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‘obliviate’ by lovelyz is so different from what they have in the past, but it is so good. lovelyz really took “horrorlyz” to a new level. when we first got the announcement that they were finally having a comeback with something different to what they were used to doing i didn’t really understand the significance of that statement. the first teaser came out and i thought “wow, this is really happening, after so long we’re finally getting a lovelyz comeback.” i was highly disappointed in woollim not giving us a full album, but after listening to the album, i couldn’t be more happier with what i received. i would have much preferred the full album, but we got a lovelyz comeback and that’s all that matters to me.

let me start with the second track and title track, ‘obliviate’. the mv still has the same lovelyz i know, just with the horror concept. they’re still the beautiful, elegant women who still manage to knock my socks off with their vocals. sujeong really slayed this era, he red hair made everything come together. jiae dyed her hair blonde, and yein cut her hair to join the woollimz short haired gang with chaewon and eunbi. soojung’s purple hair was also a massive punch to my gut. overall their styling for this comeback was so so pretty and matched the concept and their style as lovelyz. jiyeon and myungeun’s vocals still stand out so much and are just as pretty as i remembered. despite it being their first time doing something like this, it was perfect, they were perfect, everything came together so nicely. the whole fantasy concept they had was so dreamy and perfect. i keep talking about how perfect the concept is, but i really can’t stop talking about it. i’m really and truely in love. mijoo’s part that leads into sujeong leading the last chorus is everything. everything comes to light and shit gets burnt. i honestly don’t know what else to say about this mv, i don’t know if i could tell you simply in words what this mv is about and you just need to watch it and experience the beauty of it for yourself. you will not be disappointed with the mv, trust me. the song is what truely brings out the beauty of this mv. the girls’ voices have never sounded this beautiful before. it wasn’t their usual “lovelyz” style, but they certainly made the concept theirs. that’s the beauty of the eight of them, anything they do turns into a lovelyz concept, that’s how good they are at what they do. they’re idols. it’s not my favourite title track, (i don’t think any lovelyz title track can beat ‘that day’, ‘ah-choo’ and ‘for you’, those three songs have sentimental value to me, so it’s going to be pretty hard), but it’s definitely up there, very high up there.

i’m going to move back up to the first track now. ‘unforgettable’ is the “intro” track and very very common in woollim artists’ albums. (the one time it didn’t happen was sunggyu’s first album.) it introduced us to what ‘obliviate’ so it is very reminiscent to ‘obliviate’ as it should be, so i don’t think there’s much to say other than it perfectly displays what ‘obliviate’ is all about before we get the whole song.

the third and fourth tracks ‘dream in a dream’ and ‘never, secret’ respectively is what i’d title as “lovelyz style.” the dreaminess of those songs make me feel like i’m going back to early lovelyz days. the chorus of ‘dream in a dream’ have light ‘aya’ vibes and as ‘aya’ is literally my favourite b-side it’s nice to feel comforted by ‘dream in a dream’. it certainly makes me feel like i’m dreaming, it let’s me escape and feel comforted by lovelyz soft voices flowing through my speakers or headphones. ‘never, secret’ also makes me feel like i’m floating, it immediately stuck to me when i first listened to it and i can’t wait for it to return back to me when i’m listening to the album. it’s definitely my favourite b-side from this album and i don’t think it’s going to change.

the fifth track ‘memories’ has the potential to be a hard hitting song, but it’s not, and it compliments their voices and the album so well. the high notes in this song are so mesmerising to listen to (like the whole album, but there’s something about this song that gets me), and i will listen to just the high notes if i could.

the last track ‘worry dolls’ gave me so much ‘good night like yesterday’ vibes and it made me so happy to hear the vibes of their first ever released song as “lovelyz” be heard in the last track of this godsend of an album. it’s so nice to get to ‘worry dolls’ and have a break from what i’m doing and just feel stress free for three minutes. ‘good night like yesterday’ has always been a comfort song of mine and to have ‘worry dolls’ in this album is beautiful. the airiness of the song with the addition of the girls’ airy and light voices create the perfect space that makes me feel so comfortable. this is definitely becoming one of my comfort songs.

overall, this album was so well rounded. all songs complimented each other and when i changed from track to track i never felt like it was too sudden. i think out of every lovelyz album, this was the nicest one to listen to all the way through, and it felt like i was watching a very well planned and thought out movie or tv show. none of these songs ended up my favourite lovelyz title track or b-side, but as a whole, this album is definitely my favourite among lovelyz’ discography. to all the members, soojung, jisoo, myungeun, mijoo, yein, sujeong, jiyeon and jiae, i’m so happy that this album is finally out. it was so worth the wait. so, so worth it to get to see how pretty this whole album was. the girls made everything work in their favour, whether it sounded their sound or not, because they’re lovelyz, and there’s nothing they can’t do. seeing them change to this type of concept made me a bit skeptical, but after listening to the album and watching the mv, i can definitely say that they fucking owned this era. i’m so proud of them and i hope lovelinesses can break more lovelyz records this comeback. here’s to a successful comeback with lovelyz and ‘unforgettable’!!!!!!