EXO’s Chanyeol is slated for another solo album soon, and today he’s teasing us with pre-release Happy Accident. Alongside female vocalist Sole, he’s delivered a vibey slow burn guaranteed to take the edge off any feelings you may be having today.
Chanyeol’s singing voice has a very calming quality and works well within this sonic realm, but I can’t muster much excitement for Happy Accident. To me, this type of song feels functional — a calming balm rather than an interesting piece of music on its own. As a b-side, I appreciate the texture and tone this may lend the album, but it doesn’t strike me as a song so compelling that it needed to be promoted with a video. However, it’s clear Chanyeol enjoys performing within this kind of laidback style so kudos to him. I hope the title track has more oomph.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 7 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7 |
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Sigh, another vibey slow burn. These things just don’t go anywhere. No highs, no lows, just there.
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Irrelevant but kpop demon hunters is actively making me lose my mind, I have two friends who have categorically stated multiple times that they don’t like kpop because “corporate/sexist/shallow/manufactured/mistreatment” whatever and YETT they loooove that movie and want to talk about it constantly. I sent them mama by EXO and they just didn’t like it but they loooved “Your Idol” which is inspired by mama except it’s bad. I have never defended EXO so hard in my life, I even used the “SK’ national boy group” card and I’m an army. This really really seriously sucks and the universe is testing me.
I just saw Chanyeol which reminded me of EXO so that is the reason for this rant, I’m sorry 😭 Between that movie and the uninteresting music we’ve been getting this month, I guess I’m starting to get frustrated.
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Ugh. I feel you. I’m actively trying to ignore Demon Hunters and waiting until people regain their sanity lol
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It is just particularly difficult to not attribute this to plain xenophobia and racism. I don’t see how this gives more visibility to kpop. The way I see it, kpop and korean culture is used as a prop and non kpop fans have zero interest in diving deeper. Apparently the Netflix seal legitimises a product that previously seemed cringe and weird, but his legitimisation is strictly limited to the context of the movie and does not reach beyond that.
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