The Red Velvet of "Russian Roulette" and "Rookie" was so ahead-of-its-time that they had to overcompensate by indulging in empty 90s R&B to get fanfare from America.

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It's very inspired by American '90s R&B, but numerous other K-pop songs are also inspired by American music. That doesn't mean it's bad or that it's "selling out to America."

Red Velvet has always incorporated a '90s R&B sound to their music. That was the other side to them since the beginning. It wasn't something that suddenly showed up with "Bad Boy."

No no no, I'm also talking about the songs themselves. And I'm not talking about other groups, I'm talking about Red Velvet. Intrinsically, Red Velvet had this Korean aesthetic, this quirkiness, that was prominent in the album RED, that was at its core. But now it's all muddled up with this American capitulation that I find they lost something dear.

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"Rookie" has got more lasting melodies in it than the last three BlackPink title tracks combined.

Still bad

R&b>>>>