#save me onew cb save me……

[cordiallyfuturedwight]

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[yuuana]

Music May 2023 #17: ONEW - DICE release: April 2022 genre: Kpop

I was going to hit up Onew's solo work way back at the start of the month, but then plans changed and I dropped days and now we're here. Better late than never?

As someone who cites SHINee as her ult group, I feel a tiny bit bad for not getting to this sooner, but in my defense, last year was a mess of me missing more weeks than not and "Dice" kinda got lost in the shuffle. And it's maybe a bit of a cliche to say no one else sings like Onew, but really, no one else sings like Onew. Or at least, not many sing like Onew and really, a Kpopera collab between Onew and La Poem or Forestella would be something else again. But I'm getting sidetracked here....

"Dice" is a fun up-tempo dance beat that pairs well with Onew's warm and soaring falsetto to tell a cute love story. It's really not that different from something he might do with SHINee, aside from being written for one voice instead of more. An excellent spring bop, playful and easily stuck in the head.

The first time I watched the MV, when it finished I had to just sit there for a second wondering what the hell I had just watched. Especially since we were still trying to work out everyone's fitting into the SMCU at the time. The sweet love story of the lyrics turn into a sort of surreal video game in the video, in which our hero is trying to navigate a strange world and save his love interest. I won't spoil the ending for you, but suffice to say I was pleasantly surprised by the direction the video's story went with things once I got past the surrealism.

DICE, along with a number of other releases, is available now wherever you do your Kpop shopping and for streaming across the usual suspects.

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[berrymeter]

ok perth u probably didn't see the oneus cb yet but i gotta give u my thoughts please take my thoughts.

black mirror: it feels a little atrocious and cheesy and i actually love it like it's just a catchy song!! they could have gone harder but i'm okay with it. the mv is VERY valkyrie which is cute but also boring. none of the shots really wowed me also rbw tanked their budget for this cb.. and some of their fits suck. for me this is a step up from banbakbulga though

connect with us: letdown letdownnnn i would honestly rather listen to the outro version of this song. there is no movement there is no buildup. but xion has a verse so 🥰🥰 i guess

polarity: THIS IS THE ONE.. catchy as hell mwah

happy birthday: save me. save them. the chorus is nice honestly and i like this producer but the aggressively heterosexual corny english interjections really took me out of the vibe.. it's not my birthday i'm not your girlfriend shut up shut uppppp

valkyrock: mixed feelings bc it really just feels like valkyrie with poorly arranged hard guitar in the bg there were some weird instrumental choices too. it serves its purpose which is to be a cool concert remix. there are some cool moments tho especially with the main guitar which i can only assume is kanghyun just shredding it good for him. could have gone harder with the rock concept

so overall this cb... just okay. i'm okay with it! it's def not a come back home or a tbontb (i actually LOVED tbontb era sfsgdfdgdg even the acoustic guitar in the chorus) but frankly it wasn't trying to be that. still feels pretty oneus. anywayyy this is long! i just wanted to like. open a discussion lol don't feel pressured to respond!! -tt

i can finally start answering this ohohoho

hi tt anon my beloved!!! i am ready to answer to these thoughts (aka compare them to mine hSDGHSDKJGH. also i’ll be writing like, each ThoughtTM after i’ve listened to each song, so while i’m typing that i’ve only heard black mirror)

ok so i’m done typing my thoughts and. it got VERY long. don’t apologise for length i’m also wordy <3

now connect with us. so far i didn’t like the voice editing on keonhee’s voice but the song sounds... alright... not groundbreaking but it’s alright. seoho my beloved <3 WAIT THERES NO DROP IN THE CHORUS???? WHAT THE FUCK? i don’t really like the typical kpop drops always used now but come on?? oh wait there’s a? ugh. that was nothing. well i guess it’s a song and dongju got a verse for sure. i don’t have a lot to say on it i don’t know if i’ll add it to any playlists IS THAT HWANWOONG’S FIRST LINE?????? what the hell is any of this DSKJFHKJHD i may not have noticed him before but huh what. eh. it’s a song. again maybe it’ll grow on me! but right now yeah it’s a letdown i agree.

