[Review] Hyosung - Into You

Last of the late reviews from May, we have Hyosung and "Into You." Her debut with "Goodnight Kiss" was received well, even though it wasn't my personal favourite on the album, it did enough to get the job done in establishing her as Hyosung the solo singer rather than Hyosung the member of Secret. I would like to see her continue this trend confidently.

Alright let's first get this out of the way. I can't stand this peach-orange mix of a hair colour that Hyosung has. It just does not look good on anyone, so Hyosung is no exception. Combined with the curious choice of bulky jackets and questionable outfits, Hyosung's visuals which are usually on point weren't all that great here.

Anyways, like "Goodnight Kiss," Hyosung isn't trying to fool anyone with "Into You" either. This song is sexy and Hyosung's vocals are smooth and sultry. Years ago I wouldn't have paid much attention to the difference of Secret vocals. It would have been "Jieun >>> everyone else" but Hyosung has certainly risen up to the support vocals challenge and the space between her and Sunhwa is staggering and continues to be so. I can hear a little of the reach in "it's only you tonight" but she keeps the rest of the song within comfortable range and doesn't try to show off. Last time with "Goodnight Kiss" we had an awful dance break transition in between verses and I was glad nothing like that happened after the first chorus here. But then shortly after we got like 10 seconds of Hyosung rapping. It's not that it isn't...bad...okay it's pretty terrible honestly. She sounds much worse rapping than singing (little girl voice) and I don't want to see anymore of that. This sort of thing happened a bit with Jieun, too, in her "Pretty Age 25" and really didn't have to show up again. Leave any rapping for any Secret member to Hana, please.

I'm not all that invested in this song so I haven't checked out lives, but from the choreography MV I'm quite content with the skill level of the dance and hopefully Hyosung is able to sing this live while dancing. Jieun's the star vocalist of Secret and even she can get unstable sometimes in lives so hope for the best. Also, how is that one part not edited or forced to be changed because I can't imagine the shows would be comfortable broadcasting that ha!

"Into You" excels where "Goodnight Kiss" faltered in that the song as a whole is more consistent, even with the completely unnecessary and uneventful rap break. However, "Goodnight Kiss" played to Hyosung's visual strengths and the choreography was a bit better. In the end, I would still trade vocal progress for substandard visuals anytime.

[ Overall: 80 / 100 ]