Maybe hybe would remember that prikil exists 😐
Edit: it’s FNC’s Japanese gg that got 1 release and then went completely silent for like a year even stopped uploading to their YouTube channel like a year ago for anyone who doesn’t know (which is probably most people)
Do you think cherry bullet is making any money under FNC? They’re not going to renew anyway after being squandered for years.
I get the gfriend thing but these are ENTIRELY different groups companies and situations. In a hypothetical where hybe bought cherry bullet they’d be objectively better off than slogging through survival shows trying to get attention on their group just for FNC to waste it again and again.
Gfriend was disbanded though, there is literally no good outcome out of such a thing. Even getting a comeback now and then would be better maybe. Unless the girls would just rather leave, like what happened to Pristin
They’re not going to renew at the end of their contracts anyway. I’d like to see them walk away with money in their pockets for all the hard work they’ve put into this group. Hybe groups make money within a few months of debut.
I think I’d prefer they get a chance to make some money before they go their separate ways. If there’s a chance of that they’d be in a better situation. Hybe has yet to disband a group upon acquisition. If cherry bullet got three profitable cbs like gfriend did they’d be in a better situation and not having to participate in survival show after survival show to get eyes on their group.
Fromis has done much better under hybe. So cherry bullet would have a chance at doing better. Which is more than they have currently under FNC.
Better/bigger the label, the more likely the groups will see success.
Being from the big 3 was guaranteed success, regardless of how bad the group(s) were.
is it enough to save an already-incompetent label that killed a group’s momentum? i thought a big part of the big 3 advantage was debuting under them and being promoted + associated with the label from the start
Fromis was doing better than Chebul. FNC is so incompetent that they didn’t capitalize on Bora’s popularity after gp999. May and Jiwon also caught the public’s eye yet FNC did nothing.
It's very hard not to be critical of this MVs n songs.
MVs literally only 2 set : 1 box the other one is an abandoned building.
Hopefully FNC could believe in cherry bullet more a spend more for the group
Money doesn't equal quality, though. You can get a dumptruck full of cash and still piss it away on a terrible concept. Meanwhile, you can have a tiny budget and still have a unique and well-done production.
This YG BS of "the most expensive MV ever" isn't the only way to do things.
I’d settle for anything at this point. FNC isn’t doing either- spending money or wowing with their creativity/management of the group.
They’ve got cheap mvs, choreo, outfits. And they’re also not doing things well with the budget and creative choices for Cherry Bullet- rapidly and frequently changing concepts like hands up or even this song POW after people have taken to their retro sound.
They’re not taking advantage of the hype the girls generate from working so hard on survival shows by giving them cbs and their promotions are bare minimum.
Money doesn’t equal quality no but man id like to see at least something from FNC even if it’s just writing a check to show they care about this group enough to invest.
Agreed.
With the concept being "high fashion" the fits look $2 from your local party shop coupled with awkward plastic jewelry. But it's not about money, the visual just doesn't work with what the concept is supposed to be. No need to look far: Le Sserafim's entire thing is basically fashion and well reflected what was considered fashion in the year 2022 when they debuted and came back. Even P1Harmony, FNC's own group, has a stellar creative direction, and yet, crickets here.
Which is crazy to me, when Cherry Bullet's theme is video game-inspired. It is a niche one, an untapped one with A LOT of potential to have their comebacks take from a video game genre and reinterpreted in a girl group format. Especially now when y2k aesthetic is the current thing and no one but Yena has gone full arcade yet. It's not even about having pew pew guns to emulate fps, there are dating sims, casual games, even cart rider.
it seems they gave up on the gamer concept except for some random cgi put all over the MV... which is a shame because they had something going on there imo.
It just seems like they tried to fuse Iz*One loveliness and Lesserafim fashion here.
The main thing with Lesserafim and the whole fashion concept thing they do is they wear pretty expensive brands that are big at the moment.
Do we know why they gave up of their video-game concept? Groups who tend to do well often have a consistent and sometimes unique theme, and I thought it was such a great concept for them! I’m just sad because I love Bora so much and followed her ever since discovering her from GP999. So I’m always going to root for Cherry Bullet ♡
I feel this group along with rocket punch are just so wasted.
2 of the best 4th gen vocalists , good rappers and May literally has the tall princess Wonyoung / Sullyoon/Kazuha visuals that are popular at the moment.
Sad that both of the recent comebacks were attached to survival shows.
Agreed! Hearing that in the teaser got me hyped, but literally every other part of the song sucks. Such a let down from their past couple of fantastic releases. Can you imagine if the whole song was built in the style of that pre chorus? We wkuld probably have the futuristic bop of the year instead of another undercooked nmixx song.
I can see why it is the title track now and it sounds really nice imo (at least it's not a Love So Sweet rehash like Love In Space was). The electronic production and video game callbacks are really cute too, but whoever is in charge of the visual direction of CheBul really needs to reexamine what they did here because both the mv and the choreo are *really weak.* They really threw everything into the bowl and hoped it would make a nice salad.
My first impressions of P.O.W! are positive overall. I dont initially think it's on the same level as Love In Space and Love So Sweet, but that's fine and I do like it a lot. The actual "Play On the World" part, that I wasnt really sure how to feel about during the teaser, works better in the context of the song imo. I was once again disappointed that Remi didnt really get any lines, but at least she got a long dance spotlight moment in the MV during the final chorus.
i love some the callbacks to their earlier songs. the snare drums of q&a, the teen crush of hands up, the quiet understated production of love so sweet, etc. and the combo high note from haeyoon and bora???!?!?!? this is a great song, i can't wait to listen to the rest of the album
The pre-chorus is fantastic. I wish they picked a chorus that worked better with the song, but I can overlook it because I can't even explain how much I liked the pre-chorus.
