Prepare yourself to bid farewell to Wanna One.
This boyband will officially disband on Monday, December 31st 2018. Wanna One
1,5 year contract will end with agency Swings
Entertainment after starting their career from survival show Produce 101 Season 2.
Wanna
One disbandment will leave a huge hole. In short time span, the boys have
created successful achievements. Wanna One manages to sell high number of
physical album copies, receive various awards, gain public recognition through
advertisements, and conduct world tour. It is a pity they have to disband at
the top of their career, but their legacy will be remembered.
Throughout
their career, Wanna One has released six singles with different album. Each
single showcases diverse side of Wanna One. I enjoy most of their singles and
decide to make post from it as tribute and farewell gift. On today’s post, I
will rank Wanna One worst to best singles on their career.
Are you
curious to see my choice? Is it similar with your pick? Check out my rank of
Wanna One best to worst singles below.............
6. Boomerang
Boomerang is Wanna One most experimental single. It mixes hip-hop beat
with electronic dance music breakdown. This song also relies on sing-talk verse
and catchy hook part during refrain (Wing
Wing Wing Wing will stuck on your head).
I
appreciate Wanna One’s will to experiment, but it unfortunately does have good
result. Boomerang beat and flow
sounds cliche. It fails to display the boys’ vocal and rap ability, which is
frustrating to hear.
5. Spring Breeze
Wanna
One shows their melancholic side through last single, Spring Breeze. This song has slower tempo compare to Wanna One’s
other singles. Synthesizer sound and electric guitar riff dominates this song.
The addition of clock ticking sound emphasizes Spring Breeze’s melancholic vibe, which fits Wanna One farewell
theme.
Music
is the strongest part of Spring Breeze.
Other elements fall flat from song flow to vocal arrangement. The song also does
not have satisfying build up; making Spring
Breeze slowly becomes boring.
4. Burn It Up
Burn It Up is the typical K-Pop banger. It has electronic dance music
breakdown during refrain, exchanging singing and rapping part for verses, and
ending chant. The arrangement may sounds formulaic, however Wanna One manages
to make Burn It Up works. The boys
have enough confidence to pull solid vocal and strong rap parts.
3. Light
Light
does not grab your attention since the first listen. This song is a grower, in
which you will appreciate it after stripping down its production. Light combines unique synthesizer sound
with distinct vocal from Wanna One members. The verses has exciting build up
then the refrain smashes it with soaring vocal. Light refrain unfortunately becomes double-edged sword to the song
flow. Their decision to keep hook part rather than play out more with vocal
makes the song sounds repetitive and never-ending.
2. Beautiful
Beautiful is another melancholic song from Wanna One. If Spring Breeze gives more dreamy vibe, Beautiful tackles dramatic side. This
song combines strong beat with slow piano melody and easy-to-remember hook.
Each part has a build up that pays off on the next verse, refrain, and bridge.
This makes Beautiful shines among
other Wanna One singles.
1. Energetic
Wanna
One best single is their debut track, Energetic.
It has slick production that combines different type of instrumentals,
including simple piano melody, layered synthesizer, and disco beat. All of
these elements appear one by one then wrap into pop arrangement, which makes Energetic flows cohesively. This adds
with high-energy vocal that gives more punch during refrain part. Energetic is not only Wanna One best
song, but also one of the best K-Pop group debut songs.
Wanna
One title track discography is quite interesting. The boys starts out with a
bang, but find difficulties to maintain consistency on their next releases.
Some songs are hit or miss although all of them are enjoyable. This is quite
regretful though since Wanna One has much more potential as a group.
There
are many “what if” scenarios if I talk about Wanna One career. But rather than
discussing that, it is better to give them appreciation and remember their
legacy on K-Pop. It is kind of funny how I grow attachment towards them at the
end of their career since I do not care about them in the beginning hahaha. I
know most things about Wanna One though since my close friend and family member
love them. I also glad to have a chance meeting them due to work related thing
early this year. They are such a fun boys and not afraid to let loose,
something that is quite rare when you attend Korean celebrities press
conference.
I am
going to miss Wanna One as a group. I wish each member find own success and
happiness after disbandment. Farewell and thank you, Wanna One!
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