┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Hey everyone, today is an exciting day as another JYP girl group returns with me music. NMIXX returns with a full-length project, one that I’ve been eagerly awaiting. I’m excited to see what sounds the group will bring to the table and what the two versions of O.O. will sound like, as I haven’t heard those versions until today. It’s been a fun ride since 2022 watching the NMIXX group as artists and performers. Let’s jump into Blue Valentine and see what the members delivered to the table. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ https://preview.redd.it/be5nijgs7xuf1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a43072a19e6b344132b9be00171fcf1e5a33912 Blue Valentine - NMIXX Blue Valentine The opening song on the album has the same name as the album, bringing in a Pop-rock vibe that works wonderfully with the group's vocal performance. I didn’t know I needed a rock sound from the group, as it’s a strong start to the album. The smooth vocal tones from the members fit the melody that pulled me right in, as this tune does a killer job opening this record. The hook hits hard after the slower pre-chorus, and during the chorus, we get some excellent emotion from the members that keep this tune strong. The guitars in the second verse add to the overall vibe before things slow down a little for that pre-chorus. We do get a little Baltimore club section before the hook explodes back into the mix. The bridge is a smooth section with a beautiful piano melody as we move right back into that hook that I’m obsessed over. https://preview.redd.it/tpt68xhv7xuf1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b6c567d35e7c233a4a7cd768eaa3334fde9f4c6 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ SPINNIN ON IT The second song on the album was pre-released as a Music Video and not put on streaming until the album officially dropped. I wish this track had been released on streaming earlier, as it was the song to get me hyped for this album. Drums and electronic synths open up the album as the members' smooth vocals move into the mix that bringing a bit of a groove to the tune. The hook is layered with backup vocals that add to the overall vibe the producers crafted. The members bring in some strong vocal performances that keep this tune interesting. The bridge is another section I’m enjoying as we get a piano melody that switches things up a little bit, giving the tune a little jazz vibe for a bit before the slick chorus pops back into the mix. https://preview.redd.it/odbpo3vx7xuf1.jpg?width=2730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e3a5731a23bf48b4c8c08bcddbd9e7902667611 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 3. Phoenix Synths open up with an electro-pop beat and thumping bass that works well with the vocals from the members. The instrumental sounds like it wants to go full dubstep, but never really does; it just keeps that electro-pop sound. Part of me wishes we got a dubstep breakdown, as it would switch things up and add something different to the group's sound. I still think Phoenix is a strong song for the group, but I felt like it could’ve hit a little bit harder. I love the vocals that fit wonderfully with the instrumental. https://preview.redd.it/v40ohkg08xuf1.jpg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=875ac7c6c2d531e789be44e651aea04c84c935a4 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 4. Reality Hurts NMIXX goes for this synth-heavy tune that goes deep into the electronic sound, and we also get a co-writing credit from Lily. I love the twists and turns the electronic instrumental goes for, as it keeps me wanting more each time I return to this tune. There are some hyper-pop/hardstyle-sounding moments that I didn’t expect to hear from NMIXX. I will say it does sound like the instrumental is all over the place, but I still think NMIXX works well with the overall vibe that the producers crafted. NMIXX delivers some vocals that work well with the instrumental, but I will mention that this tune will be one to grow on me the more I hear it. https://preview.redd.it/cqkozsz38xuf1.jpg?width=4543&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63b682d085a4c74be6c99f81f6df9b3730517e82 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ RICO NMIXX goes for this dancehall beat that sounds like something DJ Snake or Major Lazer would make. I’m not the biggest fan of Dancehall music, but NMIXX makes it work. The vocals blend with the overall vibe that works with the thumping vibe. The hook is a little bit repetitive, but it still works with the performance from the members. We do get a piano section that adds a bit of a bassanova element to the track that I’ve been enjoying a lot from this tune. NMIXX plus dancehall music isn’t something I would expect to like, but I’ve been loving this tune like crazy. https://preview.redd.it/9tgnqpn78xuf1.jpg?width=189&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3cd6b67cd0c45f69d92508e3607d3610df31367 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 6. Game Face Game Face brings in synths that fit with this breakbeat beat that blends perfectly with the vocals from the members. I do like the tone of the performance as it works well and helps to elevate the beat a little bit. The hook has been growing on me the more I return to this tune. The first time I heard this song, I thought the beat was a little lacking in flavor because it reminded me of Boom Bap, which I’m not a fan of at all. During the bridge, it sounds like we get a mix of tribal instruments with the breakbeat sound. I don’t think this is the