Random Shuffle Overview: B1A4 – Child Good Night time

With over 5,000 songs on my iPhone’s “Okay-Pop Singles” playlist, I assumed it will be enjoyable so as to add a little bit of unpredictability to my music evaluate posts. So consequently, now we have the “Random Shuffle Overview” function.

The principles are easy. I hearth up my playlist, press “shuffle,” and no matter music performs first will get the total Bias Listing therapy!

12 months Launched: 2012

It’s a disgrace {that a} group like B1A4 doesn’t exist anymore in Okay-pop. Earlier than you all leap down my throat, I’m nicely conscious that B1A4 themselves are nonetheless selling, albeit with a brand new configuration. However for the aim of this write-up, I’m particularly speaking about 2011-2017 B1A4 earlier than two members left and the sound of Okay-pop modified fairly drastically. Previous to that, this group managed to discover a pathway that skirted between established boy group tropes to forge a sound all their very own. That’s partially because of the members’ participation in songwriting/manufacturing, however it’s additionally a product of an period that was nonetheless curious sufficient to permit for risk-taking creativity.

If you concentrate on it, B1A4 by no means match completely into any established idea. They by no means did “darkish,” “brooding” or “shouty,” and even when their songs have been brilliant and bubbly (as they usually have been), the music by no means felt cookie-cutter. A music like 2012’s Child Good Night time exemplifies the distinctive contact they at all times gave their music. It’s upbeat and enjoyable however nonetheless slightly bizarre. From its uninteresting electrical thump to the swirling melodies that forge the refrain, the observe spawns countless vitality whereas retaining issues oddly sedate. It’s a catchy-as-hell pop music with an off-kilter rhythm and virtually cartoonish efficiency. In different phrases, the music is only a ton of contradictions thrown collectively. It’s actually “pop,” however defies simple idol group classification. These qualities make it timeless. Enjoying Child Good Night time right this moment feels simply as contemporary and charming because it did 13 years in the past. This tends to occur when artists don’t slavishly comply with tendencies and readily conform to market-proven templates.

Grade: A