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K-Pop Fanboy/Fangirl |OT6| Thank You for Love
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Vid is beautiful and lol at Victoria getting no lines.
Damn, you're quick. I was viewer number 4 though
Anyway, the song is pretty nice. Luna seems like a different person. She looks good though.
Damn, you're quick. I was viewer number 4 though
Are you me?
Your likes/dislikes say otherwise. Mine though
superseohyun
Member
very nice. surely its from the same director of the "view" mv, no?
Are you me?
Your likes/dislikes say otherwise. Mine though
Lol, quite impressive :O
Listening to the album now. So far I like Pink Tape (and Red Light) better, but it's not bad. May require multiple listenings.
Nice, going to listen to the album now.
jongkookie
Member
Cup = Sulli
: ( damn smh
I think WG Reboot wins for me.
Exceptional production. Both single and MV.
I need to listen to the album but this single has me freaking pumped.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Probably yeah...I'm an eighties sucker...Still will imagine the pillow fight.
Both are great albums but f(x) doesn't tie with Wonder Girls thanks to 1 skippable track called Glitter.
questionmark
Member
4walls is great. f(x) has many songs that are much better though, imo. A little bit worse than Electric Shock, a little bit better than Rum Pum Pum. Similar to View, but I think View is the better song. Gonna save the album for when I get home, but had to jump in on Cash Me Out. I think I prefer Larssons version, but I still like it more than 4walls.
Disclaimer: Only been able to listen to it with the shitty speakers at my work, so take my initial impression with a grain of salt (especially you ll).
Disclaimer: Only been able to listen to it with the shitty speakers at my work, so take my initial impression with a grain of salt (especially you ll).
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
4 Walls is a great track. I doubt the album will top The Red, but that is half my love of The Red and half my already-formed opinions of f(x). I already know what I like from them, and I already know what they try that I don't think they do very well. If they honed in on this EDM sound, not so much as to stop experimentation but to keep their experiments in this same realm, I'll love it. However, I have a feeling they'll get into some R&B and ballad stuff they don't do well.
They found themselves with Nu ABO, and found more of themselves with Electric Shock, but have kind of run all over the place to see what works. With some artists I can admire a grand variety over the years, but usually it's when it is one person directing themselves, not creative teams directing a group. I'm losing the consistent feeling that makes me appreciate the journey (even their label/time-mates Shinee have carried something much more consistent) and so I'd like if f(x) just does what they rock out of the park.
Mind you, what they rock out of the park is not simply EDM like this, and if they only did that, I could see it getting boring. Their punky CSS-ish stuff playing with fun samples and beats is neat, they just don't do too well going into standard genes other than EDM.
They found themselves with Nu ABO, and found more of themselves with Electric Shock, but have kind of run all over the place to see what works. With some artists I can admire a grand variety over the years, but usually it's when it is one person directing themselves, not creative teams directing a group. I'm losing the consistent feeling that makes me appreciate the journey (even their label/time-mates Shinee have carried something much more consistent) and so I'd like if f(x) just does what they rock out of the park.
Mind you, what they rock out of the park is not simply EDM like this, and if they only did that, I could see it getting boring. Their punky CSS-ish stuff playing with fun samples and beats is neat, they just don't do too well going into standard genes other than EDM.
There's one 'electro-ballad', "Glitter", which Bayonetta also pointed out was the weakest on the album. But that's it. The rest is f(x) on an EDM exploration.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Been listening and overall yes, THEY ARE DOING IT!
I'm placing it under The Red because it hasn't been a relentless 100% unmitigated pleasure as that was, but they are showing self-aware restraint yet not becoming a bore. X is one of the top 5 tracks of the year. I understand what Glitter is doing even though it isn't quite my thing, so I actually like it more than the song right after it, which is a bit too conventional/unambitious.
Other than that, my only real critique of the first half is Amber's rap on Diamond being more her standard level after she already upped her game on 4 Walls. But now I just got to a track with a Zico intro and that is SEVERELY disappointing after Diamond was such an assertively f(x)y track that demands you fall in line with their style rather than sacrifice anything of themselves.
I might be getting too meta in my interpretation there, but it is how Diamond felt and I liked that about it a lot and this Zico feature strikes like an attempt to immediately go back on what was done there. Taking the pause to vent this immediate reactive feeling may be the necessary step back and deep breath needed to judge the track fairly. Okay, going back in now.
Edit: Alright, Traveler didn't need Zico and didn't survive him taking a dump on it after pulling the rug out from under it. Sadness. But I'll leave out my meta-analysis from the final verdict on the song. Fortunately Papi was a big, wonderful surprise right after it, also containing Amber's best performance ever. The remaining tracks did well, being very f(x) although not holding as many surprises. I'll probably place the album under Married to the Music, but between this, that, and The Red, SM is out of their minds this year. What a dominant collection.
