They finally figured it out by Holiday Night relying heavily on Taeyeon n tiffany to smooth it out but the harmonies felt heavier Hence her being blacklisted so she wouldnt obliterate them on music shows The only songs off that album that didnt need Jess were Check, Paradise and One Afternoon.Īlso im convinced You Think was a dual single because SM wanted to be petty cause Jess debuted and was threatening to outsell snsd. That album had barely any harmonies, it was mostly solo parts because SNSD iconic harmony was gone without her. I know there's an OT9 version of it SOMEWHERE and SM needs to leak it. It sounds so flat and kinda sad without her.its missing the bump it needs to fully HIT.

In the Lion Heart album its obvious jessicas voice was meant to be on these songs. Had issues deciding which songs could be ot8 there and probably why we didnt get another japan album or tour (a 4th one was rumored) However, it's noticeable that (a number of) the SNSD members liked other concepts more, like You Think, and concepts like that, same for Mr Mr and All Night suited them better at that point of their career. Same for the song, not really childish at all. With the retro '20-'30s vibe of the rest of the MV and the retro concept styling, there's nothing wrong with that, that retro style is not childish and it fit their ages back then. The only part that could be considered childish was the intro and ending of the MV, and how the SNSD girls act in those scenes, you can notice they're finding themselves too old for it too => their reactions are extreme and over-the- top, as if they're playing stereotypical characters, while in former MV's and comeback concepts they were really feeling it, and as a watcher you could sense it. If they really wanted to release this kind of song, Jessica being here or not wouldn't have matter Lion Heart is childish because they were older, not because Jessica was missing. This plus the fact that their comebacks became more rare over the years, made that their comebacks and songs didn't have that abundant spark it had in their peak years.īeing an idol didn't have their full 100% attention, energy and motivation anymore, and with some concepts this became extra noticeable. Members had started to leave the dorm, live their own separate lives, so also their common goal started to split, with each member pursuing their own individual careers. It also started to feel a number of members lost some of their initial drive and hunger and, what became apparent later on, parts of their Soshi bond. What became different was SNSD themselves: it started before Jessica leaving, but it became only more noticeable afterwards: where before they were a huge non-stop presence all over the variety shows and Korean TV and had comeback after comeback, this became less and less after they stayed longer and more in Japan for concerts and song releases there. Which wasn't that different from before, where they had songs like Run Devil Run after Oh!, and so on. In fact they had songs across the whole spectrum of genres, with something for everyone. I get what you're trying to say, although I think it was more nuanced than that.Īside from Party and Lion Heart, they also had songs like Catch Me If You can and You Think and All Night and Lil' Touch.

Holiday Night while a good pop album, SNSD needs Jessica. I don't mind OT8, but SNSD now just feels forced and fake. I'm listening to SNSD's discography from beginning to now and while OT8 has decent songs like ' All Night' you then have mediocre songs like Holiday, Party or childish songs like 'Lion Heart'.

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