It has been almost two years since Jeon Somi made her last comeback with XOXO (which featured the tracks Dumb Dumb, XOXO and Anymore). But fans welcomed her back on Monday with the release of her 1st ever mini-album, Game Plan, since her solo debut, which features the title track Fast Forward.

To me, Fast Forward is one of those songs where if you blink, you will miss it. Intentional or not, I think Fast Forward (like other songs spanning just over 2.5 minutes) deserves a bit more somewhere along the way. The fast tempo of the track, while contributes to a strong dance track, does drive the song towards its end sooner, rather than later. That personally is the biggest gripe I have about the song. Other than that, Fast Forward embraces a very cool rendition of 2010s deep house style that you might expect to hear in a club environment. The first verse begins and the pre-choruses shows a strong command of Jeon Somi’s vocals, before we launch into the song’s bold yet bouncy, upbeat and non-lyrical chorus. This is immediately followed up with a Madonna-Vogue-esque styled second verse (which I personally find to be the best part of Fast Forward and would have totally liked to have heard more of), before another run at the chorus. The bridge that follows doesn’t add much to the song, but does give a strong presence of keyboard, before a final run at the same chorus comes into play. Jeon Somi really did nail the song and its style, but Fast Forward could have benefited with a longer frame to give itself some thing more (potentially a strong ender that isn’t a direct repeat of what had already been heard).

The song serves as a message for a lover in the lover future and the desire to fast forward to being with that lover. We see the first high-school crush of Jeon Somi’s in the video via those scenes in the school yard where she is firstly crying and later on is shy in front of her crush (who has a terrible hair cut). These scenes may imply that she had opened her feelings to her crush, but got rejected and is thus heartbroken. But in the context of the lyrics, this heartbreak is the first of many due to come her way on the path of finding her true lover in the future. We then see Jeon Somi go through people at the club, who on screen appear glitchy (representing short-lived relationships, brief relationships, or lengthier one that she must experience before finding ‘the one’). I think the training scenes also represent that “I don’t need another person” mindset that many go through on their quest for love. Altogether, I think the video is a nice showing of the song’s lyrics. And of course, Jeon Somi looks very stunning throughout the video, particularly during the choreography and her goddess scenes.

From what we can see in the music video, the choreography is very well done. It embraces the bouncy aspect of the song and shows Jeon Somi off in an even more confident light, especially those moments where she is the centre of attention.

Song – 9/10
Music Video – 9/10
Performance – 9/10
Overall Rating – 9/10