I'm placing it under The Red because it hasn't been a relentless 100% unmitigated pleasure as that was, but they are showing self-aware restraint yet not becoming a bore. X is one of the top 5 tracks of the year. I understand what Glitter is doing even though it isn't quite my thing, so I actually like it more than the song right after it, which is a bit too conventional/unambitious.
Other than that, my only real critique of the first half is Amber's rap on Diamond being more her standard level after she already upped her game on 4 Walls. But now I just got to a track with a Zico intro and that is SEVERELY disappointing after Diamond was such an assertively f(x)y track that demands you fall in line with their style rather than sacrifice anything of themselves.
I might be getting too meta in my interpretation there, but it is how Diamond felt and I liked that about it a lot and this Zico feature strikes like an attempt to immediately go back on what was done there. Taking the pause to vent this immediate reactive feeling may be the necessary step back and deep breath needed to judge the track fairly. Okay, going back in now.
Edit: Alright, Traveler didn't need Zico and didn't survive him taking a dump on it after pulling the rug out from under it. Sadness. But I'll leave out my meta-analysis from the final verdict on the song. Fortunately Papi was a big, wonderful surprise right after it, also containing Amber's best performance ever. The remaining tracks did well, being very f(x) although not holding as many surprises. I'll probably place the album under Married to the Music, but between this, that, and The Red, SM is out of their minds this year. What a dominant collection.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Exactly! It pulls from styles usually seen in stage shows, and will appeal best to fans of that type. They have more than enough fans in those demographics to please with the song, and I feel they brought to it more flavor than it usually gets with their samples and beats. It isn't for me, but it is more for me than other things of the same type are for me, and it is wonderful for those for whom it is. That's a hard thing to do, so I admire it from an off angle.
Krystal described it as a Disney OST type of song so you got it right.
In early 2013 Hyori named IU as the one to follow in her footsteps. Damn, what foresight. She was thinking deeper than style and sound and popularity. Now IU is what Hyori became: In complete control of every decision in her career, unlike any other k-popper her age, and crusing on top.
4 Walls is good. Trendiest k-pop single of the year?
4 Walls is good. Trendiest k-pop single of the year?
Nah, it's because they were edited out of the airing of the Incheon K-Pop Concert. U-Kiss got edited too.
Ouch, that sounds rough.
I have to confess I didn't really like Shinee's View. I like 4 Walls even less. The first 30 seconds make for an intriguing start but after that... it's just not my sort of thing at all.
Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album though.
Good to see Chewie continuing that fine tradition of the youngest member being significantly taller than the rest of the group.
Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album though.
Good to see Chewie continuing that fine tradition of the youngest member being significantly taller than the rest of the group.
neoism
Member
holy shiiit what happened to Joon Park lol
I've said before I would be okay if f(x) were to disband, so long as their next project was at least solid, if not great.
On one listen of 4 Walls*, I'll be okay if this album is their swam song.
So happy to have them back.
*"Papi" didn't work for me, more so than "Glitter," but that may have been due to coming off the high of "4 Walls" distracting me from hearing "Glitter" properly. No one asked for two Zico verses on "Traveler," and I didn't quite get the same feeling as the first listen through of "Reboot," however I don't care. Happy they're back. Also helps f(x) releases tend to go from good to better with further listens.
4 Walls, as told through IU hair flips:
On one listen of 4 Walls*, I'll be okay if this album is their swam song.
So happy to have them back.
*"Papi" didn't work for me, more so than "Glitter," but that may have been due to coming off the high of "4 Walls" distracting me from hearing "Glitter" properly. No one asked for two Zico verses on "Traveler," and I didn't quite get the same feeling as the first listen through of "Reboot," however I don't care. Happy they're back. Also helps f(x) releases tend to go from good to better with further listens.
4 Walls, as told through IU hair flips:
"Papi" and/or "Glitter"
Essentially, everything else.
haha where's this gif from, she actually almost cursed in the first one lol
Found the credits for f(x)'s 4 Walls album. As thought, LDN Noise (who worked on Shinee's "View") did work on the single "4 Walls". As with Red Velvet's "Red", they worked on multiple songs on the album. SM is loving them right now, and rightfully so. And yes, confirmed Carly Rae Jepsen credit on "When I'm Alone" so it was the masturbation song.
jongkookie
Member
Glitter and Deja Vu are a mess.
Glitter sounds like a reject track from Soshi's shit a few months ago. I can understand what they're going for Deja Vu but it just doesn't work imo.
Everything else is fncking great though.
Glitter sounds like a reject track from Soshi's shit a few months ago. I can understand what they're going for Deja Vu but it just doesn't work imo.
Everything else is fncking great though.