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Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Hearts2Hearts – Focus.
I had been looking forward to this comeback and have been playing it frequently since its release, enjoying as I do disco inspired Kpop.
Nevertheless, I do think those who have sounded a critical note about the chorus have a point; would a more melodic, more “sung” chorus have been better? Could the conclusion of the song have been helped by adlibs?
On the other hand, I disagree with those calling the MV visually boring and monotonous. The development of the range of colour over the course of the MV struck me as masterful, especially when the temptation to move to an eye popping intensity in the concluding section of the MV was resisted, as such a shift would have clashed too much with the preceding sections.
All the girls looked beautiful, of course; vocally, Ye-on stood out to me.
My favourite stage so far has been….
https://youtu.be/Ur7aK4FvK-U?si=bJ9Fr5i6eJnLCgWS
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