Monsta X are celebrating their tenth anniversary with their first album in two years. We’ll have to attend a pair weeks to listen to the total venture, however like so many others they’re teasing us with a pre-release at this time. Whereas watching their set at this 12 months’s KCON LA, I seen how heavy it was on their dance/membership tracks and questioned if this meant the group could be focusing extra on that style going ahead. We’ll see what the remainder of the album brings, however Do What I Need undoubtedly lands us in the course of the dancefloor.
With this track, the fellows have fused stylish Brazilian funk to a extra easy membership thumper. Like so many dance tracks this 12 months, Do What I Need hinges on a spoken refrain, leaving its slight melodic segments as ornamentation revolving round its centerpiece. This method is rising extra tiresome by the day and tends to make all these tracks interchangeable. They start to really feel extra like slogans than songs, however I suppose a catchy, easy affirmation sounds good in short clips on TikTok.
Do What I Need commits one other cardinal sin by utterly shifting its vitality throughout verse two. This development has grow to be much less frequent today than earlier than, however nonetheless stymies a track’s momentum in problematic methods. This method is emblematic of the monitor as a complete. It’s a hodgepodge of concepts, tempos and moments that doesn’t fairly forge a satisfying entire. It’s very messy and its highs aren’t excessive sufficient to compensate for the general “been there, executed that” feeling the track elicits. I hope their title monitor is extra centered and memorable.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.5 |
Grade: C