When your favourite singer winks right at you

I'm not a huge Shinee fan by any means but I do love Lucifer and Poet | Artist. The music video of Hunter by Key popped up on my home page and I was curious so I listened to the song, and I really like it. Sonically it gives me The Weeknd vibes, specifically Take My Breath, and I love that type of sound. It's a short song (something I've noticed in more songs in general lately...) but it feels full and complete, with the chorus hitting me like a train the first time I listened to it. The synth in the background and Key's voice fit together perfectly, and I also love the edm sounding bass that gives the song so much gravity. This man's voice is certainly very versatile, and I love the high notes he gives in the last chorus. Speaking of chorus, the sudden pause in the synth is SO COOL and keeps the song interesting and suspenseful. Although I wish the bridge was longer, it's definitely one of my favorite songs right now. I also just love the lyrics talking about basically wanting your lover to devour you (figuratively), as well as merging with them and becoming one, it's so hot and so epic. I also love how the music video is basically selfcest, which, slay. On top of that, I've listened to the whole album of Hunter and although not all the songs are for me, none of them are bad by any means, and I love Trap and Want Another (this one gives me aespa vibes lol). In conclusion, this song is great and if you like The Weeknd or Deer Hunter by &Team (fitting) you might like this song. submitted by /u/Emma_girlgrouptrash [link] [comments]

I was really excited for CORTIS when they were first announced. When GO dropped I had no ides what to make of it, and even now I haven't decided whether I like it or not. Since then, I've been anticipating FaSHioN because I thought it would help me decide how to feel abt the group. Now that it's dropped... I'm still conflicted! It's catchy, the lyricism is cute, but it feels a little repetitive and I would have appreciated more effort. I think I will keep an eye on them and wait for more music. What do you all think? submitted by /u/Smart_Narwhal8698 [link] [comments]

Youngseo would have definetly gotten a better career if she chose BELIFT.Youngseo personally to me seems to young to fit the adp vibe, and to me she'll always have a kind of soft style like illit's concept.Her voice was honestly think was built for soft vocal tunes by in adp she has to sing in a strong sturdy voice.Don't get me wrong, i dont mean any hate to adp conisdering their doin grly good so far, i jus think that if youngseo had chosen illit she would have fitted in more and have a better career and connection to the group concept.(Pls don't flood the comments with hate, this is just my opinion and u can feel free to share ur opinion too ofc) submitted by /u/Particular-Rain116 [link] [comments]

It feels like we've finally reached a point where companies know they can't rely on lip-syncing anymore. Honestly, that's a huge win for all of us. Fans expect real vocals now, and that's how it should be. The focus should shift now from just singing live to singing well. We've successfully made live singing the new normal. The next new normal is vocal excellence. That means singing in key, singing out loud, and performing with real musicality. Beyond that, what else should be part of the "new normal" for live performances? submitted by /u/Charming_Middle_7163 [link] [comments]

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Rules: - check the comments if the idol has already been submitted, if yes, don’t comment - if you submit multiple people, do one comment per person and don’t cram them all into one - trainees/survival show contestants, disbanded and dead idols count You may submit any gender, generation, group and position! 🏆Winners of day 3🏆 T.O.P (Ex-BIGBANG) Jackson Wang (Got7) Hospital (Seventeen) Go Wild! submitted by /u/DaGayEnby [link] [comments]

