In terms of this song, by the first chorus you are hooked and the heat continuously rises.īoA’s 2002/2003 vocals work well for this song, and while her adlibs and runs aren’t perfect it’s an A for effort. And even the tinny-compressed quality of the production has a certain charm that works for it-even in the “We can make it last forever” section of the song where the track sounds a bit more like fighting game sound effects before going into the guitar solo. The rapid fire vocal arrangement on top of the afro-latin inspired drums and subtle synths are such a pleasure to listen to. There is a certain fire, and frenetic thumping energy that is simply infectious. Valenti as a track is produced by Kazuhiro Hara (Listen to My Heart, Shine We Are, Merikuri, Double, Sweet Impact, Koda Kumi’s Real Emotion, TRF’s Joy, Namie’s Say the Word, and plenty of other well known songs) and written by Chinfa Kang (Merikuri, Quincy, Kimochi wa tsutawaru, and much much more).Īnd as a track it immediately feels like a triumphant moment to usher in a new era and to immediately say: BoA is here. *Woah ho-ho-ho, woah-ho-ho-ho nahhh hahah uhh *WOAAAWWWWWooohh yea yeaaauuhhhvWOwwwww*
And it sits nicely in a string of classic BoA albums. However it is a beautiful slice of showcasing who teenage BoA was as a singer/performer/popstar at the height of commercial success. While Valenti is her most successful studio album, I do not think it is her absolute best body of work as a musician (2015-2020 Korean BoA albums say hello <3). With golden eras, we have to be careful to not allow nostalgia or commercial success to shroud the quality of the music. It was also number one in its second week with another 222,000 copies sold.” Valenti debuted at number one on the weekly charts with over 615,000 copies in its first week. Excluding overseas sales, the album had sold over 1.2 million copies, becoming her best-selling Japanese album to date. “ Valenti is second Japanese studio album (fourth overall) by South Korean singer BoA. Listen to My Heart was a lovely debut that showed what BoA was truly capable of, while VALENTI honed in on what worked and shot BoA into a new stratosphere of success. It’s a moment in BoA’s career where the music, the performance, the voice, the vision, the love from the fans/audience, and the pop machine all align to create a beautiful historic moment. VALENTI is what we call a golden era in pop music. *Woah ho-ho-ho, woah-ho-ho-ho WOAAAWWWWWooohh yea yeaaauuhhhvWOwwwww*
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