in no matter, the "don't let me be a good boy" is junhan's. you can watch their closed beta concert fancam to see it, everyone were shocked when they realize it was him, and money on my mind too, at 24:38, hes literally screaming that line in the concert, he own that song fr
Forgot to mention Money on my Mind! It's pretty cool and being all 'rock the world' is mega-fun, especially with Villain-context, not to mention very 70s/80s screaming towards the end :D And there's more Junhan in it than usual too!
for future album reactions: you can watch the lyric videos even if the line distribution is wrong, most of the times there are comments correcting the wrong parts. That way you can appreciate the lyrics and the singers :) (if you want obviously, just a sugestion) And yes, my album of the year for sure, these boys are getting better and better
I will do that in the future!! I usually check out the lyrics after, but it's a completely different experience when you hear it for the first time with the lyrics!
No matter LITERALLY WHEN I HEARD JUNHAN SAY "don't let me be a good boy" I SCREEEEEAAAMED. Anyway, the song's great but Junhan ruined EVERYTHING and now I can't even function. The harmonizing is so gooooood. Also GUNIL LINES. Undefined This has been stuck in my head all daaaaay. "I'm gonna have a stroke" LMAOOOOOO ME AND YOU BOTH. I knew from No Matter that this was Album of the Year but then Undefined came out and I'm like???? This is illegal??? An attack on me personally?? Also you missed the last one second LMAO. Paint It This is one I was worried about from the instrumental and it DIDNT DISAPPOINT. Jooyeon's vocals are insane and the rap?? And Gaon's vocals?? Stop. And there's even like the tiniest little breakdown?? WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED IN BREAK THE BRAKE BUT I GOT IT HERE AND IM WEEPING. And Junhan shredding of course. Money On My Mind This is another I was scared of. And I WAS RIGHT TO BE. JUNHAN SOLOOOOOOO. A PROPER ROCK SOLO. IVE BEEN WAITINGGGGGGG. AND THEN HIM SCREAMING AFTERWARDS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 ALSO JOOYEON'S FUCKING VOCALS AND THE SHREDDING AAAAAAAAAAAA. SONG OF THE FUCKING YEAR. ALBUM OF THE FUCKING YEAR. Okay this was part 1 of my scream-fest. Part 2 coming in a few minutes.
NO MATTER IS THE FREAKING BEST I love it so much and the fact that Junhan says that line is everything!!! Girl I feel you, when Undefined played I was like, how can this album get any better but THEY DID IT wooooow Paint it is just everything I wanted it to be, the more I listen to it the more I like it... JUNHAN IS GOING TO K I L L ME pt1 Money on my mind... that song is just perfect, It's my fav song no doubt, and I am so so so happy with every little detail about it JUNHAN IS K I L L I N G ME pt2
Totally agree about the subbed lyrics, Studio J keeps 'missing' really obvious stuff imo... Lately even the behind the scenes videos take days to get subs, the promotions are vague and kinda weird, I don't know. I wish they'd pay more attention or get more English translators or something. Junhan's "don't let me be a good boy" kills me every time, ever since the fancams. I can't. hahaha No Matter is probably my favorite from the entire album, the lyrics are super-cool, Gunil sings, the guitar solo is deadly, the tralalalala is sticky as hell, I can't. Love Undefined and Paint It (the "time to start again now, so let's go" from Seungmi is just amazing, as are the "I, I, I" from Jungsu, I can't) way too much as well, and Dreaming Girl and Til the End make me bawl, which is the intention, I guess, so mission accomplished. The main track is also pretty great and has been stuck in my head a lot. I actually don't really like the last three as much as I hoped. ;~; There are parts I like, but they're just not my thing. Maybe they'll grow on me, I used to feel the same about "Zzz..." and it changed, so...
