Visually Impressive
Girl's Day has been a great group, and it's fabulous to see Minah being allowed to hop on the Solo Debut band wagon. This track is not my favorite girl group release this season, but visually the MV makes up for a lot. The depiction of Minah dressed in glamorous, clean fashions while surrounded by settings of domestic decay give a visual breakdown of the relationship: Minah still values herself, even when her partner doesn't (which is important and unique in pre-break-up tracks). It seems for a moment, when the suitcase visual briefly comes into play, that Minah values herself enough to leave her partner, but unfortunately, the lyrics counteract that idea directly she essentially sells out to the rationales of an abusive relationship with a full blown sweep of battered woman syndrome: only remembering the good things, repeating the phrase 'I love You' until it's an ingrained habit, etc. It's especially unfortunate, because that terrible part of the lyrics corresponds to the best part of the track.
Most of the song is bland. Minah's voice is gorgeous, but it's usage here is narrow (to the point of being more or less within the same octave even) and less than impressive, both in terms of flexibility and power (neither of which Minah's voice is lacking). Rhythmically, the track is quite impressive, and the catchiness is definitely in how the syllables fold neatly together and roll gently over themselves as they tumble along with the smooth progression of the backing track. The track doesn't evolve at all until the sudden change in the bridge, and it hardly move so much as circles until that point either. At the transition, Minah's voice gains a ton more power and picks up with energy far beyond anything else displayed in the song. It's kind of tragic that the worst lyrics get the best part of the song... And the choreography, is interesting, but it's pretty generic and rather less that suited to the lyrics, other than the few moments in the beginning with the counting on fingers bit. It's still a solid release and I'm even thought I'm not thrilled by it, I am satisfied.
Most of the song is bland. Minah's voice is gorgeous, but it's usage here is narrow (to the point of being more or less within the same octave even) and less than impressive, both in terms of flexibility and power (neither of which Minah's voice is lacking). Rhythmically, the track is quite impressive, and the catchiness is definitely in how the syllables fold neatly together and roll gently over themselves as they tumble along with the smooth progression of the backing track. The track doesn't evolve at all until the sudden change in the bridge, and it hardly move so much as circles until that point either. At the transition, Minah's voice gains a ton more power and picks up with energy far beyond anything else displayed in the song. It's kind of tragic that the worst lyrics get the best part of the song... And the choreography, is interesting, but it's pretty generic and rather less that suited to the lyrics, other than the few moments in the beginning with the counting on fingers bit. It's still a solid release and I'm even thought I'm not thrilled by it, I am satisfied.
I Give It A 5/10: Pretty Good. |  |
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