Weirdly, it does - especially with hip-hop being such a big part of modern K-pop. GOT7 would win me over with their second release (the excellent A), but this is a quirky, memorable debut. I especially enjoy the breakbeat that comes in during the rap verses, giving the track a more forceful push. I wasn’t a huge fan of this back in January 2014, but I’ve grown to appreciate the song’s single-mindedness. The melody is as repetitive as the beat - an approach likely to polarize opinion. The guys offer confident vocal lines over the top.
It’s an addictive groove, which is important because the production doesn’t modulate much. Girls Girls Girls’ beat is a bit more idiosyncratic, pulsing along a descending synth riff and processed vocal. Written and produced by agency-head Park Jinyoung, the song’s simple, sing-song arrangement is reminiscent of 2012 hit Like This from senior group Wonder Girls (also written by JYP). At first, the playful hip-hop of Girls Girls Girls felt more like a showcase for the group’s acrobatics than a satisfying piece of standalone music, but its repetitive hooks have a way of ingratiating themselves. GOT7’s music would evolve throughout the years, but I’m most partial to their first few eras. And though JYP hadn’t yet enjoyed the commercial resurgence that would come in 2015, I remember this debut being a pretty big deal. The K-pop industry has become so compressed. We just don’t see timelines like this anymore. In this feature, I’ll be looking back at debut songs through the prism of time, re-evaluating how well they hold up and how representative they are of an artist’s eventual singles run.īy the time GOT7 debuted in 2014, it had been almost six years since JYP Entertainment unveiled a new boy group (JJ Project doesn’t count). Sometimes, they’re the only song a group delivers!īut, debuts can also be huge wtf moments in an artist’s career. At times, they’re the best song a group delivers.
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