Reposted from Tumblr on 1/4/2026.
I'm a lover of Jaehyun's voice, and I really like his "J" album (Can't Get You especially), but I had two big problems with it... one the songs felt fragmented and two the English lyrics did not hit. Like I for one feel like the mass anger kpop stans have over songs being less than 3 minutes is arbitrary and ridiculous, but man some of these songs being, like, 3:30 made them feel like teasers of a song. I think because Jaehyun is so suited to a more classic style he should be allowed to like. Take his time!!! Sing for forever!!! Do ad libs!!! Let's get an instrumental solo in here
Also, as it is with pretty much all English lyrics written for kpop artists, the words here felt shallow and ill-suited to the music.
What purpose does the glass of wine serve in this metaphor other than to evoke sexy imagery??? It's like you want the aesthetic of a love song without any love in it. The terrible burden of being an idol stops a good chunk of this album from going anywhere, which again makes me sad because Jaehyun is really talented.
Anyway this is Can't Get You propaganda #yay
