Stand Up Review! I love Big Bang but this is my honest opinion.
1. INTRO (Stand Up)(★★★★): Great intro!! Exactly what you expect from Big Bang! I love the intro, with the growling dogs (?). Very catchy, makes me wanna sing “B-I-G B-A-N-G-EEEEE”. It left me sort of anticipating an entire album filled with Rap and Hip-Hop.
2. 하루 하루/Day By Day(★★★): Starts off slow with a piano playing with an eerie break up feel, and g-dragon whispering some lyrics. I like the chords. Then it switches to an up-beat tempo. A definitely catchy lyrics, “Haru, Haru”. But the bridge or the chorus seemed like a mediocre k-pop song trying to make a buck. This seemed a little TOO typical. First G-dragon raps, then top, a little daesung and taeyang solo at the end, a let-down.
3. 천국/Heaven(★★ 1/2): A violin intro, with another up-tempo change, which I really like. The beat didn’t really change much throughout the song, blah. Nothing was really surprising, and addictive.
4. 착한 사람/Nice Person(★★ 1/2): A completely different type of intro, a bit Spanish flavored. The beat remained the same again, and nothing was memorable. TOP reaching the low notes at the end wasn’t pleasant. I give props to TOP for his first attempt at writing a song but it was plain.
5. Lady(★★ 1/2): A funky summer song. Again the same beat in repeat, which got boring. The chorus was more catchy, “My Lady” but nothing great about this song. Felt like they got the cheapest summer melody they could get. Despite that, the raps by g-dragon and TOP were really good.
6. OH MY FRIEND(★★★ 1/2): Woooah!! Big Bang’s first attempt at a rock song. I think this song is pretty good for a bunch of Rappers. It was good that they still added a little rapping, so it wasn’t completely out of their range. The chorus had a completely different style of singing, but it blended with the song. I like that they tried to expand their genre, and perform with No Brain, I guess they opened mainstream kpop lovers to the world of rock, and rockers to the world of kpop.
OVERALL: 2 1/2 – 3 stars
I wouldn’t recommend buying this album. If you like the typical big bang(hip hop, and rapping, etc.), the only reason you would buy the album would be for the short intro, which is a waste.
BUT IF you are a dedicated Big Bang V.I.P (Like me) I would say go and buy it! Otherwise if you are new to Big Bang I would recommend buying their other albums first before diving into this…..
The INTRO was wonderful and perfect, but listening to the entire album was a let down. I didn’t fall in love with any of the other songs as I did with their previous albums. I like that they attempted their first rock song. After their AMAZING successful of Lies & Last Farewell the expectations were high, but nothing in this album was near being a big hit. A reason could be that they create albums in a matter of a few months (Other artists can take up to a year or more), and sometimes they can’t always create a fabulous album if they rush it. Very poor album…
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