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(G)I-DLE - HEAT

Release Date: October 5, 2023

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Track List

# Title Lyrics Production Length
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
    • EndHD@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      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

  • EndHD@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    next time my friend says k-pop sucks, im gonna make her listen to flip it with my sub turned up all the way

  • Darren@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Overall, it’s decent. I think I may have set my expectations too high after hearing I DO, but I overall felt like I liked each song less and less as I went along.

    Flip It was definitely the most jarring, I didn’t expect a full rap song - I feel like Soyeon is a great rapper, but the rest of the group leaves a bit to be desired. I’m wondering if this is because it’s the first time I’ve ever understood the lyrics (since they’re in English). Outside of the rapping, Miyeon’s pre-chorus was very nice!

    • EndHD@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      see my reaction was flipped. i liked each song more and more until the last one. but that might be all the Ash-B i’ve been listening to. plus rap was like 98% of what i listened to growing up