"Supernova Love" is a collaborative new single with K-pop group IVE and world renowned DJ David Guetta. We give our thoughts on the new emotional single and what fans are saying!
K-girl group IVE have just dropped their new single on November 8th 2024, "Supernova Love" which features world renowned French DJ David Guetta.
The collaboration comes after many Korean artists are aiming to collaborate with Western artists in a bid to become globally recognized and gain a larger fan base outside of Korea.
Let's check out the official video!
Our review
This single has a deep emotional mood and a very catchy K-pop melody from IVE. Even in terms of camera angles, dress concept and visuals which have been added onto the video, the space theme is vibrant throughout.
You may have recognized some of the tune as the iconic soundtrack "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" from Ryuichi Sakamoto is also prominent in the background, which gives this new single an edge.
The music video shortens the song by about a minute, but even in its extended iteration "Supernova Love" doesn’t take advantage of the best aspects of dance music. Rather than ebb and flow and build to glorious peaks, it simply bops along with limited ideas.
The celestial production is quite satisfying as an idea, but IVE’s individual quirks get lost in the mix. Rather than sounding elusive or mysterious, they simply come across as bored and copy/pasted onto the beat. A gutsier performance during the verses would have countered the layered chorus and resulted in a more engaging set of textures. This is a definite improvement over "All Night", yet succumbs to many of the same issues. IVE have too much star power to sound this flat and robotic through the use of AI.
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