aespa - [Whiplash] The 5th Mini Album discussion

  • I only voted for "Flowers." It's the only song I liked, but as long as I liked one song than an EP is worth it. Everything else was kind of eh. "Pink Hoodie" needed to stay in the studio.


    I playlisted "Flowers" but the others are not to my liking.

    I want K-pop to normalize making songs like this the title track. Red Velvet did it in 2018 with "Bad Boy."


    Maybe they could promote a song like this as a second title track. It's too good to go unnoticed.

  • My two favourites are easily Flowers and Kill It.


    I predicted that I would love Flowers from the teaser and it's now my fav kpop bside released this year and probably favourite aespa bside currently :holding-back-tears: It's so beautiful and smooth, and their voices sound so velvety, I could listen to it for hours. I also appreciate that the song is just laidback and more quiet, without any dramatic chanes and such. It's perfect for easy listening and relaxing.


    Kill It surprised me, because I didn't think I would love it so much after the teaser. The prechorus is just fantastic (Karina's and Gigi's voices :love: ) and I can't get enough of the whole song. I read that apparently it was a contender for the title track in the Drama era and I can see why - it's very much a title track material and has a similar vibe.


    I think the EP is very cohesive and strong. My list would look like this:


    1. Flowers

    2. Kill It

    3. Flights Not Feelings

    4. Whiplash

    5. Just Another Girl

    6. Pink Hoodie


    Just Another Girl and Pink Hoodie are my least favourite and I'm most likely to skip them if I feel like it, but I still enjoy them :-)

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  • My ranking


    1/2 Whiplash and Flowers are both insane and out of this world in their own way. Both are 9.5/10 minimum.

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    3. kill it

    4. Just another girl

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    5. Flights, not feelings

    6. Pink hoodie


    Overall it's a pretty inconsistant ep in terms of song qualities. Some songs like Whiplash and Flowers are masterpieces and other songs like Pink Hoodie or even Flights are pretty mid. One filler track can pass but two it's too much. One of these two songs shouldn't have even been on the ep in my opinion. And overall i prefer Flights but i do think the ep needed another more dynamic 3rd track. A song like Dopamine for example.


    For kpop standarts, it's still a pretty solid ep but a song like Whiplash deserved a better ep overall in my opinion. Just more cohesive in terms of quality of production etc.

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