Recently, MUVE podcast held an episode reviewing new music and revealed their one-line reviews of girl groups.

In particular, the reviews for girl groups NMIXX and Hearts2Hearts garnered much attention online.

“Blue Valentine

NMIXX

4 Stars: A new standard for a well-made K-Pop album.

3.5 Stars: With most certainty, the best K-Pop album this year.

3.5 Stars: NMIXX has finally completed the group’s identity.”

“FOCUS

Hearts2Hearts

2 Stars: Between popularity and lack of individuality, succession is a double-edged sword.

3 Stars: I truly wonder if this plan was for the new group.

3 Stars: The potential of new talent is being buried by SM’s legacy.”

With this, netizens expressed divided reactions regarding the albums.

• “Hearts2Hearts doesn’t have anything new to show. At least ‘Focus’ is a bit better. I hope they continue this style. ‘Style’ didn’t feel like something that a big agency made.”
• “NMIXX’s album was so good I listened to the whole thing…so good.”
• “SM really needs Lee Soo Man…”
• “NMIXX’s album was good up until ‘Dash’, and the songs these days are disappointing. But it seems like they won’t be doing that type of music anymore…”
• “As soon as I listened to NMIXX’s album, it looked like they were aiming towards the masses with the catchy melody. Hearts2Hearts takes some time to get used to…but they need a catchy song to survive this music industry.”
• “I thought NMIXX’s new album had good songs, except just one or two.”
• “I liked Hearts2Hearts songs better…”
• “I enjoyed Hearts2Hearts more…”