🔥A2O LITE Korean reaction: old SM is back, or just SM fans being nostalgic

no bc nostalgia is a valid reason to stream 😭 let people have their f(x) moment

only SM fans watching still counts as watching 😭✨

That's why I said wait for the second song. Bugs #1 is the appetizer, not the meal.

first-day bugs rankings always swing a lot by evening. check again tomorrow

Agree. Several of the members are very young too, so I'd rather people argue about the song and leave them be.

second song decides, third confirms, fourth gets a reaction thread. the cycle is eternal

Agree, second song decides. Debuts get a free pass, comebacks don't.

Rehearsed-looking robot moves is just the concept running at 100% uptime. Most honest marketing SM has done in years.

stiff robot moves are the whole joke, nobody gets mad at a robot for being rehearsed. the dance break is where they get to be human

Give it a few more listens. The dance break took me a second to warm up to too, though I may just be a dance break person.

'Maybe a few more listens' is how every SM song gets you. Four plays in and you're defending it in the comments.

dance break gang, assemble. it's the one part of a debut that's allowed to be unreasonable

dance break people are the only reliable critics. the rest of us are guessing

if the old fans come back first, new ones usually show up with the second song or not at all. I'm betting on the second.

who it's for is it!! old fans first, then the second song decides if anyone new stays. i'm in the let-it-breathe camp

Assembled in a lab is a fine brand. As long as the lab has a good choreographer.

ASSEMBLED IN A LAB IS THE NEW 'NATURAL CONCEPT' and i'm in

'old SM' is mostly one specific synth sound plus a lot of feelings. you don't need the nostalgia, ears are enough ✨

live stages are the real test, agreed. tv stage week will show if the robots are charming or just stiff

also the live stage week will tell more than any chart. a good dance break can't hide on a tv stage

day one is also the day the label's group chat refreshes Melon every five minutes

the robot-to-human switch at the dance break is the good part. the clean styling helps sell it.

that's how SM works. the hum kicks in on day three whether you agreed to it or not

Can't hum it after one listen is just how 2010 SM worked. The styling sticks first and the melody shows up on day three uninvited.

Waiting for a bigger sample is the most sensible thing said in this thread. A syndrome needs at least a month of data.

nurse brain verdict: wait for the second song. i accept this diagnosis and will be taking no further questions