I can’t believe I’m posting about this – but I really really like Jessica‘s first solo single off her comeback mini-album. Those unfamiliar with K-pop may need the background first, that Jessica was a member of top girl group SNSD (Girl’s Generation) but was kicked out a year and half ago for supposedly half-assing her participating and being more into her solo designer career than the collective. I didn’t care since one less girl out of nine isn’t a major ripple in the SNSD herd, not to mention she’s such a bad actress which is my only impression of her I figured her idol girl efforts weren’t much better.
In the year and half since she’s been active in China and her sunglasses and accessories design brand. That’s not a bad career trajectory, but recently she announced a comeback as a solo singer in Korea and that had her fans excited and those who loathed her frothing at the mouth. In a major reversal of expectations, for me at least, her first solo single “Fly” is simply awesome. I heart it so much, from the hook to the great empowerment message with the undercurrent of being willing to take the harder path. Good for Jessica, produce a great product to prove herself is indeed the best comeback one can hope for.
Jessica “Fly” Official MV:
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***SNSD had 9 members and now has 8.
The reason she was kicked out there are many stories and one really knows the truth but she was preparing to leave however the group just kicked her out before the official date she was supposed to. Her career as a designer did have alot to do with it...
I love her album too!I hope she writes a song for Apink in the future.
Love her!! Her song is inspirational and catchy as well. Best of luck to her.
It's just mediocre. Nothing too impressive or mind blowing.
MV is good. I really like it. Song could have been better. Too disney simplistic
I didn't like her songs either. It was too pitchy and cutesy for me.
I really like the song! I was so shocked that she wrote the lyrics all on her own. The song is so inspiring too!
I love the song, too! It's upbeat and has a really positive message. I'm really happy for her because the whole cd is great and she deserves to be successful just like anyone else does, no matter what other people may think. Thanks for sharing!
Jessica used to be the 2nd-in-line main vocalist of SNSD. After she parted way from the girl group, her ex teammate Tiffany moved up to take her place. Now Tiffany is promoting her solo album that debuted just a few days ago. But Jessica's MV views are almost on par with Tiffany's. Is it coincident that Jessica has to come back with a solo debut this time? I don't think so. She's basically sending a message to SM and SNSD who betrayed her: IN YOUR FACE! I don't need you big ass label company to be a Kpop singer.
uh. it is actually Seohyun in the 2nd position, tiffany is at the 3rd place. previously it was 4th
Sometimes Tiffany seemed to get more lines than Seohyun.
There's no 2nd and 3rd place because depending on the amount of effort and practice they put in the "ranking" can change. SHINee had a very clear Jonghyun-Onew-Key-Minho/Taemin "ranking" but Taemin practised his singing bloody hard and exploded onto the scene with his solo, putting him way ahead of Key and Minho. Neither Seohyun nor Tiffany had very many lines in their earlier albums (they more or less had around the same amount, actually). Not to mention, the number of lines you get often depends on whether you suit the song/which fans they're reaching for for that comeback, unless you're a clear main vocal like Taeyeon/Jessica (i.e Galaxy Supernova, i think, gave Sooyoung a lot more lines than the 1-2 she generally gets in their Korean releases) and for Tiffany and Seohyun who are so close in terms of how good they are at singing, the person with more lines often varies from comeback to comeback depending on who suits the comeback more.
I'm not a fan of her voice or song, but how she's been living her life and answering questions about SNSD so nicely makes me respect her. I know she said some things right after the fact about being pushed out, but in time she seems to realize it was probably for the best. She's free to do what she wanted while the other 8 are nearing 30 and stuck in a girl group... I think she won in the end.
I like the beat. I hate her voice as it's vocally weak. Sounds like she's karaoke-ing it. I wish it was a different singer and I would have love it.