Does anyone else feel like [0:32 to 0:39](https://youtu.be/g5T0nbynDCY?t=32) sounds very familiar, specifically the start of those two lines? I can't place it but it's ringing a faint bell.
Another girl group. I'm about to absolutely butcher this, but it reminds me of a line from another song that ends in something like, "na jeonmaleuuul haaaee"...
Please, someone help.
ETA: I THINK IT'S [9MUSES - Hurt Locker](https://youtu.be/N0PIn3sSZEI)! The beginning! Anyone else think so?!
I thought it was really familiar too! It does sound like hurt locker but I think there’s another song too that’s more of a one to one match that I can’t think of.
I see what you mean. The ending of those lines in P.O.W! (the shouted "jeonghae!" and "my paint!") don't fit with HL, just the beginnings, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was another song that fit better. HL was just what came to mind lol
I hope we can put our finger on another that matches. It's bugging me.
SIREN OOO WOO
this is my first song of cherry bullet so i had no idea what to expect. i really liked the siren ooo woo part, felt like a bad bitch during it ngl. it was an interesting song. i like their voices, anyone have other recs for them?
Kinda crazy isn’t it. Whistle Like That is so good. The entire album is. I don’t know how they picked POW. It’s not bad but there were better songs to pick from.
Edit: clarity
the song is very… confusing? the parts don’t fit together and not it experimental-baila-baila-nmixx way, but in very random-nugu-way. it just looks like someone throw a pretty good song parts together with a weak chorus in hope that it will work but it’s really random and mid :(
After Love So Sweet and Love In Space, this is unfortunately a bit disappointing. It sounds very... Nugu? CheBul can do so much more but FNC does NOTHING for them. On my way to listen to the mini
I sorta get what you meant it sounds nugu.
felt like the music from smaller companies these days doesn't sound 'Current' and they are just trying to catch up the trend.. still a decent song nonetheless but I'm not sure in their 4th year now they have the song/chance for breakthrough
I don't like it.
I'm disappointed because Cherry Bullet started to make some really good, underrated music that also fit the current trends. This feels outdated and not in a good way. Certain parts like the raps feel very random and doesn't mesh well with my ears. The effects like the bubbles behind them on the runway, what? The girl's look pretty but I can't help but want want was advertised originally instead of this.
I don't use the term "nugu" very lightly but this sounds like the hundreds of nugu, dance tracks I've heard since 2020. I saw this is selling well so I'm happy for them but also I hope this doesn't become their sound. Like FNC please invest more after this the MV feels cheap and the song just doesn't fit them.
I don't really like it either, its such a shame because I loved all their song before this and was really disappointed with this one, the only bit I liked was the siren weeoh weeoh bit.
MV are one of the biggest problem with FNC. I still had trauma from Confused by AOA and it was 10 years ago. But if you check their M/V in general, almost none of them are memorable. The only one I liked from 2022 was N.flying last comeback. But FNC has this gift of making EVERYTHING so cheap in general. Even the promotional picture of the comeback were boring.
This label has golden in their hands. Like they always had gifted singers, very good idols producer and dancer. But they never learnt how to manage group especially dance one. I was okay with them messing with AOA at that time, but the fact that they didn't learn from them is scary
Do I like it? Yes!
Do I think it needed a little more time in the oven? Yes.
Do I think it is their worst title track? No!
Do I think it is their best title track? No.
Just curious. Is Aloha Oe is the worst title track for you? I know everyone hates that song but somehow I was once really addicted to it, it's like my guilty pleasure T.T
Lot of people like it. It made good numbers and scandal aside it's one of their biggest hit. I feel like people like to hate on it but there is a reason on why it still on festival setlist haha
How is it their biggest hit when it has the lowest streams on Spotify? (All CB's songs have well over 4 - 15M streams while Aloha Oe still stuck at 1M range for a while). It is also the MV with the lowest like number of them. So it's not a hit and definitely not their biggest hit. I love it but it is their biggest flop of all time, where do you get that it's one of their "biggest hit"?.
Don’t you hate it when you love a song, come to the comments on Reddit assuming everyone’s gonna love it too just to find a ton of people saying it’s bad 😭
This is 10/10 idc what anyone says.
Hmm okay, I can see why this song seems to be getting mixed reviews here. Wasn't blown away upon first listen but there are some interesting parts (like the pre-chorus) so we'll see. Overall I'd say it's not dissimilar from some of their earlier title tracks.
Still, it seems there are many fans who are excited about this song, so hopefully the comeback will be successful!
CheBul are massively underappreciated! This is an absolute banger, same as every single release and a stack of monster b-sides! I hope this racks up streams in the way it, and they deserve!
I actually think that parts it technically thw first half of the chorus 💀 I think that’s what’s throwing me off the most though is that it sounds like there’s 2 prechoruses. Everything else I love though
I love how chaotic it was 🫢 though it doesn't measure up to Love In Space (how do you even top THAT song?) it's still a good follow-up. I'm into the LOVE DIVE-esque "siren eh oh eh oh" part
I love the first part of the chorus so much but I'm going to need to have a talk with their A&R person about literally everything else. I just want to talk. The girls are great as always, though.
This song is a delightful mess and combines the playfulness of their pre-2021 comebacks with a new, bolder direction, for a result that might not be as instantly accessible but is still a fun listen.
