I’m all the time a bit skeptical about songs known as “Rock & Roll” that aren’t from precise rock bands, but when anybody’s received the perspective to drive this type it’s ITZY. They made their identify on a brash vitality that felt punky even because it was fastidiously designed by a company to look so.
Japanese single Rock & Roll is just not even near “rock,” regardless of the women repeatedly telling us that they’re “so rock and roll.” The music doesn’t even attempt to embrace this style, and that’s most likely to its profit. As an alternative, Rock & Roll is an upbeat dance observe peppered by the occasional edgy breakdown. The melodies are lighter than anticipated, particularly the effusive refrain. My mind can’t fairly parse what ITZY are saying with how they’re saying it, making me want the music had a completely totally different idea. However from somebody who now loves a observe known as “Head Shoulders Knees Toes,” I can clearly recover from cringy lyrics if the sound itself is attractive.
Rock & Roll is attractive, if a bit generic. I want the music pushed itself additional in any course. Because it stands, Rock & Roll doesn’t decide to a lot of something, happy to face as pleasant fluff fairly than trigger the type of ruckus we all know ITZY are able to. Inside their discography, that is clearly mid-tier — sanitized sufficient to please nearly everybody however missing the sucker punch that would really knock out the group’s largest admirers.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+