Originally posted by Fuse: "Why f(x) Is the Perfect Group to Convert K-pop Non-Believers"
K-pop acts aren't generally counted on for consistently putting out front-to-back solid albums, especially the girl groups and boy bands. And to be honest, most aren't worth your time.
The shining exception? Look no further than the Korea's f(x). For whatever reason, the group has consistently put out top-tier albums—and they aren't just the type of material fans of the style dream of, but genre-defying music that could change even the biggest K-pop skeptic's mind.
Originally posted by Spin: "The Ever-Inventive f(x) Are Gunning for World’s Greatest Pop Group on 4 Walls"
K-pop stardom is never a breeze, but the pressures facing f(x) seem like they’d be asphyxial. 4 Walls, the girl group’s fourth full-length since their 2009 debut under the top-tier SM agency in South Korea, has to follow a pair of predecessors – 2013’s Pink Tape and last year’s Red Light – that stand among the decade’s best pop albums from anywhere.
Fortunately, 4 Walls houses some of the year’s most sophisticated and innovative pop.
Originally posted by Billboard: "f(x) Doesn't Miss a Beat on 4 Walls"
4 Walls proves that f(x) is still wholly capable of creating yet another great full-length album -- a rarity in K-pop to do once -- by finding the right sonicscapes and having each member step up her artistic game -- which is really the only way any artist can continue to remain great.