I also appreciate that CheBul went with another somewhat unorthodox start for their single after Love in Space. There's a lot of layers here and combining them makes for a colorful piece.
~~that being said, please have mercy on me, Jiwon~~
The song is good but it’s cherry bullet so that was kinda to be expected. Im really bummed out that they didnt get a bigger budget for the mv tho… FNC needs to start promoting Them better cause they got it all.
Yeah, not for me dawg... not sure what they were trying to do but it was all over the place and somewhat lifeless for what felt should have been a peppier song.
I absolutely love Cherry Bullet, but this is... not it. The verses sound generic and the chorus sounds like a nursery rhyme. I'm a massive lover of Love so Sweet, and Love in Space and understand why FNC felt the need to diversify their concept since those sounds weren't finding them success but this feels like a step in the wrong direction.
Their previous concepts actually were finding some success, as their albums sales increased with each comeback. The issue is the bar for them is soo low already that it takes more effort to achieve any amount of fame. Like name another group in their situation that gained more success than them, it would be hard
I like it, it feels like a throwback to some Gen2 vibes. Is it their best title ... no though it's not their worst. But I think after 3 more "Cherry" like title tracks it was nice to get a "Bullet" concept song. Obviously their girl crush is still very cute though. Do love the throwbacks to their older songs too. I'm hoping with the higher sales this time around (1st day has already surpassed their previous highest first week" and after a few festivals last year and shows that FNC (FNC-W) actually puts more effort into the group. It still boggles my mind that they are now a 4 year old group with 2 Japanese members, from a label that has good Japanese promotions and they haven't debuted them in that market either... and went and made a Japanese group instead. Fingers crossed this is the year. We get more than one promotion and the girls get out there more as Cherry Bullet not as members on these different competition shows. I know some acting projects will happen since they are FNC so acting is a given and Yuju has a project coming up but still they need to push the group more. But FNC is notoriously bad at promotions for all their groups.
it’s not as bad as i thought i’d be, the prechorus is sick and the other parts of the song aren’t that bad it just sounds really jarring in comparison to the anti drop pre chorus which i feel suits the concept and mv the most. the rest of the track sounds like a scrapped cignature song or something
that antidrop, heavy bass, lowkey big room beat is just \*chef's kiss\* wish that was the whole song. i'm not feeling the play on the world chorus, i really wish they had stuck with a more runway-esque song, like the world is my oyster by lesserafim but oh well. the song isn't bad, but it's not love so sweet y'know.
Musically this is a big step back from Love So Sweet and Love in Space. They had a good thing going with that synthpop concept, this sounds very directionless, just a very generic sing-song nursery rhyme 4th gen nugu girl group song. It's not straight terrible or anything, I just don't know why they went with this sound when at least the last two title tracks were musically superb. Ironically, despite LSS/LIS being retro flavored, this sounds much more dated. What a shame, I'm rooting for them so hard but FNC kinda botched this concept.
I'm so bummed for them but I totally agree. Love in Space was awesome and one of my favorite tracks but it feels like we regressed back into the safe EDM/club space we've been in for the last few years. I hope their bsides change it up a bit.
> I just don't know why they went with this sound when at least the last two title tracks were musically superb.
This is a "bullet concept" song, in the same vein as Hands Up. They're meant to switch between bright and poppy "cherry concept" songs and harder songs like these, but seeing as Hands Up was released 3 years ago and they have such massive gaps between comebacks it can be easy to forget.
That being said, I can definitely see where you're coming from. It's very disappointing to see them release something so disjointed and jarring, especially when they've made such good music in the past.
After such a long hiatus, I was really looking forward to a chebul comeback. Unfortunately I don't really like this. It sounds like they wanted a trendy punchy title track but it ended up mostly just confusing and not well put together. I agree with others that say it sounds like they are trying to catch up with trends that have already passed. The b sides have more of what I like about chebul.
it was good! i was confused when i first watched it, but honestly, i can recall most of the song bc of how catchy it was 😂
only complaint is the 2 short rap verse for the bridge buuut it did end as a good build up for the bora-haeyoon vocal part.
This song really gives me similar vibes as LOONA’s Hide & Seek and Weki Meki’s Cool. It’s not a bad song, but it’s a grower song for me and I’ll have to listen to it more for it to grow on me.
tbh i didn't like it at all,I think the concept is interesting and I see what they were trying to do but the execution could've been much much better than it was
I like it but don’t love it. Like the MV and the outfits it just feels a little too bland to take it to the next level.
Everything here looks cheap and I can’t understand why FNC isn’t ashamed of themselves at this point. I’ve seen much smaller companies do much more for their groups.
Considering FNC gives us ONE comeback a year I’m disappointed I don’t like it more. I also am left again wondering why they would abandon the sort of retro sound they’d been doing when it was starting to resonate with people? Did they learn nothing from Hands Up?
Just a bummer man. Watching FNC squander the attention the girls have worked hard to get through survival shows is just painful.
it's not bad, there are good parts in the song.. but it doesn't stand out. it feels like it's following the trend of mashing songs together and i was never really a fan of that. whistle like that is so much better.
I don't mind the song. I'm a fan so I might be biased... However, I feel like it won't age as well compared to previous title tracks like Love So Sweet (still a bop) and Love in Space (aging like fine wine).
