After I saw that this was specifically an English EP, I went in with the mindset to compare it to what my friends and family listen to: which is mainly American pop (Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, those are the only two I know) and some “mumble” rap (not to be taken offensively, just using it more to indicate the time range). I think compared to those types of songs, this EP fit perfectly for the market.

The English is actually the reason I didn’t like Queencard as much as I wanted to. I mean the instrumental is extremely catchy and it’s overall a very fun song, but I would have made some small grammatical edits and work on pronunciation for the recording. But in general I feel like the industry should really run English lyrics by native English speakers (or the target market region) before recording as they try to expand toward western markets. Same reason I struggled to listen to aespa’s Girls: I just couldn’t get over the “real my world” lyric. Unless I’m missing something, it should have been “my real world”. Some songs I can get over these small grammatical details, especially because English is a horrible language, but other times I just can’t.

Lastly, I agree that not all songs need to be deep and philosophical. I think Logic did a good job explaining that with his Bobby Tarantino II mixtape. He basically said it was a cash grab - low-level, fun music in exchange for signing a 20 million USD deal. And since then, I haven’t really cared about deep or shallow lyrics unless the artist set the wrong expectations.

So all in all, this wasn’t to the same level of I NEVER DIE, but it is something catchy you can throw in to playlists to mix your music tastes with your friends.

didnt expect to write this much - even went back to do proper capitalisation. now im going back to lazy typing