Okay so Rich Man has just been released a few days ago and I’ve been seeing a lot of mixed reactions on TikTok and YouTube. TikTok seems to like and hate it. YouTube respectfully criticized it. So I wanted to know what the people on Reddit thinks about it. Personally I think it’s an OKAY comeback but it also made me feel like my expectations were too high. THESE ARE JUST MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ONLY SO PLS FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOURS ((Too many yapping so just scroll down to the end if you’re impatient)) The album itself: After all the money SM has saved from giving Giselle’s bad outfits they should’ve given us a full album just like Armageddon. A mini album is fine but I feel like they could’ve added more songs and playing into the concept of ‘Rich Man’. I think this album is a little bit experimental from what they usually do but after Dirty Work I feel like I could be wrong. I think they could’ve explored a lot more genres and put it into the albums too but I don’t hate it tbh. The tracklist + Title track The tracklists were OKAY. Nothing really sounded like the title to be honest? And speaking of the title which is Rich Man. I feel like the demo is 100% better than the final version. I don’t really like how the producers or whoever is behind that computer making the beats stripped away the grungey and heavy electric guitar sounds from the song. It was very bold and heavy which is super cool but AESPA’s team stripped that element away from the song and played it a little bit too safe. Still even if it could’ve been better I think Rich Man is nice like it’s not THAT bad as people make it out to be but that’s their opinion not mine. It gives off this like villains vibe and stuff and on Giselle’s opening line I which they would’ve kept the “I am enough as I am. I am a rich man.” Line from the promotion picture but hey, at least we have Giselle saying it. Moving onto the B-sides I personally don’t like Bubble and Drift. It’s somewhat a unique sound but I still don’t really like it. Count On me was super good tho and Angel #48 was okay. To The Girls was the only one that truly sounds similar to Rich Man. Overall it’s not bad just could’ve been so much better. The styling I LOVE the concept photos styling so much. Karina looked SUPER GOOD with those choppy bangs and overall the stylist did smth great with the stylings again. But I feel like the girls have a separate stylists for music shows and concept photos cause the music shows outfits weren’t giving that much. Idk it feels a little cheap. Given how bold the styling was in the concept photos compared to the stage outfits. But I feel like I can’t judge too quick either because the album has just recently came out so I hope they do something more interesting with the styling choices for music shows! The choreography I got attacked on TikTok for saying it could’ve been better. (Typical MY’s on TikTok stuff) I stand by the fact that these girls can dance very well it’s just that the choreographer’s always give them simple choreo’s recently. Look I used to be a dancer and their recent choreos are SIMPLE. I specifically didn’t like the chorus move like it’s just arms being thrown in the air like what? These girls have so much more skills than just throwing their arms in the air. Even if it wasn’t simple the chorus weren’t even that hard to sing. The MV The MV was fun. I don’t understand the part where they were in a farm tbh like huh??? But I do appreciate how nice the MV was. I’ve heard an AI accusations against the MV though ao I’m waiting for it to be debunked later. Overall everything is fine it just couldve been better. Sorry for yapping! submitted by /u/Yourmydestiny77 [link] [comments]
Thoughts on AESPA’s new mini album Rich Man as a whole?
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