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Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: While “Cupid”, Oh My Girl’s first single and official introduction, was about inmediacy and rhythm, this one is all about the atmosphere, as it slowly takes you into a world of pure magic. The vocal melodies are angelical, and the synth layers create a wall of sound of epic, almost shoegaze proportions. It’s kind of a slow burner, which is refreshing from a rookie group. I can live without the little rap part at the end, though.
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Thomas Inskeep: Underwhelming trance-pop that sounds as if Robert Miles decided to team with a B-list K-pop ensemble back in ’96. (Mind you, I love “Children.”)
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Iain Mew: “Closer” sounds ready to burst into a banger, but instead hovers just outside that point for almost its entire length, synths and chorus packing a punch but staying under enough control to keep its sweetly understated vibe. I love energy and spectacle, but this is a striking sound that I’m happy to hear again too. They’re not 2NE1 and Mimi is certainly no CL, but when her rap comes in at the end it’s the same exciting sense of finally letting off pressure as the close of “I Love You.”
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Patrick St. Michel: Don’t know how, but the muffled version of the chorus playing at the start of the music video for “Closer” sounds way better (and dreamier) than what actually ends up anchoring the song.
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Brad Shoup: I like the tempo; it’s like they’re beating through mist. The repeated “I’m closer” has a sort of rowers’ cadence, too. It’s not quite heavenly, but it’s definitely atmospheric.
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Alfred Soto: The chorus provides the release of a good Corrs single, and Ariana Grande would blast it. In its current form it’s a sweet sigh.
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Sonia Yang: Lovely fairy tale aesthetic and angelic voices, but the music itself forever edges closer to something without ever reaching it.
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