jay_dee

when i originally said on my review of 'hula hoop' that there was no other loona japanese release... i lied. luminous is a single that exists. it's the only release we got with chuu being missing, and it's just painfully meh. it rivals 'not friends' for its averageness. like whatever.. it's here.

loona's last release as a complete group would be their summer album, 'flip that,' and it's a pretty good way to go out. 'flip that' is a good song, but i'm torn on how much i actually like it. for the sake of the review, i'll leave it at "good, but not the best." need u is a really pretty ballad, especially knowing what would soon come for the group. 'POSE' was originally meant for a boy group and that could not be more obvious. ... read more

after WHATEVER '&' and 'not friends' were, it was time for the loona girls to remind us what made them so special. we got their japanese debut, 'HULA HOOP' and whew... it's incredible. hula hoop is easily one of the groups best title tracks (arguably the best). it's nothing but energy and truly the epitome of a 'j-pop' song. the city pop version is also pretty good. star seed is a great song, and pretty underrated in loona's catalog, ... read more

i don't even know if you can consider 'not friends' a title track, but if you can, it would be the worst one by far. the song features the members heejin, kim lip, jinsoul, and yves, and it's kind of a hot mess. the only good part is the chorus, and the rest is mediocre at best.