Girl's Day is coming back soon, and with the powerful cycle in 2014 they are jumpstarting this year's hype with Minah's solo debut. Minah is the star vocalist of the group, something I didn't fully realize until diving more into Girl's Day. The title track "I Am A Woman Too" was advertised as a dance track, but I knew that would be more or less misleading.
Make no mistake, this song is purely vocal-based. And unfortunate as it may be, Minah's vocal prowess is not utilized to max extent in "I Am A Woman Too." For a majority of the song she sounds like she is straining to reach the high notes for a sustained period of time. The ending sections of "I love you love you love you" is a prime example of this. Even when she isn't reaching for notes though, she doesn't sound nearly as good as the features she's been in or even Girl's Day releases like "Darling" and "Something." Maybe the song is quite bland, or maybe the support from the other Girl's Day members augments (distorts?) Minah's ability. I think it's more of the former, as she sounds much better in the other songs on the album.
I know the theme, sound, and even title of this song is representing a shift into the more mature direction for Minah, but for the girl with extremely killer eye smiles and general adorableness, I don't really understand why they had to push her in this direction. Minah is by far the youngest looking member, and is more "elegant" in this video than she is "sexy." The lenses bring out Minah's eyes (not eye smiles unfortunately) and when her hair is put up she's truly breathtaking. The outfits also try to shift towards the sexier side of Minah, but the dance doesn't reflect that. For a song titled as a dance track, this choreography isn't very impressive. The moves are really plain and don't offer much, and even the cute little body waves in the chorus are just that, cute. Though I do think the result is in part to the tempo of the song, which isn't really upbeat enough to pull off consistently powerful dance moves.
The rest of the video is also pretty dull, with Minah's close-ups being the highlight of the MV. If 9MUSES' facial expressions in "Drama" were awkward, some of Minah's expressions here are almost hilariously lifeless. She looks damn bored half the video. Maybe this whole debut was just to tide fans over until the official Girl's Day comeback, and if this was rushed then "I Am A Woman Too" is a valiant effort in such little time, but as it stands it's a little too high on Minah's vocal range to handle while choreography and visuals are kept basic. A good try, but better luck next time, Minah.
[ Overall: 75 / 100 ]
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