[Single] miss A; Bad But Good

I wasn’t really interested when I first heard about miss A, but when I heard their first single, it was quite a powerful track. While I’m not a die hard fan, I have certainly been following their releases and hope for some more strong tracks in the future. Bad But Good is the debut single by JYP girl group miss A.

Released: July 7, 2010
1. Bad Girl Good Girl
2. Just Fall Across (딱 마주쳐)
3. Love Again (다시 사랑)
4. Break It

miss A’s debut starts with the ever popular and powerful Bad Girl Good Girl. This dance/pop tune have a simpler sounding arrangement, which helps maximize the strength of the vocals. It’s catchy and makes quite an impact. All of the girls are also on equal level regarding their singing skills and while it doesn’t give us any amazing adlibs, it also allows each girl to shine without one outshining the other. It’s a strong opener and one of the strongest songs from 2010. Just Fall Across is an awkward upbeat tune. It seems to mix pop with a slight trot style to it, which isn’t heard very often in Kpop. With that said, the song really annoys me. I’m not a fan of the chorus and everything just feels a bit too messy for me. I did enjoy the verses though as there was more attitude there and I could hear the vocals better. Love Again provides another upbeat pop tune, but with a much stronger focus. While I personally prefer the Chinese version because it flowed better, this one is also good. It’s more of a filler, but the light chorus works well with the arrangement and Fei does a great job pulling off the vocals. While Break It certainly has the attitude found in Bad Girl Good Girl, I just did not like this song at all. It’s too slow, too autotuned and just doesn’t go anywhere. It’s not really exciting and it seems to just live off of the whole “Break It” background vocals. Everything was pretty weak, except for Jia’s rap. That was sweet.

Overall: This wasn’t a bad single, but it wasn’t that great either. I found it was quite strong with two songs, but the other two were weak and dull. Bad Girl Good Girl gave the girls a strong image, but Just Fall Across was annoying with no focus. Love Again was a catchy pop tune, but Break it was too slow and depended too much on a repetitive phrase to really have any impact, which it still didn’t.

B-