This duo is formed of Sung Hyo Ram and Jay Gun (awesome name), two models who belong to GF Entertainment. I wasn’t familiar with this agency prior to X-Cross, but after listening to this EP for the first time, I’m definitely making a mental note of it.

There are 2 songs on this 1st digital single by X-Cross. Their good looks alone will gather the herds of Kpop fangirls, but for me they have made a very powerful and undoubtedly good impression.

Reading that they are models-turned-singers, I instantly thought “auto-tune, we meet again,” and I was dead on. The first song “Storm” is drenched in processing, but let me just say, there is a proper and shameful way of going about it. This song is a nice example of how auto tune can sound pretty okay to someone who keeps a T-pain Repellent in their back pocket. You hardly notice it because the melodies are so good. They’re distracting and you’re more focused on fist pumping than worrying about anything else. And they rap -wha?!

“My Luv” is the title track and it’s…well…awesome. This song as a debut is mind-bogglingly perfect. They are out to prove that A.) they have what it takes to go head-to-head with today’s Kpop boybands and B.) it doesn’t take six thousand guys to deliver quality music. Some don’t even deliver at all. This is two guys, y’all.

PS. Here’s the (highly un-original) MV to My Luv. I recommend listening to X-Cross with earphones on rather than just watching this MV. It’s a Much better experience: