It’s about time for Ok-pop to start out unveiling its particular winter songs. We haven’t had too many but this yr. tripleS launched a monitor video final week and Rainbow18 stealthily dropped an unpromoted, Sweetune-produced (!) carol that even handed me by. Now, fromis_9 have taken the baton with White Reminiscences (하얀 그리움), their soundtrack to the vacation season.
In terms of this sort of music, my desire typically leans towards the brilliant and buoyant. A pleasant, stark piano ballad could be welcome too, however an upbeat “deck the halls” second with just a bit camp often will get the job performed. White Reminiscences suits this transient, including loads of sweet floss manufacturing to its candy, poppy melodies. Ok-pop’s lady teams don’t usually sound like this anymore, and it’s a disgrace that it takes a Christmas launch to tug out the melody and pile on the instrumental treats.
White Reminiscences thrives on its sense of heat nostalgia. It doesn’t do something completely different than you’d anticipate, however that’s the attraction of custom. In truth, I’d be remiss in not mentioning that this music is definitely a remake of a 2001 monitor by singer/actor Kim Min Jong. You’ll be able to hear that within the melodies, which have a broad, singalong high quality that was once very talked-about in that period of Ok-pop.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8 |
Grade: B-