Following TWICE and Seventeen, Red Velvet also conducted another comeback in 2017. Red Velvet
released their newest album called Perfect
Velvet with Peek-A-Boo as title
track on Friday, November 17th 2017.
This is the third comeback for Red Velvet in 2017. The girls are
currently enjoying consecutive success after releasing Rookie and Red Flavor. Because
of this, people anticipation for Peek-A-Boo
rose.
With Peek-A-Boo, will
Red Velvet manage to create another hit and
fulfill public expectation? Find the answer through my review below……………………….
Red Velvet took on tropical house genre with Peek-A-Boo. This was quite unexpected since the joyful tone of that
genre usually appeared during s
Red Velvet combined between tropical house genre and their
signature music style. Peek-A-Boo verses
represented Red Velvet characteristic through the usage of loud percussion and
bass sound. This successfully built the song dynamic, which was why verses
became the strongest part of Peek-A-Boo.
Unfortunately, Peek-A-Boo
chorus part did not follow through. It fell flat due to the domination of one
repetitive phrase and tropical house beat. They should put after chorus as the
main base because it has more interesting melody and vocal. Speaking of vocal,
I felt Wendy and Seulgi’s capability did not maximize in
Peek-A-Boo. There were barely
challenging part for them.
As for its lyrics, Peek-A-Boo
talked about playing game of love. The music video managed to represent
while twist it in creepy way at the same time. Red Velvet acted as group of
mysterious girls who lived under same house. They often ordered pizza and
invited the deliveryman to stay in their house. The deliveryman happily
accepted their offer. But, little he knew that the girls actually prepared
something crazy for him.
The creepy storyline of Peek-A-Boo
kind of reminded me with Russian Roulette music video. However, it has darker tone in terms of color and
setting. Red as well as brown color dominated the architecture of Red Velvet
classy house. Moreover, the mysterious aspect also emphasized with fast editing
and unique cinematography.
Red Velvet themselves managed to capture people attention with
their presence in Peek-A-Boo music
video. Each girl has great styling and looked gorgeous on her own way. At the
same time, the styling seemed coordinate with overall music video theme. Look
at how red became the main color of Red Velvet dresses and its shades showcased
through their makeup.
Peek-A-Boo proved how Red Velvet became more comfortable with their color.
It has a mix of quirkiness and catchiness in terms of music and music video.
This would easily make Peek-A-Boo got
good reception in public. However, Red Velvet should not easily become
satisfied. The girls still have many potential that did not showcased fully in
this single. Way to go, Red Velvet!
Rating: 3.5/5
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