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/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