WATCH: IMGL’S ‘HEY YOU’ & ’MY WORLD’ SOUNDS LIKE CLASSIC FALL OUT BOY

IMGL’s (아이엠지엘) two new releases are nothing short of electric. Hey You and My World are average rock/pop-punk songs which set off the emo feels you thought you left behind in year 9. 

Both songs contain slower build ups until they get to the chorus, where it amps up into intense rock; basically sounding like Fall Out Boy in their Infinity on High era. 

The beginning of Hey You sounds very Fall Out Boy, with the guitar trailing off into something that reminds me of their song, Thriller. The rest of the song begins to sound like something you could totally kill on Guitar Hero. The video plainly consists of the band playing to the camera and is filled with flashing lights, so take that how you will. 

'IMGL'이 발매한 앨범 수록곡 중 가장 빠른 템포의 EP 타이틀곡. 호전적인 기타리프와 드럼이 두드러지는 노래이며 곡의 완급조절이 확실한 넘버. 힘들었던 시간을 이겨내고 그때를 도와줬던 사람들에게 고마움을 전하며 함께 노래를 부르자라는 메시지를 담고 있는 곡이다 IMGL FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bandimgl/ [VERTICAL] ITUNES : https://itun.es/kr/cQnYbb [RISE] ITUNES: https://itun.es/kr/AcE0bb CJ E&M Music은 아시아 No.1 엔터테인먼트 기업인 CJ E&M의 음악사업 브랜드로 음원/음반의 투자/제작/유통부터 콘서트/페스티벌 개최까지 포함하고 있습니다.

My World is an angsty, more All Time Low-reminiscent rock track, with shaky videography. There’s heaps of shots of the band members running around and looking lost/pissed off about things. The breakdown is echoed and adds to those ‘I don’t know who I am in the world"  feels, with random shots of the members getting deep and reflective. 

미디움템포의 드라마틱한 전개가 느껴지는 싱글 "Rise"의 타이틀 곡. 지친 마음과 잊고 싶은 마음을 갖고있지만 아직 남아있는 감정들의 괴롭힘에서 벗어나고싶어 하는 자기자신에게 말한다 는 내용을 말하는 노래. IMGL FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bandimgl/ [VERTICAL] ITUNES : https://itun.es/kr/cQnYbb [RISE] ITUNES: https://itun.es/kr/AcE0bb CJ E&M Music은 아시아 No.1 엔터테인먼트 기업인 CJ E&M의 음악사업 브랜드로 음원/음반의 투자/제작/유통부터 콘서트/페스티벌 개최까지 포함하고 있습니다.

Both tracks do have pretty uninventive, ridiculously cliche videos; filled with lots of angst, head banging and shots of the members shredding their instruments. Most of the times I listened to this song, I couldn't watch their MVs because they just hit too close to home and remind me of my emo days too much. (Not really, but they reminded me of them a lot)