So, I've thought about sharing this story for a while, but it's officially been over a year, so I FINALLY took the time to write it all out (it's a long read, sorry!) I guess I should start from the beginning... It was 2016, and BTS was having their first big wave of popularity across the US. (At least, before this time, I'd never heard of them.) I was 14 and living in an area of the US where even now K-Pop barely exists, but there were a good amount of girls in my school who followed the wave. I don't remember what song I listened to then, or if it was even a BTS song at all, but I remember one of my friends showing me a song that was pretty far from my music taste (which was pretty much just alt/indie rock back then.) I didn't HATE it, but it wasn't for me, which was fine. Over the following years, I slowly started to see more of K-Pop in the world around me, but I think it was the internet that really turned me into a 'hater'. I couldn't understand the culture behind following idols to airports (the extreme) or even just decking your bag out with PCs (the less extreme), because it's such a unique thing to K-Pop that doesn't really exist in other music culture the same way. What put me off the most was how fans ACTED about their idols, I won't go into detail because it isn't the purpose of the post, but K-Pop fans will certainly ride or die for their ults, iykwim.... Over time, I began to build a bit of a prejudice against K-Pop and the culture around it, and I stayed pretty much as far away from it as possible. However, I've always been into watching foreign shows (usually period cdramas but sometimes kdramas too). Flash forward to last summer, I'm bored at home scrolling through my Vi-ki app looking for something to watch, when I come across i-Land 2 n/a. Now, at the time I'd never seen any kind of Korean Survival show and had no idea what it was, so when I saw this cover with a bunch of girls and saw SURVIVAL, I was thinking like Man Vs Wild or something and was totally intrigued, so I started watching it..... It wasn't what I expected at all, but it was novel and new to me, so I ended up watching through the first episode. This was where I heard Sweet Venom for the first time, as one of the entry groups covered the song. While I know NOW that Sweet Venom is just a really difficult song to perform live (those high notes!), all I could think when I first heard it was 'does the song really sound like... that?' (The girls did great, don't get me wrong, but the voice cracks had me 😭). SO, I ended up listening to the full song on Spotify, and I immediately liked it. The very first K-Pop song to make it into my League of Legends playlist.... but I figured it made sense that I liked it, since the song has some western vibes to it that my ears are more familiar with. A few weeks later, I was smart shuffling my playlist and XO came on.... honestly, from the first minute the song played, I liked it. The instrumental got me hooked, but as soon as Heeseung's verse started, I was like WOAH, that guy has a really nice voice? Now usually, when it comes to any artist, if they have a few songs I like I tend to check out the rest of their music, but I was hesitant because this was a K-POP group and that was totally cringe and weird right? Maybe it's because of the style of ENHYPEN's songs, but I found them a lot easier to listen to as a K-Pop beginner than anything else I'd heard. And then one day, I felt like listening to the song and just searched it on YouTube randomly. That was when I clicked on THIS Musicbank performance video https://youtu.be/wBT1bKKwPTo?si=YjHgoh9q9mNMGgp (yes I still have it saved.) I'd never actually WATCHED a K-Pop performance before and was honestly just impressed, because in Western music culture, people don't really dance while they sing anymore. I know this isn't something only ENHYPEN does, obviously, but it was new for me! I specifically remembered the PINK HAIRED GUY (Heeseung) because of his addictive vocals and the BLONDIE (Sunoo) because of his facial expressions. At this time I had a close friend who was really into K-Pop and when they heard about the show I was watching and the songs I liked, they informed me about how the group was formed from the predecessor show, i-Land. I became curious, and since i-Land 2 was still ongoing, I was just like 'well, I guess I'll check this out and see how the show works'. Going into i-Land, the only members I knew in the group were Sunoo and Heeseung, the rest I couldn't really remember and decided not to look up. While watching, I immediately came to like Jay. Idk if it's because I'm also American, but I found his personality and drive so endearing and relatable. I've had my own RAS situations and completely fell for his raw honesty. Unironically, if he didn't make the group, I was probably gonna crashout and hate K-Pop forever for putting that poor boy through that mess 😭. Truly, I felt bad for all of them while watching, I never knew the trainee world was so harsh? After seeing them go through this journey, I felt strange. I always took music as something to just listen to and enjoy, maybe add my own emotional connections to it, but I never cared much about the artists personalities or lives. After this, of course, I began to get other ENHYPEN content in my YT feed. The next song I found was the BTHB Music video, and I was really impressed by the creative elements behind it. (I gasped the first time I saw the Ni-ki cooler scene when the doors opened because WOW?) I think after this, my friend recommended me Bite