Throwback Thursday: Bring on the Bass
As fun and fresh as K-Pop can be, sometimes you just want to turn up the bass and get down and dirty. This week for Throwback Thursday, The Kraze is here to pump up your playlist with some of our favorite tracks with the heaviest bass around. So bust out your subwoofers, prepare for noise complaints from the neighbors, and check out our recommendations below.
“I Love You” - EXID
Released as a digital single in 2018, EXID’s “I Love You” pulses from the song’s very first beat. In a time where builds and bass drops are the norm, this EXID track doesn’t let up its heavy sub-bass for a second—once it kicks in in the first verse, it stays. Not only is the song another work from LE, “I Love You” also marked the return of Solji to the group after her hiatus, making for all the more reason to turn up the volume.
“Rock” - SEVENTEEN
Promoted alongside the much lighter title track “Mansae” from their 2015 mini-album Boys Be, SEVENTEEN’s futuristic bass track “Rock” was a much filthier image for the then fresh-faced rookie boy group. Though the electric bass carries the song throughout, it reaches its peak during the pre-chorus; the deep, pulsating beat set against Seungkwan and DK’s light falsettos is musical bliss.
“Love Song” - miss A
Off of their third and final mini-album Colors, miss A’s “Love Song” has a heavy trap beat. The bass reaches its peak in the instrumental-only chorus with a slinky violin set against hollow bass, making for an incredibly unexpected—if off-kilter—aural dichotomy. Though not the title track from the 2015 release, “Love Song” is the kind of song that will have you turning your volume up louder and louder.
“Love City” - 9MUSES
9MUSES’s “Love City” is a retro-bass track from the group’s 2017 repackaged album Muses Diary Part. 3: Love City. With pop elements from both the 1990s and the 2000s, the bass in “Love City” is a little lighter than some of the other tracks on this list. Instead of acting as a steady pulse under the music, the bass in “Love City” is more rhythmic, helping to drive the melody of the song from start to finish.