Nicole's 'MAMA' MV and 'First Romance' album listening post~

[rightclick5ave.livejournal.com]

Full album playlist

01. Innocent? (ft. Kim Boa of SPICA)

02. MAMA music video

I need to go back in but your lips are like chocolate
My phone keeps ringing but your arms are so cozy

At home, they don’t know I’m like this
They don’t know the difference in temperature at night and day
Come get me when the night grows deep, when my mom falls asleep, secretly

What’s next? Hurry and tell me
Teach me about that feeling like stars spilling out

oh oh oh oh oh, my mom told me
oh oh oh oh oh, to be careful of men
oh my gosh but I’m already in love

She’s watching TV longer than usual today
The bright light isn’t turning off
Did she figure it out? There’s no way
As soon as my mom falls asleep, come get me

What’s next? Hurry and tell me
Cross that red line that I’ve never crossed before, take me there

I don’t know, what do I do, I’m sorry for my mama
I don’t know, I can’t help it, I’m melting down
Mom, I’m sorry, I’m a bad kid

Not even my friends know I’m like this
I didn’t even know I would be like this
Don’t stop, I’m already a woman, I found out what love is

What’s next? Hurry and tell me
Teach me about that feeling like stars spilling out

oh oh oh oh oh, my mom told me
oh oh oh oh oh, to be careful of men
oh my gosh but I’m already in love

I need to go back in but…

03. 7-2=오해 (Misunderstanding) (ft. Dongwoo of INFINITE)

04. JOKER (ft. Ricky)

05. LOVE

sauces: Nicole (니콜), popgasa, iToanyone Music II 1 2 3 4 5

disappointed that Innocent is just an intro but MAMA is a jammmmmm and I love Joker too! the album feels cohesive and perfect for this season~

Comments

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

Why is Innocent just an intro?
WHY?

[rightclick5ave.livejournal.com]

im so sadddddksjskljdfgk

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

It was the track I was looking forward to the most.

That 80's sound plus Boa's voice, damn...they could have milked the shit out of that song. I haven't even listened to the rest of the songs except for Mama because I keep replayig Innocent.

[rightclick5ave.livejournal.com]

plus Nicole and Eric wrote the lyrics.. it could've been a great B2M collaboration song but nooooo it's just a 1:12 intro DAMMIT B2M

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Only listened to Misunderstanding so far but Dongwoo sounds so good and their voices blend together so well.I might have to download this

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

The mv is a little forgettable, but she looks gorgeous!

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

I love the song a lot and the mv is so good and the choreo is great. SLAY.

[150daysoffall.livejournal.com]

idk if it's me but something reminds me of Hyolin's Lonely

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

I thought the same when the teaser came out.

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

MAMA is okay.
That nasty looking bathroom tho. Why.

[hyemint.livejournal.com]

damn i've never cared one bit for kara or nicole but i already know mama's gonna be stuck in my head for a while. the rest of the songs bored me except for joker...though something about the vocal melody i don't like but the instrumental is great.

[uguukawaii.livejournal.com]

omg she looks INCREDIBLE i love the song and the choreo and i LOVE that she is copying my signature ripped tights look!! my impact honestly the new queen of kpop

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

stick to spica and let me have my like 4-5 mv posts a year

[rightclick5ave.livejournal.com]

lmaoooo I've been asking for someone to take over posting Nicole stuff but no one stepped up...

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

I suck at making posts and coding so I just make really easy mv posts

also I don't really dig into kpop like that to make articles

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

but the people demand to know that someone looked at someone else a certain way or something, maybe

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

That's asking too much of me

[jjang-intae.livejournal.com]

I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I like this. It was much better than I expected

[charlieu.livejournal.com]

I like everything, but the song. :( I really like Nicole too. I was hoping for something more like Lost.

[adenar.livejournal.com]

Misunderstanding & Love bore me (I didn't make it through either of them) but that said, the album flows really nicely and I really like Joker. MAD THAT INNOCENT IS SO SHORT. I was so pumped for that track despite how much I dislike Boa's tone. I'm really looking forward to seeing Mama live.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Okay...but why is there a body in the fridge?

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Y'all, let's ask the real question : why does Nicole have a body in her fridge ??? Why does the MV move on after that as if nothing happened ? Is the dancing part in the dark with Nicole on her chair supposed to be a police interview ?
Other than that, nice MV but not fantastic either, interesting choreo (I'll wait for the lives!) and nice song. I need to listen to the mini again but Innocent and Joker, apart from Mama, stand out the most (why is Innocent so short haaaa).

[rey.livejournal.com]

[minakuu.livejournal.com]

Love the song, love the music video, love her, love EVERYTHING. What kind of flawless debut?

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

did sweetune produce this?

[rightclick5ave.livejournal.com]

yes Godtune

[maghishaw.livejournal.com]

the choreo the choreo thE CHOREO THE CHOREO SHE IS GONNA NAIL MUSIC SHOWS

[smilla-sini.livejournal.com]

Didn't like anything except 'Innocent'.

[lesth.livejournal.com]

they need to stretch Innocent out

I love the bubblegum shot so much (where they all fall)

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

the song is ok i LOVE the choreography tho i feel like it's going to be awesome to watch live.

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly solid. I like it.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

I actually really like MAMA. I hope the lives are good.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

meh at the company shaping her solo after sunmi.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

should I call you jyp's lysballfina??????

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

wow could you not! that is a really cheap shot!

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i feel deeply insulted by your comparison, i am crying tears of blood right now!

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

except they're not even similar in any way??????

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

maybe to you, but to me her solo concept/vibe reminds me a lot of sunmi with a dash of ji yeon.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

in what ways

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

with all due respect, i don't see why to say it when we both know we disagree about it and me writing about it wouldn't change anything, but waste my time.

[idlewilds3.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind, I would like an answer also cause I'm very curious at what you find similar. I'm indifferent to either of them so I don't know if that may encourage you a little to share your thoughts?

The reason am curious is because Pop and Kpop especially tend to recycle concepts anyway so there's really nothing original going on (which for the record is not a diss from me. I love Pop and dislike the fact that Pop gets no respect. I think ppl get super creative with the recycles concepts so while they're not original, they're still pretty awesome to me), so I wonder what it is specifically with Nicole's solo that trigger your thoughts on the comparison with Sunmi's solo.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

no I was actually genuinely curious but if you don't want to answer that's ok too, because the only similarity i could see is the clothing but all 3 of them plus hyorin wore the same clothes bc that's what's in fashion so it's not really a concept choice

[soheefan.livejournal.com]

I saw that also a bit. Good luck with that tho

[bloods-rose.livejournal.com]

Mama isn't bad. The MV is a little boring and I'm not sure about that bathroom or the random body in the fridge. The lyrics are really odd too. She's looking really great though. (And thank you to the person above who linked to Ji Youngs semi gravure shoot. I love that Kara members are now moving past that cutesy stuff)

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

THE CHOREO HAD ME TEARING AT ONE POINT

Nicole, HA:TFELT and Sunmi are killing it for female solo artists, I hope this trend continues.

[annhh.livejournal.com]

I like her vocals in KARA but alone, as I expected, it's as if she's trying to fill the guide vocal person's shoes but her voice can't handle it. She can sing but the songs here must not fit her..

or I just cannot listen to squeaky voices

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

I agree with the OP comments!!

This release is SO SOLID! I consider track 3 the weak link but only because I'm not as into it as the others. 'Mama' is a COMPLETE bop!!

SLAy a bit Nicole!!!!