EXO have been inaugurated into my “Okay-Pop A-Z” function, which implies something they launch routinely will get a full overview. To be sincere, I’ve regretted that rule over the previous few years since I haven’t vibed with the group’s albums since 2018.
Is there new work REVERXE any totally different? Learn on to seek out out!
1. Crown // 2. Again It Up // 3. Loopy // 4. Suffocate // 5. Moonlight Shadows // 6. Again Pocket // 7. Contact & Go // 8. Flatline // 9. I’m Residence
BACK IT UP
I’ve a bone to select with how SM Leisure describes their songs. They teased Again It Up as a “dance monitor.” I assume that’s true should you’re performing a full-on choreographed routine, however after I consider dance music I think about one thing I can placed on and… dance to. Songs like this really feel waaaayyyy too gradual and lumbering for dancing. It could be extra correct to name this a “track to creep round at midnight to,” however I assume that doesn’t precisely roll off the tongue.
EXO carried out this monitor on the Melon Music Awards again in December and I didn’t assume a lot of it then. To be sincere, I nonetheless don’t. I respect the relentless power, although as already acknowledged that power is crushing aggression moderately than euphoria or wild abandon. The instrumental lurches alongside, mixing tinny entice affect with heavy, distorted percussion. To me, this type works finest when contrasted with a extra melodic topline, however the tune right here (comparable to it’s) is simply as pulverizing because the music. I can’t say I really like the repetitive “again it up, again it up, stack it up” chant. If SM have been selecting between this and Crown because the title monitor, they positively picked the fitting track.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.25 |
Grade: C