K-Pop queen HyunA made her return on a new label late last year, and Attitude was a brief shot of excitement leading into this new era. Follow-up Q&A takes a more vibe-driven approach, but its dance elements work well for her.
Between 4minute, Trouble Maker, Triple H and her solo work, HyunA’s covered a ton of musical ground over the years. If I were to slot Q&A into any of these eras, I think it shares the most with Trouble Maker’s moody pop. Though this is an upbeat dance track centered around a late-2010’s style instrumental drop, the production has an atmospheric air that adds emotional nuance. HyunA takes a more subdued approach as well, singing with a lightness different from the bombastic confidence often portrayed in her earlier work.
When it comes down to it, I’m not sure there’s enough of a song behind Q&A‘s vibe, but for three minutes or so its sound is engrossing enough to keep interest high. A more dynamic set of melodies could certainly help, as the muted post-chorus doesn’t inspire quite enough excitement.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8 |
Grade: B-
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Attitude ate even though it was literally an intro and so did rsvp🤭
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wouldn’t this be an 8.25 though because it got two 9s, one 7, and one 8?
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Oops… forgot to change the production score. Thanks for catching that!
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I’m glad she got good material again after so long but to me she just doesn’t sing with conviction on this track… although she’s never been a solid vocalist in the first place lol. I think Sunmi/Chungha would’ve suited this song better.
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the song is just NewJeans 2.0 but with aegyo and it baffles me how she still has a career while all seunghan did was smoke a cig and he got cancelled instantly.
6.5/10 for me
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Sadly, the difference is that HyunA’s a veteran idol for 17 years by now, so she’s built a solid fanbase over the years and didn’t have a major scandal before (unless you count dating— Dawn, not *that* man— as a scandal), until the dating *that* man came up, since then, it did affect her reputation a lot, but being a veteran idol, she doesn’t gaf nor would it affect her severely.
While, Seunghan was not even a 3-month rookie when his “scandal” came up. And rookie years are really crucial for your image and smoking also isn’t really considered ideal in SK (and yes, I’m aware that SH was a known SM Rookie before Riize, but he was only more known among NCTzens/SM stans than the GP). And ofc, SM’s an ass who failed to protect him when his privacy was being invaded (while still giving Lucas a solo career but that’s for another story). And now, he’s facing unwarranted consequences with his future uncertain which hurts since he’s barely 20 ;(
Now switch the roles— HyunA being a rookie idol and Seunghan being a veteran. Now imagine who’d be more affected.
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