so for black mirror i agree the mv was... cheaper than what we got with gaja, twilight & etc. like they used all the budget on their first mvs DNSKJFHKJ (and to be or not to be... i guess? i don’t remember much except Guns And Blood Bath). i don’t really mind it in itself bc i don’t watch mvs much anymore and i’ve accepted that sometimes companies will just throw whatever at the audience for the sake of money (see also: ugly dance by onf letting me down in great part bc it acts as a followup to beautiful beautiful but is literally just a performance mv with no storytelling elements whatsoever but eh what can you do right) but for someone who likes cinematography it’s definitely gonna be disappointing if they were expecting something like gaja or come back home. as for the fits i didn’t really look at them, mostly their faces? and ough they are pretty <3 but yeah i wanted to get the more negative criticism out of the way so i can talk about The Song because unexpectedly i actually really like it!! and we can thank the bassline for that LMAOOO honestly this is gonna sound mean for no reason but this is what w*nho (censoring in case it gets in tags... i do NOT need mbbs after me on this fine day) thought he was doing with his debut song (not losing you that one made me cry. the one that i forgot the name of). i really enjoy the vibe of the song even if imo it doesn’t really fit the visual concept very much? but it has strings and i’m not gonna say no to strings. strings and a sexy bassline. and yonghoon’s whistling. SHFSDHKH

no but it’s a really good song imo! it’s not... as good as say, twilight (maybe it’ll grow on me idk we’ll see but twilight really was one of their best so), but it’s still a pretty solid song and while i do like banbakbulga a lot now it feels a lot less oneus than black mirror. oh wait i have something else to say, they really should leave the rapping to ravn bc like we know kpop rappers are not really rappers but i. really don’t wanna hear leedo rap anymore. he has great vocals there’s no reason for that... ravn is genuinely enjoyable to listen to so i don’t mind him but pls rbw give leedo more vocal lessons so he can sing more (and also give dongju vocal lessons at all?? why does he get two lines per song??? they’re a 2 yr old group now there’s no excuse. is he that bad? i don’t buy it he sounded good in the rtk gaja)

black mirror also very vaguely reminded me of run away by got7 during the chorus for some reason feel free to ignore that HFKJSHKFJ

onto polarity! shit i really need wrist braces. well this is like an improved connect with us? it’s definitely catchier sdnfsjkdfh and definitely a oneus song tho that means i don’t really like what their style is headed toward... one of the percussions they keep using, i really don’t like it!! i hear it everywhere and i don’t like it! not bc i hear it everywhere but bc it’s used for anything and everything like u should be more careful with what sounds u use for what songs. but i’m also very picky in the little details when i’m focused on something i guess sndfjskh. keonhee sounds really good in this song thank u mr lisp for my life i love u :) OH WAIT LEEDO IN THE CHORUS??? VERY GOOD LET’S GET MARRIED jk not to a leo man.

then we got happy birthday....... um... i was gonna say this is fine then he said you’re my goddess and. let me out <3 NOOO KEONHEE SOUNDS SO GOOD THIS IS EVIL... WHY DOES HE SOUND SO GOOD ON THIS SONG NANODNONDD LOVE LOSES </////3 i wouldn’t say it’s unlistenable for me like english girl but i’m gonna have to turn off my english speaking brain to listen to it yeah. it’s a good song otherwise what a shame... stop pushing ur heterosexual words onto me i’m just trying to listen to a song!!! do songs have to be gendered!!!!!!!!!

