Miss a Goodbye Baby

I have told you before I am a sucker for piano beats and this is another great song with that melodic piano beat that immediately grabs you. The song itself has a very soothing sound, a piano melody throughout with a snare drum beat but is dominated by vocal sounds.

The song starts with a piano intro which is followed by a snare beat and miss A singing “Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh….” Min starts off the first vocal set which is followed by a stronger voiced verse by Suzy. The second verse starts off with Jia and has Fei follow. The song has an interesting mix of all four voices, each with their own unique vocal sets. The chorus isn’t sung by the group but the individual’s trade off the vocal verses. The ending of the song has a slightly different style than the first as there is more over-lay between the vocals.

I felt that this song was different than anything they have already produced. It has the same soft feeling and catchy tune as their latest hit “Love Alone.” What I liked about this song is that their vocal sets had an over-lay effect at many points towards the end of the song. It was great to hear members hitting higher notes in the background while the foreground has vocal sets being sung in perfect unison. This was a great song to have as the first track.

The featured track on the album is “Good-bye Baby.” We haven’t received too much information about this song in the teasers aside from the chorus. The song starts with a funky beat which we actually got to hear from JYP, Park Jin Young, himself on his me2day account. If you missed it check it out here.

This song has a much more upbeat quality to it. Once again it is great that AQE/JYPE do not drown out the vocals with the beat and instrumentals. Jia opens up the first and second verse which has Fei following and a chorus which is sang by all the members. In the third verse we also get to hear Jia rapping a short set.

Throughout the song “Good-bye baby good-bye” is very prominent but it’s the chorus and lyrics which will have you humming along. The vocal sets, sang in unison, have a drawn out rhythm to it which is actually what stuck with me even after the song was over. Throughout the song you have a constant beat but what I liked was the hint of an electric guitar heard occasionally after the chorus. Overall I would say this song has a very JYPE feel to it and is rightly picked as the album title song.

As an extra teaser we were also given the chance to watch the studio dance routine of “Good Bye Baby.” I can’t reveal too much about the specific dance moves but can say that the routine is very well coordinated with the lyrics of the song. I was pleased to see that the dance has an eye catching beginning but the choreography stays very classy, complementing the music. I am always amazed to see such perfection because it means they have practiced hard to achieve perfect unison and mirror image quality.

As soon as I heard the intro and beat to this song I loved it. It reminded me of an old school beat and more like the beats we hear coming from production studios in the States. The song works off this old school slower love song vibe with toned down vocals.

It is difficult to say it has an old school sound, as I am not that old, but the sound is different than what we hear nowadays and more like that I heard growing up. I was surprised that the title was “Help Me” instead of “I need your love” which is heard repeatedly in the chorus sets. What I remember the most were Min’s great love song styled vocals which complement her vocal style. As I am only getting to listen to the song a few times I can only remember what stuck out in my mind but aside from Min all the members had great vocal sets. The song itself has a relatively slow melody and falls into that slow love song mood.

“Mr. Johnny” starts out with a funky electronic beat and Miss A singing “Hey Mr. Johnny hey Mr. Johnny. . .” The song has a club vibe to it with a constant base beat and electronic music features.

This is another upbeat song made for the club: it’s got beat, techno styled build ups and rapping (by Fei). Interestingly enough the title use of Johnny is very similar in sound to the Korean word for thrill/electrify (jjang), jjang ee da (to be thrilling/electrifying). This is actually a great word to describe the song itself all though there is no connection between the two. My feeling was that the song went more and more club like as the song went on with some voice shout-out feature (“eh, eh, eh….”).

This is an interesting remix of “Good-bye Baby” and is in a completely different style as it is much slower. The focus of the remix, which is great, seems to be the vocals. The vocals are slower and not at all drowned out by any beats as the electronic background music is very low and mellow. The two versions are both good in their own way but dependent on your own mood as to which you would want to listen to.