#bailailam

AsSun - Bailailam

HE’S ALIVE

AsSun finally came back with his 2nd MV. How long has it been? One year? A year and a half?

The guy’s changed his image, it seems. I still don’t know how I feel about the song itself though, cause I’ve heard it before, but I didn’t have any particular feelings about it. In other words, I wasn’t impressed. I am still not very much so, but I can say I appreciate the intense first half of verses with rapping much more, as opposed to that bridge to the beat drop with the sound of applauding crowd in the background. It releases tension that builds up during the verse but feels out of place. Not the best transition to the beat drop, I’d say.

I did like the visuals though: the camera work was decent, and the editing was on point too. That shimmering effect worked well with music too.

Well, check it out for yourselves.

FINALLY. I managed to avoid screaming and alerting the whole coffee shop.

(For those confused: This actually came out just after the Ninety One OWOB, and so when I was highlighting other Kazakh-language pop I could only offer “Sendei.” Go listen to “Sendei” first, and then come back.)

Is it as great as “Sendei”? Well, no, but that’s way too high a bar to meet, especially a song apparently more responsive to current trends than “Sendei” was (the rapping, the instrumental interval as the second half of a chorus). And I suspect I’d appreciate it more if I had a lyrics translation at hand. That said, the vocal half of the chorus reminds me of Prayer For the Weekend-era The Ark, and I mean that as a compliment.