The Third Eye

I wonder how the KHJs are going to place on the UFOMETER scale... Well, soon we'll see. I think I chose to start with this one because I didn't want to start with Diet and this is the second best. After all, this contains two of her biggest hits and is widely considered her best effort to date.

#1 Mirazhi 8½

I used to keep mixing this up with Nu Jungmal, don't know why. Nowadays I'm not even sure anymore which one I prefer. Very finnhitsy, even more so than the KHJ standard. Why don't they import Korean pop into Finland? It would be a sure success. Well with lighter arrangement at least.

#2 Koyo 9

Let's see how far I remember the titles... Probably right until the first slow one. It's funny how difficult it is to remember words whose meanings you don't know. This could be the only KHJ song with a suffixed basic verb form as its title. I just love the beat crashes in the chorus.

#3 Sasiryn 7

The golden rule that at best 1/100 of Asian slow songs manage to be really good (unless they're Lee Soo Young's) works like magic. Also all of KHJ's ballad inserts (except for those two on Wild Beauty) are quite colourless, just like this one.

#4 Nô0 Zôngmal? 9

At first I didn't understand this at all. To my knowledge, this was the second single, and quite a hit as well. Finnish schlager melodies are running rampant once again, in fact quite a lot similarly to Lee Jung Hyun's Believe. Koreans must be simple people. Just like us.

#5 Mông 9½

Her biggest hit and not without a reason. Full of action and energy. The ending is very beautiful and combines old beauty with modern power.

#6 Ôzzômjôn 10

However, this is my personal top favourite. Also very energetic, especially due to the traditionally slavic "poljento", whatever it is in English. This, alongside with LJH's Pakkwo, is the perfect background for anaerobic exercise. Listening to KHJ sing "Ô-zzô-mjôn" over and over you'll end up lifting more weights than you'd think. Oh no, I think I must say it again... Soon you'll feel your utare firm up. That will make you healthy and humppaileva.

#7 Nukunka Hêsstôni 8

Trainy song already sounding promises of the upcoming Disco Bus. There are some funny African sounds reminding of B*Witched's I Shall Be There. Towards the end there are also some influences from A Sea Gull of Dream.

#8 Zakija 8½

Basically a good song but not very interesting somehow.

#9 U-TURN 7½

Time for a latin trip with the air of Shakira's Objection and rather LJHish vocal inserts.

#10 Kôzitmalzhôrôm 6½

This one I genuinely don't understand. One of her biggest hits, such a pointless ballad? Maybe the lyrics are very beautiful or something.

#11 Disco Bus 9

I can see people sitting on the bus and moving to this while she acts as the driver and sings. Or then she sells tickets. The pitch-raising rap in the middle is quite funny. But what is the drinking sound in the end? Was this in some kind of a commercial?

#12 What is it? 6

This is already like saying "Okay, now we're out of power", but after such a strong album that's all right.