The good sis Willard has been a vocal The Realist anti since April, besties! Did y’all miss this post made by Miss Thang???
As an appreciator of experimental, daring songs that may or may not allow themselves to be lead by a melody, I think The Realist is flawless. Maybe they're too ahead of their time!
Lemme tell you girls, it's a fine line to walk between wholehearted enthusiasm and blind stannage. And on a forum like this? Optics are everything. By which I mean – me maintaining that The Realist is a solid 8/10 is equal parts PR move and genuine critique!
I'm... kinda shook? I really did not expect this to leave before the top 20, this is pop perfection y'all, what the fuck!
I really like the production and the overall vibe of the song but I feel like it became too predictable by minute two.
Well.... None of you got it right, kii! 8.30769 FIRST CLASS: (11) @tj-x, @vague, @R92 (10) @eatyourself, @RUNAWAY, @Phonetics Girl, @Pretty Places, @Ana Raquel, @soratami, @Glitterizer, @He, @Hurricane Drunk, @Monkey0, @Remorque, @Oleander, @Music Is Death (9.75) @Love Deluxe, @Slice of Life (9.5) @Cotton Park, @Wills, @TéléDex, @thommyh (9.25) @KimLippington (9) @ultraviolet, @ryjm, @Conan, @FunkyButChic, @chrisjche, @Serg., @yuuurei ECONOMY CLASS: (4) @Salami (5) @Sprockrooster, @bbynewyear, @Lately (5.75) @codecat (6) @PopZeitgeist, @askew SHAMAN CLASS: 9.75 LEADERBOARD TRACKER: Spoiler 10 voters: 30 20 voters: 52 30 voters: 33 40 voters: 12 50 voters: 16 60 voters: 28 65 voters: 34 Another act with multiple entries leaves us tonight. This is Brave Girls' final song in the rate, After We Ride. It was the lead single of Brave Girls' fifth repackage mini album, After 'We Ride.' It was written and composed by Brave Brothers, Maboos and JS. After We Ride was not promoted on music shows so that's probably the reason why it only peaked at number 51 on the Gaon Digital Chart. After We Ride acts as a sequel to Brave Girls' 2020 single, We Ride. At the time of release of We Ride, the girls thought it would be their last single together. But as you all probably by now, Brave Girls experienced an unexpected career resurgence thanks to their 2017 single Rollin' going massively viral in Korea. Rollin' was so popular that We Ride also went up on the charts and ultimately peaked at number 4 on the Gaon Digital Chart. So After We Ride is like the girls continuing their story just when they thought it ended already. And I don't know about you but that little background story absolutely destroys me. If it wasn't for Brave Girls' resurgence, we wouldn't have After We Ride at all. Scary shit but also very poetic and powerful. Now let's finally talk about the song because whew, I can still remember the relief I felt when this dropped and I immediately loved it FFFFF. Thank God it was better than Chi Mat Ba Ram! After We Ride shares We Ride's retro sound but the former is sadder to these ears? It definitely feels more dramatic. Minyoung absolutely crushes the vocals here especially in the middle 8. The other girls sound sensational as well but Minyoung just carried this song to another level. I don't quite remember the reason why I deducted 0.25 points from my score for After We Ride because I know I love the song dearly FFFFF. It's probably because although it was great, I felt We Ride was better. But I'm super thankful to have both songs in my life! Brave Girls waited seven months before finally releasing their follow-up to After We Ride, the sensational and flawfree Thank You. And the girls are now competing on the second season of Queendom where they perform alongside legends like Hyolyn, WJSN, VIVIZ and LOONA. I wish them all the best and I hope they gain more confidence in themselves because they are super talented! They just need to believe in themselves. I'm excited for their Queendom original single for sure! I know it's gonna slay. I'm absolutely gagged... and maybe a little heartbroken that After We Ride received more negative comments than positive. Oh well, such is life. But send more positive comments juseyo! We'll start with Crisp X who I expected to lap this up but she said no: "I love me some synthpop but this lacks something to make it go from good to great. To be honest, I’m ready for the return of arenbi Brave Girls." I'm guessing you didn't like Thank You as well then? Salami snores: "Very unmemorable. It’s got nice bits but mainly I’m a bit bored." Sprockrooster is equally unimpressed: "Meh. I feel like this is the weak sister to Aly & AJ's Listen!!! and that one did manage to pull off a track perfect on the road much better than this one." roblognick is not here for it