Girls' Generation are finally back with a Korean album, and boy, did they make a big bang! After teasing fans with countless music video teasers for their title track, they have finally released the much awaited album!Simply titled The Boys, the album sees the nine members having a makeover towards a more feminine image, as opposed to their previous cutesy image for their previous albums.
The album opens with the Korean version of the title track The Boys, a mid-tempo song with a heavy beat in the background. Although I find it doesn't match up to their previous hits such as Gee, Run Devil Run, Hoot or Mr Taxi, somehow after a few repetitive spins, I got infected by the tune. Nevertheless, somehow I felt that the English version of The Boys sounds way better.
Upon the release of the music video, it has become viral on YouTube, hitting nearly 16 million views three weeks. Check out the music video for The Boys here!
The album consists of mainly dance tracks, but there are some ballads too, such as How Great is Your Love, My J and Sunflower.
Other songs include Telepathy, Say Yes, TRICK, OSCAR, Top Secret, Lazy Girl (Dolce Far Niente) and Vitamin. Also in the album is the Korean version of Mr Taxi which was a great hit in Japan.
I would say that their latest release doesn't really shine as much, except for their title track and maybe Mr Taxi. But hopefully as they do more promotions and music videos for the other tracks, we might come to appreciate them more too!
The author is a fan of Girls' Generation ever since Run Devil Run ended up on her music playlist.
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