Ugh, this is so good! I love all the songs and that they're all really distinct. I was enjoying just jamming in a mellow fashion and then Colors came on and I had a full body goosebump attack. Definitely my favourite track off the mini.
Such a good debut album, I enjoyed it. The sound is very unexpected considering what I've listened to thus far from JYP artists, but I have no issues with it. I guess they would be to Got7 like what 2AM was to 2PM?
ETA: Or rather another facet of 2AM/2PM. That would be quite interesting, but I know it isn't the case.
I've only listened to Colors since that seems to be a general fave and I'm in love 😭 idk what it is about their sound but they make me feel very nostalgic.
this album is so so great, i actually think i enjoy the album more than the title lol makes me think of winner *coughs* colors and out of my mind are on repeat for me rn.
'Congratulations' was a good choice for title-track. I love 'Freely' as well. 'Colors' also has a nice chill feel to it. Now give me that repackage with 'You' and 'Pandora' (and no, JYP, I don't care that minis usually don't get repackages =P)
this is a pretty solid debut and it's impressive that they co-composed it. my least favorite is actually the single, but that's usually the case for me. it's a little too run-of-the-mill for my taste. their voices sound really lovely on it, though, so i could see it growing on me. my favorites are "out of my mind" (there's a member here who has a gruffness to their voice that i really like, i wish i knew their voices ;_;) and "colors" (which was stirring all kinds of things in my soul. i love the emotion behind this, and the levels of their voices, from soft & broken to how they just soar, it's so nice). i also really like how each track has its own vibe but it's still pretty cohesive. great job, guys.
From the way people were loving Colors, I expected to be a a real catchy type pop song and basically the opposite of what it turned out to be. Colors and maybe one other song are the only songs that feel like band songs to me. The rest are too drenched in standard kpop sounds so it's like I almost consider this an inbetween band not-band type thing. I'm not trying to offend anyone by this, it's just personal feelings because I have a lot of love for rock bands and I feel a type of way about bands being formulated that I don't feel about kpop groups... I could go on.
I have been keeping an ear out for thia debut because I liked one of their showcase lives where they covered a JYP song and Brian stuck out to me but this wasn't was I expected.
every song is such a jam i'm in love also idk why but colors reminds me of a bollywood song - not one in particular, but just in general. like a bollywood song from a few years back maybe, one that holds a lot of good memories.
Out of My Mind is my favourite track, followed by Congratulations. I think it's great how each track sounds completely different to the others. They really pushed pop rock to it's limits here lol.
This is the first time I agree with the chosen promotional track because Congratulations is definitely an earworm. It's the kind of track that I can see slowly rising on the charts as more people realize they can't get it out of their head.
I just wish we should have gotten You and Pandora though because those songs are some of their best but maybe they're saving it for their sophomore album? Or a repackage?
Anyway, I'd give this ep a 7/10 if it belonged to a more experienced group but because this is their debut album and they're already this good I'm gonna give it 8/10. This is by far the best debut album this year thus far. I'm really excited to see how they develop on future albums.
going to have to stan whoever is singing that long note in the chorus of colors tbh. love, love, love all these songs. it's too bad that jyp isn't promoting them heavily. i need to see the group dynamic and got7 interactions stat.
There are two people singing those long notes in fhe chorus and I think its Sungjin first and Junheok after but im waiting for a full length performance of it to verify
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Date: 2015-09-06 07:31 pm (UTC)And yaaass, more Keonu and mr.cho at JYP ("Colors" and "Habits") <3
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Date: 2015-09-06 08:14 pm (UTC)I was enjoying just jamming in a mellow fashion and then Colors came on and I had a full body goosebump attack. Definitely my favourite track off the mini.
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Date: 2015-09-06 08:28 pm (UTC)I think this is the first time that I will stan a group with a band concept.
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Date: 2015-09-06 09:02 pm (UTC)Out of my mind is a blessing.
are they going to promote on music shows?
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Date: 2015-09-06 09:21 pm (UTC)overall the album is solid but no real earcatcher except congratulations.
colors is nice though..
anyways I'm pumped for this band & their future releases <3
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Date: 2015-09-06 10:10 pm (UTC)ETA: Or rather another facet of 2AM/2PM. That would be quite interesting, but I know it isn't the case.
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Date: 2015-09-06 11:39 pm (UTC)'Congratulations' was a good choice for title-track. I love 'Freely' as well. 'Colors' also has a nice chill feel to it.
Now give me that repackage with 'You' and 'Pandora' (and no, JYP, I don't care that minis usually don't get repackages =P)
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Date: 2015-09-06 11:54 pm (UTC)I'm so ready to stan them together with seventeen *____*
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Date: 2015-09-07 06:18 am (UTC)I have been keeping an ear out for thia debut because I liked one of their showcase lives where they covered a JYP song and Brian stuck out to me but this wasn't was I expected.
My fav track is Habit.
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Date: 2015-09-07 09:14 am (UTC)also idk why but colors reminds me of a bollywood song - not one in particular, but just in general. like a bollywood song from a few years back maybe, one that holds a lot of good memories.
/Shows up late to my own post with Starbucks/
Date: 2015-09-07 12:30 pm (UTC)This is the first time I agree with the chosen promotional track because Congratulations is definitely an earworm. It's the kind of track that I can see slowly rising on the charts as more people realize they can't get it out of their head.
I just wish we should have gotten You and Pandora though because those songs are some of their best but maybe they're saving it for their sophomore album? Or a repackage?
Anyway, I'd give this ep a 7/10 if it belonged to a more experienced group but because this is their debut album and they're already this good I'm gonna give it 8/10. This is by far the best debut album this year thus far. I'm really excited to see how they develop on future albums.
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