[Review] Girls' Generation - You Think

"You Think" was shaping up to be the dance track of the set. There's a few reasons why this is a good thing. "Party" and "Lion Heart" are already established as pop songs and having a 3rd would just be unwarranted and crowd up the album. There also aren't that many "pure" dance tracks in competition right now, the only one being 9MUSES' "Hurt Locker." It's a prime opportunity for Girls' Generation to dominate the charts with a catchy dance number.

You know, for a dance song, these vocals are really damn good. There's plenty of extra "oomph" added to make the song sound as good as possible. However, the flaw of the vocals are similar to those in TTS' "Holler." Tiffany and Taeyeon often sound strained, people are reaching for their notes, and aren't hitting them all too gracefully. This is particularly true in the chorus. Sunny, however, is absolutely glorious and her work in this song is by far the most impressive, even though Tiffany's opening is quite strong, too. This is perhaps the most lopsided I've ever seen an SNSD song in terms of line distribution though. Sooyoung and Hyoyeon got placed into the rap (more on that later) and poor Yoona got pretty much nothing. I thought that losing Jessica would free up more space for the other members and while that had been true as of the past couple songs I guess "You Think" was too serious to stray away from that option.

"You Think" collapses at the rap break. As noted previously, Sooyoung has been making leaps in vocal progress, so it's a shame she got placed into the rap. Her voice just isn't really made for rapping. Hyoyeon is the "de facto" rapper and she sounds much better than Sooyoung, but the biggest flaw with this rap is that it simply isn't a good rap. It sounds messy and doesn't exactly flow well either. Definitely breaks the rhythm and feel the song had going into this point. The following bridge tries its heart out to recover but man, they really didn't need a rap here.

Unlike "Catch Me If You Can," there aren't any awkward dubstep breaks in this song, and the choreography is much more impressive. It's a song that knows what to focus on, and so the videography caters to the dancing. We're presented with the standard MV which has many shots of Girls' Generation looking gorgeous accompanied with the various dance scenes. These are some curious set options, at least for the dance shots. The individual sets are all pretty and sparkly and magical, leaving the eye candy firmly rooted. But the tunnel and sewer-esque theme they have going for the other scenes are...unique. The tough question I'd ask myself is: would I rather a dirty tunnel set or a blank box set? Death to both I say, I'm sure the staff can come up with something interesting. After all we just had the videos of "Party" and "Lion Heart," though obviously I don't know what order these were filmed.

Girls' Generation ramped up this comeback. From the fun and bright "Party" to the feminine and playful "Lion Heart," "You Think" delivers fierce choreography and high impact vocals. Despite some reach, the song still sounds good enough purely for the dance factor. The dagger in this song's back is the clunky rap which makes for an awkward latter half of the song. At the very least I was correct in predicting the order of the songs, and "You Think" is certainly no pushover and the lives will surely be a treat.

[ Overall: 88 / 100 ]