Me, and I began to learn about the Vampire lore elements throughout their music videos for the first time. Slowly, I began to listen to more of their songs. After I heard Fatal Trouble I learned about the Dark Moon Webtoon, and as an avid Webtoon/Manga reader I was both shocked and ecstatic about it. I read it immediately and of COURSE I fell in love with that. The lore ENHYPEN has built around them is like nothing I've ever seen. Right after this was when No Doubt was released. I watched the MV an hour after it dropped and was both shocked and impressed by the unique sound of the song. Honestly, it was a bit jarring on first listen, but the more I heard it the more I liked it. After listening through the rest of their discography, I came to have a big appreciation for the experimental songs they put out. They aren't afraid to try new styles and sounds, some of their songs are kinda WEIRD (paradoxx I'm looking at you) but in the best way possible. Then around Christmas, my friend bought me my very first K-Pop album as a gift. It was Romance Untold: Daydream White Midnight edition. I remember opening it and being surprised at all the cool stuff included inside, I didn't expect posters and PCs (First pulls were Ni-ki and Jake 🥲) and even a signed Jake Postcard?? I don't think any music outside of the K-Pop world sells their albums like this. It was the coolest gift I'd ever gotten, and also the worst, because now I have a copy of almost all of their albums and my wallet is SUFFERING. In others I found pins, rings, there was even PERFUME in one of them. I remember downloading Weverse earlier this year to buy them, and discovering this whole world of Artist media that I didn't even know existed. Being the mobile gamer I am, ENHYPEN eventually brought me to find Rhythm Hive. Through playing the game, I was slowly exposed to other K-Pop artists and songs and found that there were so many I enjoyed (I even came to like quite a few BTS songs, go figure!) Over time, from the door ENHYPEN opened for me, I've come to love K-Pop as a whole, but something else I came to appreciate even more was the FANS. After becoming an ENGENE, I met and connected with so many cool people from all across the world, in a way I never would've expected. The same people I'd been judging before I was suddenly able to view in a very different light. It's hard to put into words, but I think the best example I can give is this: A few weeks ago, I attended my very first K-Pop concert during the WTL tour. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but I showed up with my favorite Jay PC as my obligatory merch ready to be surrounded by crazed fangirls (because that's all I really saw from vids online). While walking around the venue, I ran into another girl who was just as lost as I was who offered me a freebie. Then we ran into another girl, who was also alone and ended up forming a little group together. When she heard I was a new fan, she gave me the Jay PC from her D:U Showcase set just because she heard I liked him. I think within an hour of being there, my tiny bag was stuffed full of some of the coolest freebies ever, to the point that I wondered if I even needed to buy merch. Then, after getting into the very long merch line, the sun began to beat down on us harshly. A mother and daughter pair that was in line in front of us began to share their umbrellas with us, just so that we wouldn't get too hot or sunburnt in the heat. The mom even offered to buy waters for us. The five of us got lunch together after and it was really nice. I've never had a concert experience like that before. The show was sold-out, the venue was extremely crowded, but every single person I interacted with was an absolute joy. Seeing all the cool performance inspired outfits, the pickets, the signs, it was amazing. What I learned was that the K-Pop community isn't just the twitter-addicts arguing online, or the weird saesengs that give it a bad rep. I don't know if it's just ENHYPEN, or if it's the same for other groups, but most of the fans are absolutely fantastic and I now feel very proud to be one of them. Getting into ENHYPEN has changed so many things in my life. Maybe because I'm a newer fan, but I can still remember the part in each of their songs that made a certain member stand out to me, like hearing Jake's FATAL TROUBLE for the first time, or Sunghoon's TTEUGEOPGE SHOUT OUTTT. It's so much fun to watch the members playing around together in EN O'CLOCK on my lunch break, or having my phone blow up just to see Jungwon spamming Weverse comments again. Anyway, that's the story of how a K-Pop hater evolved into a fan, and it's all ENHYPEN's fault. I can't really pinpoint a specific time that things changed for me; it happened slowly, but I think if I'd found any other group, I wouldn't have had the same experience. (Seriously, if you can find another Jay in the world PLEASE let me know, I'm a lost cause.....) There's so much I haven't mentioned here, because there's just SO much to ENHYPEN, but I guess what I really wanna get at with all of this is to give a thank you. Thank you to ENHYPEN for showing me another side of the world of music, thank you to the ENGENEs who have welcomed me into the community, and thank you to you who is reading all of this, in hopes that maybe I've opened the door for someone else, or brought back some of the happy memories that brought you to K-Pop yourself. (Please feel free to share your own experiences in the comments because I love reading them!) submitted by /u/Few_Fun7761 [link] [comments]

