Enhypen Romance Untold Album Review
Added 2024-07-13 10:45:55 +0000 UTCFirst Xdinary Heroes, now Enhypen.
Full albums that could've really done something fresh and excting but fell back on familiar formulas and overall safe execution.
This really surprised me cos title track IS fresh, granted the pre chorus and chorus are extremely weak lyrically and far too simple the production makes up for this and so does their performance and the video overall.
I think had they added Lucifer on here it would've been great. They absolutely should do more songs in that vein cos they can really pull it off cos the vocals were strong. And like I said in the reaction some acoustic or instrument focused songs would've really been great since they do play.
At least i loved the title track tbh.
Enjoy!
Comments
You should check out their highway 1009 recording video
Siham
2024-10-06 14:31:00 +0000 UTCThere's one sneak there but I'll allow iudfghsduasghiouh
Koko3op
2024-07-30 07:26:41 +0000 UTCKind of commenting on a random video lol but the boys are really bringing something to the table in Kpop this year!!! I've been thoroughly impressed: WayV with She a Wolf and Give me that; NCT 127 with the whole WALK album; ATEEZ with Work; TXT with Deja Vu and the list goes on!! Which is very unusual for me cause I am usually in my misandry bag all year round lol. But seriously!
Chloé Hoarau
2024-07-29 21:10:59 +0000 UTCHahaha I do like long comments but fren please SEPARATE The paragraphs so it's easier to read! Otherwise yes I hear you, some more lyrics and bridges throughout would've been great tbh!
Koko3op
2024-07-29 08:10:38 +0000 UTCman i cannot believe i just wrote THE BIGGEST comment, venting about this album and just got vanished. i might as well cry. oh well, let’s just try again, shall we? my last comment i started with a ranking list of the songs, excluding the eng ver of XO, because i couldn’t care less and all of that. 1. BTHB 2. royalty 3. moonstruck 4. your eyes only 5. XO 6. paranormal 7. highway 1009 8. hundred broken hearts i don’t have any mental capacity to remember exactly what i wrote previously, so i’ll just explain the ranking and then just rank the album as a whole. brought the heat back… yes. as an ult jay biased, yes, i am affected. yes, i am gagged. i can’t wait to see this song being performed live. the high note is just the highlight of the album for me. it’s just… energetic and catchy, with a little twist just how i love. royalty. so with this song it’s complicated. i didn’t like it at first. the first part of the chorus was questionable for me. “baby you’re so precio-cio-cio-cio-cious” like… is this necessary? but then it grew on me A LOT. now i can’t listen to this song without smiling like a fool. it’s almost embarrassing. moonstruck. again, the song i didn’t like at first. i’m a fan of more like… dancing up beat happy vibe songs. then i listened to it a couple of times more and i was hooked. heeseung adlibs have me on a chokehold. even tho i would’ve loved to hear more in the outro of the song. instead of “crazy over you baby” something like “crazy over you baby, CRAZY OVER YOUUU” lmao. still, a great song. your eyes only. this song is on the edge for me, because in some parts it sounds EXACTLY like Lizzo’s “Juice” and i cannot unhear it. especially jungwon’s part like… did you get the influence or something cuz..but i liked it regardless. it’s just my vibe, short and cute, nothing more nothing less. XO is nice. i liked the choreo, some parts of the verses catchy af, the chorus is mid for me since it’s literally like.. three sentences and repeat with a pre-chorus. the melody tho… fire. overall, pretty nice. wouldn’t say it’s a SOTY, but if it gets any daesang award i won’t be disappointed. paranormal, highway 1009. those songs are forgettable for me. paranormal has a pretty cool instrumental with guitar and adlibs, the vocal tones are pleasant, the rest i can’t really remember. i don’t really listen to it, so… highway song is empty af. i knows there’s two versions like one with empty bridge instrumental and one with narrating from members with 7 different languages(which is dope and super cute), but bruh WHY YOU HATE BRIDGES SO MUCH BELIFT?!?! where are the lyrics bro. instrumental is majestic and awesome and cool and nice i get it, but it’s the same throughout the song, the lyrics in the choruses are also the same, the melody and EVERYTHING stays the same. where. is. progression. i know heeseung produced this song, but he 100% got some help from company producers bro why didn’t they added just a little key change, a little lyrics switch, a little harmony. give some variety pls IM STARVING. hundred broken hearts. i’m not claiming it. i don’t like it and there’s no adequate reason for it, except the chorus reminds me of JYP’s “When We Disco” and that’s enough for me to not listen to this song any longer. THE VERSES THOUGH. absolute fire. i loved the tempo, the tone, especially ni-ki’s and sunghoon’s parts ughh obsessed. the chorus really ruined it for me BAD BAD. okay so… this comment is unnecessary long and absolutely IMHO, but i hope you like it that way lmao. there’s no medicine, when your ult group drops an album and you don’t like half of the songs on it. might as well just vent out somewhere where fake fans and toxic stans won’t bully me for not liking every fricking breath my fav idols take.
