BOOSEOKSOON discog review
the 22nd part of my svt discography review! this review includes all of the songs released by seventeen's gag unit, booseoksoon.
Ranking system:
🍇 - 10.0 BNM one of their most iconic slays
🍉 - fantastic song that made me feel something
🍓 - eating, a few flaws that are either easy to overlook or a bit charming
🍊 - good background music but i wouldn't seek it out
🍌 - it does nothing for me but isn't outright offensive
🍐 - does nothing for me and is offensive
🍈 - so bad that it almost wraps back around to good just bc i was laffing so much
JUST DO IT (2018)
🍓 Just Do It
I've always felt like BSS have a lot of potential that gets wasted on their concept, which is le silly goofballs. like i get that people WANT them to be silly guys and that's why they exist in the first place, but...idk, if i put dk seungkwan and hoshi together i would NOT be having them make meme songs. however, i'll save most of those grievances for their 'breakthrough', lol. it's clear this was meant as a joke song and for a joke song, it facking KNOCKS. like when will YOUR faves serve charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent like this? they won't, because they don't have it! the 'geochimeopshi' refrain sounds suspiciously like the hook of god of music, not seventeen plagiarizing their juniors!? is it just me omg no it sounds the exact same lol. woozi you NEEEED to get more writers in that room for the next album i'm so serious. anyways i do like BSS especially cuz even in the song you can tell they sorta are sick of each other already lol.
SECOND WIND (2023)
🍐 Fighting (ft. Lee Youngji)
I mean, it's catchy I guess...who would've thought this song would take off the way it did...? so bizarre. I mean good for them, I guess. but actually, fuck this song! like it's the ultimate copium for south koreans lol it seems...unhealthy...to have this be your anthem...then again i do not have the cultural context for this so maybe it IS good for coping? i just can't imagine. don't kill yourself we are booseoksoon! i dunno man i feel like making this your morning alarm is just asking for a psychotic break. i think if this was a seungkwan solo it'd maybe be miserable enough to work. conversely, if this was a dk solo it might genuinely cheer me up. but having them together is like, mega cognitive dissonance. and then HOSHI shouldn't be here at all, you do NOT get to tell me what to do with my life, omg.
🍈 LUNCH
I mean...I'm not sure what this is...it's kinda like...okay, you're gonna think I'm insane for saying this but just let me say it, it's like their...'bon appetit' by katy perry? less sexual, obviously, but it's still the same thing. like, let's cheer you up with food innuendo. the song is nothing special but it's less outwardly evil than fighting so i guess it's better? there's one part where it genuinely sounds like hoshi goes I WANT YOU NAKEDDDD and it really scared me omg.
🍓 7PM (ft. Peder Elias)
Don't ask me why the norwegian is here, idk either. this is the most straightforward song on the EP and kinda does the whole 'life sucks but we can keep going cuz we have each other' thing that fighting does, but not as a joke this time, so it's kinda nice. they all sound nice here too. kind of shocking when the norwegian shows up, but seungkwan seemed into him, so i'll let his presence slide this time. he gets a whole verse-chorus, though, so what the hell lol. he's not bad or anything its just like why is half the song him? seungkwan did you like him that much? omg... it's still probably the most pleasant song on here regardless.
THE REASONS OF MY SMILES (2024)
🍊 The Reasons of My Smiles
So they gave the gag unit a dramatic OST song...I mean, I guess that's kind of interesting, let's hear it. It's kinda fun that the chorus picks up the pace like that. Booseok are great singers. Hoshi is giving as much charisma as he can. It's not really world's most interesting song but y'know, it's pleasant I guess. The final post-chorus is nice. I hope booseok got their bag from this. Hoshi doesn't need more money than he already has.