I really need to start paying better attention to what SM Entertainment is doing with their STATION brand, because I totally slept on this amazing collaboration between John Legend and Red Velvetās Wendyāfor almost three months, it seems.
Iām also ashamed to report that I had never heard a single John Legend song until I watched La La Land in 2016Ā and heard Start A Fire, which (the filmās themes aside) became one of my favorite songs from the soundtrack. This led me to explore his discography and history, and hoo boy, have I been missing out.
Here, though, Iām just glad Wendy gets to sing in English beyond a few flavor lines in Red Velvet releases (or for staid humorous effect in TV shows) and collaborate on a track that expands her comfort zone beyond Red Velvetās traditional boundaries. And, as pretty much everyone knows by this point, Iām a sucker for an acoustic guitar.
