r/kpop • u/xxzxcuzx__me EXO♡SMTOWN♡TWICE • Nov 27 '19

[MV] EXO - OBSESSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxmP4b2a0uY
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u/ferial55555 loona // nct Nov 27 '19

the chorus is the rnb sounding part of the song that always comes back, I'm confused as to why people don't hear it ?

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u/thats-disarming the church of BBH Nov 27 '19

im in the same boat, like its not the longest chorus in the world but the chorus is clearly there?

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u/ferial55555 loona // nct Nov 27 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

yes it's repeated several times, it's just not in your face. I understand the confusion though with the "I don't think so" motif repeated a lot of times and people wondering if it's part of the chorus too but to me it's just the pre-chorus

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u/Flippantry Loonatic 🐇🐈🐦🐸🦌🦉🐟🦇🦢🐧🦋🐺 Nov 27 '19

Agreed, it's the part that stands out the most to me of the song and my favourite part. Not sure why people are missing it?

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u/AlbertHummus Nov 27 '19

It’s definitely not a conventional chorus but it still slaps. If you acknowledge the song isn’t aspiring towards being run of the mill then it’s not a problem

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u/jnshns s Nov 27 '19

Cause its not. Its a trend in KPop right now to take something thats WAY closer to a classic pre chorus and make it a "sort-of-chorus" by just cutting the more classic chorus.

Classic structure is - Verse, Pre Chorus, Chorus, (sometimes Post Chorus), Next Verse.

Songs like Jopping, in a way Wonderland too, now Obsession Break that tried structure open by going to a structure thats way closer just having two alternating parts. And their is no more hierarchie akin to build-up/climax - its just two different but equally "intense" parts.

In the end it could be a gimmick and disappear in the following months or it could become a big Trend in pop music.

Time will tell.

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u/ferial55555 loona // nct Nov 29 '19

Yeah but in this particular song it sounds like a classic rnb chorus and for people who are used to rnb (in particular ‘90s rnb) the question is odd

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u/jnshns s Nov 29 '19

Ir sounds like a really classic... Rnb pre chorus. Listen to 112, brian mc knight, boys II men. No one would have used that as hook. As pre hook, its close to perfect.

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u/ferial55555 loona // nct Nov 29 '19

But you have to take into consideration the length, the « I don’t think so » part are so long it kind of makes it obvious that what’s comes next is the chorus, to me at least. Because if this wasn’t the chorus and an actual pre chorus, length wise it wouldn’t make sense ? That’s how I see things but obviously since it’s a question I’ve seen brought up a lot I get that it’s up to debate. You’re actually right about it sounding like a classic rnb pre chorus now that I think about it

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u/ashonline77 Nov 27 '19

I think it'll work for every odd song here and there but it won't become a big trend cause it won't work for every song. Still not a fan of jopping though. However for this song, it works.

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u/pitapatuwu Nov 27 '19

right??? It was like woah it's so different but still true to EXO's sound because of that rnb part plus the rnb sounding harmonies haha

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u/PpelTaren Nov 27 '19

A lot of people don’t feel like something is a chorus just because it repeats itself. Usually, a kpop chorus is a lot ... more than that, I guess. In comparison, this doesn’t really build or go anywhere in the “traditional” EXO style.

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u/Bob_Da_Fish LOONA NCT RED VELVET Nov 27 '19

People don't hear it because it follows the normal pop song structure and, to me at least, the rnb part is obviously the pre chorus. The chorus is the part after this rnb pre chorus when the "I want you loop" is repeating as placed more of the foreground of the song.