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Dreamcatcher is my fave k-pop band hands down and their new album rules.
I've been listening to the tracks up and down to the point where I've been so productive writing because I would rather listen to their songs than watch videos/streams or listen to podcasts. And obviously, I have opinions which I wished to share.
In no particular order or coherence:
1) I am so happy for the girls that they all got a solo track each on this album. It's great, and I'm going to learn all the dances. The songs are pretty solid too, although we'll come back to this in a hot sec.
(If you're not familiar with the kpop industry, it's pretty important for members of a group to establish themselves as solo artists while with the group for their future career, usually only the fan favourite or strongest singers get some. Dreamcatcher giving all of their members the chance is pretty rare, especially since they're 7 people. Some of them had solos before this, and almost all of them have done covers of various sorts, but this is a Big Deal.)
2) THEY WON THEIR FIRST MUSIC SHOWS!!! First and Second Win BABY!!! They placed first in MBC M’s "Show Champion" and in SBS MTV’s "The Show" with their title track Maison (a song about global warming). Their very first win in five years.
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10) The Maison dance looks less complex than some of their other choreographies, a trend that's been on-going for a while now (BEcause seems very easy too on first look... and really wasn't that hard to learn overall tbf), but holy shit is it FAST! I've been able to reliably dance along at 75% speed for a week now, having added it to my practice roster the moment their choreo video came out. But, fuck me, I tried it on full speed yesterday for the first time and it's ??? how do they MANAGE to SING at the SAME TIME what the fuck. They manage to pull this off with such precision and grace, and then it just feels like they fast-forwarded the whole dance once they got it down. I'm impressed.
10a) My favourite part hands down is Dami's rap showcase, like. Damn, girl. The move-set is really unique and fun, and perfectly on theme. Kudos to whoever choreographed this because I *love*. Dami's always been known for her variety in dance moves during her rap parts, but this? A+
10b) My other favourite sequence is Sua's alternate last chorus. It's energetic, fast, and breathtaking in the most literal sense, I have no idea how she pulls off singing at the same time, like. WITH WHAT AIR??? After already spending nearly 3 minutes on a fast af choreo! It just goes to show what an awesome dancer-singer she is, and I really can't wait for her solo track's choreo to come out so I can learn that, too.
Anyway, I'm excited :D and might end up titling some fic after the lyrics xD
I've been listening to the tracks up and down to the point where I've been so productive writing because I would rather listen to their songs than watch videos/streams or listen to podcasts. And obviously, I have opinions which I wished to share.
In no particular order or coherence:
1) I am so happy for the girls that they all got a solo track each on this album. It's great, and I'm going to learn all the dances. The songs are pretty solid too, although we'll come back to this in a hot sec.
(If you're not familiar with the kpop industry, it's pretty important for members of a group to establish themselves as solo artists while with the group for their future career, usually only the fan favourite or strongest singers get some. Dreamcatcher giving all of their members the chance is pretty rare, especially since they're 7 people. Some of them had solos before this, and almost all of them have done covers of various sorts, but this is a Big Deal.)
2) THEY WON THEIR FIRST MUSIC SHOWS!!! First and Second Win BABY!!! They placed first in MBC M’s "Show Champion" and in SBS MTV’s "The Show" with their title track Maison (a song about global warming). Their very first win in five years.
( Read more... )
10) The Maison dance looks less complex than some of their other choreographies, a trend that's been on-going for a while now (BEcause seems very easy too on first look... and really wasn't that hard to learn overall tbf), but holy shit is it FAST! I've been able to reliably dance along at 75% speed for a week now, having added it to my practice roster the moment their choreo video came out. But, fuck me, I tried it on full speed yesterday for the first time and it's ??? how do they MANAGE to SING at the SAME TIME what the fuck. They manage to pull this off with such precision and grace, and then it just feels like they fast-forwarded the whole dance once they got it down. I'm impressed.
10a) My favourite part hands down is Dami's rap showcase, like. Damn, girl. The move-set is really unique and fun, and perfectly on theme. Kudos to whoever choreographed this because I *love*. Dami's always been known for her variety in dance moves during her rap parts, but this? A+
10b) My other favourite sequence is Sua's alternate last chorus. It's energetic, fast, and breathtaking in the most literal sense, I have no idea how she pulls off singing at the same time, like. WITH WHAT AIR??? After already spending nearly 3 minutes on a fast af choreo! It just goes to show what an awesome dancer-singer she is, and I really can't wait for her solo track's choreo to come out so I can learn that, too.
Anyway, I'm excited :D and might end up titling some fic after the lyrics xD
