School OZ Hologram Musical OST is set out in a hardback book style case and comes with the Cd and photo book.
Track List:
One Day One Chance - Original Ver.
One Fine Day
MAMA
소원을 말해봐 (Genie)
Intro - Destination
아틀란티스 소녀 (Atlantis Princess)
Pretty Girl
Evil
Mr. Simple/I Got A Boy
Twinkle
Evil (Reprise)
셜록 (Sherlock (Clue + Note))
One Day One Chance - Original Soundtrack Ver.
One Dream
One Day One Chance (Reprise)
빛 (Hope)
으르렁 (Growl)/주문 (Mirotic)
I remember this musical being advertised and I wish I'd have been able to head off to South Korea to see it live, but I also hoped it took off so that it could head over to the UK, but I'm just glad they released an OST for it.
I love that the OST is mainly other SM artists songs as it was nice to hear them sung at times by the opposite sex.
I absolutely love One Day One Chance - Original Ver. This is one of my favourite songs from this OST, I've been in love with it since it's release. I love the melody and Changmin's vocals are stunning. Also the whole cast harmonising towards the end is perfect. I still think even 9 years later this song still sounds fresh and new.
One Fine Day is a song that showcases each of the cast. It's a song that catches you off guard as it starts out as a ballad and speeds up at the chorus which I love.
As a SONE, I absolutely loved 소원을 말해봐 (Genie). They all fit this song perfectly, it's definitely another of my favourite tracks that I listen to a lot from this OST. I never felt that the male voices shouldn't be there and I loved that they kept the original lyrics even for the guys.
I feel I'll keep repeating myself with a lot of these songs but as SHAWOL, I was already familiar with Intro - Destination. I love the build-up to the track and it still sounds so good sung by the cast.
While I'm not as a familiar with BoA's song's I knew 아틀란티스 소녀 (Atlantis Princess) was one of hers. I feel that this track was perfect for Seulgi. It really allowed her to shine, especially as a rookie idol. At the time Red Velvet had only released digital singles, so I think it was perfect to bring Seulgi into this musical.
I wasn't as familiar with f(x)'s b-sides, but I knew Pretty Girl. I love the change up to the track and I love how Luna and Seulgi compliment each other on this track.
I love the Mr. Simple/I Got A Boy mashup, that also had the appearance of both Leeteuk from Super Junior and Yoona from Girls' Generation. The mashup works so well together.
Originally sung by Girls' Generation sub-unit TTS, I love hearing Twinkle being sung by the opposite sex. It shows that it works well sung in a lower key. This song suits both Key and Changmin perfectly.
I love listening to One Day One Chance - Original Soundtrack Ver. As is includes the original audio from the musical too. I actually can't listen to the Original version without hearing this version along with it.
I think One Day One Chance (Reprise) really establishes how good the melody for this track is. I love that they each seem to get a line to sing before harmonising again. You can tell this was the closer for the main musical.
I think all SM/SM Town fans know 빛 (Hope) as it's a song that's used a lot to end SM Town concerts, where all the artists come on to perform together. I love this song, I personally think it's a song that lives up to it's name.
Concluding the album we have 으르렁 (Growl)/주문 (Mirotic), which at the time of the OST's release were probably 2 of the most iconic songs from SM. I have to say I love how they all harmonise singing these songs. They all fit the songs together perfectly.
I love how it's not a typical soundtrack of just the songs, and includes dialogue from the actual musical. And I have say that credit needs to be given to Jo Eun as even though she wasn't promoted alongside the rest of the cast, she does sing on the OST and she sounds amazing.
It's odd to think that this musical is nearly 10 years old, I think if something was done like this now it would blow up and hit new heights.
What were your thoughts on School Oz Hologram Musical OST?
Do you have a physical copy?
Did you get the chance to go see the show in person?
What were your thoughts on One Day One Chance being the leading single?
It's time again for another K-pop post on Red Velvet and this time it's time for Perfect Velvet, their 2nd full length album.
