4Minute sings out "Heart to Heart"

It has almost been a year since 4Minute released their last song, "Huh". Now, these ladies are back with a new full album titled, "4Minutes Left". At first, these ladies were supposed to come out with a mini album titled, "Heart to Heart" but one of their songs from the full album was leaked online and their company said that a full album will be released. 4Minute's company, Cube Entertainment told fans that their new album will be dropping in stores on April 5. Even though the album has not been released yet, Cube Entertainment kept the fans anticipating by showing the full MV of their song, "Heart to Heart". According to 4Minute's company, "Heart to Heart"'s promotions will start on April 8 with Music Bank being their first comeback stage.

From Left to Right: Hyuna, Gayoon, Jiyoon, Jihyun, Sohyun

Now for the introduction of the group: 4Minute consists of five Korean girls aged 17 to 21 with each of them having previous experiences with performing. The leader and vocalist, Jihyun had acted in the drama, "It's Okay, Daddy's Girl" and she also auditioned for JYP Entertainment once. The main vocalist, Gayoon had sang OST's for dramas and she was featured in MV's. Jiyoon is the lead vocalist and rapper of the group; she was also featured in other singer's MVs. The lead rapper and lead dancer of 4Minute, Hyuna has been known for being a previous member of the Wonder Girls, an international girl group. Hyuna also had her own solo debut with, "Change" last year during April. "Change" featured label mate Junhyung of BEAST as the rapper for the song. The final member of 4Minute is named Sohyun and she is the youngest being born in 1994. Sohyun is the rapper and vocalist of the group. Before she was part of 4Minute, she was a child actress in dramas.

At first, I did not really like this group when they debuted because their vocals were not impressive and they relied a lot on auto tune. Another reason would be that 4Minute debuted right after 2NE1 and although their music styles were different, there were still some similarities with each other. So far, all of 4Minute's promotion singles were all auto tune and catchy choruses. Yes, I acknowledge that 4Minute has pretty members and most guys that I know call them "hot" but when they first debuted, they did not have anything that distinguished them from the other girl groups that debuted. For example, SNSD has all-round members that can host, act, dance and sing. 2NE1 is a powerful group that has great stage presence and Kara has been known for their vocals and songs. However, after I heard, "Heart to Heart", my opinion of 4Minute changed.

Their latest song, "Heart to Heart", shows off the girls' smooth vocals and they do not use auto tune in this song. In the past, the music was used to create a fast and catchy beat so the song could stay in people's minds. For this song, the music compliments the singers' vocals and they did not rely on synths to create a catchy chorus.
What I find funny about the MV is how they make the girl look so mean when she finds out her boyfriend is ignoring her. The MV features CN Blue's Jungshin as the boyfriend and it starts out with the boyfriend ignoring Hyuna. The scene then switches to a club with 4Minute dancing and the members see Hyuna's boyfriend hitting on another girl. The members then get the idea of sneaking into the boyfriend's house and ruining his food, replacing his toothpaste, shaving cream and sofas. The girls keep pulling embarrassing pranks on the poor boyfriend which makes him miserable. The MV ends with the boyfriend getting arrested because the girls framed him with a picture of the guy robbing a building.

Even though in real life, situations like these rarely appear, I find it humorous how the MV shows the girls going to extreme measures to bully the cheating boyfriend. Over all, I am impressed with 4Minute's vocals and I can't wait to listen to the rest of their full album.

Check out the MV below:

Credits to:
kpoplive.com (first 4Minute picture)
latestvideolyrics.blogspot.com (Heart to Heart picture)
4minuteofficial's Youtube channel for the MV