Two months have passed and now I have the time and energy to to listen to this album without being biased.
First of all, Flying Kiss… “Meh”, the lyrics were a bit cringy for me (I get it, I’m not a teenage girl), it didn’t even match or get to the same level as Broken Melodies! It’s like Rains In Heaven, of course girls are going to love it, it’s a song only for them!
The intro and When I’m With You work good together, but that title track is nothing really special, I kinda wish it was a bit more “House”, kinda slow (and I see why it flopped on the charts) definitely not their best title track, the best part was definitely the verse 3 and the outro! The rest it’s just MEH!
The rest of the album it’s OK, but…
HEAVENLY… OMFG!!! This has to be one of their best tracks till this day! The lyrics, the instrumental everything it’s so fine!!
NIGHT POEM, now I understand why Jaemin loves it so much! Again the lyrics, instrumental and vocals 10/10
OFF THE WALL, the 1D vibes on this one are so strong! It’s so “Four” coded I love it!
This combo, oh boy so good!!! They definitely put the worst songs first (and last)
The concept of this album was also boring, where did all the budget go? There was not FOMO on getting all versions this time (I’m gonna wait for Jaemin pcs to get cheaper on mercari lol)
In comparison with Dream()Scape and to all the backlash they received about smoothie, it seems they decided to release a more “basic boy group” album: full of love songs about girls 🥱, cause it looks like fans just hate diversity and universal feelings!
One thing I found hilarious, it’s how every time there’s backlash about an album and it flops on the charts a lot of “music reviewers and experts” come out of nowhere to praise it, saying how good the album is 🤣
The urgency the company had to release this album, that it feels more like a repackage than a full album, low sales, bad charting positions and poor promotions!
SM and center 4 milking their most successful NCT sub unit and for what?
But yeah, not a bad album, not their best work tho, but definitely not their worst!
IDK, I’ll give it a 7.5/10, ranking: MEH (in a good way), 3 masterpieces, and 5 "ok" songs out of 11 tracks!
