Hyolyn Tries To Muscle In On Soyu's Market With Assist on Mad Clown's "Without You"

We all know that Hyolyn is secretly seething that Soyu's collaboration with JunggiGo "Some" is probably the biggest song of the year in Korea so far.

SISTAR's Hyolyn Released Her Debut Solo LP "Love and Hate" With Two Title Tracks

It was inevitable that Hyolyn (or Hyorin) would release a solo project sooner or later. And I'm glad it was sooner. "Love & Hate, Vol. 1" sees Starship Entertainment pull out all the stops for Korea's Beyonce in terms of both production credits and aesthetic. And I'm guessing they want this cycle of promotions to last a while because they released two title tracks. The first title track, "Lonely" is a midtempo ballad that reminiscent of Brown Eyed Girls "Cleasing Cream" (and I mean that in a good way) and is a lot more heartfelt and genuine than most ballads that come out of the K-Pop realm this day. And the video! Whoever shot this deserves all the awards. It's literally perfect and captures the essence of the song.
The second title track, "One Way Love" is a bit more upbeat and utilizes more of Hyolyn's killer higher register. I'm kinda of disappointed though as I expected it to be edgier and be on the rock side, much like the teaser made it out to be, but I'm ok with the more straightforward approach. I mean, it is a Brave Brothers production.