Joo – Heartmade

Release date: January 4, 2011
Label: JYP Entertainment

Tracklist

  1. 나쁜 남자 (Bad Guy)
  2. 물 한잔도 마실 수 없어 (I Can’t Drink A Glass Of Water)
  3. 영화도 안보니 (Do You Even Watch Movies) [feat. Chansung from 2PM]
  4. 마주치고 나서 (Starred At)
  5. 꿈만 같아 (I Can’t Believe)
  6. 나쁜 남자 (Bad Guy) – Instrumental

Going back to training because she felt she was lacking, singer JOO is back with a mini-album that is a nice mix between rnb and pop.

I guess the extra training did her good. JOO does have some very pleasing vocals. I find myself drawn to her voice. In the title track, 나쁜 남자 (Bad Guy), she manages to really capture me. I shed a few tears the first times I heard it. It still makes me a bit emotional as I hear it, you can hear real pain as she sings. The funny thing is that the style of the song is made for a singer with a much richer voice, someone with loads of vibrato — think Mariah Carey. Yet JOO manages to make the song completely hers, I imagine Mariah doing it and I guess I could be swept away by her strong voice. I listen to JOO and the clarity of her voice plus the effort she makes, I’m so sold.

Heartmade has a nice pace throughout the whole album. It starts off deep with 나쁜 남자 (Bad Guy), then it amps the pace up some notches with songs 2,3 and 4 to then goes back to a heartfelt ballad with 꿈만 같아 (I Can’t Believe). It’s like the perfect emotional circle.

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Preview on Xiami.com | Like it? Buy the album on YesAsia.com

 

Julyssa

Music is all I do: I work in music, I write about music, I listen to music.

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