Written by Brave Brothers, Maboos and JS, and produced by the first two. The song was released by Brave Entertainment and distributed by CJ E&M. It was released on Februas a digital single and later included in the third EP from the group, High Heels (2016). I just hope it doesn’t take Brave Girls another three years to return." Deepened" ( Hangul: 변했어 RR: Byeonhaess-eo) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Brave Girls. That said, at least they’ve managed to grab my attention enough to make them worth following, which is more than I can say for the previous iteration of the group.
Unlike some efforts that are better than the sum of its parts, “Deepened” had a bunch of sections of the instrumental, visuals, and concept that I liked, but as a whole package it struggled to come together and make everything work. This despite the fact that the concept itself immediately drew my attention for coming off rather different than the girl group norms. Overall, it was one of those efforts that was nice but ultimately struggled to make me feel much for them.
Fortunately, at least it did manage to highlight the visuals of Brave Girls, and though I know none of them, a few did standout in their closeups. The outfits were literally just gym wear, and I definitely think they could’ve put more effort to glam it up a bit other than to just use the excuse that they were riding the “muscle queen” trend.
The lack of set diversity was likely just due to budget constraints, but it was worked around thanks to some camera tricks, and the scaffolding scene was a highlight. The music video for “Deepened” was a pleasant surprise, mixing in appropriate amounts of group and closeup shots, along with choreography highlights. I can see myself putting this on some kind of chill playlist, and I actually think it’s solid for what it is, but it resembles something more like a B-side meant to showcase versatility or depth rather than something that was meant to be engaging. Vocally speaking, it was the opposite of the song’s arrangement in that the verses highlighted a lot of quasi-yelling in the upper registers that sort of annoyed my eardrums, while the less vocally demanding chorus at least sounded good even if it wasn’t catchy.īasically, I wanted to like the song a lot more than I actually did. But while the rapper struggled a bit to stay on flow in the middle, she seemed to acquit herself quite well in the end, which was impressive given the circumstances. The rap verse was surprising in that it featured a lot of silence, because usually noise is brought in for idol rappers in order to disguise a lack of skill and/or the lyrics. Instead, it ended up actually just going a beat faster and getting airier, which I thought didn’t help the song and didn’t match the concept. The instrumental during the intro and the verses was quite nice, but I really thought/hoped/wished that the hook would call back that pounding intro and just amplify things to give the slow/sensual build-up a sense of release. Brave Girls are back with “ Deepened“, and they’re now essentially a new group after shedding and adding members during the few years off.įor better or worse, this is something I would’ve thought was from the Korean hip-hop or R&B side of things, not the pop industry.
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