CROSS & CHANGE - Personal Comments

빙빙빙 // Bing, Bing, Bing
In the information provided by YESASIA, it mentioned this song will be an addictive rock. Well, it is true. It is SO ADDICTIVE. I love every aspect of this song so much, it reflected another side of FT Island. Warning, once you listen to it, you'll get addicted (like me).

바래 // I Hope
Hongki sang this song, companied by Seunghyun and Jaejin's rap and I loved this combination so much. This is a must-listen song from CROSS & CHANGE. A song which is addictive and very charming. The whole music is so awesome, I don't know how it managed to get stuck in my head.

미우나 고우나 // Hate It, Love It
Finally, the first ballad for this album. It is good, a typical ballad you usually heard from FT Island. I loved Hongki's voice in this song though. But to get it stuck in my head, I had to listen to it for several times. The melody is so soothing, but I believed the lyric is sad. The chorus is the best part. The beginning got harmonica sound, reminded me much of Wonbin.

천사와 나무꾼 // Angel and Woodman
The rythm of this song is so - funky yet soothing? I don't know how to describe this cool-sounded song. I liked it, but still not absolutely into it. It's a relaxing-sounded song, the kind of song you listen on a do-nothing-day sort of music.

소년 소녀를 만나다 // Boy Meets Girl
The beginning is SO BEAUTIFUL! I felt in love with this song the moment Hongki started to sing. The whole song is just too beautiful to be described by words. I loved this ballad, not so heavy, not so light. Just a nice ballad and if only I understand the whole lyric, it would be the perfect ballad.

결혼해줘 // Let's Get Married
I LOVE THIS SONG! It's an upbeat song. Seriously, the rythm reminded me of Kelly Clarkson's song for a while but then, it started to sound different and eventually got catchier as the song progress. The best part is the chorus, Hongki asked me to marry him. Haha ~ now that's a joke. The "marry me" part is good too and I absolutely recommended this song to everyone.

꼭은 아니더라도 // Not Necessarily
A very mellow-sounding ballad, and it's as beautiful as other ballads by FT Island. The melody is simple yet very nice to listen to. Hongki's voice sounded wonderful in this song, and the guitar part is so awesome.

첫눈에 알아 // I Knew At First Sight
A song which all 5 members sang together. I heard Jonghoon and Minhwan during the first verses, then Seunghyun then Hongki then Jaejin. This song sounded reggae, much like their previous song 남자의 첫사랑은 무덤까지 간다 but even lighter than that and I seriously adored the chorus, because Hongki's voice suddenly sounded cute to my ears.

보내주기 // Send Away
The beginning is so cool, despite being a ballad, they used a different approach in the beggining. It's a simple ballad, and I loved the ad-libs during the verses. This is such a light ballad, but the electric guitar made it sounded so cool and upbeat. Again, the guitar part is awesome.

못난이 // Ugly
I can hear my Seunghyun rap, a lot! The rap is so cool, so angsty but unlike Wonbin, which differentiate him from Wonbin. The ryhtm is so mysterious and addictive. The chorus is also cool, but I just adored the rythm of this song. The chorus is upbeat, slightly higher than the verses. Highly recommended as well.

남의 속도 모르고 // Make Little of Others
Of most ballad, I am in love with this one the most. It really shows emotions, and I loved the piano-company in the beginning before the drums and guitars joined in. It reminded me of old-style Malay rock songs I used to listen when I was younger. Love the orchestra-sounded music companied by the band itself.

바래 (Ver.2) // I Hope (Ver. 2)
A more rock and roll and upbeat version of 바래, and the sound of the electric guitars and drums are more visible in this one. I wished they performed this live one day, because it would be awesome. Other than the louder rock music arrangement, the lyrics are still the same, still addictive. Oh, I think I like this version more.

Personal Favorites ;; 빙빙빙 // 바래 (Ver. 2) // 결혼해줘 // 못난이 // 남의 속도 모르고

Overall, I give CROSS & CHANGE 5 stars out of 5, on top of being biased, it is really worthy to listen to it. It's good, refreshing, something different and addicting in the same time. The ballads and the pop songs are equally distributed throughout the album. I loved it, as if it showed that the producers and those who worked behind the making of this album worked harder to make sure FT Island have their transformation in music. I'll say, FT Island had really transformed, CROSS & CHANGE is different from their previous albums.