NAYEON
IM NAYEON


4.1
excellent

Review

by jesper STAFF
June 27th, 2022 | 49 replies


Release Date: 2022 | Tracklist

Review Summary: gimme that candy floss / call your dentist

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with baking videos. As cool as seeing a beautiful cake being put together from scratch might be, being confronted with the fact that this ‘scratch’ comprises twelve metric tons of butter and sixty kilograms of sugar can feel a bit uncomfortable. Apply this analogy to IM NAYEON (no apostrophe, please): it’s a delightful 20 minutes of sugary catchiness, and as long as you don’t spend too much time thinking about the specificities of its ingredients you’ll find yourself enjoying a delightful rush.

NAYEON’s debut solo project shares much of its DNA with her primary group Twice: there’s enough funky grooves, bouncy synths, and 80’s-flavoured melodies to keep any dancefloor bobbing and bopping. Yet, IM NAYEON affords the singer a unique position in the spotlight; one she accepts with grace. Her voice contains the perfect amount of sugary breeziness for irresistibly catchy songs about all things sweet (‘Candyfloss’, ‘POP!’), and is capable of dipping into slightly darker and slicker territories to fit the jazzy textures of more low-key bangers (‘All or Nothing’, ‘Sunset’). Smoothly switching between Korean and English, NAYEON is at her very best on the highlight ‘No Problem’; a memorable three minute explosion of high energy pop goodness. Even if an awkward feature slightly derails the track, it’s easy to overlook such flaws due to the sheer charisma of every surrounding element. Sure, IM NAYEON is all glossy sweetness and may lack nutritional value, but does that really matter when the final product is this easy to sink your teeth into?



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Comments:Add a Comment 
JesperL
Staff Reviewer
June 27th 2022


5664 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

gimme that gimme that gimme that candy floss

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 27th 2022


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

holy fucking shit this is the best album i've never heard

JesperL
Staff Reviewer
June 27th 2022


5664 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

gimme that candy floss

Slex
June 27th 2022


17255 Comments


Yall this is actually mindblowing

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 27th 2022


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

The boundaries have been removed

parksungjoon
June 27th 2022


47231 Comments


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzC1Ap1Gf0U

GhandhiLion
June 27th 2022


17677 Comments


but this is kpop

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 27th 2022


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Stop spamming Nayeon's thread.

parksungjoon
June 27th 2022


47231 Comments


?

cakecub
June 28th 2022


1 Comments


I can not get All or Nothing out of my head for the life of me. absolute banger. I also recommend listening to an edited version of no problem without the Felix feature, it’s incredible.

GhandhiLion
June 28th 2022


17677 Comments


This sucks dude

tyman128
Staff Reviewer
June 28th 2022


4608 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

this is fun

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
June 28th 2022


6247 Comments


Didn't have high expectations from her solo release, but the single was better than expected. Will check the EP as well.

3ddie
June 28th 2022


122 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This was awesome.



Really liked POP, then listened to the rest of it. Catchy quality stuff

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 28th 2022


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

anyone who edits the caps out of this quite clearly ALL CAPS title again will be permabanned this is a final warning

SteakByrnes
June 28th 2022


30382 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i must check this immediately

Squiggly
June 28th 2022


1284 Comments


I swear to god if I have to listen to one more hyped up June album for the AotM thread, begrudgingly give it a 4, knowing I’ll never listen to it again…

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 28th 2022


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

alternatively, you can make this a worthy addition to your predominantly smexc collection of 5s with immediate effect and spare yourself the trouble of ever hearing it!

FadedSun
June 28th 2022


3196 Comments


I doubt this is any better than someone like Tayeon's debut album or something. Also, Johnny's "best album ever" hyperbole hurts my soul.

On second song...and stopping. That's all I have to say about this haha.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 28th 2022


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

*best album ever that anyone could ever and will ever be able to make



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