I Will Always Love The Indie Folk Pop Group I Thought BLACKPINK Might Be After I Heard Stay
Stay is my favorite BLACKPINK song. One of my favorite songs in all of kpop.
I consider it to be their very best song.
When I first heard it it was early enough in their life cycle their whole image hadn't totally set. Yea they had Boombayag and Playing With Fire which went harder. But then came Stay.
And I my imagination went wild with the possibilities of them leaning more into that kind of aesthetic, sound and feeling
I was smitten with Stay. The whole sound. The feeling.
It's kind of this indie ish folk ish sentimental but not too sappy kind of emotion all tied together with a soft hip hop sing-along bow.
It's sooooo great.
And I had this fantasy of them being that type of group and doing more of that kind of music. Taking on that kind of indie folk pop ethos.
They of course, went with the trademark and more hard hitting BLACKPINK style ultimately, with a few detours for some lighter stuff.
But never to this type of sentiment and feel again.
While I have enjoyed many other BLACKPINK songs.
Stay will always be the one for me. The what could have been if they'd taken that route.
I think it's very special. And love it so.