Mad Clown, Kim Na Young - Once Again (Descendant O.K.Will - Say It What Are You Doing (Descendant Of.Lee Haeri (DAVICHI) - I Have No Problem (SugarMan.LYn - With You (Descendant Of The Sun OST Part.Eric Nam - Good For You (International Ver.).Yoon Jong Shin (With SEVENTEEN Vocal Unit) - Choco.Jang Beom June (Busker Busker) - Spring Rain [Easy.Jang Beom June (Busker Busker) - To The Rain [Easy.Jang Beom June (Busker Busker) - Falling In Love (. ![]() ![]() Jang Beom June (Busker Busker) - Fallen In Love (O.PRODUCE 101 (Girls On Top) - In The Same Place [Ea.SG WANNABE - By My Side (Descendant Of The Sun OST.Girl don’t worry bout a thing just follow meĭon’t know your name but I think I love you You got me like o0o0 You got me like o0o0īut when your in front of me I see your sincerity Yet something about hearing “you’ve changed so much” repeated thrice touched in me something larger, about how my teenage hobby might be passing me by, too.This is the first time this has ever happened to meīut this time you came and left me in a daze And so there was something refreshing about this song that aspires to be nothing more than well-constructed, with a nice touch of wistfulness and sophistication. I was bored and disappointed with groups that should be the antithesis of all that playing it safe. This year I got bored of the same cloying cute concepts, the same songs that try to be 15 songs at once. From a fan’s perspective, a lot has “changed” in K-pop too (the song title in Korean 변했어 literally means “You’ve Changed”). “I just wanted you to look at me/I know love changes as time passes,” is directed at an ex-lover, but also speaks to the fragile reality of the idol machine, and how easily our dreams can pass us by. She tears into the lyrics with the ferocity of someone well aware this might be her last chance. Hyeran’s sixteen stunning bars are the song’s centerpiece rather than simple flourish in the typical K-pop way. The gloomy, piano-driven production chugs along with machine-like precision, but it’s the human elements here that intrigue. Matt Vitone: “Deepened” clicks from the first note. There’s a sadness which catches you right there, and that makes this fairly essential. This is a song of regret, made all the more powerful by its juxtaposition of piano-based near-balladry with freestyle snares preparing to body-rock (which happens in the chorus, albeit subtly). Thomas Inskeep: Even if you don’t know the lyrics to “Deepened,” you get the melancholy, thanks to the vocal performances of Brave Girls. Ramzi Awn: Brave Girls nail the pre-chorus and fade-out on “Deepened,” a breezy track with texture. ![]() ![]() Then the chorus goes full Miami Bass - which should be illegal at this point, ’cause man, does it bang.īrad Shoup: Outside of the appearance of a clopping beat (and ignoring the Mustardy “hey”s), it’s a fine slow jam in the Braxton mold: cleanly-etched anguish, small high harmonies, midnight piano chording. Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: The slow mecha-beat/elongated piano chords combination in the verses rarely works with vocals that are too frontal in the mix, but the second-verse rap, with such a commanding flow and interesting rhythmic choices, puts that idea to rest. Will Adams: I love the mashup of the piano ballad and trap templates here neither outweigh the other at any point, and the balance between the former’s sweetness and the latter’s melancholy make for an engaging listen. The main thing it’s got going for it is that powerful, in your face rap break, but the rest of the song’s simple sexy R&B, designed for grinding and not really designed for analyzing.Īlfred Soto: It’s got the bump of a The-Dream production but not the grind - it’s pleasant fare.Įdward Okulicz: The combination of that deep, grinding throb and a sad piano is interesting but awkward - how am I going to get down to this when it sounds desperate, as if the voice of the song isn’t getting into its own groove? Iain Mew: “Deepened” mostly works as a rolling mood piece, its forefronting of atmosphere above all an unusual choice which pays off because it sets up Hyeran’s rap as the moment everything solidifies. One of the most striking individual performances in a K-pop song I’ve heard all year. It’s already a melancholy song, and kind of a flat one until that point, but her performance gives it the emotional core it needs. Brave Girls are hardly the only K-pop group that have had years of never progressing past “struggling,” but Hyeran really does sound like it’s her last chance in “Deepened,” throwing herself wholly into her half-sung verse. Madeleine Lee: Back in February, rapper Hyeran described the promotions for this song as her last chance. Matt brings us a K-pop group that might be struggling elsewhere, but not with us…
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