Billboard praised quartet K-Pop girl group Mamamoo in a post in its K-Pop News section on Mar. 10.An article with the headline “Mamamoo’s ‘Melting’ Brings Retro Soul Back to K-Pop,” it complimented the various and unique vocal styles of each member.

“Following the release of ‘Melting’ at the end of (February), these women are back in brass with a light-hearted vengeance to show the world that K-pop isn’t all about the saccharine and the sexy,” it reads.The group performed at a K-Pop Night Out event at arts, technology and music festival South By Southwest in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, and came back to Korea to stage performances on KBS2’s music program “Music Bank” on Friday.They launched their music career with a digital single titled “Don’t Be Happy” in 2014, and have showed off their excellent singing skills by participating in a lot of projects.Their latest album, “Melting,” was released on Feb. 26 and has topped several Korean online music websites.By Kim Soo-hyang ()