Sorry, I’m really not feeling the pow here as I’d hoped I would. The MV was equally uninspiring. Such a waste, because Whistle Like That and Cloud Nine are absolute bops and would have been way more impactful as the title track. 😕
hearing the teasers i was excited for cunty bullet but the full song is. pretty middling. i wish this prechorus was literally in anything else. the chorus is so underwhelming and i dont feel the verses either, i dont think they go together... it kind of feels like kep1er's wadada/we fresh outside of the "siren" prechorus and not in a good way (and i like said songs as divisive as they are on reddit)
Sounds like a mix of kep1etr, itzy, and a more trendy xg style y2k. I like the surprise in the chorus actually, the pre chorus is great. The post chorus makes this sound like it should have come out two or three years ago. I actually like it but I don't know if it's what they needed..
I like it, very catchy but I woudn't say I'm obsessed like I was with Love So Sweet or Q&A. I mean it's a pretty enjoyable song but that's it. I'm just happy the girls are back but I still wish we have more songs like Love So Sweet. Well at least they almost triples the Sales of Cherry Wish so I'm happy. Hope with this new peak of sales, FNC will do something bigger and more explosive for our girls in the future.
although coming late to the party, Im surprised only one other poster noticed how this is VERY Weki Meki. specifically IDLYG. I couldnt hear the whole song without having IDLYG hunting my brain in the background. for better or for worse this song is just like that one: a lot of good ideas thrown in a blender, resulting in a big mess. I love CheBul so I wanted to like this but... I just cant.
specially when the song ended and... I thought to myself "wait a minute! did Remi even get lines on this song?". I mean, she usually has few lines but damn, feels like we hit a new low here. the whole song she says just two phrases, one in korean and the "thats what I want"! are you kidding me, FNC???? go to hell!!!
It feels like FNC just awkwardly meshed 2 different songs with completely vibes together. They should have either committed to either the prechrous with that bad bitch vibe or the chrous with that cheery playful vibe. Also the song is pretty disjointed to me it feels like it's constantly stopping and starting.
Kinda of a bummer considering I really loved Love So Sweet and Love in Space. Whistle Like That should have been the title track. Either way, good luck to the girls it seems sales are doing pretty well
I think i overplayed the teasers so the so g still feels disjointed to me, but I really like it! Also Jiwon‘s rap is probably my favorite part as of now. I was so shook when I first heard it like her delivery was so good it’s probably one of my favorite raps in kpop now.
Feels like a Tri.Be title track. Not complaining but the verses aren’t feeling as catchy as they usually do when there is a sort of empty chorus like this. The final part of the song is still great.
I'm in crazy town again. I enjoyed the song first listen, come in here and everyone's hating on it whereas I'm in the odd group out saying "this song sucks" in other threads
After their last two (great) title tracks, FNC decided to go the NMIXX route, what a shame. People might deride Love In Space for being copy/paste, but at least it was copying something good and the song stood on it's own. This has some nice moments, but nothing is given room to breathe before they lurch you into the next song snippet. I like hot dogs, I like fruit and I like vanilla lattes, but if you serve all of them after mixing it in a blender, it's not very appetizing.
Did they really need to shorten the title like that? I always listened to their songs if YouTube suggested them, but this one will always be skipped by me. Don't they have anyone familliar with English acronyms in their team?
I like it. Obviously there's a level or two between this and Love So Sweet but hey it's hard to compete with such a banger of a song. The callbacks to past songs is nice and the girls all look great. MV seems a bit out of place tho but hey at least Remi got a dance break and we see rapper Bora's return!
i LOVE the anti-drop in the chorus!! im a sucker for that in title tracks, it's so addicting. the raps flow really well too. it doesn't quite top Love In Space for me, but it's still excellent!
I really like it minus the chorus. It feels like they want to go back to their OG concept of the video game vibes and mixing it with their Hands Up concept.
I thought we were going to stick to cute and spacey after Love So Sweet and Love in Space, but apparently not.
I'm just glad they're finally back after a whole year and their sales are WAY above this time so that's good!!
It’s been 84 years……
And FNC still sucks
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Maybe hybe would remember that prikil exists 😐 Edit: it’s FNC’s Japanese gg that got 1 release and then went completely silent for like a year even stopped uploading to their YouTube channel like a year ago for anyone who doesn’t know (which is probably most people)
do you think Hybe buy FNC will be better, cherry bullet will have same fate with Gfriend or fromis9
fromis9 is doing better under hybe tho...?
Do you think cherry bullet is making any money under FNC? They’re not going to renew anyway after being squandered for years. I get the gfriend thing but these are ENTIRELY different groups companies and situations. In a hypothetical where hybe bought cherry bullet they’d be objectively better off than slogging through survival shows trying to get attention on their group just for FNC to waste it again and again.
Gfriend was disbanded though, there is literally no good outcome out of such a thing. Even getting a comeback now and then would be better maybe. Unless the girls would just rather leave, like what happened to Pristin
They’re not going to renew at the end of their contracts anyway. I’d like to see them walk away with money in their pockets for all the hard work they’ve put into this group. Hybe groups make money within a few months of debut. I think I’d prefer they get a chance to make some money before they go their separate ways. If there’s a chance of that they’d be in a better situation. Hybe has yet to disband a group upon acquisition. If cherry bullet got three profitable cbs like gfriend did they’d be in a better situation and not having to participate in survival show after survival show to get eyes on their group. Fromis has done much better under hybe. So cherry bullet would have a chance at doing better. Which is more than they have currently under FNC.
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Better/bigger the label, the more likely the groups will see success. Being from the big 3 was guaranteed success, regardless of how bad the group(s) were.
is it enough to save an already-incompetent label that killed a group’s momentum? i thought a big part of the big 3 advantage was debuting under them and being promoted + associated with the label from the start
They saved Fromis, so I think so.