conchi spase
2024-07-28 16:26:17 +0000 UTCI got confused it was sunghoon who said that hahaha
Kay
2024-07-23 20:52:03 +0000 UTCOoooo no way! Haha love that
Koko3op
2024-07-23 20:50:34 +0000 UTCI just finished watching the behind the scenes of enhypen learning and practicing the choreography and i was reminded by your input that even tho the choreography looks simple it’s slow paced so it’s makes it harder. And that similar to what ni-ki said about xo performance 🫠🫠🫠 https://youtu.be/_V-NKi5emEM?si=m1nqYfZL1wIxkHSN
Kay
2024-07-23 17:39:14 +0000 UTCI agree with a lot of what you said, it took me a second listen to the entire album to actually like most of the songs. Even the production quality difference to a non-trained ear on XO vs the b-sides is huge. I also kept listening to the songs and waiting, practically begging for a bridge. But alas, no bridge as usual. Like- can we please bring bridges back? Either way, Heeseung sounded amazing on the album as usual. But the adlibs were too quiet- I want their adlibs to be as blatant as some other groups. They're so talented as well but their producers just keep giving them mediocre stuff. I thought Highway 1009 was very sweet from a sentimental standpoint though :) + since Enhypen is my ult group I'll love the songs regardless just because I hear their voices. You asked for more comments so I decided to drop my opinion!
Aeri
2024-07-19 18:24:50 +0000 UTCYeahh this! They need some growth for sure
Koko3op
2024-07-16 07:50:09 +0000 UTCI think you said It perfectly when you mentioned them outgrowing the producers. I think just knowing what their actually capable of vocally and as Artist has slightly heightened my disappointment with the album. For example, the melody that Jake sings at the beginning of Hundred Broken Hearts You liked and The Chorus was composed by Jungwon. An issue I have with the album is that none of the songs truly feel finished due to the extremely short song lengths(given this isn't just an enhypen problem).They aren't even bad songs genre-wise I just feel as if there was so much expansion they could've did with the melodies, chords, and overall song structure. With that being said I've grown to like them a lot in the past half a week but even still i cant help but to feel like something is missing. The songs almost feel to safe for Enha.Its the feeling of "yeah their good but ik they could be ten times better"
Michael Wilson
2024-07-16 03:34:16 +0000 UTC+ but i do really like moonstruck personally i think the members’ vocals were incredible along w/ xo !
cherlizzles
2024-07-15 05:58:55 +0000 UTCThe members all seem like they genuinely love this album so my anticipations were through the roof. But when i listened to the preview for the first time none of the songs rly give me the ‘oomph’ that u also mentioned. I’ve grown to like them more as I listen to it over&over but i can’t say this album is one of my fav from them which is such a shame ‘cause ik they’ve worked their butts off for both touring and this album. 😭
cherlizzles
2024-07-15 05:46:54 +0000 UTCnoo!! they are like mid-popular over there. their songs almost always never chart on melon or different k-streaming platforms besides polalove & streams are pretty low (in comparison to their international achievements) 💔💔 certain members like sunghoon are pretty popular due to his solo activities, but w/ each comeback they seem to be gaining more attention! so hopefully one of them will be a hit lol
lay!!
2024-07-14 16:14:42 +0000 UTCThis!!
