HENG:GARAE review

04 Mar, 2024

HENG:GARAE (2020)

The twelfth part of my SVT discography review!

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

🍐 Fearless
Is this the one where they make Jeonghan trust fall onto them gsjigjdkfjiogh…you guys wanna kill him. Speaking of jeonghan was that his battle cry? Oh wow this chorus sucks lol…oh no…it was going well up until that point oh nooo…you make me a you make me a believer….WOOZI TURN OFF THE RADIO. I paused this song when my boyfriend walked over during the chorus cuz it would be embarrassing if he heard it through my headphones. It’s a shame too cuz DO YOU HEAR THAT BRIDGE? OKAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY LIKE…just wish it wasn’t attached to that chorus…I almost feel bad giving it pear cuz the stuff around the chorus is good but I cant eat around the chorus…

🍓 My My
I mean it pissed me off when they were happy guy lookin asses on that blimp. And I still think about that blimp when I hear this. But wasn’t the mv also about them making like kombucha or something and having a kombucha business and they were maybe like transporting supplies on that blimp or something? I mean I wouldn’t drink anything hoshi was involved with making but that’s just me. That synth farting in the background, we love a consistent queen! I mean I don’t hate it. I like the clap-along bridge lol that was fun. I was gonna say fuck that chorus but it’s not bad. This song is actually fine I just keep thinking of that blimp lol

🍇 Kidult
I mean this topic is always kinda…like…painful for me…and DK singing it is kinda too much for me…” We look alike, so” dino you can’t…do that…you DO look like yourself as a kid dfgijdifgjith….I mean the actual SOUND of this track is a bit cheesy but I think it’s deserved considering the subject material and I appreciate that they lean into it. I actually LIKED the millennial whoops on the bridge lol like stop…it’s just cuz the fucking topic…and parasocialisms…woozi come home…….

🍇 I wish
I love when they get in their boyz ii men bag…” I wish we could get sick every hour together” is that the correct translation cuz omg jeonghan I didn’t know you felt that way…SAME!!! Omg seungkwan…HE’S SINGING TO ME. Hes singing to me im his boyfriend he’s singing to me omg you guys…. Idk there’s something about this sort of old school boy band music that makes me feel like yes they really are my boyfriends yayyyy they wrote me a song and theyre all singing to me yahoo!!! Simple pleasures of life they should do this more often especially in their 30s lol like we’re gonna get older anyways you might as well do what you’re good at! That little synth solo going into that wonchan coda was genuinely magical lol.

🍇 Together
Okayyyyy they were in their school food punishment bag and serving ‘svt family bond real’ lyrics why was I moved. Why was I moved. Why was I moved. Why was I moved. Omg woozi STOP WATCHING ANIME IT’S MAKING YOU WRITE REALLY GOOD SONGS!!!!!!!!! Why was I moved. I don’t wanna listen to this sorta thing and feel emotional but one cannot help their heart…putting kidult and this back to back was sick work. I’m gonna be all messed up trying to go to sleep tonight lol im gonna be crying about my youth dfgjdifhif My boyfriend interrupted me listening to this and I almost punched him in the face if im being real.

🍇 Left & Right
I don’t think this is their best title track but I do think this was their best era if that makes sense. Like in terms of styling and overall like…hit points/stats…they were at the peak of their abilities. Like before this they were unpolished and after this they begin the descent into HYBE and countless injuries like…im not gonna think about it and pretend it was just this good forever. Like the charm of it all…gose popping off…me during covid seeing this on kville entertainment every week…my dad was the original carat btw he liked seventeen before I did and it was cuz he loved this song and kept playing it on the tv and trying to show it to us lmfaoooo so you can blame him for the ensuing years of parasocial relationships and mental health crises. I shouldn’t have to care about you guys…but I do…and technically it’s all because of this song…