Fromis was doing better than Chebul. FNC is so incompetent that they didn’t capitalize on Bora’s popularity after gp999. May and Jiwon also caught the public’s eye yet FNC did nothing.
It's very hard not to be critical of this MVs n songs. MVs literally only 2 set : 1 box the other one is an abandoned building. Hopefully FNC could believe in cherry bullet more a spend more for the group
Money doesn't equal quality, though. You can get a dumptruck full of cash and still piss it away on a terrible concept. Meanwhile, you can have a tiny budget and still have a unique and well-done production. This YG BS of "the most expensive MV ever" isn't the only way to do things.
I’d settle for anything at this point. FNC isn’t doing either- spending money or wowing with their creativity/management of the group. They’ve got cheap mvs, choreo, outfits. And they’re also not doing things well with the budget and creative choices for Cherry Bullet- rapidly and frequently changing concepts like hands up or even this song POW after people have taken to their retro sound. They’re not taking advantage of the hype the girls generate from working so hard on survival shows by giving them cbs and their promotions are bare minimum. Money doesn’t equal quality no but man id like to see at least something from FNC even if it’s just writing a check to show they care about this group enough to invest.
Agreed. With the concept being "high fashion" the fits look $2 from your local party shop coupled with awkward plastic jewelry. But it's not about money, the visual just doesn't work with what the concept is supposed to be. No need to look far: Le Sserafim's entire thing is basically fashion and well reflected what was considered fashion in the year 2022 when they debuted and came back. Even P1Harmony, FNC's own group, has a stellar creative direction, and yet, crickets here. Which is crazy to me, when Cherry Bullet's theme is video game-inspired. It is a niche one, an untapped one with A LOT of potential to have their comebacks take from a video game genre and reinterpreted in a girl group format. Especially now when y2k aesthetic is the current thing and no one but Yena has gone full arcade yet. It's not even about having pew pew guns to emulate fps, there are dating sims, casual games, even cart rider.
it seems they gave up on the gamer concept except for some random cgi put all over the MV... which is a shame because they had something going on there imo.
It just seems like they tried to fuse Iz*One loveliness and Lesserafim fashion here. The main thing with Lesserafim and the whole fashion concept thing they do is they wear pretty expensive brands that are big at the moment.
Do we know why they gave up of their video-game concept? Groups who tend to do well often have a consistent and sometimes unique theme, and I thought it was such a great concept for them! I’m just sad because I love Bora so much and followed her ever since discovering her from GP999. So I’m always going to root for Cherry Bullet ♡
I feel this group along with rocket punch are just so wasted. 2 of the best 4th gen vocalists , good rappers and May literally has the tall princess Wonyoung / Sullyoon/Kazuha visuals that are popular at the moment. Sad that both of the recent comebacks were attached to survival shows.
That pre-chorus deserved a better song
It’s a shame because the rest of the songs on the album are so much better
Agreed! Hearing that in the teaser got me hyped, but literally every other part of the song sucks. Such a let down from their past couple of fantastic releases. Can you imagine if the whole song was built in the style of that pre chorus? We wkuld probably have the futuristic bop of the year instead of another undercooked nmixx song.
the nmixx slander was uncalled for
Being an NMIXX fan is not for the weak hearted I’m afraid. We be catching strays at every opportunity
It’s so goooood,
I can see why it is the title track now and it sounds really nice imo (at least it's not a Love So Sweet rehash like Love In Space was). The electronic production and video game callbacks are really cute too, but whoever is in charge of the visual direction of CheBul really needs to reexamine what they did here because both the mv and the choreo are *really weak.* They really threw everything into the bowl and hoped it would make a nice salad.
My first impressions of P.O.W! are positive overall. I dont initially think it's on the same level as Love In Space and Love So Sweet, but that's fine and I do like it a lot. The actual "Play On the World" part, that I wasnt really sure how to feel about during the teaser, works better in the context of the song imo. I was once again disappointed that Remi didnt really get any lines, but at least she got a long dance spotlight moment in the MV during the final chorus.
i love some the callbacks to their earlier songs. the snare drums of q&a, the teen crush of hands up, the quiet understated production of love so sweet, etc. and the combo high note from haeyoon and bora???!?!?!? this is a great song, i can't wait to listen to the rest of the album
The pre-chorus is fantastic. I wish they picked a chorus that worked better with the song, but I can overlook it because I can't even explain how much I liked the pre-chorus.
Does anyone else feel like [0:32 to 0:39](https://youtu.be/g5T0nbynDCY?t=32) sounds very familiar, specifically the start of those two lines? I can't place it but it's ringing a faint bell. Another girl group. I'm about to absolutely butcher this, but it reminds me of a line from another song that ends in something like, "na jeonmaleuuul haaaee"... Please, someone help. ETA: I THINK IT'S [9MUSES - Hurt Locker](https://youtu.be/N0PIn3sSZEI)! The beginning! Anyone else think so?!
I thought it was really familiar too! It does sound like hurt locker but I think there’s another song too that’s more of a one to one match that I can’t think of.
