Taetiseo
~ Dear Santa
TaeTiSeo, a subunit consisting
of Girls' Generation members Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun, have dropped a special
Christmas album,'Dear Santa,' to wish you a happy
holiday season. The title track is written by Seohyun herself. :). The album released on Desember 4th 2015.
"Dear
Santa," the title track, starts
with an amazing ballad that showcases their angelic voices. If there ever was
the slightest doubt these girls couldn't sing, it was erased. It quickly
launches into a more traditional fast-tempo Christmas tune, reminiscent of "All I Want for Christmas Is You."
"I
Like the Way" is very
disco-R&B-inspired track and even more lively than "Dear Santa." This is less wintry, but
fiercer than the previous tune. There are urgent, seductive bridges, and the
vocals are more dulcet here, which just shows you how versatile these
songstresses are. The only thing I could hope for is a better hook, as the only
repeated part is the chorus. The song, of course, is about how they like the
way their man treats them.
They switch gears for "Winter Story," a guitar ballad. It's very pretty and stripped down, with tinkling chimes and snaps being the only other instrumentation. And again, those voices! They handle the vocal duties extremely well, and an MR version of this would be epic. The 'story,' of course, is that there's a man who warms their hearts.
"Merry
Christmas" is another ballad, this
time dressed up with all the things that you'd expect of a holiday ballad:
sleigh bells, piano, and something a little different. The girls use harmonies
as accompaniment, using their vocals as instruments alongside everything else.
It does more to enhance the vocals than a ton of faux orchestra pieces and
makes this a pleasure to hear. This is a song to the fans, wishing them a Merry
Christmas.
The song "First Snow" is a gentle dance tune and almost reminded me of A Pink, if it weren't for the vocals. There's an appropriate build in the main verses, and the overdubs in the chorus sound like an army of TaeTiSeos ready to take on the world. It works really well as the payoff in this song. It's a romance tune, talking about "the white light that shines in my heart" and all that.
The song "First Snow" is a gentle dance tune and almost reminded me of A Pink, if it weren't for the vocals. There's an appropriate build in the main verses, and the overdubs in the chorus sound like an army of TaeTiSeos ready to take on the world. It works really well as the payoff in this song. It's a romance tune, talking about "the white light that shines in my heart" and all that.
"Dear
Santa" (English version) is not
as good as the Korean one. Now you might be saying "They're the same
tune!" While they're the same melody, they are not the same song at all.
There are no references to heartache or repetition of lyrics in the Korean
version -- this one is set up very much like some of the more traditional pop
songs that make it into an artist's lexicon when they do a Christmas album. The
girls' enunciation, however, was really nicely done. There's only a couple of
Seohyun's words I had trouble with. It's not bad, just not as good as it could
be.
This was an awesome album. I like it even better because it's original tunes, not just a bunch of rehashes. There's only so many times you can hear someone murder "Silent Night" (though these girls would probably do it justice). And for those who would rather have something more traditional, well, there's tons of other Christmas albums out there. As for me, I'll take these songs dancing in my head over visions of sugar plums any day.
Track Listing :
Dear Santa Click Here
I Like
the WaycClick Here
Winter
Story Click Here
Merry
Christmas Click Here
First
Snow Click Here
Dear
Santa (English Ver.) Click Here
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