Category: NewJeans
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Song Review: How Sweet – NewJeans
NewJeans’ latest single ‘How Sweet’ maintains the downward trend of their musical quality that has since never matched the likes of ‘Attention’, ‘Hypeboy’ and ‘Ditto’.
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Song Review: Bubble Gum – NewJeans
NewJeans come back with ‘Bubble Gum’ that seems to not stack up against the rest of their discography.
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Duo Song Review: ‘NewJeans’ and ‘Get Up’ by NewJeans
Due to how short these two songs are, I decided to just combine the two in one review.
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Song Review: Cool With You by NewJeans
Sometimes, a ‘wisp of a song’ can work. This works really well- at least for me.
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Song Review: ETA by NewJeans
While ‘ETA’ is a solid release, its commitment to its short run-time and minimalist style compromised its final product.
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Song Review: Super Shy by NewJeans
‘Super Shy’ is another strong addition to NewJeans’ discography, but I’m not sure if it stands among their best hits.
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The Curious Case of NewJeans’ ‘Zero’ – A K-pop commercial song done right?
Released as a commercial song for Coca Cola, ‘Zero’ divided K-pop fans immensely upon its release. This was mainly because of its polarizing chorus, which is essentially a repeated chant of the phrases, ‘Coca Cola mashita’ and ‘See you look and catch it, here is my Cola’. What triggered the majority of the criticisms online…
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Best of K-pop in 2023 so far (Jan-Feb)
The Best of K-pop in 2023 so far.
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Song Review: Cookie by NewJeans
After successfully building hype from their 3 pre-releases, NewJeans officially debuted after releasing the MV for their 4th and final song in their debut mini-album, Cookie. Before I begin the review, I will acknowledge the ongoing controversy regarding the song’s lyrics. I wish that the company did not let the song’s lyricists write it in…
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Song Review: Hurt by NewJeans
NewJeans is on a roll. Just today, it has been reported that their debut album has already amassed a record-breaking 440,000 preorders! Considering the ingenious marketing strategy that ADOR has used to promote them, not to mention their excellent music so far, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, but even then, these…
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