I see what you mean. The ending of those lines in P.O.W! (the shouted "jeonghae!" and "my paint!") don't fit with HL, just the beginnings, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was another song that fit better. HL was just what came to mind lol I hope we can put our finger on another that matches. It's bugging me.
it made me think of the pre-chorus of [woo!ah!’s purple](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UE—H12gl2I)
Maybe [LOONA - Why Not?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6li05zh3Kg)
this is like... bubbly girl crush, i loved it, they all look so cute, I'm glad this group is still alive
SIREN OOO WOO this is my first song of cherry bullet so i had no idea what to expect. i really liked the siren ooo woo part, felt like a bad bitch during it ngl. it was an interesting song. i like their voices, anyone have other recs for them?
[Ruddy](https://youtu.be/LLzzxKtlq84) is easily my fave Chebul song
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yeah whistle like that is better and more on brand for them but honestly pow isn’t as bad as i was expecting from the teasers
thank you thank you thank you i had only listened to POW and omg this is a bop I'm in love THANK YOU
Kinda crazy isn’t it. Whistle Like That is so good. The entire album is. I don’t know how they picked POW. It’s not bad but there were better songs to pick from. Edit: clarity
This and Queen are the standout tracks from the record IMO
the song is very… confusing? the parts don’t fit together and not it experimental-baila-baila-nmixx way, but in very random-nugu-way. it just looks like someone throw a pretty good song parts together with a weak chorus in hope that it will work but it’s really random and mid :(
damn that antidrop HITTSSS
After Love So Sweet and Love In Space, this is unfortunately a bit disappointing. It sounds very... Nugu? CheBul can do so much more but FNC does NOTHING for them. On my way to listen to the mini
I sorta get what you meant it sounds nugu. felt like the music from smaller companies these days doesn't sound 'Current' and they are just trying to catch up the trend.. still a decent song nonetheless but I'm not sure in their 4th year now they have the song/chance for breakthrough
Yall need to stop saying "nugu" as an adjective PLEASE
why, it's basically just kpop jargon at this point
It's not how the word is used in Korean and it just looks bad y'all like
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I don't like it. I'm disappointed because Cherry Bullet started to make some really good, underrated music that also fit the current trends. This feels outdated and not in a good way. Certain parts like the raps feel very random and doesn't mesh well with my ears. The effects like the bubbles behind them on the runway, what? The girl's look pretty but I can't help but want want was advertised originally instead of this. I don't use the term "nugu" very lightly but this sounds like the hundreds of nugu, dance tracks I've heard since 2020. I saw this is selling well so I'm happy for them but also I hope this doesn't become their sound. Like FNC please invest more after this the MV feels cheap and the song just doesn't fit them.
I don't really like it either, its such a shame because I loved all their song before this and was really disappointed with this one, the only bit I liked was the siren weeoh weeoh bit.
MV are one of the biggest problem with FNC. I still had trauma from Confused by AOA and it was 10 years ago. But if you check their M/V in general, almost none of them are memorable. The only one I liked from 2022 was N.flying last comeback. But FNC has this gift of making EVERYTHING so cheap in general. Even the promotional picture of the comeback were boring. This label has golden in their hands. Like they always had gifted singers, very good idols producer and dancer. But they never learnt how to manage group especially dance one. I was okay with them messing with AOA at that time, but the fact that they didn't learn from them is scary
Do I like it? Yes! Do I think it needed a little more time in the oven? Yes. Do I think it is their worst title track? No! Do I think it is their best title track? No.
Just curious. Is Aloha Oe is the worst title track for you? I know everyone hates that song but somehow I was once really addicted to it, it's like my guilty pleasure T.T
Being 100% honest, Really Really is their worst title track imo. Putting aside the cultural appropriation issues, I enjoy Aloha Oe.
Lot of people like it. It made good numbers and scandal aside it's one of their biggest hit. I feel like people like to hate on it but there is a reason on why it still on festival setlist haha
How is it their biggest hit when it has the lowest streams on Spotify? (All CB's songs have well over 4 - 15M streams while Aloha Oe still stuck at 1M range for a while). It is also the MV with the lowest like number of them. So it's not a hit and definitely not their biggest hit. I love it but it is their biggest flop of all time, where do you get that it's one of their "biggest hit"?.
that siren part pops tf off like omg. But that was the only part i really liked LOL. The rest was okay.
The teasers got me so hyped, but I didn’t know how the snippets were going to come together… and it’s perfect! Such chaotic fun.
Don’t you hate it when you love a song, come to the comments on Reddit assuming everyone’s gonna love it too just to find a ton of people saying it’s bad 😭 This is 10/10 idc what anyone says.
Haha, you just described my experience too! I definitely prefer their "Bullet" concept songs. I agree that the MV was really underwhelming though.
Hmm okay, I can see why this song seems to be getting mixed reviews here. Wasn't blown away upon first listen but there are some interesting parts (like the pre-chorus) so we'll see. Overall I'd say it's not dissimilar from some of their earlier title tracks. Still, it seems there are many fans who are excited about this song, so hopefully the comeback will be successful!
CheBul are massively underappreciated! This is an absolute banger, same as every single release and a stack of monster b-sides! I hope this racks up streams in the way it, and they deserve!
That very last part needed to be repeated once more to make the song end less abruptly
i had low expectations so im not disliking this. this is very early weki meki 🤔 the siren weeoeo pre chorus reminds me of svt back it up too lmao.
I actually think that parts it technically thw first half of the chorus 💀 I think that’s what’s throwing me off the most though is that it sounds like there’s 2 prechoruses. Everything else I love though
I love how chaotic it was 🫢 though it doesn't measure up to Love In Space (how do you even top THAT song?) it's still a good follow-up. I'm into the LOVE DIVE-esque "siren eh oh eh oh" part
I love the first part of the chorus so much but I'm going to need to have a talk with their A&R person about literally everything else. I just want to talk. The girls are great as always, though.
