The whole “change up” thing is just the vocal cue. That sudden shift from bubblegum pop to jazz, rock, or even drum & bass for like 15 seconds before snapping back is the MIXXPOP identity, whether they yell the line or not.
With Blue Valentine, people rushed to say “Oh, this is their most normal era,” or "they stopped doing MIXXPOP to top charts" as if MIXXPOP disappears when it’s not screaming in your face.
But Blue Valentine proves NMIXX’s versatility by showing that MIXXPOP can be subtle, almost cinematic, rather than explosive.
People think they stopped doing MIXXPOP but they just got good at it.
by 00_Sunflower_00
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There was like multiple generes in BV too
A reviewer I like watching said it perfectly, them not announcing the change up shows a sense of maturity in their sound, that they’re more comfortable with the change ups so they believe people will enjoy it without the need to prepare themselves when they hear “N! MIXX! CHANGE UP LET’S GO!!!”
Plus them doing the change up in a smoother way with mixxing sounds that are more similar to each other as opposed to the more jarring mixxes ,like with O.O, is also really fun in its own right and its still mixx-pop
What’s funny because their “most normal era” is our “most mixxpop era”.
I wish I have the energy to go online and find these people, because I’d like to ask what do they mean. Do they not hear the different tempo? Do they not hear different beats? Aespa have done this type of music genre, and you don’t hear any lyrics from them signifying any change ups. 🤔
I think their “mixxing” become more subtle, more precise and more of a elevated arts type of a music. Quite an evolution from O.O
(they still do O.o type of b-sides though, I think this time it was “Reality hurts” – super sudden change of the tune)
These are the same people who don’t know the difference between an artist changing their sound and artistic progression.
And blue valentine’s definitely more mixxpoppy than know about me
Edit: Also in terms of harmonic complexity nmixx’s 2025 releases have been way more complex than their previous releases
You mean this because of some reactions? I’ve seen two or three where people were praising them for moving past OO, when Blue Valentine literally has more changes than OO, Dice, Tank etc
People were conditioned by the “change up” and still didn’t recover their mental capabilities
Lily said it best they arent doing it for the charts they’re doing it for the arts. But charting is really nice too.
I love their growth in the subtlety of mixxpop, but i won’t lie and say I dont miss the “NMIXX CHANGE UP!” its just so iconic. When we get that snippet of “NMIXX!” In Pheonix it really just hits the right buttons in my brain.
Personally I’m kinda glad they’re moving past “nmixx change up”. It worked the first few times but I think by the time we got to Soñar I was ready for that to stop being a thing. I prefer just changing it up without the announcement.
I think the confusion is understandable — I had never heard of mixxpop before NMIXX and I’m probably not alone in that. So O.O and Dice were the first thing a lot of people knew about the idea of “mixxpop” and it set their expectations a certain way.
I mean, *something* changed between O.O/Dice and their later songs with changeups. Even if it’s not a different genre, the way the mixx/change-up is being applied is different.
I love the subtlety of the mixxpop nowadays. It feels less like a gimmick and more like an identity