CCM Finally Succeeds Again with The SEEYA

On paper, Core Contents Media’s new girl group, The SEEYA, shouldn’t work. At a time when CCM is still swathed in scandal from T-ara and reeling from the loss almost losing its second most successful act, Davichi, why would the deranged Kim Kwang Soo decide to not only reboot one of the most controversial acts in the agency’s history, SeeYa, but to name said rebooted group, The SEEYA? The whole thing sounds like a hot mess waiting to happen, but surprisingly, it’s not. The SEEYA made their debut last week with their first single, “Be With You”, and low and behold, it’s actually pretty good — and so is the group.

Produced by Duble Sidekick, who was behind SISTAR’s chart-topper “Loving U”, “Be With You” is a melancholy dance ballad with lashings of hip-hop thanks to a guest appearance from phlegm-voiced SPEED rapper Taewoon. Although it doesn’t sound like any specific T-ara track, the rap-ballad style and cheap electronica definitely recalls elements of their earlier work, which alone makes me an instant fan.

The SEEYA’s musical style and dark concept stand out for all the right reasons, so they need to stick with it for a while and not attempt any of the crazy concept changes or publicity stunts that CCM is known for. Right now, the best option for CCM is to leave the drama at the door and just spotlight The SEEYA’s talent and natural charisma over everything else. The group currently has a unique spot on the girl group ladder because they don’t quite fit into the typical idol dance-pop mold, nor are they your standard balladeers or vocal act. If they build upon this, they could end up finding a lot of success. “Be With You” is already off to a strong start, floating around in the top thirty of the Instiz iChart since its release. That’s a hell of a lot better than how CCM’s last two groups –SPEED and Gangkiz– did with their debut tracks.

Kim Kwang Soo, please don’t screw this one up. Let the fact that you actually called this awesome quartet “The SEEYA” be the extent of your damage, and cause them no further harm from this point forward.

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  • http://twitter.com/SuzySooyoung Suzy Sooyoung

    Gorgeous song. And yeah its very early T-awwwa. The live performance was very cute. I hate the rapper tho lmfao

  • filmpuff

    I’m not really into ballads but this one got me. Without to much artwork, you just listen to their voices and they are pretty good. Right now, a class act. Don’t ruin it!

  • http://www.twitter.com/p3rf3c7ch405 p3rf3c7ch405

    The Seeya is pure, unadulterated genius. vocally talented, visually stunning, overall perfection. i’m mesmerized by how extremely simple they are, yet how elegant they are at the same exact time. they definitely did the original Seeya much justice as being one of the best vocal groups to release a song this year (sorry SPICA, Be With You outranks Russian Roulette by a longshot), and in my opinion, it is the absolute best debut song of the year, and it’s so good that it even rivals that of my personal favorite debut song of all time, Lies by T-ara. i personally can’t decide which was better, even when T-ara is my ultimate bias.

    i’ve been stanning The Seeya ever since i heard this was a second generation of the original Seeya, so i expect much from them, and when this song came out, my prayers for a new, awesome group from CCM were answered and i know i will NOT be disappointed by this group EVER. The Seeya fighting! ^^

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Manu-Barber/626285829 Manu Barber

    Quartet*

    Love the song. They have really good voices.

  • http://twitter.com/kirstydelite kirsty delight

    unrelated but i’ve read (soompi? i forgot) that davichi didn’t continue w their plans to work w their managers in a different company. they’re back to ccm.

    i also hope ccm won’t fuck up w this group courting unnecessary controversies.

  • http://twitter.com/TheProphetBlog The Prophet

    Really? I didn’t know that. I will have to look it up.

  • http://twitter.com/TheProphetBlog The Prophet

    Lmao I don’t know how I mis these typos and shit, I proof read this carefully to, although I was listening to music loudly at the time and chatting on msn…

  • http://www.twitter.com/p3rf3c7ch405 p3rf3c7ch405

    yeah. davichi chose not to join their old managers in the new company due to contract issues with their written up 5yr contracts, so they signed back with CCM and they’re gonna have a big blockbuster album set for february/march around. and no, this won’t mess with The Seeya. from how it seems, CCM is FINALLY getting organized.

    The Seeya -> Speed -> T-ara -> 5Dolls -> Davichi. we’ll pretty much have a CCM artist for every month around. so excited that CCM finally might be going somewhere in the history of the company lol.

  • zephyrmagicsparkle

    they’re awesome!! totally my fave rookie this year :D their song purely awesome !! i repeat it so many times!! KKS please don’t ruin this group and take care more!!

  • Ange1Serran0

    I really like this song surprisely. But Hot girl will always be my favorite SeeYa song. Hope they remake it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lucaswoodstock Lucas Oliveira Dantas

    i actually like them and the song! they seem like dark adult characters from a teen anime. all beautiful and intriguing! i hope they live to have the wonderful discography this debut promises.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lucaswoodstock Lucas Oliveira Dantas

    loved this song, but hey, “geojitmal” is a hundred times superior!

  • EthanChou

    You’re right in that it reminds me a lot of early T-ara (AFA/Breaking Heart=best album in kpop), with the electronic ballad/rap material. I really am looking forward to what more could be coming from The Seeya, and hoping to see T-ara return to that style of music (no problem with Day by Day but Sexy Love is… not my style). Still, this may prove to be a good avenue for CCM to produce different types of music now, with the darker, hauntingly beautiful type of songs for The Seeya now and regular things for T-ara (do they even have regular songs?). I approve.