The new StrayKids album has us in a K-Pop mood! Explore some of the genre's best deep cuts.
‘s solo song “MTBD,” a beast of a track that felt like an artistic breakthrough for the star who was in the early stages of her burgeoning solo career. The beat was trendy yet fresh, employing of-the-moment, trap-inspired breakdowns while incorporating her fierce and playful rap and singing style.
is constructed around that duality. It was hard to come to a consensus about the best deep cut, but “Shadow,” which peaked at No. 6 on Korea’s Gaon chart, is arguably the best embodiment of the girl group’s quirky sensibility. It’s a clever trick to take whimsical elements — like the xylophones, vocal samples and lyrical love theme — and twist them into something sinister.
The song strays away from explicit horror elements in favor of subtlety. On the surface, lyrics like “When the sun rises, together with you / I walk in sync” sound romantic. But on a closer read, the song is sung from the perspective of a stalker — expressed through the extended metaphor of a shadow, a lyrical device borrowed from the album’s preceding song and lead single, “Rum Pum Pum Pum.
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