헷갈리게 Between Us - by IATFB at Asian Junkie

Well written review.

번역이 예술이네요.

Complimentary yet objective review! Between Us is a really good song though, almost criminal how little promotion it is getting!

리뷰 좋으네요. 갠적으로 캔스탑 이후 한국 앨범 타이틀곡은 제 취향이 아니었는데 이번 헷갈리게는 들으면 들을수록 용화 목소리에 빠져 들어요. 평이한듯 보이나 결코 느슨하지 않고 보컬의 기교와 힘이 느껴진달까. 암튼 실력으로 인정 받는 정용화 정말 대단해요

비슷한 연차의 다른 그룹들이 그렇듯 씨엔블루의 상업적 절정은 지났을 수도 있지만, '헷갈리게'는 한동안 내놓은 근작들 가운데 최고의 타이틀곡이다
이부분 좋네요. 더 날아오르길 '헷갈리게'

This is more of a critic than a review i guess. well in my opinion song writing has always a personal signature of the composer so in this case what was critizised to be a buzzkill itself is yh's signature. From the previous composition what i have noticed; the songs gives us a comfortable space in the rythm thats builds up the hype even at the very end of the song.

For the example "in my head" where in the end he just pauses n very skillfully inserts some little 'thank yous' just for the fun of it
and very evidently rewardes with louder screams the reaction awaited. So i think thats yong's own personal way of composing which is by the way one of the thing that i love about his songs "the unexepected surprise break in the rythm yet a very confortable change as it emerges perfectly well with song". The best example here would be "can't stop".

As for the "past commercial peak" point, I wouldn't just give up hope just yet since yong is a very hard working talented young
man, he will most certainly pull through this. And a well defined carreer is achieved when to learn to stay humble during your success and to stay strong during hardships. My wish for him is that he continues to do what he wants to do even if at times the world
seems to work against him. To quote his own words "this shall pass too" , so we will stay 'young forever'.

That said this is my very humble and a very subjective opinion.

Thank you very much for all the efforts put in in translating the review.

Somehow I agree, as Between us is one of my favorite Yonghwa's title track, equally liked as I'm sorry. But I think an album is not only made by the title track, so I would say all the last albums were solid, totally enjoyable to listen to and with different styles and feeling, which is only complimentary and a proven of their musical talent and writing skills.
For this album, I like all songs written by Yonghwa, and I'm glad they included Royal Rumble as it was on of my favorite from their last year Euphoria album and more of that, it was totally awesome so heard it life, as Yonghwa put a lot of emotions in singing it...
I hope they will achieve recognition in Korea as well, as it seems they are doing quite well in international charts!
Good luck with the promotions!

A very objective review and it's remarkable the reviewer calls out on the pulling back of instrumental in the middle. Cnblue never goes all-out with rock and for a band perfectly capable of doing so esp with YH having a genuinely rock voice, it could seem frustrating. For years on Cnblue have been trying to find that fine balance between band music and pop music, but other than with Can't Stop, they couldn't get there as evident by the sales numbers, both physical and digital. Before Can't Stop, they were in their commercial peak - with YH being everywhere in the kpop scene, and anything they released sold like hot cake. But that type of success cannot be sustained. What makes a band sustainable in the long run is building a strong and loyal fan base plus building up their own colour. But Cnblue has a long way to go in both aspects. They are talented enough. I hope they'd be daring enough too to challenge themselves and carve out their niche instead of catering to their money hungry management. The best song of this album is Royal Rumble. But I don't see it being promoted. It brings back painful memories of how Cold Love, arguably YH's best composition to date, was put in the back burner in favour of more public friendly Can't Stop. Cnblue has so much to offer and has had so many opportunities but they are ruined by bad management, short term goals and fandom issues.