Heartless, mindless no one, who care about me.” Let’s look at the lyrics for the epic chants that lots of people, including me of course, thought would be in Latin at first: However, the grandiose sound quality of “MAMA” does not save it from the terrible English lyrics. In my opinion, “MAMA” is probably one of the best produced fast-paced pop song SM had produced in recent years in terms of music quality, and this level of music quality is what SM should really pursue more often instead of those cheap and easily-addictive ones. It definitely pushes the already-heated song up even more, and the shouting, mumbling and metallic instrumental definitely distinguished the bridge from the rest of the song. Though some fans whine about the scary and metal-like bridge with the screaming and shouting, to me it is the perfect choice. Also, since the overall feeling to the song is already epic, composing an appropriate bridge that keeps up with the rest of the song AND stands out from the rest of the epic melody becomes a challenge – it could easily get blended in, or just ruin the vibe. What’s more, while the underscore stays epic and almost like classical, the main melody of the song pulls “MAMA” back to a perfectly Korean pop song – the overall sound of the song didn’t become too heavy, too classical, or too alternative the overall style of the song still fits EXO’s profile as a K-pop boy group. By starting with a catchy and echoing chant, the song reaches an epic effect almost instantaneously without needing any emotional buildup, giving the song a mysterious and alien atmosphere as if it’s from an unknown culture, which in turn ties back to the theme and concept of EXO: twin legends from EXO-planet. The sound of the song is stunning (in its category as a pop song). After releasing 23 debut teasers and 2 prologue songs, EXO (EXO-K and EXO-M) finally debuted with “MAMA”, a majestic sounding song that appears rarely especially for a rookie group, and announced their formal and ostentatious arrival of the legend of the so-called “EXO-planet”.
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