It's not bad, they're just not used to SUNMI doing something different than 100% commercial K-POP.
Não é ruim, só não estão acostumados da SUNMI fazendo algo diferente do que K-POP 100% comercial.
Calm myself - 80
STRANGER - 80
덕질 (Call my name) - 80
Although Sunmi's ambition is as fiery as ever, STRANGER does not live up to its exciting concept.
The type of eerie left-field pop it tries to emulate does not translate that well. Overall it ends up being a really disjointed song with a B-side that is enjoyable at best.
Too bad the concept is only as good as the song, it had huge potential.
First of all, I don't think it's that bad.
I like the strength of "Calm myself", the instrumental is rather soft and even the build-up isn't that powerful, but the way SUNMI delivers the lines makes the track feel stronger than without her voice. Then it's only 1:29 so the impact of the song is relatively small and even the best of the intros can't make you get over an average project, even a triple single like this (I don't know if there's an actual name for singles with 3 ... read more