B1A4 - Rollin'

[u/sunnyXtzuyu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYru067971M

[u/NessieSenpai]

As a MASSIVE B1A4 fan, I'm not convinced. This is definitely one of their more weaker lead singles. It's the wrong time of year for a Tropical House inspired release in a year already filled with them. Chorus doesn't feel quite enough, nor does the song as a whole utilise the vocals of CNU and Sandeul properly. I am hoping their are better tracks on the album but I must say I am dissapointed by this (as with a few releases in these recent weeks...) which really upsets me.

Also, what is the point of going to Australia to film an MV when you end up using shots and a style that could have worked if you filmed it anywhere in Gyeonggi-do? A bit of a waste.

Edit: Honestly, this was painful to type out, I love my boys <3

Edit 2: A lot of people are downvoting me for not fully praising the song and my replies but isn't the point of being a fan is to be honest about the good and bad things about an artist they love? No? xD

[u/omobolasire → u/NessieSenpai]

Though I agree with your mv filming thought, I'm going have to respectfully disagree. Tropical house is THE trend in South Korea right now and though the seasons are changing, the music is not. We're not timed for the slow winter ballads yet. Jinyoung knows what he's doing.

Please don't give up on B1A4 - we haven't seen the live performances yet. It could be a grower :)

[u/xskilling → u/omobolasire]

Tropical house is THE trend in South Korea right now and though the seasons are changing, the music is not.

i think OP is saying that tropical house is already saturated, and releasing one at the end of September is just too late to the hop onto the trend

i'm thoroughly bored with tropical house already...really really was released 5 months ago, and KARD was the same stuff for 7 months, i honestly don't think B1A4 needed this genre of music to succeed

if they released this 4-5 months ago, i prob think i would enjoy it a bit more

[u/NessieSenpai → u/xskilling]

Precisely my point. Heck, if this was released in August I would be more forgiving but its now late September. Music really is seasonal in SK and if you are late to a trend you will get forgotten about. You only have to look at the charts to see what the nation is liking right now.

Which is weird because in all their years, B1A4 don't do trends. This is the first one they tried and it didn't work (for me)

[u/spectrales → u/NessieSenpai]

It's true, they've pretty much always avoided and held out against following popular trends even when many other groups were doing them. I guess tropical house was just way too widespread and ubiquitous for Jinyoung to resist trying out, and he decided to make an attempt.

Trop house has seriously been, like, the inescapable black hole of music trends this past year and a half or so. I really hope we leave it behind for good in 2017. Regardless whether you love it or hate it, it's pretty much impossible to deny that it's overdone at this point.

[u/omobolasire → u/spectrales]

I think I'm one of the few people who's not tired of it as a genre as a whole, bahaha.

It's not Jinyoung's first stab at it either, wouldn't Deep Blue Eyes be?

[u/NessieSenpai → u/omobolasire]

That's more Deep House.

Also I am not bored of it... if it is done well. Not everyone in Kpop can do it and this is example of it not at it's best :(

[u/komajo → u/xskilling]

When BM said that KARD would try a different sound for their next comeback, I was a little relieved. As much as I love their pre-debut stuff and Hola Hola, I need a break from trop house.