Plugged in and ready to fall

"Them Girls" is a completely different animal, though. This is the Se7en I was hoping U.S. audiences would get to experience. On the Rodney Jerkins-produced, mid-tempo track, Se7en channels the same swagger and confidence that fueled "Lose Control" and "If You Know My Love" (The hottest Korean-language, R&B heater this side of Wheesung's "Incurable Disease").

I think I may be forced to reevaluate my opinion of Se7en's chances in the States. As far as I know, the album's not even finished, but that hasn't kept the South Korean press from predicting that Se7en's US debut is guaranteed to make an impact because- in addition to it being a pretty solid hip-hop/R&B record- he's going out of his way to avoid the same mistakes that kept talented artists like Utada Hikaru and Toshinobu Kubota from moving units on these shores.

BTW: I showed the following Se7en video to my sister, and my Mp3 player nearly short-circuited from all the drooling. Her exact words: "I don't understand what he's saying, but I don't care- he's SOO hot!"