Review-A-Thon: Female President 여자대통령 by Girl's Day

Genres: K-Pop, Dance, Pop
Released: 24 June 2013
Members: Sojin, Minah, Hyeri, Yura
Dream Tea Entertainment

Girl's Day have come back again! I didn't expect a new release so soon after their last release Expectation. Either way, I'm not going to complain because I absolutely love their new single. Female President. It's a part of the repacked Expectation album. The music video is really racy with strip teases and the lot but there isn't actually anything explicit. Despite the super sexual video, the song is actually really catchy.
Song:
The song begins with a nice array of synths. It's the perfect beginning. Though some say it's really similar to Little Mix's Wings, I really don't care because I like the way it sounds. The drums and guitar strums in the background are the perfect base the the beautiful vocals. My absolute favourite in this particular song is Minah's extremely powerful voice. In some of Girl's Day's past songs, Minah's voice seemed to forced and strained. Sojin's voice which I can't describe as anything other than 'whispery' was wonderful as well. Lots of the song was 'chant-like' which made Hyeri and Yura's rapping fit in effortlessly.
Lyrics:
I don't know if I like the song or the lyrics more. They were both so good. The lyrics express the fact that sometimes the girl has got to make the first move. I think this is a really great message to be sending. My favourite lines translate to:
"You go first and say you love him,
Now is the time, you can start first."
Summary:
Definitely worth the time. Again, the music video is really hot but if you get offended by anything sexual, maybe just listen to the song without the video. I really love this song though. One of my favourite in a long time. Super powerful vocals, super catchy tune, super meaningful lyrics, super super super! Give it a go!


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Review: The Baddest Female 나쁜 기집애 by CL

 

Genres: Hip-Hop/Rap, Music, K-Pop 
Released: 28 May 2013
℗ 2013 YG Entertainment

Today, I'm doing a review on CL's new single, The Baddest Female. There was so much hype leading up to this song. 2NE1 is definitely one of my favourite girl groups and though I don't have a favourite member, I really like CL. I was so extremely excited and was waiting for something super spectacular and it was spectacular but I'll be honest, it's not the best. It was too, for lack of a better word, swag. For me at least, it was too much.
Song:
I've always liked CL's voice and she definitely displays it in this song. The thing is, it wasn't amazing. It's unique but I feel like she could of done better. For me, there's a line between talking and rapping and CL just wasn't rapping enough. Some parts, she was almost singing and I think that those parts were my favourite. The beats in the background were actually really nice. Closer to the end of the song, there's a really dubsteppy section. I liked the dubstep elements throughout the whole song as well. Some people might hate it but I actually quite like it. For me, it was the highlight.
Lyrics:
I don't know how I feel about the lyrics. At first I thought they were a bit vain because they were just about how swagalicious CL is. The second time round though, I thought it was sending a good message. It's not vain, it's confident. My favourite lines:
"This is for all my bad girls around the world
Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good, you know
Let’s light it up and let it burn like we don’t care
Let em know how it feels damn good to be bad"
It's not the best message but we all need to feel good about ourselves once in awhile right?
Summary:
All in all, I don't hate this song. It definitely could've been better but it's still a song that I will listen to often. The music video was pretty cool though. It was a bit all of the place but I thought it was really fun. I really hope you can check out this song if you haven't already. It only takes four minutes!


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Top 5: Favourite Female Artists

I decided that I wanted to do more of these 'Top 5' posts. Maybe I'll even do a 'Top 10' one day if I can't choose 5. Today I choosing my five favourite female artists. I'm not being sexist, I just like a lot of female singers and I'll do the male post one day, I promise. These are all American singers. I feel as though even though there are famous female soloist in South Korea like BoA and Son Dam Bi there aren't enough for me to a whole post on them. I'll include them when I do my favourite female K-Pop groups/soloists. Keep in mind that it was extremely hard to order these five amazing vocalist in order of five to one. I've also included my favourite song by the singer.

5. Nicki Minaj
Masquerade
4. Demi Lovato
Skyscraper
3. Rihanna
Stay
2. Taylor Swift
Nevermind
1. Adele
Rolling in the Deep/ Set Fire to the Rain/ Turning Tables

The links lead to some of my favourite posts about the singers. Some of them are actually pretty funny like the Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj ones. Masquerade is was never made into and official music video but it's still a pretty popular song and I loved Nicki Minaj in this one. Skycraper has such a good message that I just have to love it. Who doesn't love Stay? My favourite Taylor Swift song, Never Mind, was surprisingly actually never released. You can find it on YouTube and on the internet but it isn't sold anywhere. It's still my favourite song by her though. And lastly, Adele, I just couldn't choose. Chasing Pavements is also up there in my favourite Adele songs but the three that I chose just can't be beaten.

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