YUKIKA - timeabout, EP REVIEW
Is this 'nu-disco?'
YUKIKA is the best K-pop artist working right now. That may be a hot take in the K-pop community, but I can back up my claims. Her debut album, 2020’s Soul Lady, is my favorite K-pop project out of all of them at the moment, and the lead single from this project, “Lovemonth” is one of the best singles of the year so far. Once I heard there was a new project coming from YUKIKA earlier this year, I was super excited. If anything she put out next was on the same level as Soul Lady, this is gonna be insane. Now, we have that project in the form of timeabout, which is one of my most anticipated projects of the year. I’ll stop gushing so we can talk about timeabout,.
The genre-mixing on this project is divine, honestly. Many tracks range from city pop to K-pop to a disco revival that’s modernized for the 2020s. For such a short project, the consistency of only six tracks is absolutely on point. Instrumentally and vocally, ESPECIALLY VOCALLY, YUKIKA fucking kills it on all of these songs. The different take on genres that are throughout this whole album somehow work, but maybe except for the instrumental intro track, which sounds like it comes from the soundtrack to a 90s porn film. For a good aesthetic, I’d say this EP feels like a mall. Not like malls now, but back when they were at peak popularity. This entire project would’ve been blasting through the shitty P.A. speakers in malls and it would’ve made for a perfect soundtrack.
Well, shit. YUKIKA has impressed me yet again on timeabout, and cements herself as one of the most exciting acts in all of music right now. Her vocal range is out of this world, the instrumentals are glittery, and so much cohesion and lyrical power that putting her as a ‘K-pop’ would only be boxing her in. YUKIKA is a fucking pop star.
9/10
Listen here
YouTube Music
timeabout, is an Ubuntu Entertainment release.
YUKIKA is the best K-pop artist working right now. That may be a hot take in the K-pop community, but I can back up my claims. Her debut album, 2020’s Soul Lady, is my favorite K-pop project out of all of them at the moment, and the lead single from this project, “Lovemonth” is one of the best singles of the year so far. Once I heard there was a new project coming from YUKIKA earlier this year, I was super excited. If anything she put out next was on the same level as Soul Lady, this is gonna be insane. Now, we have that project in the form of timeabout, which is one of my most anticipated projects of the year. I’ll stop gushing so we can talk about timeabout,.
The genre-mixing on this project is divine, honestly. Many tracks range from city pop to K-pop to a disco revival that’s modernized for the 2020s. For such a short project, the consistency of only six tracks is absolutely on point. Instrumentally and vocally, ESPECIALLY VOCALLY, YUKIKA fucking kills it on all of these songs. The different take on genres that are throughout this whole album somehow work, but maybe except for the instrumental intro track, which sounds like it comes from the soundtrack to a 90s porn film. For a good aesthetic, I’d say this EP feels like a mall. Not like malls now, but back when they were at peak popularity. This entire project would’ve been blasting through the shitty P.A. speakers in malls and it would’ve made for a perfect soundtrack.
Well, shit. YUKIKA has impressed me yet again on timeabout, and cements herself as one of the most exciting acts in all of music right now. Her vocal range is out of this world, the instrumentals are glittery, and so much cohesion and lyrical power that putting her as a ‘K-pop’ would only be boxing her in. YUKIKA is a fucking pop star.
9/10
Listen here
YouTube Music
timeabout, is an Ubuntu Entertainment release.
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