On the 30th of October 2017, SM Entertainment confirmed that Red Velvet were ready to make a comeback. Then on the 7th of November 2017, teasers began to be released, starting with 피카부 (Peek-A-Boo) Teaser Part.1.
On the 17th of November 2017, the 피카부 (Peek-A-Boo) M/V was released along with the physical and digital release of their 2nd full length album Perfect Velvet.
On the 16th of November 2017, a day before the albums release, Red Velvet held a showcase, which was hosted by label mate and Girls Generation member Taeyeon, where they discussed their album and performed 피카부 (Peek-A-Boo) live for the first time. Promotions began on the 17th of November, which was release day, starting promotions on Music Bank, where they performed 피카부 (Peek-A-Boo) and 봐 (Look).
Domestically, Perfect Velvet was a commercial success, peaking at No.2 on the Gaon Albums Chart, the lead single 피카부 (Peek-A-Boo), debuted at No.12 on the Gaon Digital Chart but rose to No.2 a week later. The album sold a total of 90,456 copies by the end of 2017, and as of April 2018, Perfect Velvet had sold 101,032 copies, making it Red Velvet's first album to surpass 100,000 copies sold in South Korea.
Perfect Velvet topped the Billboard World Albums Chart, making it the 3rd time Red Velvet topped the chart in the same year, following Rookie and The Red Summer. It is also their 4th release to top the chart, making them the K-pop girl group with the most number ones on the chart and tied them with boy groups B.A.P, GOT7 and BTS for the most number one albums on the chart among all k-pop acts, they also entered the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at No.3, which is their highest to date and their first album to enter the Top 5.
피카부 (Peek-A-Boo) won Red Velvet a total of 2 music show trophies, taking 2 wins through Inkigayo.
Perfect Velvet peaked at No.2 on the Gaon Albums Chart, No.20 on the Oricon Albums Chart, No.3 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart and No.1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
Gaon Sales:
104,553+
Orocon Sales:
12,799+
US Sales:
3,000+
Giving the albums a total of 120,352+ copies sold.
*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*
The M/V for 피카부 (Peek-A-Boo) has so far gained 121,562,546 million, with the view count continuing to increase each day.
Perfect Velvet is set out in a jewel Cd case in a card slip case, like their 2nd mini album The Velvet and their 1st full length album The Red. The album comes with Cd, lyric booklet, photo book and random photocard. The Cd plate is designed to look like a pizza, following the concept in their M/V.
Track List:
피카부 (Peek-A-Boo)
봐 (Look)
I Just
Kingdom Come
두 번째 데이트 (My Second Date)
Attaboy
Perfect 10
About Love
달빛 소리 (Moonlight Melody)
When Red Velvet first released their velvet side with The Velvet, I was left really underwhelmed as for me I wouldn't have thought velvet would have meant just ballads. I'm glad they decided to try again with their velvet side as this time they really pulled it off, for me velvet means silky, smooth, sexy and sultry, which Red Velvet pulled off to a T. I love how the Cd case is designed like a pizza box and the photo book is gorgeous and really fits in well to their velvet appeal, what I'm not a fan of is their album layout, it's like SM couldn't be bothered to make the album stand out, which would have helped with the velvet side of them so much more. Like I have done with past albums that have a repackaged album, I will share with you half of the tracks and then the next half with the repackaged album, lets check them out below.
I think Red Velvet will have a little bit of a break now before they have another comeback as it wasn't too long ago that they made their comeback, they've also recently released their next Japanese release. I'm behind with getting my hands on physical copies of their past albums as I still need to get their repackaged album The Perfect Red Velvet and their last 2 mini albums Summer Magic and RBB, I'm also debating whether I want their Japanese mini album #Cookie Jar. I have so many albums that I need to get my hands on physical copies of, the list doesn't seem to end.
Do you prefer this Velvet side of Red Velvet better?
