Yassss AOA their snatching! AOA were my Beyoncé of 2014, rising out of a few plays for Miniskirt and just snatching the majority of the year all in December. So much playing ffff. Like a Cat has two of my favourite songs of the year on it, the title track Like a Cat and Girl's Heart. The Like a Cat song is phenomenal, with so many hooks and catchiness moments going on that I challenge anyone not to find it infectious as ****. Girl's Heart is just afjaslfkjalf. I don't even use the lyrics but the feels are just there, especially how the verses are so slow and ballad-like, with it picking up at the chorus. Not mention it's post chorus - eh eh eh eh eh eh A-O-A being one of my favourite musical elements of the year.
I really don't know what to say about this album, besides the fact that BTS make some of the best Korean music I've heard and their style is just on point. They already know what they're doing and they're still total newbies, it's insane. Both singles - Boy in Luv and Just One Day - are amazing, with the former having rock influences while the second is a gorgeous ballad that I've replayed for hours. Would recommend to anyone that likes hip hop/urban music and to anyone that doesn't really. Like how BABYMETAL fuse idol with metal, BTS combine an urban sound with being idols, and with their incredible dancing skills it's one hell of a ride.
Holy **** Yenny, what did you do. I've never been more glad that someone wrote a 12 page essay to their label manager as to why they should be allowed to release a 7 track EP full of them spilling every thought and feeling they hold dear to themselves. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't connected emotionally to every song on the album at one point, from the female empowering Iron Girl and the vulnerably demanding Truth, to the connections she feels towards her Wonder Girls sisters in Wherever Together. Special mentions go to Nothing Lasts Forever, where she confronts the mortality of those around her and exposes her heart, bringing me to tears a long time ago, and Ain't Nobody. Ain't Nobody is the best use of dubstep I've ever heard, fusing it with a ballad and highlighting the rawness she feels as she yells that no one will love him like she did. That song will be the death of me, I swear. Me? as a whole is unique for me in that every song has the exact same number of plays, and is a true testament to how simply incredible and consistent the album is.
If you haven't heard this yet, do it now. Anyone and everyone.
RihLORD's #1 Stan, I don't know or care about any of the mini albums but looking forward to see The Monster and Can't Remember to Forget You at #2 and #1 respectively