Pungdeng-E 4th Album 머물러줘 Stay - Album Review

I was listening to some Pungdeng-E songs this week, so I thought it would be nice to post another music review of the group. I got their 4th Album 머물러줘 Stay a while ago and seems like a good time to share the album. I had been after this album for a while and got it on sale on YesAsia which was super exciting!

Pungdeng-E's 4th Album 머물러줘 Stay

Stay is the 4th Album from the Korean group Pungdeng-E and was released in 2017. It is the most recent physical Korean release from the group and includes a number of tracks that have been previously released by the girls. The album is your standard K-Pop release design with a photobook and CD. The album comes with the following contents:

• CD - 10 track album
• Photobook

Front & back cover of 머물러줘 Stay

The front cover has a photo of the girls which I quite like. I'm always a fan of album covers with photos of the members. I find album covers with plain designs or logos a bit boring, I'd much rather have a photo. The current logo of the group is featured on the front cover which shows the beetle icon of the group. The one thing that amuses me about this album design is the way is says '4nd Album'. Like what? Such a strange error that even repeats on the spine and back cover. I actually noticed the other day that the spine of their Japanese single Stay says Tapy B. I laughed for ages when I noticed it. No clue why these bizarre spelling errors keep happening on Pungdeng-E releases. The back cover of the album lists the track listing and some production/copyright information about the album. The two new tracks from the group are highlighted as NEW with Stay being listed as the title track.

머물러줘 Stay is your typical K-Pop album design with the photobook stuck inside the album on the left side as usual. The CD is housed in a plastic casing which isn't the strongest. The punch clip part of mine was broken when it arrived. But I never have much luck with this style of holder with DVD cases and always have to swap them over at stores. The CD features the beetle logo of the group and has a similar colour aesthetic to the logo.

Pungdeng-E New Single Released! - 카마야또 Caramel Macchiato

One of my favourite K-Pop groups Pungdeng-E released a new song this week and it's instantly one of my favourites. Their new single is called 카마야또 Caramel Macchiato and was released on the 4th of April 2018. 

The song features an old school upbeat that reminds of me of Puffy AmiYumi songs. I've always been a fan of Puffy AmiYumi, so it's exciting to hear some Korean music that sounds similar. Caramel Macchiato has fun lyrics as is usual for a Pungdeng-E song and the girls unique singing and rapping styles are perfect for the song. The chorus is catchy and easy to sing along to. I personally prefer this song over their last release Stay as this one is a bit more upbeat and close to their original sound that brought my attention to the group.

Haven't found any links to the song yet on iTunes or Spotify, hopefully it will be released soon so fans can buy it. It was featured on their last album I just noticed, but I haven't brought it yet as I pretty much own all the songs on it already either digitally or on their Japanese album. No official MV, but they posted two videos of the song on their youtube channel.