Music Overview: BoA – Crazier

All through her historic profession, BoA has tried her hand at nearly any Ok-pop sub-genre you may think about. Having began within the trade so younger, she nonetheless appears like a up to date to a lot of this period’s teams regardless of being one in every of Ok-pop’s most revered elder stateswomen. New title observe Crazier is her first in over a yr and leads off a full album.

For Crazier, BoA opts for an anthemic rock sound. I suppose she heard this can be a fashionable style nowadays! This isn’t the primary time BoA has gone rock (not even shut!), and the music’s assured confidence carries that have. Crazier swaggers proper out of the gate with a refrain that feels designed to be sung again by 1000’s. And talking of singing, the observe presents loads of house for BoA to belt out highly effective refrains. My favourite BoA songs are inclined to see her belting with a lot depth you nearly really feel the necessity to shirk away in response (the unimaginable Women On High instantly involves thoughts). Crazier borrows a few of that power, although it’s funneled right into a far much less prickly music.

That will be my fundamental critique of Crazier. It’s sturdy and assertive however the association feels overly polished and secure. At its greatest, a music like this may actually tough up the listener in a satisfying means. My feathers really feel gently ruffled by Crazier, which fits towards its modus operandi and finally ends up making the observe much less impactful than it ought to be. It’s nonetheless a robust return for BoA, however a barely extra daring strategy would have kicked it over the sting.

Grade: B