[Review] Baek Ahyeon - A Good Boy

Vocals: 9 / 10

JYP finally found his own IU. That is certainly an accurate statement regarding Baek Ahyeon’s voice. While obviously not the same voice, they share the light and airy qualities while Ahyeon has some more power. Interestingly, she actually seems to struggle on some of the higher notes but at the same time it sounds very rounded like she isn’t. It’s very bizarre to say the least. The range of her voice fits this song rather well minus a few high notes during each chorus. Other than that there isn’t much left to say. She has a very pretty voice and might be limited in the genre versatility akin to Juniel. This was my first exposure to her though and she impressed.

Music Video: 8 / 10

First things first: I loved the transitions in this music video. They ranged from very cute and predictable to simplistic and pleasing to the eye. While something so simple as transitions isn’t too incredible, you have to keep in mind the standard of current music videos barely even have transitions to begin with, so one with nice transitions deserves more recognition. There’s choreography about as complex as any other soloist could do and mingling with the other gender in both the dance and non-dance scenes. It’s not really anything we can fault her for since most soloists happen to be vocals-oriented rather than dance or rapping (for obvious reasons / measure). Given she’s the first soloist out of JYP since Joo (where is she by the way) it’s nice to see her getting good music video quality from JYP. Woah wait, did this not have the JYP whisper? Mind. Shattered.

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Overall: 85 / 100

While the Korean title is rather silly, the rest of the song is not and definitely didn’t disappoint me for my first listen of Baek Ahyeon. A girl who has eye smiles in league with Girl’s Day’s Minah or f(x)’s Sulli along with a very pretty voice in league with IU or Juniel can certainly stand out and that’s precisely what she did. Accompanied by an airy soft instrumental and a colourful music video, this was one of the happier releases of 2013 and in season.