Rules: - CHECK ALL THE COMMENTS IF THE GROUP IS ALREADY IN THERE!! IF YES, DONT SUBMIT IT AGAIN - there will be one female and one male winner - you may submit multiple artists, but put them in separate comments - don’t submit a group with more/less than eight members - the comments with the most upvotes win - 2nd gen and up - don’t submit subunits (they were allowed for day 2 since there aren’t many three member groups) - if a group has lost members, use the current lineup (if a member has died, they are still counted out of respect) - global groups like katseye don’t count 🏆Winners of day 6🏆 female: Dreamcatcher Billlie Kep1er male: BTS GOT7 ENHYPEN Have fun! submitted by /u/DaGayEnby [link] [comments]

IF NJ or formerly - made a deal with Hybe. That for the next 5 years or until expenses + some recouped - half of future CD sells and concert revenues - will go to Hybe. All old tracks sold to NJ. Do you think Hybe would give in - so that everyone can move on? Or has the situation turned into a "petty" war - with Hybe not actually caring to recoup expenses - and just wants to see MHJ/NZ drown in a sea of blaze? NJ had so much potential. But is now basically roadblocked. Any predictions as to how all this will end? submitted by /u/ethereal3xp [link] [comments]

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So, I've thought about sharing this story for a while, but it's officially been over a year, so I FINALLY took the time to write it all out (it's a long read, sorry!) I guess I should start from the beginning... It was 2016, and BTS was having their first big wave of popularity across the US. (At least, before this time, I'd never heard of them.) I was 14 and living in an area of the US where even now K-Pop barely exists, but there were a good amount of girls in my school who followed the wave. I don't remember what song I listened to then, or if it was even a BTS song at all, but I remember one of my friends showing me a song that was pretty far from my music taste (which was pretty much just alt/indie rock back then.) I didn't HATE it, but it wasn't for me, which was fine. Over the following years, I slowly started to see more of K-Pop in the world around me, but I think it was the internet that really turned me into a 'hater'. I couldn't understand the culture behind following idols to airports (the extreme) or even just decking your bag out with PCs (the less extreme), because it's such a unique thing to K-Pop that doesn't really exist in other music culture the same way. What put me off the most was how fans ACTED about their idols, I won't go into detail because it isn't the purpose of the post, but K-Pop fans will certainly ride or die for their ults, iykwim.... Over time, I began to build a bit of a prejudice against K-Pop and the culture around it, and I stayed pretty much as far away from it as possible. However, I've always been into watching foreign shows (usually period cdramas but sometimes kdramas too). Flash forward to last summer, I'm bored at home scrolling through my Vi-ki app looking for something to watch, when I come across i-Land 2 n/a. Now, at the time I'd never seen any kind of Korean Survival show and had no idea what it was, so when I saw this cover with a bunch of girls and saw SURVIVAL, I was thinking like Man Vs Wild or something and was totally intrigued, so I started watching it..... It wasn't what I expected at all, but it was novel and new to me, so I ended up watching through the first episode. This was where I heard Sweet Venom for the first time, as one of the entry groups covered the song. While I know NOW that Sweet Venom is just a really difficult song to perform live (those high notes!), all I could think when I first heard it was 'does the song really sound like... that?' (The girls did great, don't get me wrong, but the voice cracks had me 😭). SO, I ended up listening to the full song on Spotify, and I immediately liked it. The very first K-Pop song to make it into my League of Legends playlist.... but I figured it made sense that I liked it, since the song has some western vibes to it that my ears are more familiar with. A few weeks later, I was smart shuffling my playlist and XO came on.... honestly, from the first minute the song played, I liked it. The instrumental got me hooked, but as soon as Heeseung's verse started, I was like WOAH, that guy has a really nice voice? Now usually, when it comes to any artist, if they have a few songs I like I tend to check out the rest of their music, but I was hesitant because this was a K-POP group and that was totally cringe and weird right? Maybe it's because of the style of ENHYPEN's songs, but I found them a lot easier to listen to as a K-Pop beginner than anything else I'd heard. And then one day, I felt like listening to the song and just searched it on YouTube randomly. That was when I clicked on THIS Musicbank performance video https://youtu.be/wBT1bKKwPTo?si=YjHgoh9q9mNMGgp (yes I still have it saved.) I'd never actually WATCHED a K-Pop performance before and was honestly just impressed, because in Western music culture, people don't really dance while they sing anymore. I know this isn't something only ENHYPEN does, obviously, but it was new for me! I specifically remembered the PINK HAIRED GUY (Heeseung) because of his addictive vocals and the BLONDIE (Sunoo) because of his facial expressions. At this time I had a close friend who was really into K-Pop and when they heard about the show I was watching and the songs I liked, they informed me about how the group was formed from the predecessor show, i-Land. I became curious, and since i-Land 2 was still ongoing, I was just like 'well, I guess I'll check this out and see how the show works'. Going into i-Land, the only members I knew in the group were Sunoo and Heeseung, the rest I couldn't really remember and decided not to look up. While watching, I immediately came to like Jay. Idk if it's because I'm also American, but I found his personality and drive so endearing and relatable. I've had my own RAS situations and completely fell for his raw honesty. Unironically, if he didn't make the group, I was probably gonna crashout and hate K-Pop forever for putting that poor boy through that