Track Evaluation: Sunmi – Blue!

It’s been over a yr since we final heard from Sunmi, and even longer since she’s launched something greater than a digital single. An album is reportedly within the works, however earlier than that now we have one other standalone music with Blue!, which continues the softer sound of final yr’s Balloon In Love.

Ok-pop’s on this bizarre spot proper now the place many idol teams and soloists are making their model of not-so-great indie rock. I assume it’s their reply to international traits occurring in the meanwhile, with genres like nation and pretend worship rock making a return to the mainstream. Like every musical fashion, an incredible music can be nice whatever the trappings it’s cased inside, however too typically the business appears to be borrowing tone and texture and draping it over underdeveloped melodies.

Blue! has a jauntier tempo than Sunmi’s current work and is a co-write with singer-songwriter Lee Dohee, making this one of many few utterly female-driven Ok-pop title tracks I can keep in mind. That’s very cool. And in contrast to lots of her friends, this fashion suits Sunmi’s breathy tone and aloof presence fairly nicely. She provides a layer of intrigue that makes Blue! participating even in its softer moments. Listening to the refrain by itself through teasers, I wasn’t certain how I felt concerning the hooks. Nevertheless, it really works a lot better inside the context of the total music. This nonetheless isn’t anyplace close to Sunmi’s finest, but it surely’s a pleasant teaser for what’s to come back subsequent.

Grade: B-