Now that we have seem whats happening in Japan for summer time tunes, whats happening in Korea?
F(x), a 5 member girl k-pop group are releasing their new album [Red Light]. F(x) is one of my favorite k-pop groups with [Pink Tape], their last album being my favorite to date.
F(x) consists of 5 girls: Krystal, Amber, Victoria, Luna and Sulli. Debuting in 2009, the girls have enjoyed many top charting hits such as [Electric Shock] and [Danger (Pinocchio)]. F(x) has been known to be the group that is always evolving, which is cool. And their music tends to stay within the electricpop genre, so I'm happy! ^^ Sporting colorful clothing, F(x) is not hard to spot.
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| F(x) members: Luna, Victoria, Krystal, Amber and Sulli. |
While being a Korean group, only two members were born in Korea. Krystal and Amber are from America, while Victoria was born in China. Making F(x) quite a divested group.
F(x) has announced that they are having a comeback with their new album [Red Light] due to release 7th of July. Prier to July, they have released a mix of teasers of photos, videos and audio previews. However on the 3rd of July, they released the full MV for the song [Red Light] and they also preformed on the Korean music TV show M!countdown.
The full music video for the song [Red Light]. Really loving the dark concept in this video.
Their first live performance of the songs [MILK] and [Red Light]. Both dances look cool and a nice contrast between the songs.
F(x) is releasing their 3rd album [Red Light], a year after their second one [Pink Tape].
[Red Light] has 11 tracks with varying music styles.
01. Red Light
02. Milk
03. 나비 (Butterfly)
04. 무지개 (Rainbow)
05. All Night
06. 바캉스 (Vacance)
07. 뱉어내 (Spit It Out)
08. Boom Bang Boom
09. Dracula
10. Summer Lover
11. 종이 심장 (Paper Heart)
What a very exciting line up of songs, with a mix of a dark side and a lighter side.
My reactions and expectation.
Well when the teaser pictures were first coming out for the album, I really like their visual concept. It's dark and sexy with a hint of mystery. It has the same arty feel as [Pink Tape] had, but rather then evoking the teenage sprite, they seem to be channeling a black cat mentality. Rather then playing in nature, like a lot of their other concepts, this concept is set in an urban setting.
As for the song [Red Light], at first I was happily surprised by the heavy beat. Not many mainstream k-pop songs have such a heavy beat so I was very excited to hear the full version of this song. However, after the first viewing of the video, I was somewhat disappointed by the chorus since it seems disjointed and throwing it to 'tame' the heavy beat. I would of rather they run and owned the beat, but the more I listen to it, the more it grows on me. ^^;
As for the other song [MILK], which was preformed on M!countdown, I really like this. Starting with the loading of a gun and jumping into a funky jungle beat, this song is short but it holds better and is a nice, little tune, with a good use of sound effects. Also I really like Luna's part in the second verse after the chorus, her voice does high without any struggle. The visual concept is much lighter with Krystal sporting blue contact lenses, and the dance is sweet and simple.
While no full versions of the other songs have been released, they released a preview of the whole album and the song [All Night] which will be preformed on the show Music Core, on the 5th of July. From what I've heard of [All Night], it has a funky disco vibe, remanding me of one of their other songs [Signal] from [Pink Tape]. I like it so far and I'm looking forward to their performance.
I have pre-oreder both the A version and B version of this album, so I'm excited to hear the rest of the songs and the albums packaging. :3
So are you excited for F(x)'s comeback and new album? What do you think of the songs [Red Light] and [MILK]? :3
Leave a comment with your thoughts!
Anyway, thanks for reading, I will post on this album as soon as I receive it. Until then, see ya next time!
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source: allkpop.com
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