Woman group HITGS (the “Hip, Harmless, Teenager, Women, Story”) debuted simply over a month in the past with the frothy however forgettable Sourpatch, and have made a rapid return with new digital single Gross. Consider it as a way more subdued companion to Katseye’s Gnarly, through which a lady group makes use of a single adjective to touch upon the world within the hope of mass virality.
This being a track made for the TikTok era, it clocks in at a whopping two minutes, twelve seconds. On this case, that’s in all probability factor as a result of I’m unsure I might take far more of this track. Gross marries nursery rhyme melodies to a uninteresting, lumbering beat that appears like a bunch of cartoon sound results slowed down. It’s develop into widespread for contemporary woman teams to undertake what they name a “kitsch” sound, and that is virtually at all times a crimson flag for me. These songs lean closely towards novelty and infrequently really feel like one concept repeated again and again.
Lyrically, Gross is fairly cute and matches this very younger group. Three of the 5 members simply fifteen years previous, in any case. I assume this track appeals extra to listeners their age and youthful than it does to me, and if it had been launched in isolation I might think about Gross eliciting a chuckle. Nevertheless, as half of a bigger musical pattern, it’s a track I’d by no means select to hearken to once more.
| Hooks | 6 |
| Manufacturing | 6 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 6 |
| RATING | 6.25 |
Grade: D