So I never
did get around to reviewing ‘Idol School’ because I have this thing called a
life so I barely have any time for anything anymore, but I’ve been keeping up
with the final group a bit. The top 9 girls from the show formed fromis_9,
which may be one of the stupidest group names I’ve heard in a while but sure
let’s go with it. They haven’t officially debuted yet, but they did just release
their pre-release track ‘Glass Shoes’, and, well, it’s something.
The
aesthetic is what I expected from the group even before the teasers were
released. ‘Idol School’ was a not-so-subtle nod to stereotypical j-pop girl
group style, so I expected a school girl vibe. And, yeah, that’s the style.
There’s not much to say about the music video besides that. The girls look cute;
the styling is predictable.
I will say
that they fucked Saerom up with this hair style though. She was one of the
memorable beauties of ‘Idol School’ and they went and messed her up.
There’s not
really much to say about the song. I was expecting a GFriend/APink hybrid and
that’s exactly what I got. It’s reasonably catchy, none of the girls sound out
of place, and I don’t mind replaying it. What I wasn’t expecting was the
quality. It’s not as well-polished as one would hope, but it’s not horrible.
The dance
is alright. We only see glimpses of it during the MV, which is fine. They did,
however, perform the entire song at MAMA Japan, and we got to see the whole
dance.
They seem
to have changed the dance slightly, but it looks clean and cohesive. The moves
fit with the song. Some of these girls aren’t dancers, so I wasn’t expecting a
dance heavy song. It’s a little boring, but whatever. It’s a pre-release so it’s
not as bad as it could be.
Overall, ‘Glass
Shoes’ is not the mess I had feared, and shows that the group has some promise.
I do hope that their actual debut has some punch to it though; ‘Idol School’
and fromis_9 don’t have a lot of hype and a good song could broaden their
fanbase some.
Though I’m
still a little bitter because at this point I’m convinced that Hayoung has some
magic in her and that she somehow killed Crayon Pop’s Soyul’s career using it.
Like
seriously she looks like Soyul.
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