mess 😭. Truly, I felt bad for all of them while watching, I never knew the trainee world was so harsh? After seeing them go through this journey, I felt strange. I always took music as something to just listen to and enjoy, maybe add my own emotional connections to it, but I never cared much about the artists personalities or lives. After this, of course, I began to get other ENHYPEN content in my YT feed. The next song I found was the BTHB Music video, and I was really impressed by the creative elements behind it. (I gasped the first time I saw the Ni-ki cooler scene when the doors opened because WOW?) I think after this, my friend recommended me Bite Me, and I began to learn about the Vampire lore elements throughout their music videos for the first time. Slowly, I began to listen to more of their songs. After I heard Fatal Trouble I learned about the Dark Moon Webtoon, and as an avid Webtoon/Manga reader I was both shocked and ecstatic about it. I read it immediately and of COURSE I fell in love with that. The lore ENHYPEN has built around them is like nothing I've ever seen. Right after this was when No Doubt was released. I watched the MV an hour after it dropped and was both shocked and impressed by the unique sound of the song. Honestly, it was a bit jarring on first listen, but the more I heard it the more I liked it. After listening through the rest of their discography, I came to have a big appreciation for the experimental songs they put out. They aren't afraid to try new styles and sounds, some of their songs are kinda WEIRD (paradoxx I'm looking at you) but in the best way possible. Then around Christmas, my friend bought me my very first K-Pop album as a gift. It was Romance Untold: Daydream White Midnight edition. I remember opening it and being surprised at all the cool stuff included inside, I didn't expect posters and PCs (First pulls were Ni-ki and Jake 🥲) and even a signed Jake Postcard?? I don't think any music outside of the K-Pop world sells their albums like this. It was the coolest gift I'd ever gotten, and also the worst, because now I have a copy of almost all of their albums and my wallet is SUFFERING. In others I found pins, rings, there was even PERFUME in one of them. I remember downloading Weverse earlier this year to buy them, and discovering this whole world of Artist media that I didn't even know existed. Being the mobile gamer I am, ENHYPEN eventually brought me to find Rhythm Hive. Through playing the game, I was slowly exposed to other K-Pop artists and songs and found that there were so many I enjoyed (I even came to like quite a few BTS songs, go figure!) Over time, from the door ENHYPEN opened for me, I've come to love K-Pop as a whole, but something else I came to appreciate even more was the FANS. After becoming an ENGENE, I met and connected with so many cool people from all across the world, in a way I never would've expected. The same people I'd been judging before I was suddenly able to view in a very different light. It's hard to put into words, but I think the best example I can give is this: A few weeks ago, I attended my very first K-Pop concert during the WTL tour. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but I showed up with my favorite Jay PC as my obligatory merch ready to be surrounded by crazed fangirls (because that's all I really saw from vids online). While walking around the venue, I ran into another girl who was just as lost as I was who offered me a freebie. Then we ran into another girl, who was also alone and ended up forming a little group together. When she heard I was a new fan, she gave me the Jay PC from her D:U Showcase set just because she heard I liked him. I think within an hour of being there, my tiny bag was stuffed full of some of the coolest freebies ever, to the point that I wondered if I even needed to buy merch. Then, after getting into the very long merch line, the sun began to beat down on us harshly. A mother and daughter pair that was in line in front of us began to share their umbrellas with us, just so that we wouldn't get too hot or sunburnt in the heat. The mom even offered to buy waters for us. The five of us got lunch together after and it was really nice. I've never had a concert experience like that before. The show was sold-out, the venue was extremely crowded, but every single person I interacted with was an absolute joy. Seeing all the cool performance inspired outfits, the pickets, the signs, it was amazing. What I learned was that the K-Pop community isn't just the twitter-addicts arguing online, or the weird saesengs that give it a bad rep. I don't know if it's just ENHYPEN, or if it's the same for other groups, but most of the fans are absolutely fantastic and I now feel very proud to be one of them. Getting into ENHYPEN has changed so many things in my life. Maybe because I'm a newer fan, but I can still remember the part in each of their songs that made a certain member stand out to me, like hearing Jake's FATAL TROUBLE for the first time, or Sunghoon's TTEUGEOPGE SHOUT OUTTT. It's so much fun to watch the members playing around together in EN O'CLOCK on my lunch break, or having my phone blow up just to see Jungwon spamming Weverse comments again. Anyway, that's the story of how a K-Pop hater evolved into a fan, and it's all ENHYPEN's fault. I can't really pinpoint a specific time that things changed for me; it happened slowly, but I think if I'd found any other group, I wouldn't have had the same experience. (Seriously, if you can find another Jay in the world PLEASE let me know, I'm a lost cause.....) There's so much I haven't mentioned here, because there's just SO much to ENHYPEN, but I guess what I really wanna get at with all of this is to give a thank you. Thank you to ENHYPEN for showing me another side of the world of music, thank you to the ENGENEs who have welcomed me into the community, and thank you to you who is reading all of this, in hopes that maybe I've opened the door for someone else, or brought back some of the happy memories that brought you to K-Pop yourself. (Please feel free to share your own experiences in the comments because I love reading them!) submitted by /u/Few_Fun7761 [link] [comments]

