and I picked up a bunch of games. Next year I'm planning on posting about my favourite Nintendo Switch games as there are just so many great puzzle games on the online store that I enjoy! I have been playing some MODEL debut2 #nicola in between Fashion Dreamer and took some cute photoshoots.


Been waiting for a delivery to come with two exciting gaming items and I am planning to post them on here once they arrive. The package is taking a little while to get here which is ok since the light is terrible at the moment to take photos anyway. Will post about them hopefull in the next few days!

Music

I randomly came across this Cignature EP album at my local music store and was surprised to see it available. The group just doesn't seem popular enough to be showing up in Australia. I did get Cignature's 2nd Ep from the same store so maybe it is just a supplier thing. The selection available has slowed down and I even had to specifically order aespa's new release. Usually the shop will stock all the versions however it only appeared as online only at first. Then that changed to customer order so I've ordered three versions. No clue which one I want to buy as the variety of contents wasn't very good with this release in my opinion. Way too many poster versions and the store website doesn't have good information on each version's contents.

Cignature's 'Us in the Summer' EP - There is a photo card included however it is not pictured as I already placed it in my photocard album.

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

T-ARA TARGET - Single Review (Regular Edition Type B)

Lately I've been on a spree of writing T-ARA reviews and I'm back again with another one! Today we shall be looking at one of their Japanese singles and it has the most adorable chibi design to the CD. Look at how cute the members look as cartoon characters! This single TARGET had an app released shortly after based off the song and it allowed the player to play as each member in various mini games. You could also unlock different costumes and songs which sounds amazing!


TARGET is the seventh Japanese single released by Korean girl group T-ARA and it was released on July 10th 2013. The single came in three editions: Limited Edition CD+DVD, Regular Edition Type A CD Only and Regular Edition Type B CD Only. Both Regular Editions are the same and just have different covers. The song was also released as a Recochoku Digital Single as most T-ARA singles were. I have the Regular Edition Type B that I brought second-hand and it came with the following contents:
  • CD - 2 track single
  • Jewel case
  • Lyrics booklet
  • OBI
  • Sticker Sheet



Wednesday, 1 November 2023

T-ARA Sexy Love [Japanese Ver.] - Single Review (CD Only)

I have quite a few Japanese singles from T-ARA in my collection so I wanted to work through posting a few of them. The ones in the jewel cases are quite easy to take photos of and I cannot even recall whereabouts I put the cardboard sleeve ones. Will have to dig them out of the cupboard one day to take photos. Today we shall be looking at the Japanese version of Sexy Love!


Sexy Love is the fifth Japanese single released by Korean girl group T-ARA and it was released on November 12th 2012. The single came in three editions: CD+DVD Type A, CD+DVD Type B and CD Only. It was also released as a Recochoku Digital Single along with iTunes. I've got all three editions of the single and the CD Only edition comes with a member plate! I got Eunjung who has a gorgeous look going on the CD and if I had to pick a member who I would've like to have gotten, it would be Boram as her outfit is super cute and she is my bias. The CD Only edition of Sexy Love that I have came with the following:
  • CD - 4 track single
  • Jewel case
  • Lyrics Booklet
  • OBI