as well: "It’s nice, but it wasn't the follow up I wanted from them." "It's cute, definitely serviceable," Vixen begins before tearing up After We Ride completely unprovoked. "In the context of a KSOTY songlist, against songs I much much much prefer, I just don't know if I can score this any higher than a 6-7." aux also calls this: "a cute girl. If “Chi Ma Bat Ram” is the summertime, sitting by the pool in the scorching sunlight song, “After We Ride” is the early night song during those summer nights, the one where you listen to getting ready during pre-drinks with your besties." I can't believe how cutting the word cute can be FFFFF. savilizabeths just didn't listen to this enough: "I think this song is technically better than Chi Mat Ba Ram, but I listened to the latter more last year." And for a first time listener, boombazookajoe is very strict: "First time hearing — euphoric as hell but also a little generic." Ana Raquel confuses me with her references but at least she loves After We Ride: "If someone told me that the instrumental was from Persona 3, I would believe it. It's a weird mix of Heartful Cry and Want To Be Close. I'm probably the one who gets these vibes, but I swear that's a massive compliment!!!" Pretty Places is impressed but still leaves some notes for Brave Girls: "My joint-favourite Brave Girls song of all time. Its only flaw is the short outro when they could've easily added a final chorus as well. I need a 10-minute (Taylor's Version)-esque rerelease to make amends." ultraviolet makes amends and awards After We Ride a score of 9: "The way I ignored this when it came out fff, I’m guilty!" And TéléDex shades: "I like how this is named after ‘We Ride’, because as if this wasn’t better than the original." ry123 is loving the vibe After We Ride is giving them: "I love how breezy this song sounds. It’s like a complete flip from Rollin and Chi Mat. Kind of song I want to put on a summers afternoon with the windows down and be in the moment!" RUNAWAY compliments Brave Girls' versatility: "This melancholic slice of perfection was literally the perfect follow up to Chi Mat Ba Ram. I'm so proud of them and the year they had <3." Cotton Park loves himself a slinky bop: "Nice to hear BG take on something other than an insanely addictive Brave Brothers slinky bop. As much as I'm guiltily pleasured by insanely addictive Brave Brothers slinky bops." bbynewyear gives Brave Girls belated congratulations: "Happy for their continued success!" And we'll finish up with thommyh who ponders: "This song is really quite special, isn't it?" YES, IT IS!
OVERALL AVERAGE: 8.15769 SONGS: 34. After We Ride - 8.30769 58. Chi Mat Ba Ram - 8.00769 VOTER AVERAGE: 1. @tj-x - 10.50000 2. @vague - 10.25000 3. @Ana Raquel - 10.00000 3. @eatyourself - 10.00000 3. @Glitterizer - 10.00000 3. @He - 10.00000 3. @Hurricane Drunk - 10.00000 3. @R92 - 10.00000 3. @RUNAWAY - 10.00000 10. @Cotton Park - 9.75000 10. @Oleander - 9.75000 10. @Wills - 9.75000 13. @Pretty Places - 9.62500 13. @TéléDex - 9.62500 15. @Conan - 9.50000 15. @Monkey0 - 9.50000 15. @Music Is Death - 9.50000 15. @Remorque - 9.50000 15. @soratami - 9.50000 15. @ultraviolet - 9.50000 21. @Slice of Life - 9.37500 22. @Serg. - 9.25000 23. @leedlelee... - 9.00000 23. @thommyh - 9.00000 25. @Love Deluxe - 8.87500 26. @ryjm - 8.75000 27. @FunkyButChic - 8.62500 27. @ohdenny - 8.62500 29. @Attis - 8.50000 29. @GeiPanda - 8.50000 29. @roblognick - 8.50000 32. @evilsin - 8.25000 32. @Inland Empire - 8.25000 32. @Phonetics Girl - 8.25000 32. @ry123 - 8.25000 36. @aux - 8.00000 36. @lovechoerrymotion - 8.00000 36. @ohnostalgia - 8.00000 36. @pondeforehead - 8.00000 36. @Trinu 3.0 - 8.00000 41. @drod93 - 7.87500 42. @chrisjche - 7.75000 43. @savilizabeths - 7.50000 43. @yuuurei - 7.50000 45. @Crisp X - 7.25000 45. @enjoy - 7.25000 45. @Sanctuary - 7.25000 48. @junglefish - 7.12500 49. @Sprockrooster - 7.00000 49. @ysev - 7.00000 51. @Overdose - 6.62500 52. @BEST FICTION - 6.50000 52. @eccentricsimply - 6.50000 52. @Shockbox - 6.50000 55. @codecat - 6.37500 56. @eliminathan - 6.37500 57. @boombazookajoe - 6.25000 58. @KimLippington - 6.12500 58. @Vixen - 6.12500 60. @clowezra - 6.00000 60. @Lately - 6.00000 62. @askew - 5.62500 63. @PopZeitgeist - 5.50000 63. @Salami - 5.50000 65. @bbynewyear - 4.50000
To me 'After We Ride' is a lot like WJSN's "REWIND" b-side from last year. The only similarity being that the song is really good but I feel like I can only listen to it once fff
So after Thank You was released I went a bit obsessive with Brave Girls listening only to them for about a whole week and I would score this at least a 9 now.