Until the end of time I don't even have much to say except vocals are insane like always. Getting chiiiills. I personally dislike slow songs like this, so if this was a random group or the vocals weren't as good, I wouldn't like it. But I know it's XH and the vocals give me chills so I love it. And the way the vocals get kind of drowned out at the end to let the instrumental come forward is sooooo good. Walking to the Moon I'll say this is probably my least favorite on the album but if it came up in a playlist, I wouldn't skip. This type of song isn't really my style, but the vocals are fantastic like always. It's much more of a chill rock song which is needed in an album like this with so much craziness. I do like the end part where it's like clearly for a crowd to cheer with. That was really cute! Moneyball This one I was MOST worried about in the instrumental. And then when the highlight film sampler came out with the lyrics, I was just a bit disappointed because some of the vocal parts made the song sound softer even though the instrumental was still so hard. Like, Jungsu's parts. I'm not saying they're bad. But because he has a very pop-like voice, very appropriate for an idol in kpop, it doesn't hit as hard with heavy songs like this. I think it'd be really cool to have him train with a rock singer, train his voice to be a little more hard-hitting and punchy. But the chorus is soooooo goooood!!! And the little post-chorus?? The part with "break it down" towards the end is EVERYTHING. That's the absolute best part of the song. Hands down. I wish the whole song was like that LMAO. But either way, song is solid and probably in my top 5 still. Night of Fireworks I'd say this is my other least favorite song but I like it a bit more than Walking to the Moon. I think it's a great way to end the album that was full of insanity. And it'll be a GREAT concert song, like an encore. Gunil's going crazy on the drums. The instrumental just hits so much more than Walking to the Moon for me. Partly because of the drums!!! But it's also much more rock. Overall Thoughts This is, without a doubt, their BEST album to date. Another no-skip, but this time with 10 SONGS. I think they're getting so much closer to their own sound. Going back and listening to their previous releases, it's like listening to someone completely different. They've improved an INSANE amount since the beginning, and even in the short time between Livelock and this. Every release becomes my favorite, and that's a GOOD thing. Because it means they're constantly improving. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to cry myself to sleep for the next week because of this amazing album.
In Money on my mind after the guitar solo it's Junhan singing, you HAVE to watch his fancaaaam
This boooooy omg
I can’t wait to react to live performances 😱
in no matter, the "don't let me be a good boy" is junhan's. you can watch their closed beta concert fancam to see it, everyone were shocked when they realize it was him, and money on my mind too, at 24:38, hes literally screaming that line in the concert, he own that song fr
Omg THIS BOY IS GOING TO BE THE D E A T H OF ME
Forgot to mention Money on my Mind! It's pretty cool and being all 'rock the world' is mega-fun, especially with Villain-context, not to mention very 70s/80s screaming towards the end :D And there's more Junhan in it than usual too!
for future album reactions: you can watch the lyric videos even if the line distribution is wrong, most of the times there are comments correcting the wrong parts. That way you can appreciate the lyrics and the singers :) (if you want obviously, just a sugestion)
And yes, my album of the year for sure, these boys are getting better and better
I will do that in the future!! I usually check out the lyrics after, but it's a completely different experience when you hear it for the first time with the lyrics!
No matter
LITERALLY WHEN I HEARD JUNHAN SAY "don't let me be a good boy" I SCREEEEEAAAMED. Anyway, the song's great but Junhan ruined EVERYTHING and now I can't even function. The harmonizing is so gooooood. Also GUNIL LINES.
Undefined
This has been stuck in my head all daaaaay. "I'm gonna have a stroke" LMAOOOOOO ME AND YOU BOTH. I knew from No Matter that this was Album of the Year but then Undefined came out and I'm like???? This is illegal??? An attack on me personally?? Also you missed the last one second LMAO.
Paint It
This is one I was worried about from the instrumental and it DIDNT DISAPPOINT. Jooyeon's vocals are insane and the rap?? And Gaon's vocals?? Stop. And there's even like the tiniest little breakdown?? WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED IN BREAK THE BRAKE BUT I GOT IT HERE AND IM WEEPING. And Junhan shredding of course.
