It’s time to say “farewell, for now” to NCT’s Doyoung. He enlisted yesterday, alongside fellow member Jungwoo. And like Jungwoo, he’s launched a parting reward for followers within the type or a digital single. Sadly, he received’t be selling this on music reveals however Promise (늦은 말) nonetheless stands as a welcome balm for these mourning his absence.
Promise is precisely what you’d anticipate from a music developed to mark the beginning of a army enlistment hiatus. It’s a mild ballad highlighting Doyoung’s love in a approach that may simply be transposed onto followers. As regular, his voice sounds stunning and the observe delivers a number of vocal peaks all through its pleading construction. Manufacturing is generally restrained to piano and strings with slight hits of percussion to present the association added heft.
This fashion of music doesn’t have an enormous quantity of buy with me, even when I really like the vocalist. Promise feels constructed for spectacular reside performances, which makes its arrival after enlistment a little bit of a missed alternative. As a music on a playlist, I’m not often within the temper for one thing so restrained. However as a footnote to this stage of Doyoung’s profession, Promise will please the very followers it’s designed for.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.5 |
Grade: C