TRENDZ have develop into one in every of my largest frustrations in Ok-pop. That they had such a great factor going with final yr’s mega-banger Go Up, however a piecemeal strategy to collaborators has resulted in music that feels haphazard and incongruous. new single Chameleon (카멜레온) may as properly have come from a very totally different group than Go Up or Vagabond or My Means.
In a approach, I suppose the phrase “chameleon” describes this completely! The music is yet one more transformation for the group, depositing them on this planet of old-school hip-hop. It’s a well-trodden path for Ok-pop’s boy teams. We’ve heard a ton of this sound up to now few weeks alone. And like a damaged file, I’ll say as soon as once more that any style could be revitalized if the traditional parts of songwriting (melody, chords, beat) are sturdy.
Reasonably than purpose for a fully-realized manufacturing, Chameleon feels extra targeted on turning into an earworm. Its chanted hook is repeated early and sometimes to the purpose that it begins to grate even earlier than the observe has completed. It’s catchy, however “catchy” isn’t at all times a praise. I discover the refrain an obnoxious pay attention, which dampens every little thing else swirling round it. There are some attention-grabbing concepts embedded inside the verses (that corrugated synth is cool), however general that is a straightforward skip.
| Hooks | 6 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7 |
Grade: C-