Album title: Act 2: Narcissus
Artist: Gugudan
Genre: K-Pop
Nationality: Korean, duh
Release date: February 27
Position in Discography: Second
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes
Average RYM Score: 2.28
Copy and paste previous review? Well yeah, mostly. Don't get the pretentious album title for such an obviously basic pop album, but maybe they have a reason. This is really only an EP (or as they like to call them over there, mini-album) with six tracks on it. Batty will probably be annoyed that the title of the opener is “Rainbow” but, you know, he can suck a dick. So can this album, to be fair. Very bland. Colour me not surprised.
I'd just like to point out (not that anyone cares) that I'm not saying this is a bad album. Far from it. There's nothing wrong with it at all, and some good songs on it. It's just that it's so very interchangeable with the last one (number of tracks notwithstanding) that it's barely worth reviewing. I would question, however, the wisdom of having a six-track EP (okay, okay! Mini-****ing-album!) and using one of those as a remix of one of the other tracks, as they do here with “A Girl Like Me” to close the album. The original wasn't even that great. Oh, and it's an instrumental, too. Sigh. But that's K-Pop for ya!
Check out more from this artist? Nah
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Probably will have to
Expectation Index: 0