Took a while to come to terms with that release as a pop rock hater while h1-key is one of my favorite groups 🥲 Obviously, the songs aren't bad only bc it's not my cup of tea, I just can't see it
> Good for u this I won't talk for the sake of my own sanity. Not horrendous tho / 46
> Summer was you sure has many layers to it, it feels rich. Could be a grower if I wasn't so stubborn / 57
> One two three four has very pleasing sounds, it's kinda bland but ... read more

The level of catchiness of R u okay is kinda insane but the album is terrible if you ask me

Haha I really wasn't ready for how good this was gonna be. everyone says thank you Yuri for serving such a good work

Bad but incredibly cunty 😭😭😭😭

Their releases being good or bad isn't the point in this whole situation so I don't see why y'all should convinced yourselves into thinking this is bad or mid some tracks are good good. The group simply doesn't deserve those in their discography. Their sound is build on RnB which is particularly unfair, and uncomfortable.

Call me insane I hate this album

Tilt / I can't help to feel a bit deceived for the maintrack since the other tracks are way more my cup of tea. Can see why it works so well for other ppl but it really had to grow on me bc rn I don't plan on listening to it. It's not bad, it just isn't consistent and the chorus ain't it for me. No groove, no particular instruments, very classic pop formula, with a bland bridge ... But it's okay, it wouldn't harm the album if it was a b-side ... ... read more

Apocalypse this is so BIBI 84/100
Hongdae R&B 85/100
Meat 83/100
Pygma Girl 98/100
Scott and Zelda 86/100
Sugar rush 75/100
Derre 79/100
Burn it 78/100
Real man 94/100
Midnight cruise 90/100
Bam Yang Gang 80/100
Hangang Gongwon 81/100
Bluebird 76/100
Winter 77/100

Average songs rating : 85
Intuitive rating : 83

So they're back it strikes as always.
> The intro / is as always one of the best track and I'm a bit deceived that they generally didn't choose it as an actual instrumental for a whole song but well 89/100 (didn't count it as a song in the overall note)
> Are you alive / extremely rich and well composed but it fell a bit flat, I think that it's bc it's a bit too much of the same formula in loop, it's a very good formula but they should try to reinvent ... read more

Yes they're not kpop but they still promote in some ways that make them relevant for kpop listeners and btw this is a very smooth blend of western culture and kpop promotion 'traditions' (comeback stages, challenges, and the promotion is what builds kpop as it is to me). I just want to say that fortunately I'm barely an English speaker so I don't cringe as mush as y'all do which makes listening to this song way easier. That way I got it from the very first ... read more

From a seed called 'Hey, what's up? 80/100
swicy 75/100
DDANG 38/100
good feeling 83/100
spring rain 85/100

Oddly good
Spooky 56/100
I like you 79/100
bubble bubble 62/100
hot chicken 5/100
bestie 13/100

pookie 82/100
adonis 68/100 love the prod but the lyrics make me cringe a real lot
work of art 65/100
perfect crime 69/100
heartbreak 55/100
midnight special 72/100

Thought this album would have a good rating since it left a very good impression on me at the listen, but it's nothing more than some easy to listen funky prods, which are the strongest tracks on the album.
> Only cry in the rain / A bit of sweet synth pop that suits so well her discography, pairing with songs like chocolate. It's more gloomy than her other works, more nostalgic, but it still holds affinities with strawberry rush, you can tell it's the same artist and ... read more

Be a star / 15
Waveway / 28
8llowme / 25
GW / 43

the prods are very conventional but interesting and pleasing nonetheless, esp the main track, which I think lands particularly well, but the voice techniques aren't it yet, and this is even more the case among the b-sides. The whole album faces a problem of not being sophisticated enough in terms of vocal material, while having sophisticated prods, esp xoxo and shalala, sometimes it just doesn't sound credible.
XOXO / 73
1,2,3,4 / 58
Shalala / 85
For my dreams / 28
He told me / 80

Real kpop

To me we are facing the most interesting kpop release this year so far. Like a lot of us I was kinda skeptical and I slowly started to get it... I'm cheering for them !
> Debut song / I'm not that horrified with the hb interpolation and I kinda like all the memes and chaos visuals of the MV so it's okay but yes the lyrics aren't it and it is indeed chaotic but I really do like the whole mood 56/100
> Groundwork / Honestly just not my cup of tea, the least striking of ... read more

Illusion 76/100
Meaning 50/100
Mmi 82/100 oh.. cunt
The cover is terrible

Bebe 52/100 you can call me homophobic I kinda deserve it (catchy tho)
Diamond 7/100 😅☝️
Pipe down 79/100 kinda a rollercoaster