this is the clip i will be referring to - TXT (투모로우바이투게더) Starkissed - Concept Clip 'Uprise' the whole thing is objectively very beautiful and the guys look majestic as always but... i can't help but be frustrated? hybe is doing them dirty with these bland vanilla concepts. like, they are so much better than the same, cliche overdone concepts. take cortis, for example– granted, they're a new group but we can already hear their unique sound in the music that they've put out because they are the primary producers, lyricists and they have a voice in everything. txt 100% has the skill set to pilot their own projects independently and i truly believe that they would come up with concepts that would showcase each member's unique traits and talents. it just makes me sad :(( (sorry for the lack of punctuations and capitalisations) submitted by /u/topshaggy6 [link] [comments]

I have about 50 mutuals on Twitter and it's like a little community and we're all fans of the same idol, but I only retweet their tweets all day and never interact/express myself/post my own tweets. Whenever there's something new like an info or picture they post and share it immediately, meanwhile I'm just here enjoying their contents passively but at the same time I'm chronically online and retweet their tweets all day and might have cluttered their feed lol. Do you think I would give the impression of being a less passionate fan or even a fake fan? submitted by /u/Flimsy-Baby-7992 [link] [comments]

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Bit of a dead topic right now, but I actually liked Pit Stop, the lyrics were a bit lackluster without a catchy hook which NewJeans do really well with other songs, but production wise I really liked it (although there's no studio versions, people have used ai/pieced snippets back together to produce versions that are at that quality). I think most people are disliking it due to the massive concept change calling them a 'downgraded version of aespa' and that one clip at the end. I also wonder if people think the song would ever be released. submitted by /u/Impossible_Cable_862 [link] [comments]

Just here for the music though 😬 submitted by /u/friendlyfire_may [link] [comments]

┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Hey everyone, today Hybe debuts their third-ever boy group, one that a friend on Discord has been hyping up. The last time Hybe debuted a new group not from a sub-label was in 2019, when TXT entered the scene. I remember enjoying the TXT debut as I had it on repeat like crazy that year. Today I’m curious to see what Cortis has in store for us with their first-ever project. I don’t want to wait any time, so let’s jump into the Cortis world and see what this debut delivers. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ https://preview.redd.it/bswsre22dznf1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d94ecc51d3d574600aca2b1ea1db2e563999d7f COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES - Cortis 1. Go! Go! is the opening song on the project, a pop-trap tune that is centered around a vibey beat that blends wonderfully with the members. There are vocal effects on the members’ voices that help them blend into the instrumental. The hook is pretty catchy as it’s one repetitive section, but it still works for this type of trap tune. The rapping is pretty decent, flowing wonderfully with the vibe that the producers crafted. I find that this tune does a great job opening up the album with its vibe and performance that the group brings to the table. https://preview.redd.it/txysvom9dznf1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d20d05cb5ece9107d24d89074dfd0e7dc11ded09 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 2. What You Want/What You Want (feat. Teezo Touchdown) The second song on the album was the pre-release track, giving us two versions. An original version and a Teezo Touchdown version. A guitar opens up the track, bringing in the bouncy vibe that fits this group so well. The smooth vocal fits with the vibe of the instrumental that has been pulling me back since it was pre-released. The hook has grown on me as it’s starting to get stuck in my head. In the collaboration version, Teezo comes in for the second verse, fitting perfectly as that version has been on repeat a little more than the original. I find both versions of the track to be enjoyable as I’ve been coming back to them when I remember to do so. I’m glad this was the pre-release single, cause it’s one that got me hyped for the rest of the debut. https://preview.redd.it/isobnaohdznf1.jpg?width=860&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b945dd57cd569d1f1a7168400044910922bf960d ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ FaSHioN Fashion is the best song on the album, reminding me of something Sik-k and Vangdale would put out, which I’m a fan of both artists. The vocals are processed to the max, but they fit the vibe that the producers craft. I love the rapping as it fits with the boucy trap beat that keeps pulling me back since I first heard it. The more I hear this tune, the more I can see a version of this with Sik-k on it, which would slap. Cortis does a killer job with their performance, making this another excellent tune on the album that I will be having on repeat for a long time. https://preview.redd.it/vzn61dkydznf1.jpg?width=204&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccd1f9f64a9dee035cf89c57840987d0dd590b9e ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ JoyRide JoyRide is where the album starts to fall a little flat for my liking, as I find this tune to be forgettable. The instrumental is way too chill, feeling a little dull as nothing much happens in the beat to make this tune stick with me. The vocals are decent not do much to help elevate this tune at all. The hook is pretty forgettable, as I don’t remember it even though I’ve heard this tune a few times. I was hoping another excellent tune would cause the first three songs to be bops, but JoyRide fell to meet that for me. https://preview.redd.it/m2to7mw4eznf1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cfd1ed3a2f790414bddbffe306177bb3e5fa50f ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ Lullaby The closer is another track that fell flat, as it’s another tune that is forgettable. I don’t mind the chill nature this tune brings to the table, but the instrumental makes it hard for me to get through this track. The song goes at a slow pace, making it feel like this tune goes on forever. The vocals are decent, but don’t do much to elevate the tune like they should. The guitar melody is pleasant, but it’s not enough to make me like this tune. I find that this album doesn’t do a good job closing as it did with the opening. https://preview.redd.it/53ppo5mbeznf1.jpg?width=732&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54967355028b17afad17e3e7dd6cc73bb6fdacf3 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Summary: Cortis debut with a mini album that only gave me three songs to like. Go! opens up the album with a bouncy. pop-trap beat that does a great job opening up the project. Lullaby is the closer, and it’s so uninteresting that it doesn’t close out the album in a strong way like the way Go! opens up the record. The pre-release single What You Want got me excited for this project, and the Teezo version was a great version to add to the album. This debut isn’t bad at all, but one that I can see on that would knock this out of the park, but at least there are three songs for me to like from this album. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ https://preview.redd.it/6lc322wheznf1.jpg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e20ed9b8093cb548f3257578db48bf385db6dba5 submitted by /u/Maltifandom23 [link] [comments]