Not that P1harmony are the first to do it, but they are truly one of the few to release an English album with their latest, Ex! This is their first English album release, but I can’t imagine it will be their last.
And I say that because Keeho, their leader, is Canadian, while Jiung and Jongseob are practically fluent. Even Intak is really good! And though Theo and Soul don’t seem confident in speaking English, I do think they understand a lot. So for me, them doing more English albums in the future seems like it would be a pretty natural move. Not that I need them to, though. Keep the Korean ones coming!
This mini album does happen to be a pretty short one compared to prior releases from them, but I was really impressed that some of the members wrote three of the four tracks. For me, that’s even more proof that their future holds more English albums. But, and this might actually be a first, they took their title track and made a Spanish version – that’s pretty neat! Based on all of the comments I’ve seen online, the Latin community is extremely amped with the representation, so keep it up guys!
For me, DUH! was the album that introduced me to P1harmony and Ex could not have sounded more different. It’s all bubbles and dancing music. The purest pop you can think of. The whole thing gave me really strong One Direction vibes, but not necessarily in the way that I like the most. Still, after just a few listens in my car, I have been singing them for days. These are all certified earworms, even if one of them technically boarders ballad territory. With so few tracks, it was interesting that the rappers, Jongseob and Intak, had the least amount of representation in the songs. And they are the main songwriters! But I suppose that means that they are just good songwriters and generally good guys if they wrote these more with their members in mind.
I would have to assume that the album was purposely released just a couple of days before they kicked off their tour across North America. Smart. But even though they are over here, they still managed to pre-record a lot of the typical promotions they would have normally done in Korea. But they also got to do a live televised US performance! It’s a shame they couldn’t land another one to get them some more exposure. I really do think that P1harmony has wide appeal. All in all I’m really happy with the album and I’m equally as happy that I got to experience almost all of these songs live!