valkyrock here we go. last one. last one boys & not boys. so far it’s nice tbh. HUH? they lost the vibe with ravn’s verse. okay i guess the prechorus is alright i can hear the faintest hint of strings. the chorus... the percussions should not be like that... like idk how to explain it but the rhythm is too regular and not spaced out enough, if they were gonna do it like that it should hit a lot harder. don’t give me just the big boy (idk the english name but u know the one on the drums) and the small cymbal sound... that’s not loud enough bring out the damn gong (ok i may exaggerate but like it sounds more dancey than rock either way). uhhhhh overall though i really like the mix of the heavy guitar & strings i think that’s great and they should do that more. i can only assume onewe took care of the instruments LMAO harin u should’ve gone harder than that king i know u can...

so uhmmm for me this cb is... better than the previous one. which is sad bc it was a full album. i also liked it better than tbontb bc i felt that one didn’t go hard enough and black mirror wasn’t trying to go hard in that way so it doesn’t bother me 😭 yeah it’s not light us raise us fly with us level but it’s really good still. i can’t wait for oneus to finally release something that makes me insane but tbh? tbh? the bassline might get me there anyway. sexy bass makes me deranged and i think that’s at least a little bit relatable. still... when oneus get back to their roots in ways other than valkyrock maybe we’ll ascend to a better plane. much love 💕

[fytaem]

Now I see rumors that taemin is coming back in September instead of august? So they decided to push Shinees cb back? Because if they do that honestly they won't have a cb before their last one in may at their anniversary

Okay, I’m gonna explain the situation as calmly as possible because I’m truly mad right now and I’m so ejakejkasjkas about people talking with no fucking idea.

First, both Taemin comeback and solo concert were announced (with confirmed dates for his concert but not for his comeback). The Celebrity magazine already mentioned Taemin’s comeback for early August (that was kinda weird, since SNSD was celebrating their 10th anniversary so it was obvious they deserved the spotlight). With the release of the teasers for OFF-SICK it was confirmed that he’d be performing his new songs for his concert. Then, it was OFFICIALLY announced that Taemin would have his comeback in MID AUGUST, that is basically next week. Also, some days ago it was already rumored that NCT Dream would have a comeback but in LATE AUGUST (rumored to have comeback stage on August 24). 

The mess is that NCT Dream has released their first teaser today at KST midnight. So that means SM DECIDED to postpone Taemin’s comeback ONCE AGAIN and it didn’t matter the fact that Taemin had such a short period to promote Flame of Love, because after his birthday he has been working in the shadows for his album and his concert. He has been working NON STOP since July 18. So the fact that he didn’t only got his V live show postponed to September but also his album release makes me so sick.

And uh. People talking about Taemin “resting” or having a free time to promote in September. There’s FOUR DOME STAGES in Japan, between Tokyo Dome (Sept. 2, 3) and Kyocera Dome (Sept. 23, 24) AND those weeks between both concerts doesn’t mean he has nothing to do, because SHINee is rumored to do comeback in October so they’d have to work non stop during the whole month and not even mentioning the individual schedules of Onew, Key and Minho. So no, Taemin has no time to rest, Taemin has no time to promote a full comeback. Sincerely I can’t trust SM and how they’re giving SHINee a Korean comeback after the mess they’re doing with Taemin, because I know they’ll do this again with the group, I totally know that.

I don’t know if I’ve already said this here because I’m usually talking about these things with my mutuals but: the album release is connected to the concert, so he could have released his album next week, then have two weeks to do some activities (radio, fansigns, TV, whatever) without needing to go to music shows, because in two weeks is hard to perform while he’s getting ready for his concert. THAT SIMPLE. But no. They prefered to push Taemin to the edge to now do this to him. And remember he has two radio schedules this week, which he could have used to at least have some talk about his album and concert. What’s he gonna do in these two radio shows if he doesn’t even have teasers to talk about except of the concert ones? He could be so happy talking openly about many details, but I’m sure he’ll have to save too many details only because of SM’s dumbass management.

There’s people who are actually ignoring the work that all SHINee members do have, but whatever. If you want to trust people who are ignoring these facts okay, lmao. I’m just so done.