So Hot
June 6, 2008 at 6:59 pm | In Wonder Girls | 1 CommentTags: 2008, single, So Hot, Wonder Girls
- So Hot
- This Time
- You’re Out
- Tell Me (Rap Version)
I liked the Wonder Girls from the first time I heard of them, Tell Me was too addictive to ignore and I loved the album. I am one of the most impatient people in the world and I hate waiting for new releases but I wasn’t disappointed. So Hot, if you pay no attention to the lyrics, is your basic Pop”R’n'B” track, the background music is shallow, relentless and doesn’t change much through the whole song. Still, there’s something about it that has an addictive quality, but in a different way to Tell Me. Listen to it and you’ll know what I mean, and afterwards go look at the lyrics… If you are like me and don’t understand Korean any further than ‘Saranghae’ without a translation, the humour in the track would go completely over your head. I was clever enough to watch the subbed video first so I could appreciate that right from the off.
Track Rating; A
This Time is a general “R’n'B” ballad affair. Good beat, generally good vocals but it lacks the impact of some of the ballad-type songs they’ve done. There’s a great pace and tone in the chorus and it’s definitely worthy of a few good listens, but it’s not quite my style.
Track Rating; B
You’re Out would not have been out of place on The Wonder Years. It reminds me a lot of songs like Headache and Bad Boy. Playing up the 80’s influence has worked for them all along though, so it’s not a surprise that it’s worked again! The bare arrangement focuses the song very well, paying more attention to the vocals and Yoobin’s rap, while short, works very well in this environment.
Track Rating; B+/A-
And finally the Rap Version of Tell Me. I like this version, even though the only difference is the inclusion of Yoobin’s rap section that wasn’t in the album version. If you want to see what I think of Tell Me check out my previous review of their album, I don’t wanna be repeating myself.
Track Rating; A*
Single Rating; A+
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I’m really looking forward to hearing these songs, I should hopefully get my copy of the single in a few days. Glad to see you giving it such a high rating. I’ve been watching the MV for So Hot on a daily basis, I really love the song, I’ll have to watch the subbed version of it. And I can’t wait to finally have a copy of the Rap Version of Tell Me, I bought the Wonder Years album based on seeing the MV for it and was a little dissapointed that the rap didn’t feature on it…although not at all dissapointed with the album, so good!
Comment by paul.thomas — June 9, 2008 #