Money On My Mind
This is another I was scared of. And I WAS RIGHT TO BE. JUNHAN SOLOOOOOOO. A PROPER ROCK SOLO. IVE BEEN WAITINGGGGGGG. AND THEN HIM SCREAMING AFTERWARDS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 ALSO JOOYEON'S FUCKING VOCALS AND THE SHREDDING AAAAAAAAAAAA. SONG OF THE FUCKING YEAR. ALBUM OF THE FUCKING YEAR.
Okay this was part 1 of my scream-fest. Part 2 coming in a few minutes.
NO MATTER IS THE FREAKING BEST
I love it so much and the fact that Junhan says that line is everything!!!
Girl I feel you, when Undefined played I was like, how can this album get any better but THEY DID IT wooooow
Paint it is just everything I wanted it to be, the more I listen to it the more I like it... JUNHAN IS GOING TO K I L L ME pt1
Money on my mind... that song is just perfect, It's my fav song no doubt, and I am so so so happy with every little detail about it
JUNHAN IS K I L L I N G ME pt2
Totally agree about the subbed lyrics, Studio J keeps 'missing' really obvious stuff imo... Lately even the behind the scenes videos take days to get subs, the promotions are vague and kinda weird, I don't know. I wish they'd pay more attention or get more English translators or something.
Junhan's "don't let me be a good boy" kills me every time, ever since the fancams. I can't. hahaha No Matter is probably my favorite from the entire album, the lyrics are super-cool, Gunil sings, the guitar solo is deadly, the tralalalala is sticky as hell, I can't. Love Undefined and Paint It (the "time to start again now, so let's go" from Seungmi is just amazing, as are the "I, I, I" from Jungsu, I can't) way too much as well, and Dreaming Girl and Til the End make me bawl, which is the intention, I guess, so mission accomplished. The main track is also pretty great and has been stuck in my head a lot.
I actually don't really like the last three as much as I hoped. ;~; There are parts I like, but they're just not my thing. Maybe they'll grow on me, I used to feel the same about "Zzz..." and it changed, so...
Until the end of time
I don't even have much to say except vocals are insane like always. Getting chiiiills. I personally dislike slow songs like this, so if this was a random group or the vocals weren't as good, I wouldn't like it. But I know it's XH and the vocals give me chills so I love it. And the way the vocals get kind of drowned out at the end to let the instrumental come forward is sooooo good.
Walking to the Moon
I'll say this is probably my least favorite on the album but if it came up in a playlist, I wouldn't skip. This type of song isn't really my style, but the vocals are fantastic like always. It's much more of a chill rock song which is needed in an album like this with so much craziness. I do like the end part where it's like clearly for a crowd to cheer with. That was really cute!
Moneyball
This one I was MOST worried about in the instrumental. And then when the highlight film sampler came out with the lyrics, I was just a bit disappointed because some of the vocal parts made the song sound softer even though the instrumental was still so hard. Like, Jungsu's parts. I'm not saying they're bad. But because he has a very pop-like voice, very appropriate for an idol in kpop, it doesn't hit as hard with heavy songs like this. I think it'd be really cool to have him train with a rock singer, train his voice to be a little more hard-hitting and punchy. But the chorus is soooooo goooood!!! And the little post-chorus?? The part with "break it down" towards the end is EVERYTHING. That's the absolute best part of the song. Hands down. I wish the whole song was like that LMAO. But either way, song is solid and probably in my top 5 still.
Night of Fireworks
I'd say this is my other least favorite song but I like it a bit more than Walking to the Moon. I think it's a great way to end the album that was full of insanity. And it'll be a GREAT concert song, like an encore. Gunil's going crazy on the drums. The instrumental just hits so much more than Walking to the Moon for me. Partly because of the drums!!! But it's also much more rock.
Overall Thoughts
This is, without a doubt, their BEST album to date. Another no-skip, but this time with 10 SONGS. I think they're getting so much closer to their own sound. Going back and listening to their previous releases, it's like listening to someone completely different. They've improved an INSANE amount since the beginning, and even in the short time between Livelock and this. Every release becomes my favorite, and that's a GOOD thing. Because it means they're constantly improving. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to cry myself to sleep for the next week because of this amazing album.