{"id":105695,"date":"2024-02-22T13:43:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T21:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=105695"},"modified":"2024-02-22T13:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T21:43:25","slug":"le-sserafim-face-further-criticism-for-their-new-album-easy-references-and-lack-of-creative-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/le-sserafim-face-further-criticism-for-their-new-album-easy-references-and-lack-of-creative-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"LE SSERAFIM face further criticism for their new album &#8216;EASY&#8217; references and lack of &#8216;creative effort&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, <strong>LE SSERAFIM<\/strong> has faced further criticism for their new album &#8216;<strong>EASY<\/strong>&#8216; references and lack of &#8216;<em><strong>creative effort<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; according to the pop music review magazine <strong>IZM<\/strong>, which has criticized and compared the latest girlgoup comeback with other artists&#8217; projects.<\/p>\n<p>On the platform are different reviews by prominent music critics. Among them is <strong>Lee Seung Won<\/strong>, who shared a critique of &#8216;EASY&#8217; from the girl group shortly after its release on February 19th, saying that &#8220;<em>LE SSERAFIM&#8217;s music thus far has left a strong impression<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The critic continued by saying, &#8220;<strong><em>Artfully choosing the most successful sounds from the pop music scene and integrating them skillfully into their own sound and identity<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, reaffirming the great impact the girls have had in the 4th generation in the genre.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetizensBuzzz\/status\/1760646158290936173\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[theqoo] IZM MENTIONING LE SSERAFIM&#39;S NEW SONG&#39;S REFERENCE&#8230; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qMi2VPmtuc\">https:\/\/t.co\/qMi2VPmtuc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k8wvLotems\">pic.twitter.com\/k8wvLotems<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Netizens Buzz \u272a (@NetizensBuzzz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetizensBuzzz\/status\/1760646158290936173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, Lee Seung Won condemned the group for their &#8220;<strong><em>painfully obvious<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; references in their album, stating: &#8220;<strong><em>The song &#8216;Smart&#8217;, which boasts a common Afrobeat sound, resembles Doja Cat&#8217;s &#8216;Woman&#8217; both in style and in the melody line<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the critic also said, &#8220;<strong><em>The rock intro &#8216;Good Bones&#8217; immediately reminds the listener of &#8216;Date with the Night&#8217; by Yeah Yeah Yeahs<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, while &#8216;Swan Song&#8217; has similarities with &#8216;<strong>Kill Bill<\/strong>&#8216; by <strong>SZA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Seung Won finally said that the &#8220;<strong><em>lazy modification of familiar sounds without much creative effort evokes a sense of deja vu, inevitably losing any semblance of freshness<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bNKXxwOQYB8\" title=\"LE SSERAFIM (\u1105\u1173\u1109\u1166\u1105\u1161\u1111\u1175\u11b7) &#039;EASY&#039; OFFICIAL MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bNKXxwOQYB8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These are the same <strong>criticisms<\/strong> LE SSERAFIM previously received for referencing the Spanish singer <strong>Rosal\u00eda<\/strong> in the main track of their second mini album titled &#8216;<strong>ANTIFRAGILE<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, LE SSERAFIM has faced further criticism for their new album &#8216;EASY&#8216; references and lack of &#8216;creative effort&#8216; according to the pop music review magazine IZM, which has criticized and compared the latest girlgoup comeback with other artists&#8217; projects. 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