Infinite – Paradise: the paradox of the “paradise”

After all the struggles it has been through, Infinite is finally going uphill these days. After the success of “Be Mine”(#1 of last week!) and its album “Over The Top”, Infinite next came out with the repackage with new song “Paradise” (and “Cover Girl”).

The music of “Paradise” has carried on the as-usual Infinite style: catchy but not too repetitive melody, echoing drum beats and midi sound effect, key change after the bridge, and more…. But it’s not simply a repetition of what Infinite had done before. In fact, it’s very different from the earlier ones

Traits of Kpop: Infinite – the concept of “all as one, one as all”

Korean idol industry produces boy groups and girl groups with a very unique unspoken rule: All as one, one as all – that is, teamwork, uniformity, synchronization, and individuality of each member that creates a single figure of the whole group.

And Infinite is definitely one of the best example you can get to explain this.

Infinite, debuted in 2010, is a temporary dancing and singing boy band of 7 members that is cultivated by Tablo from Epik High. Once they debuted, the synchronization of their dance made them famous almost simultaneously. Here’s an example of their incredibly in sync dances – the dance practice for “Before The Dawn”:

I can barely imagine anyone that thinks their dance is not in sync. Not only the time they move is uniform, but also