[Bonus] Best Of Collabs: Part II

Kyuhyun & Tiffany - Rise And Shine

One of many gems on the “To The Beautiful You” OST list, Kyuhyun and Tiffany have great complimenting voices and they know it. The song is upbeat, happy, powerful, and the harmonization is glorious. From the bright beginning to the lighter bridge and the powerful notes at the end, it’s definitely one of the best on the tracklist. The thing I like the most about this song is that neither Kyuhyun or Tiffany appear to be “in control” during the parts where they sing together (not solo parts or harmonies). You can’t tell that one has more presence over the other and that’s precisely it.

Hyuna & Hyunseng - Troublemaker

Yeah, the music video was all sorts of awk and bad, but Troublemaker is a ridiculously catchy tune and the whistling snaps are quite the hook. Hyunseng’s voice was clear and excellent. The belt near the end was a little weak but just a minor slipup. Hyuna’s usually subpar rapping is somewhat bearable, and it’s short which left more time for her voice. Kinda weird for a duo song, since Hyuna was the one on the lower register while Hyunseng was on higher notes but whatever works for the two.

IU & Seulong - Nagging

We went from happy and bright to a sexy dance song, how about something lighter and cuter? That’s IU’s cup of tea, and Seulong joined her for “Nagging” which was everything I mentioned earlier. I didn’t think Seulong would be a very good fit to the song based on that alone, but he didn’t really need to be. His raspy lower voice was a good at supporting IU’s brighter higher range on the chorus. Also, live performances of this song were half awkward and half cute.

Tablo & Taeyang - Tomorrow

Tablo’s return, signing with YG, and collab piece with Taeyang brought quite the amount of hype, and justly so. Tablo’s rapping is brief and good. Room for improvement but it was his first album since coming back so I can’t blame him for anything. I typically can’t enjoy Taeyang’s higher voice but the range was more pleasant than usual and so brought good contrast to Tablo’s rapping. While the music video was rather boring the song itself delivers, which is the most important part.