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(G)I-DLE - HEAT
Release Date: October 5, 2023
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Track List
| # | Title | Lyrics | Production | Length |
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| 1 | I DO | Blaise Railey, Drew Love, Imad Royal, Rogét Chahayed | Imad Royal, Rogét Chahayed | 3:10 |
| 2 | I Want That | Lindgren, Madison Love, Melanie Fontana, Ryan Tedder | Lindgren | 2:51 |
| 3 | Eyes Roll | J Lauryn, Meghan Trainor, Ryan Trainor, Yannick Rastogi, Youngbin Park, Zacharie Raymond | Banx & Ranx, Chasu | 3:17 |
| 4 | Flip It | Alexis ‘Bae’ Boyd, Blaise Railey, Evan Gartner, Gabriella Grombacher, J Lauryn, Lucas Macaluso | Evan Gartner, Lou Caluso | 2:56 |
| 5 | Tall Trees | Jonathan Bellion, Johnny Simpson, Scott Dittrich | Jonathan Bellion, Johnny Simpson, Scott Dittrich | 2:45 |
Wow I’m surprised by how bad the general reaction was on reddit. They were obviously going for a specific sound/style and were trying to cater to what they think the western audience likes. Also, it’s funny how a lot of people hated it just because Soyeon didn’t have writing credits. I mean, she doesn’t exactly have a good track record of writing good english lyrics. If you take the album as it is, which is primarily heavy beats to vibe with and shallow/simple lyrics, the music is pretty good. Not everything needs to have deep lyrics and philosophical meaning, which is funny because Queencard doesn’t exactly fit that either, and I bet a lot of the same people complaining loved that song.
After I saw that this was specifically an English EP, I went in with the mindset to compare it to what my friends and family listen to: which is mainly American pop (Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, those are the only two I know) and some “mumble” rap (not to be taken offensively, just using it more to indicate the time range). I think compared to those types of songs, this EP fit perfectly for the market.
The English is actually the reason I didn’t like Queencard as much as I wanted to. I mean the instrumental is extremely catchy and it’s overall a very fun song, but I would have made some small grammatical edits and work on pronunciation for the recording. But in general I feel like the industry should really run English lyrics by native English speakers (or the target market region) before recording as they try to expand toward western markets. Same reason I struggled to listen to aespa’s Girls: I just couldn’t get over the “real my world” lyric. Unless I’m missing something, it should have been “my real world”. Some songs I can get over these small grammatical details, especially because English is a horrible language, but other times I just can’t.
Lastly, I agree that not all songs need to be deep and philosophical. I think Logic did a good job explaining that with his Bobby Tarantino II mixtape. He basically said it was a cash grab - low-level, fun music in exchange for signing a 20 million USD deal. And since then, I haven’t really cared about deep or shallow lyrics unless the artist set the wrong expectations.
So all in all, this wasn’t to the same level of I NEVER DIE, but it is something catchy you can throw in to playlists to mix your music tastes with your friends.
didnt expect to write this much - even went back to do proper capitalisation. now im going back to lazy typing
Agreed. I also wanted to add one more thing: The fact that this isn’t the first time a kpop group “dumbed down” their music for a western release (see BTS among others) is more of a reflection of how the rest of the world sees the quality of western pop music, rather than the group itself.