K-Pop Double-Take is a periodic column highlighting recent releases that have yet to receive the attention we feel they deserve.

On Sept. 1, South Korean pop group Super Junior released their seventh album entitled "Mamacita." In the months since, the release has topped music charts around the world.

But though the music video for the song "Evanesce," released on Oct. 27, has received over 3 million views on YouTube, it has yet to receive the earth-shattering buzz it deserves, especially in the media. Using creative production techniques and subtle musical elements, Super Junior create nothing short of a haunting masterpiece with "Evanesce."

"Evanesce" is produced by an all-star team that includes the word renowned and highly influential American R&B and hip hop producer, Teddy Riley, as well as DOM, Kim Taesung and Andrew Choi.

The song combines elements of alternative rock, hip-hop, R&B and classical music to create an unlikely blend of styles that gives this undeniably dark ballad a universal appeal.    

When "Evanesce" begins, the watery opening guitar passage with the instrument drenched in effects (delay mainly and flange) give the song a fluid, constantly transforming sound. It's a guitar sound that you might hear in a Radiohead or Tame Impala song and it gives the intro of the song the feeling that you're being pulled into a murky dream.      

Then, as if a fuse breaker has been flipped, a bolt of sonic electricity is thrown into the mix, adding life to a song that started out sounding so murky and desolate. Meanwhile, a simple, metronomic finger snap sets the rhythm.   

As Kyuhyun sings the first verse (read a translation of the lyrics here) in a smooth, soulful voice, a rumbling bass line fills out the low end.  The bass notes have been distorted, suggesting the fragmented, disintegrating quality that the song title alludes to.  

The word "Evanesce" can be defined as "passing out of sight, memory, or existence", "disintegrating" or  "disappearing like vapor", and it seems the producers have deliberately chosen liquefied guitar sounds, distorted sound waves and imperfect warbly bass notes to subtly reinforce the song's theme of intangibility and impermanence.

Another subtle touch that you'll hear in "Evanesce" are some well placed, pitch modulated 808 beats, a technique used in the genre of trap music.  These rhythmic accents are cleverly hidden in the mix, but they give the song a unique texture.

As the chorus enters in "Evanesce"  ("Don't know why, Tell me why, Why does love end?"), orchestral strings swell into the mix, dispelling some of the darkness heard in the opening of the song. 

But this moment only lasts long enough for the chorus to be belted out by the entire group at the top of their lungs. Then, after an abrupt pause in the song, heard in the video version at 1:32, the seductive darkness floods back in.  

The vocals of "Evanesce" are all sung flawlessly, and mixed to perfection.   

As usual, the members of the group take turns singing verses and sharing lines and harmonizing.  And it takes talent to harmonize like this, which is why Super Junior continues to be one of K-pop's most successful acts.

"Evanesce" wasn't produced for the dance floor, it's more like a musical daydream that's that you'll want to revisit over and over again, especially if you've got a good stereo system.

Listen to Super Junior's new single "Evanesce" RIGHT HERE

Carl Hamm is a DJ, radio host, film maker and self-described culture pusher. "Pop Yeh Yeh," Hamm's critically-heralded compilation of 1960s psychedelic rock from Singapore and Malaysia, was released in 2014. Hamm is currently working on a documentary film about '60s music in Singapore and Malaysia.