[Billboard] Wonder Girls Make Their Comeback as an '80s-Inspired Band With 'I Feel You'

[Oliver]

Just over a month after they announced their official return as a foursome, Wonder Girls broke their nearly three-year hiatus with "I Feel You" -- their spectacular new single that refreshes their sound as much as their new lineup.

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"I Feel You" is an near pitch-perfect ode to '80s synth-rock that incorporates all the staples of the musical era: bouncy drum machines, breathy coos, twinkling synths, breathy coos, all centered around an irresistible Eurythmics-esque dance breakdown. Of course, the girls give it the K-pop stamp of approval by including a fun rap section, but this showcases a more much more mature sound as the girls whip out a laidback, sensual harmonies (heard throughout the entire new Reboot album, more on that later), sounding more like Wonder Women than Wonder Girls on a track that would sounds right at home on any '80s dance CD. 

The accompanying video looks like it was plucked from MTV's first decade with a Robert Palmer "Addicted to Love" feel to it. Yenny, Lim, Sunmi and Lim show off their new band "concept" as the girls rock out on keytar and '80s-tastic drums in retro bikinis. Even the video is branded as being from 1987 with the classic MTV logo flipped over to make it WTV (perhaps Wonder TV?) amongst vintage-tinged clips.

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"I Feel You" isn't just one of the best K-pop songs released this year, but a testament how solid Wonder Girls' retro-focused sonic concept is (nearly all their singles from 2009's international breakout "Nobody" to 2011 comeback single "Be My Baby" have had a '60s/'70s appeal to them). A drastic membership shift and image upheaval like this one -- Yenny, now the undeniable star of the act, is the only member who has stayed with the formerly cutesy quintet since its nativity -- needed something fresh and unexpected, which, being done under the Wonder Girls brand, made sense to have a new era to muse and throwback to. 

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"I Feel You" is the lead single off the band's new full-length album Reboot. The 12-track set saw at least one member participating in the creation of each song, except for the lead single.

 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6649668/wonder-girls-return-i-feel-you-mv

[popsugar]

Amazing how much influence Addicted to Love still has.

 

...On another note, this article really needs editing.

[Almondandlime]

 

Yenny, now the undeniable star of the act

uhhh

[Oliver]

uhhh

um.. I think they said that because she is the only member that has been there from the VERY beginning..

[愛��る]

It's amazing how I didn't like them at first but now have come to love them.

[sujibae94]

Can't stop listening to the album. 

Best GG comeback this summer by far.