Over the years, I’ve enjoyed Hwasa as a performer much more than I’ve enjoyed her actual music. She has all the makings of an incredible solo star, and her success bears that out. But often, the songs don’t live up to her potential. I Love My Body is her first release under PSY’s P Nation label — an interesting career move that feels in keeping with Hwasa’s strengths.
While I Love My Body‘s concept is a welcome declaration of positivity, the song itself leaves much to be desired. It alternates between brassy, Meghan Trainor-style retro pop and a truly unfortunate, spoken-word centerpiece. Hwasa does what she can with the schtick, but making this song enjoyable is a tall order. Its drop is uninteresting and the verses are too melodically anonymous to stick. Old-school backing vocals show promise and Hwasa gets a few moments to spotlight some nice runs, but ultimately this feels more like novelty than self-empowerment.
I Love My Body‘s shortcomings are emblematic of where Mamamoo’s music has gone over the past few years. There’s far too much silly sing-talk in place of well-developed, memorable melodies. We all know Hwasa can do so much better than this. She needs material that matches her star power.
| Hooks | 6 |
| Production | 7 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 6.75 |
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
That chorus centerpiece is (kinda) catchy, but it disrupt the flow of the song it drags down the whole thing with it. I wish it’s just a usual big vocal chorus instead – the typical one for this genre.
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when did ILLELLA or where are we now have silly sing talk?
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As a song, it is very Meghan Trainor, done Hwasa style. Meh.
As an apologia, it is right on point. A declaration of intent. For that, good job Hwasa!
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They really went “All About That Bass, but we’ll remove all the little charms of the song, and make it even worse,” didn’t they?
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I personally love the song and give it a 10/10
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In my opinion, this single is meant to be simple, catchy and fun. Its purpose is to introduce Hwasa in her new company and it does the job. I don’t think it’s meant to be very memorable or dramatic, so I like it well enough. I also heard Hwasa talk about how she chose the song to find confidence after (yet another) controversy about her so that’s kind of cool (she loves making a statement that way).
For her future albums though, I would love some songs in the vein of Twit and Maria! We got some of her belty singing towards the end of the song so I have good hopes.
On another note, I feel like anyone who would say that song is not “Hwasa” enough hasn’t heard “I do me” from Mamamoo’s first mini-album.
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