“4 Walls” is a song sung by the Korean girl group f(x). It is written by Jam Factory and composed by LDN Noise, Tay Jasper, and Adrian McKinnon. This song is included in the album “4 Walls” of the same name released by f(x) on October 27, 2015 as the main song of the album. On October 27, 2015, the song “4 Walls” swept the top of the 7 music charts in Korea.
4 Walls
On October 27, 2015, SM Entertainment released the fourth official music album of f(x). This is their first four-person album after the member Cui Xueli announced her leave. The whole album expresses the meaning of firmness and tenacity of f(x) that combines four people to start again.
In the first week of its release, “4 Walls” won the number one on the digital download chart album chart on the Gaon chart in South Korea. At the same time, it won the number one on the Billboard World Albums chart in the United States. But unfortunately, this is also the last album released by this group in so many years.
Singer’s brief introduction
f(x) is a five-person women’s pop singing group launched by South Korea’s SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. in 2009. The current members are Victoria, Amber, Krystal and Luna. On September 5, 2009, f(x) made its official debut with the song “LA chA TA”; on November 9, they released their first single “Chu~♡”, and won the Best Newcomer Award of the 17th Korea Cultural Performing Arts Awards.
The popularity of this group has not been bad, but the company’s attitude towards them is not very diligent. They have not released new albums for many years. This caused many fans to be very dissatisfied. At present, only the Chinese member Victoria in f(x) still has a contract with the company.
*Deep House has a very strong soul singing. The reason why it is called Deep House is because of its profound feeling.
Analysis of this song
The song “4 Walls” is a dreamy and capable Deep Houses music. It is a musical work mainly in the Electronic genre. It not only shows the unique color of f(x), but also has the popular elements, which makes this song more attractive. The whole song has a strong dreamy color. The lyrics carry love that suddenly blooms like petals. They are as if trapped in the wall around the sea of people, and thus feel the emotional chaos.
At the beginning of the song, they use a melody that is very characteristic of their team. The music continues on a high pitch. When the human voice appears, many people think that there will be a drop, but the melody still does not lower the pitch. The upbeat in the sound is surprising but still very comfortable. The vocals gradually become clearer, and there is not much melody in the background, only the beat and singing, which makes people feel bright. All musical instruments are harmoniously creating an atmosphere. The simple style of the song is very distinctive. The use of quarter notes in this song is very common in American pop music.
When it comes to the chorus, people are surprised again. Usually, the melody will stay chill* here, but drop chill appears, which is very soothing. The overall song feels like American House music. After the second chorus, the sound similar to the bass drum is very obvious, with a strong sense of rhythm.
Many times, the melody of pop music is very similar, but when listening to this song, the melody always brings a completely unexpected development. It is also very smooth. The constant high notes at the end don’t break the harmony of the whole song at all. The drop of the song is not very impactful either, they used a very soft way to show K-pop.
*Chill is a more soothing and relaxing form of music, which makes people feel “lazy”. Whenever the music sounds, every muscle in the body will relax involuntarily. The spirit is also sublimated in the slow drum beats and beautiful melody. Jazz hip-hop can reflect the feeling of chill
The Comments the Song Received
THIS the kind of music you blast when cooking up breakfast before a beautiful day 😀
KoreAmo
From YouTube
WHY THIS SONG IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE BUT UNDERRATED IN KPOP I MEAN LIKE CMON GUYS ARE YOU KIDDING ME—
ree
From YouTube
Why is SM ahead of its time when this song came out and a lot of people thought it was weird and it’s 2020 and it’s a big hit now
V
From QQ music
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After reading your article, I am full of interest in this group. When will they next come to China to perform? I also want to see.
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Glad you are interested in this group. It’s a pity that it may be difficult for them to have the opportunity to perform together in China, because three of the members have already left their entertainment company. But they are also doing solo activities. If you are interested, you can take a look.
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