Album Review: Spill The Feels (12th mini album)

     K-Pop is really finishing out the year with some bangers! SEVENTEEN came out with their 12th mini album “Spill The Feels” a few days ago with 6 tracks, 3 sung by all members and the other 3 being sung by each subunit.

     Eyes on you (2:55): Immediately, this song gives such a happy mood to a rather gloomy industry, with an upbeat and bubbly feeling. It gives me 2016, on the beach, sunset type of vibes. The song is kind of a love song with lyrics like “Eyes on you, eyes on me/A miracle will soon take flight/Tell me more about yourself/Give me your very first scar/Tell me more about yourself/I want to know you, near and far.” SEVENTEEN is devoted to their fans, CARATS, and in my opinion, they might be one of the only K-Pop groups that are truly unproblematic. Not only are they devoted to their fans, but they are devoted to themselves and each other as well. When seeing how they interact, you can tell they are like a family. 

     LOVE, MONEY, FAME (3:06): This song was a shock to me simply because hearing “We The Best Music/Another one/ DJ Khaled” was flabbergasting! I’ve seen thousands of people who disliked that SEVENTEEN collaborated with DJ Khaled for various reasons, but the main reason I had heard was because people didn’t think DJ Khaled fit with SEVENTEEN’s concept or their music. Personally, I don’t care much for DJ Khaled but this song is so good. LOVE, MONEY, FAME is another love song but the main gist is about how expressing your love honestly is the most important thing. The title threw me off a bit but it made sense eventually when reading the lyrics. Mentions of how “I don’t need money or fame/To me that don’t mean a thing/I just need your love, that’s more than enough.”

  1 TO 13 (2:37): This song is literally the embodiment of cutesy and bubbliness!  It feels like strawberries, peaches, picnics, and the warm sun.

1 TO 13 is another sort of love song but to each other. For context, there are 13 members of SEVENTEEN, 3 subunits + 1 group + 13 members = 17. Each chorus has a couple lines with a promise to each other and to the fans. The first chorus says “I won’t leave you feeling lonely/I’ll keep my heart as it was at the beginning, for you.” The second chorus says “I’ll contact you before I go to sleep/When you’re going through something tough, I’ll lend you my shoulder.” The third chorus says “The thirteen promises I made/No matter what happens, I’ll keep them for you.” This song is so adorable, I love it! Especially with how the bridge is sung by only one member, JEONGHAN, who recently left to the military for mandatory service, it just adds another layer of sentimentality. 

     사탕 (Candy) (3:04): Candy is sung by the Vocal unit in SEVENTEEN. This slow and soft ballad is absolute perfection and honestly gives Christmas-y vibes.

Once again, a love song but with a twist!

However, the twist is rather sad, with lyrics like “Love is so bitter when it’s the first time/I don’t like it, what should I do?/Love is as hard as being an adult/But still, however, even so.” The song is explaining how the love between two people or really anyone is like candy, “Even a small bite can make me feel better.” The piano solo really ties it all in with that Christmas-y feeling. 

  Rain (3:21): Rain is sung by the Performance unit of SEVENTEEN. Definitely faster paced compared to Candy but still building up to the next song. The instrumental feels soothing but perfect for dancing (which makes sense being it was sung by the Performance unit). This song has notes of being a love song but the sadness that comes with finding love. Lyrics like “Am I looking for someone who will understand my heart?/Even if I want to make a call, there’s no one to call tonight/I pulled the curtains and sat in the empty room.” Rain is essentially about how a person doesn’t want the rain to stop because it gives them the only feeling they can feel.