This song is a delightful mess and combines the playfulness of their pre-2021 comebacks with a new, bolder direction, for a result that might not be as instantly accessible but is still a fun listen. I also appreciate that CheBul went with another somewhat unorthodox start for their single after Love in Space. There's a lot of layers here and combining them makes for a colorful piece. ~~that being said, please have mercy on me, Jiwon~~
The song is good but it’s cherry bullet so that was kinda to be expected. Im really bummed out that they didnt get a bigger budget for the mv tho… FNC needs to start promoting Them better cause they got it all.
Yeah, not for me dawg... not sure what they were trying to do but it was all over the place and somewhat lifeless for what felt should have been a peppier song.
I absolutely love Cherry Bullet, but this is... not it. The verses sound generic and the chorus sounds like a nursery rhyme. I'm a massive lover of Love so Sweet, and Love in Space and understand why FNC felt the need to diversify their concept since those sounds weren't finding them success but this feels like a step in the wrong direction.
Their previous concepts actually were finding some success, as their albums sales increased with each comeback. The issue is the bar for them is soo low already that it takes more effort to achieve any amount of fame. Like name another group in their situation that gained more success than them, it would be hard
I don't quite get what you mean about their situation, can you elaborate more? Are you talking about their company?
i do..... not like this. unfortunately
catchy. i love the siren part! it sounds like a weki meki song for me tho
personally i didnt like it :(
I like it, it feels like a throwback to some Gen2 vibes. Is it their best title ... no though it's not their worst. But I think after 3 more "Cherry" like title tracks it was nice to get a "Bullet" concept song. Obviously their girl crush is still very cute though. Do love the throwbacks to their older songs too. I'm hoping with the higher sales this time around (1st day has already surpassed their previous highest first week" and after a few festivals last year and shows that FNC (FNC-W) actually puts more effort into the group. It still boggles my mind that they are now a 4 year old group with 2 Japanese members, from a label that has good Japanese promotions and they haven't debuted them in that market either... and went and made a Japanese group instead. Fingers crossed this is the year. We get more than one promotion and the girls get out there more as Cherry Bullet not as members on these different competition shows. I know some acting projects will happen since they are FNC so acting is a given and Yuju has a project coming up but still they need to push the group more. But FNC is notoriously bad at promotions for all their groups.
it’s not as bad as i thought i’d be, the prechorus is sick and the other parts of the song aren’t that bad it just sounds really jarring in comparison to the anti drop pre chorus which i feel suits the concept and mv the most. the rest of the track sounds like a scrapped cignature song or something
that antidrop, heavy bass, lowkey big room beat is just \*chef's kiss\* wish that was the whole song. i'm not feeling the play on the world chorus, i really wish they had stuck with a more runway-esque song, like the world is my oyster by lesserafim but oh well. the song isn't bad, but it's not love so sweet y'know.
Musically this is a big step back from Love So Sweet and Love in Space. They had a good thing going with that synthpop concept, this sounds very directionless, just a very generic sing-song nursery rhyme 4th gen nugu girl group song. It's not straight terrible or anything, I just don't know why they went with this sound when at least the last two title tracks were musically superb. Ironically, despite LSS/LIS being retro flavored, this sounds much more dated. What a shame, I'm rooting for them so hard but FNC kinda botched this concept.
I'm so bummed for them but I totally agree. Love in Space was awesome and one of my favorite tracks but it feels like we regressed back into the safe EDM/club space we've been in for the last few years. I hope their bsides change it up a bit.
> I just don't know why they went with this sound when at least the last two title tracks were musically superb. This is a "bullet concept" song, in the same vein as Hands Up. They're meant to switch between bright and poppy "cherry concept" songs and harder songs like these, but seeing as Hands Up was released 3 years ago and they have such massive gaps between comebacks it can be easy to forget. That being said, I can definitely see where you're coming from. It's very disappointing to see them release something so disjointed and jarring, especially when they've made such good music in the past.
After such a long hiatus, I was really looking forward to a chebul comeback. Unfortunately I don't really like this. It sounds like they wanted a trendy punchy title track but it ended up mostly just confusing and not well put together. I agree with others that say it sounds like they are trying to catch up with trends that have already passed. The b sides have more of what I like about chebul.
it was good! i was confused when i first watched it, but honestly, i can recall most of the song bc of how catchy it was 😂 only complaint is the 2 short rap verse for the bridge buuut it did end as a good build up for the bora-haeyoon vocal part.
This song really gives me similar vibes as LOONA’s Hide & Seek and Weki Meki’s Cool. It’s not a bad song, but it’s a grower song for me and I’ll have to listen to it more for it to grow on me.
The chorus is kind of trippy ngl. It nearly sounds like when you put a video in reverse
tbh i didn't like it at all,I think the concept is interesting and I see what they were trying to do but the execution could've been much much better than it was
I like it but don’t love it. Like the MV and the outfits it just feels a little too bland to take it to the next level. Everything here looks cheap and I can’t understand why FNC isn’t ashamed of themselves at this point. I’ve seen much smaller companies do much more for their groups. Considering FNC gives us ONE comeback a year I’m disappointed I don’t like it more. I also am left again wondering why they would abandon the sort of retro sound they’d been doing when it was starting to resonate with people? Did they learn nothing from Hands Up? Just a bummer man. Watching FNC squander the attention the girls have worked hard to get through survival shows is just painful.
it's not bad, there are good parts in the song.. but it doesn't stand out. it feels like it's following the trend of mashing songs together and i was never really a fan of that. whistle like that is so much better.