Koko3op
2024-07-14 08:22:53 +0000 UTCThisss
Koko3op
2024-07-14 08:22:32 +0000 UTCYesss it does feel quite rushed tbh and the fade out songs kinda show this also I thought they were super popular in Korea?? That's crazy
Koko3op
2024-07-14 08:22:23 +0000 UTCThank youuuuu!! Yeahh I do wonder though why an album to tour can't still be innovative and push boundaries you know? But yeah we'll see with time.
Koko3op
2024-07-14 08:19:11 +0000 UTCThe title was written by jvke who’s obviously on the English version as a ft and I wonder if that’s why it’s maybe lacking and just feels like it was put out but Heeseung said the members tried to add input where they could and you can definitely see that. As for the album I do see growth in terms of genre and ofc vocals but it just feels like another album specifically for touring purposes in a way which they even stated they plan to tour it and it feels like the company has music on one side of their minds while making this and then revenue on the other however I’m proud of the boys for being more creative and never staying the same yk? I believe we’ll really see something special when they themselves have more control so fingers crossed as it’s just beginning . Fav album track for me is royalty + Xo! and love all your reviews as usual . Honest and constructive in logic ways love to see ITTTT
Saray-56
2024-07-14 00:26:25 +0000 UTCThe tt had so much thought into it The production and vocals were so crisp I honestly feel like they sounded their best on it. I really loved that they let the other members shined in the choruses and had heeseung bring substance to the verses, it was such a good change. You can tell they put a lot of thought into whos voice fit what part in XO, but in the album, it was pretty random to me. I feel the vision was there for each song, but they were not focused on keeping it interesting and solid. I just wish they weren't so desperate to push them on tour and milk money and instead take their time with the albums.
Christa
2024-07-13 20:54:11 +0000 UTCalso the fact that its a full album too and not one song is 3 mins 30 secs I-....... this is getting serious guys..
Christa
2024-07-13 20:32:10 +0000 UTCim a bit biased bc enhypen are my ULTs so I loved the album! that said... it took me a couple tries to really get it lol. I also wanted something more out of the box w/ their b-sides bc they usually deliver! this time around, the melodies were basically the same w/ them repeating the lyrics constantly. I really feel like this album was made in hopes to appeal to the Korean public considering they aren't too popular over there. enhypen's music usually feels more conceptual and out there than what this album is. imo it also felt rushed and I feel like that could be attributed to the fact they basically have NO time for rest because they're constantly on tour. I think no down time leads their team to try and scramble to put an album together, and it leads to worse production. regardless, I still love the album hehehe. thank you for your reaction!! 👯♀️🫶🏼
lay!!
2024-07-13 15:46:59 +0000 UTCYeahh it's a bit of a let down
Koko3op
2024-07-13 14:54:48 +0000 UTCVeryyy true! I'm glad he really tries to add some of their own colours into things and I appreciate you getting my criticisms!
Koko3op
2024-07-13 14:54:34 +0000 UTCI agreeeeee I think that their team didn’t do their due diligence it felt like the album was missing something. I think that they were probably thinking about songs that would be fun/easy to perform for concerts but I think This even compared to memorabilia falls short
Asante Marie
2024-07-13 14:46:02 +0000 UTCI am biased but I really like some of the b sides but I love the title track XO Only if You Say Yes! The song Highway 1009 was composed, written and produced by Heeseung and the members contributed to the lyrics. It was written for the fans, as 10/09 was when the name Engenes was released. I think it is a beautiful song but, I am biased. I really enjoyed Paranormal too. I totally get what your criticism is of the album, and I think if it wasn’t for Heeseung’s background vocals and his adlibs, some of the songs would be so linear. Thanks for your honest thoughts
Beth LaRue
2024-07-13 12:18:36 +0000 UTCWhen I first heard Bring the Heat Back I thought it was a ZB1 song mainly cause of the start and chorus. I was so confused.
Faxe11
2024-07-13 11:58:16 +0000 UTCHAHAHAHA i mixed up some references. I won't say the artist is but i'm sure someone will guess correctly, i'll keep watch
Koko3op
2024-07-13 11:26:18 +0000 UTCWhat idk who don't we like from the bodega lol?
Faxe11
2024-07-13 11:11:46 +0000 UTCi've been waiting for this!! 🖤
Charie Melitante
2024-07-13 10:49:13 +0000 UTC
