Song Review:: Solar (MAMAMOO): Solar Gamsung Part 8.- First Love

• Release date: 2024 October 29

• Album tracklist: First Love, Love Letter

• Album runtime: 7 minutes

 Solar, the queen you are. The word 감성 in Korean apparently translates to "sensitivity", and I'd be willing to bet that because she has eight of these now, she uses them to release songs she wants to do, instead of ones that match the concept or whatever of the albums. And if the two songs on this one are any indication, she may use them to do her ballads that require no choreography.

It doesn't go quite as hard as a Phil Collins song, but this is a full 80s soft rock ballad. This is a slow dance at prom song. This is also an ending credits song for a Disney movie. If this was a Western song, this would be a waving lighter song. You could use the phone flashlight, but realistically, this song vibes with a lighter being used instead. It's the flickering vibe. 

Her voice is so unbelievably gorgeous. Even though she keeps the tone of her voice so soft, she doesn't keep it restrained, and instead focuses the power of her voice. This is an appropriate song for an album called Gamsung. She lets her voice loose once, and it's so unbelievably effective at that point. This is what a vocalist is supposed to be. Beautiful. Healing. Sweet. 

I just learned that this is a Korean translated cover of a Japanese song by Utada Hikaru. The song is both poignant and hopeful, and Solar does an incredible job of portraying the feeling of losing your first love, but still loving them even though it didn't work out for whatever reason. Also, she's completely gorgeous.

Apparently this song has literally just been removed from official sources. because it isn't available on Spotify either. Well. 

Well. 

Guess I need to do Love Letter.

But I did find a fan cam of her performing it last year, so I'll give you this as well. I'm not letting go of this review even if it has been largely erased.