Just thought I'd put a warning in the title so I don't kill the vibe for other fans, it's mostly positive though
Overall opinion: Not my favorite album, but nowhere near their worst album. Some tracks I like, some tracks I dislike and others I find average. I don’t think it’s as good as I would hope their first full album in a while would be. I still enjoyed some tracks, but I don’t believe my favorites on this album are equal to my favorites on their other albums. This could also be due to my having too high of expectations, I might rate the album more positively as time passes
Darl+ing – Found this song bland and bad when I first heard it and still find it bland and bad. Why they made this song their first full group English release.. no clue. Especially as it’s not even a song I think would appeal to many western English speakers… regardless, lets move on. Worst song of the album so it only gets better from here
Hot – Pleasantly surprised, I expected to hate this from the highlight medley. Nowhere near my favorite from Seventeen but it’s definitely not at the bottom of their TTs. The cowboy instrumental was awesome, but not a fan of the “hot hot hot” and find it kind of cringy. Love Hoshi’s part, great part of the song and dance. A lot of autotune but considering I’m a GAM3 BO1 and Chilli enthusiast, it definitely wasn’t a problem for me. Awesome music video, 0:20 is cool
Don Quixote – Like some parts, less than happy with other parts. Overall not that into it. Love the “feel the vibes” part of the song though and would lose my mind for an entire song following that sound. But a lot of it is just… not for me
March – Love the guitar, don’t have any complaints here. And are they saying, “like a cowboy”? Extra points. Seventeen and electric guitar is always a combination that works for me
Domino – Fun little song, like the chorus a lot. Don’t really like the beginning but once it picks up, it’s really nice. This will probably get stuck in my head and grow on me
Shadow – Another song I expected to dislike from the highlight medley, but I actually enjoy quite a bit. It sounds very western to me? Always a fan of Dino rap so of course it gets extra points for that. Am I insane or some parts sound like an improved version of Beautiful?
Bout you – I expected to enjoy this song from the highlight medley and I absolutely did. It’s cute a song and makes me happy, will join Snap Shoot and Do Re Mi for me
IF you leave me – Always enjoy a Seventeen ballad and this is no exception… there’s just some type of emotion their ballads always get out of me. I can see this joining Habit, Smile Flower, Don’t Listen in Secret, and Hug
Ash – It was a song and that’s what I know for certain… I can’t take it seriously but I enjoy it in the same way I enjoy Horanghae. Weirdly catchy, and I kinda like it for reasons unknown
Now it's time for me to disappear until Nayeon drops her album