Secret is back with new mini-album Letter from Secret, once again showing off their polarizing cute concept. Love it or hate it, one thing Secret has done well is establish two distinct images and song styles: sexy, intense Secret and cute, soft Secret. The girls new mini-album is 100% the latter. After passionate singles “Poison” and “Talk That,” it was no surprise that their summer release is an easy-breezy-pinch-their-cheeks-pleasey song. “Bubbly” is an established part of Secret’s song repertoire, and one that they pull off image and music-wise.
However, the musically disappointing thing in Letter from Secret is not the “cute” part, but rather the “soft” part. The entire album exhibits a mellow, monotonous sound, and after the initial sugar-shock of “YooHoo,” the rest of the songs meld into one big track due to lack of musical variation.(...)
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