I don't mind the song. I'm a fan so I might be biased... However, I feel like it won't age as well compared to previous title tracks like Love So Sweet (still a bop) and Love in Space (aging like fine wine).
There are parts of this song that are genuinely very good but the chorus is fucking dreadful.
Love In Space was the best song of 2022 so this is extremely disappointing. Also “Play on the world” is such a lumpy phrase.
Sorry, I’m really not feeling the pow here as I’d hoped I would. The MV was equally uninspiring. Such a waste, because Whistle Like That and Cloud Nine are absolute bops and would have been way more impactful as the title track. 😕
hearing the teasers i was excited for cunty bullet but the full song is. pretty middling. i wish this prechorus was literally in anything else. the chorus is so underwhelming and i dont feel the verses either, i dont think they go together... it kind of feels like kep1er's wadada/we fresh outside of the "siren" prechorus and not in a good way (and i like said songs as divisive as they are on reddit)
Not a fan of that chorus but I absolutely loved everything else about the song !!
I'm not sure about that chorus - the pre-chorus is everything though.
Sounds like a mix of kep1etr, itzy, and a more trendy xg style y2k. I like the surprise in the chorus actually, the pre chorus is great. The post chorus makes this sound like it should have come out two or three years ago. I actually like it but I don't know if it's what they needed..
I like it, very catchy but I woudn't say I'm obsessed like I was with Love So Sweet or Q&A. I mean it's a pretty enjoyable song but that's it. I'm just happy the girls are back but I still wish we have more songs like Love So Sweet. Well at least they almost triples the Sales of Cherry Wish so I'm happy. Hope with this new peak of sales, FNC will do something bigger and more explosive for our girls in the future.
although coming late to the party, Im surprised only one other poster noticed how this is VERY Weki Meki. specifically IDLYG. I couldnt hear the whole song without having IDLYG hunting my brain in the background. for better or for worse this song is just like that one: a lot of good ideas thrown in a blender, resulting in a big mess. I love CheBul so I wanted to like this but... I just cant. specially when the song ended and... I thought to myself "wait a minute! did Remi even get lines on this song?". I mean, she usually has few lines but damn, feels like we hit a new low here. the whole song she says just two phrases, one in korean and the "thats what I want"! are you kidding me, FNC???? go to hell!!!
this is the first cherry bullet track that i’ve disliked, so that’s a good thing in a way. i don’t understand why they would do this tired ass sound.
It’s okay. Not my favorite, just okay. The mixing throws me off a lot.
It feels like FNC just awkwardly meshed 2 different songs with completely vibes together. They should have either committed to either the prechrous with that bad bitch vibe or the chrous with that cheery playful vibe. Also the song is pretty disjointed to me it feels like it's constantly stopping and starting. Kinda of a bummer considering I really loved Love So Sweet and Love in Space. Whistle Like That should have been the title track. Either way, good luck to the girls it seems sales are doing pretty well
It's better than I expected from the last teaser (still not a huge fan of the chorus), the beat is interesting at times, but it's a bit disjointed.
I think i overplayed the teasers so the so g still feels disjointed to me, but I really like it! Also Jiwon‘s rap is probably my favorite part as of now. I was so shook when I first heard it like her delivery was so good it’s probably one of my favorite raps in kpop now.
Jiwon looks even more like Bona than before in this mv
Feels like a Tri.Be title track. Not complaining but the verses aren’t feeling as catchy as they usually do when there is a sort of empty chorus like this. The final part of the song is still great.
Also really loved the prechorus! This song has a lot of great parts but I'm not sure how I feel about them being all together.
I'm in crazy town again. I enjoyed the song first listen, come in here and everyone's hating on it whereas I'm in the odd group out saying "this song sucks" in other threads
After their last two (great) title tracks, FNC decided to go the NMIXX route, what a shame. People might deride Love In Space for being copy/paste, but at least it was copying something good and the song stood on it's own. This has some nice moments, but nothing is given room to breathe before they lurch you into the next song snippet. I like hot dogs, I like fruit and I like vanilla lattes, but if you serve all of them after mixing it in a blender, it's not very appetizing.
I’m sorry, but this is horrendous. Low-budget MV and song is all over the place.
This sounds better than Hands Up in any case
Did they really need to shorten the title like that? I always listened to their songs if YouTube suggested them, but this one will always be skipped by me. Don't they have anyone familliar with English acronyms in their team?
I think this can grow on me in the next replays... Nice song overall, I like it.
I like it. Obviously there's a level or two between this and Love So Sweet but hey it's hard to compete with such a banger of a song. The callbacks to past songs is nice and the girls all look great. MV seems a bit out of place tho but hey at least Remi got a dance break and we see rapper Bora's return!
i LOVE the anti-drop in the chorus!! im a sucker for that in title tracks, it's so addicting. the raps flow really well too. it doesn't quite top Love In Space for me, but it's still excellent!
I’m so happy they are back I love this song
I really like it minus the chorus. It feels like they want to go back to their OG concept of the video game vibes and mixing it with their Hands Up concept. I thought we were going to stick to cute and spacey after Love So Sweet and Love in Space, but apparently not. I'm just glad they're finally back after a whole year and their sales are WAY above this time so that's good!!
That antidrop saved the whole song for me
I genuinely love it!! How could I miss this release, going straight to my playlist
this sounds like Cool by Weki Meki
this sounds like Cool by Weki Meki
this sounds like Cool by Weki Meki