 I vs Blackpink, which release was better? Well I'm here to tell you which one I, you hear that? I think is better. And it'll be done in these categories. Catches, lyrics, and flow, vocals in the hands. Now the reason why I chose these categories is because they are what I care about when it comes to listening to music. In each category there'll be a scoring of 10 points. And then after I'm finished I'll be turning all of those scores into a percentage of 100. And that'll be the final rating that I give the songs. Now I love both groups. Blackpink is my favorite girl group. I've been loving their music since their debut. But that's also the same with Ive. I have been loving their music since they debuted, but they don't have as many songs as Blackpink. So I have more enjoyment with Blackpink and I love them so much, but Ive is like slowly getting up there. So if you think I hate any of the groups in this, then one, you are wrong because I absolutely love them. I'm planning on going to Blackpink's concert in Auckland for their world tour. I want to do that. So let's start with the catches. Pink Venom, after like. Which catchiness is better? Well, after likes. Eyes after like is 100% catchy for me. And that's because it's catchy from the start to the end. Blackpink is legit only catchy during the chorus and for the cult challenge at the start. The rest of Pink Venom is not that catchy. But it's suspense. The suspense of Pink Venom is real. But this is about catchiness. And when that soft drop happens and catches you off guard, you're like, yeah, okay, I see. This, that Pink Venom, this, that Pink Venom. But then for the rest of the song, there is no catchiness for me. I want a catchiness that gets you involved with the song more often. And I believe after like is a great example of it. The moment after like starts, you are in a catchy trance because of instantly wanting to be involved with the godsend of a disco beat they have. Oh, the nanananana parts. You hear throughout the song is just another factor of wanting to be involved. But that's an ad lib and we'll get to that for the ad lib part. But whenever I hear the nanananana, I see myself lip syncing or singing to it. The chorus for after like pulls you in and you just want to sing the chorus after your first listen. My first time reaction to both of these songs is available for you on Patreon right now for just one New Zealand dollar. If you want to watch my reaction and support me to become full-time to achieve my dream, then I would really appreciate it. And there's quite a few videos up on Patreon for you, so you'll have a fun time. But yeah, for catchiness, Pink Venom gets a 4 out of 10 and after like gets an 8 out of 10. But this is the weird thing. When I'm not listening to the song, I can only remember Blackpink's catchy chorus. I legitimately can't remember Ives at all. It's just when I'm listening to the song, it is so catchy and captivating. But since I can remember Blackpink's chorus that is real catchy, then I'm gonna actually bump it up to a 6 out of 10. And that's because the catchiness has a memorable factor. Lyrics. Well, for one of the songs, I had no idea what the lyrics were and then for the other, I was able to understand the lyrics. Which is weird. It caught me off guard. I'm not used to having K-pop songs have lyrics that make sense. Usually it's sentences pulled out of a hat and they just throw it into the song. I'm not joking. That's what it's like a high majority of the time. See? I know, they just try to sound cool. They just try to sound cool. But yes, after like has lyrics that I could easily understand, which is about what comes after liking someone. Love. And they're being confident in telling the person that they love, that they love them and want to move away from liking each other to being in love with each other, which is just so sweet. I love love songs. I'm a little wee bitch for love songs, okay? So like, yeah. Just listen to this. Twice, twice, don't ask me again. You know what my strength is? It's that I'm honest. Don't try to doubt what I just said. It's beyond like, once after like. You and I. But then Pink Venom is kind of a flake song. There's no story at all. Just flexing. Well, they are expressing their confidence and dual identity as both sweet and deadly. But like, I don't know what else to talk about. It's just kind of bland. But hype. Just listen to this. Just fly in private, side by side, with the pilot up in the sky. And I'm wild and styled in on them and there's no chance because we got bodies on bodies like this is a slow dance. It's cool as fuck, but I want stories. Just a flake's drop. I have been going through character development recently. I've been loving songs. Since I got into Japanese music, I have been loving songs that have stories in it and it is so good. That's why I'm loving the Japanese music scene because like you get stories within their songs not just lyrics put together. After like nine out of 10, Pink Venom three out of 10. I just need that story, bro. Overall flow. I swear I don't hate Black Pink but Pink Venom is just discombobulated. It feels like there could be three songs made out of this one song and it does not work well for me. Why? After the first chorus, we get into a disoriented blend of rap and I was just like, whoa, there's just so much happening in the song. It's just super jagged. Don't get me wrong, the rapping was still awesome. It's just so confusing how they just keep changing it up in the song. If I listen to parts separately, then hell yeah. But as it is blended together, then nah, too much. But everything in After Like blends together like when you were making your favorite smoothie. The bridge to the chorus, the rapping that randomly appears but feels natural. Just everything flows so naturally about the song and you get that delicious smoothie, man. No speed bumps, just a nice consistent drive. After like eight out of 10, Pink Venom three out of 10. I swear I don't hate Black Pink. I swear vocals. Vocals help portray your emotions and that's what we got for both songs. Yeah, there was some noticeable auto tune in After Like but that suits it. We got to remember what type of song it is, a retro disco song. Plus the members of IVE managed to show the emotions and curiosity when they sing what's after like. But then we hear their certainty and their voices saying what they want after liking each other, which is love. We're in Pink Venom. We get them all vocals, baby. There could be a little auto tune, but I don't notice it. But since the song is hip-hop where we get them hard-hitting beats, we get them hard-hitting vocals. Each member exudes their confidence from their voices and we feel it, which is fantastic. The amazing rapping, amazing singing, amazing strength from their voices. Black Pink will never disappoint me with their singing. I can hear their voices 24-7. Pink Venom, 9 out of 10. After Like, 8 out of 10. Adlibs. Now, why do I have adlibs? Wow, they're integral to me. I seriously think adlibs give songs so much more life and sadly in Pink Venom, there are barely any adlibs, which sucks because in this song, it feels like the members are isolated in their own parts. There's no member having any impact with their verses. It just feels like this is your part, it's yours, so just do it. It weirdly doesn't feel like they are grouped by not mixing in a lot. The lack of adlibs just makes the song a little bit dull, which is weird because it is a hard-hitting song, but it's just missing the adlibs. I feel like adlibs for this song would be fire. It would give that extra hype and extra life to the song and it could even make it flow even better, but it just sucks that there's almost zero adlibs in Pink Venom. Whereas in After Like, we get the flow from the adlibs, we get the extra life put into the song, we get the mixing of the members, it just makes the song that much better. But don't get me wrong, there's not a boatload of adlibs in After Like, but the ones we do get just give the song more life and it makes the members mix well together. Yeah, they have their own parts, but hearing the adlibs in the background gives their parts that little extra life that is needed and this is gonna hurt. Pink Venom, one out of 10. After Like, seven out of 10. Okay, so now let's make the total scores. 22 out of 50 for Pink Venom and 40 out of 50 for After Like. Oh, this hurts my soul. Okay, okay, what's the percentage out of 100? Total scores times two, hashtag quick math. 44% for Pink Venom and 80% for After Like. After Like by Ive has won this fight of five rounds. Now I would love to hear your thoughts on these songs. What is your score? It's always amazing seeing other people's opinions on music and I would just love to hear it. This is also a new type of video that I have made, so it is pretty big and I'm sorry about the lack of editing that there will be for this video, so I am sorry. But let me know if you want more of this, like what groups do you want me to compare next for future releases and also I'm gonna be doing a big K-pop video for the end of summer in Korea, so stay tuned for that. And yeah, other than that, hopefully you all have a great day. Keep smiling, be safe out there because I don't want you to get sick. And yeah, other than that, peace.