I Figured Out Why It's Hard For Me To Get Into AESPA
I really want to love AESPA. I would like to get into them. But I'm having trouble really falling for their music.
Not because it's bad. I just think it's not my style.
I see their songs kind of like how I view Free Jazz.
Free Jazz is a type of jazz that arose in the 50s and 60s that placed emphasis on experimentation and shuffling up established conventions with time and chord changes, playing with structure, etc. It also placed an emphasis on extended solo sequences where different elements of the band would improvise for extended periods. The songs tend to be very technical and often have elaborate diversity and shifts in sound and long run times.
My father's hugely into it, and while I can appreciate the technical skill and quality of the musicianship, I find it grating. I keep wanting them to pick a style and stick with it. To trim their songs down to a more curated length. To, in essence, be more disciplined in their approach to song making. Instead of a free for all of technical showcase. I want them to focus. That's why I much prefer the swing and big band era of Jazz. They practiced a less is more approach, even in their grand style. They focused on a singularity of style.
Similarly, this is how I relate to AESPA songs. I find myself absolutely loving specific parts of their songs, thinking to myself....oh my god this is amazing! And then..... they shift instantaneously to something else. To a new style. A new sound. Or tempo. A new entirely different song in my eyes. And I just find it hard to get into their songs as a whole despite loving individual parts. They come across to me as more technical showcase than complete song. Like a demonstration of "Hey we can rap so freaking well. Look we can sing. Look we can do this. Oh wait we can do this too." It's too much for taste.
I love the members and find them really talented. And due to being an SNSD stan and RED VELVET stan, I'd love to really fall in love with them. But their style is too chaotic and unfocused for me. If they would only pare down and pick a style for their songs. I think I could really come to enjoy them. But this "switch" style seems to be their current mode. And a lot of people seem to love it. One day I hope they do some songs that are more focused on a single style. I would love to hear that from them.
Anyway, just thought I share my view. Anyone else relate to this?
P.S. Winter's pretty.
