Random Shuffle Evaluation: B1A4 – Child Good Evening

With over 5,000 songs on my iPhone’s “Okay-Pop Singles” playlist, I assumed it could be enjoyable so as to add a little bit of unpredictability to my music assessment posts. So because of this, now we have the “Random Shuffle Evaluation” characteristic.

The principles are easy. I hearth up my playlist, press “shuffle,” and no matter music performs first will get the complete Bias Checklist therapy!

12 months Launched: 2012

It’s a disgrace {that a} group like B1A4 doesn’t exist anymore in Okay-pop. Earlier than you all leap down my throat, I’m effectively conscious that B1A4 themselves are nonetheless selling, albeit with a brand new configuration. However for the aim of this write-up, I’m particularly speaking about 2011-2017 B1A4 earlier than two members left and the sound of Okay-pop modified fairly drastically. Previous to that, this group managed to discover a pathway that skirted between established boy group tropes to forge a sound all their very own. That’s partially as a result of members’ participation in songwriting/manufacturing, however it’s additionally a product of an period that was nonetheless curious sufficient to permit for risk-taking creativity.

If you consider it, B1A4 by no means match completely into any established idea. They by no means did “darkish,” “brooding” or “shouty,” and even when their songs had been vivid and bubbly (as they typically had been), the music by no means felt cookie-cutter. A music like 2012’s Child Good Evening exemplifies the distinctive contact they all the time gave their music. It’s upbeat and enjoyable however nonetheless a little bit bizarre. From its boring electrical thump to the swirling melodies that forge the refrain, the observe spawns countless power whereas conserving issues oddly sedate. It’s a catchy-as-hell pop music with an off-kilter rhythm and nearly cartoonish efficiency. In different phrases, the music is only a ton of contradictions thrown collectively. It’s definitely “pop,” however defies straightforward idol group classification. These qualities make it timeless. Enjoying Child Good Evening at this time feels simply as contemporary and charming because it did 13 years in the past. This tends to occur when artists don’t slavishly observe developments and readily conform to market-proven templates.

Grade: A