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MARTIN CID MAGAZINE This week 7 releases worth your time — swipe →

ROSÉ drops ‘new trick’ and bets her solo voice

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 01 · MUSIC With every solo release, ROSÉ widens the distance between herself and the group that made her famous. ‘new trick’ is the latest… Read our review →

Tove Lo drops ESTRUS, 13 tracks built around the

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 02 · MUSIC The Swedish songwriter’s newest album takes its name from a biological term that mainstream pop has spent years coding in metaphor. ESTRUS… Read our review →

Nadia Ferreira Celebrates Marc Anthony’s 58th Birthday in the

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 03 · MUSIC The cake and the kids read like any family post — but Marc Anthony blew out the candles in the city his… Read our review →

K-pop girl groups left cute behind — what they

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 04 · MUSIC K-pop engineered the idea of the girl group ‘concept’ long before the phrase went global. Four generations of groups have built careers… Read our review →

Macaroni Enpitsu’s 終宵 EP is the best argument yet

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 05 · MUSIC A five-track EP built around the World Is Dancing anime opener finds Macaroni Enpitsu reaching for compositional scale their earlier catalog rarely… Read our review →

Slayyyter’s ‘crank 2’ is fiercer than the single that

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 06 · MUSIC Slayyyter follows her Columbia Records breakthrough with a Jersey club sequel that refuses to soften its edges. “Crank 2” is the second… Read our review →

IRENE & SEULGI drop five-track EP Cheetah, first unit

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 07 · MUSIC Red Velvet’s acclaimed subunit returns with a sharp, five-track project built around a predator’s precision and their first major release as a… Read our review →