most interesting song on the album, but it's still one I can listen to cause it works in the context of the album. https://preview.redd.it/qb8wmcm98xuf1.jpg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95559c3778baf9f6440f7097b13a04ffe470b064 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 7. PODIUM PODIUM is the first co-writing credit from Haewom, and we get thumping drum machine percussion that crafts the Latin-sounding beat. The drum machine helps move this tune along, as it’s been something I’ve been enjoying a lot. The group delivers a performance that works well for them as the slick vocals add to the instrumental. The chorus has grown on me as I find that a decent section of the overall track. The vocals do have a bit of a reverb to them that works with the tone they deliver. I find that NMIXX works well with a thumping vibe that helps keep the tune moving. https://preview.redd.it/8ou424kb8xuf1.jpg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5ae4b803b55c94b17a84d65a37364f106ccfb4c ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ Crush on You Haewon gets her second co-writing credit on the album for Crush on You, which also has Khip-hop rapper Since co-writing as well. A guitar opens up the song, bringing in a boasovana vibe that works well with the sweet vocal tones the members bring to the table. The group's vocals work perfectly with the tropical instrumental. The hook is a sweet moment that keeps bringing me back for more. I love the bridge with its switch-up as the members blend wonderfully together before the tropical vibe returns to the mix. Crush on You might be one of my favorite tracks on the album since it’s smooth and tropical. https://preview.redd.it/t7ker7md8xuf1.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51d45b78b3d0aba6e38e7dccbdb1494e242801bd ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ ADORE U ADORE U brings back the pop-rock sound we heard at the start of the album, and one I wanted to hear again. The members work perfectly with this type of sound as it helps bring out the emotion from the performance. The hook is packed with killer vocal moments and guitars that pull me back for more. I would love ot hear NMIXX perform ADORE U with a live backing band because it could elevate this tune into something strong. The bridge has a synth-pop-trap moment that adds to the overall vibe, and with the members. I hope the group continues this pop-rock sound in future releases. https://preview.redd.it/pz19rlgh8xuf1.jpg?width=2999&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c2db7c843591a078539e02049bf10eea458f390 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 10 . Shape of Love Synth opens up the track, crafting the melody as it brings in a smooth vibe that fits the singer's vocals. The echo effect on the vocals works with the group's sound, and the electro-pop-rock sound is another thing that works with the group. Each member brings something strong to the table that makes this another excellent tune on the album, and my favorite section is the chanting vocals that help end the song. https://preview.redd.it/wsjaf6pl8xuf1.jpg?width=201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e041b2881b67169cdc6ce0ac96259a08d43d711 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 11. O.O Pt. 1 (Baila) Remember when NMIXX debuted with O.O. A lot of people said it sounded like two songs mixed together well, you were all right, and now we get O.O. separated into two songs instead of one. Baila is Part 1 of O.O., with its dark vibe compared to the second part. The first half of O.O. is a strong section where the members bring in a strong performance. The hook is still something that grows one mas. I didn’t like it the first time I heard it during their debut. We get a rap after the first chorus that starts off the second verse. It might take me a bit to get used to this version, cause I’m so used to the switch-up in the original, but I still think Part 1 works well for the group. https://preview.redd.it/mquaqefq8xuf1.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=934fb8b89e64ed0b66a7dbc98ec96b2e4dc5c071 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ O.O Pt. 2 (Superhero) Superhero is the second part of O.O., the part that we changed up in the original. It sounds like Superhero goes for a rock vibe that I love hearing from NMIXX. I remember liking this section a bit more than part 1, but I still find that both versions work well for the group. The hook in Superhero is still something I’m enjoying, and the rapping works well with the vibe the producers crafted. I find that Superhero closes out the album on a strong note, just like how the album opened up. https://preview.redd.it/saiy8opv8xuf1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f34e6e33b9057373b533bee3cc102854261914a ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Summary: NMIXX delivered their first studio album, one that works well with the group's sound, but one that doesn’t feel as strong as Forward. I still think the group’s album still works as they deliver some smooth vocals that will pull me back for more. It’s cool to hear some bossanova from NMIXX or the Dancehall vibe that we get on one of the tracks. We also got both versions of O.O., which I’m enjoying both of them. I feel like NMIXX has been having a great year, and this studio album will be one on repeat for me. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ https://preview.redd.it/gmthh3149xuf1.jpg?width=1442&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=feb4294b596a275283ab34cde63f4c0a41004874 submitted by /u/Maltifandom23 [link] [comments]
