Music Evaluate: ZEROBASEONE – Blue

ZEROBASEONE have at all times launched stable music, however they actually discovered their footing with final yr’s Cinema Paradise album. Teaming with Ok-pop legend Kenzie on title monitor Good So Dangerous was an impressed selection, and the group has replicated that success with new single Blue. The music is nostalgic and energizing, buoyed by one of many yr’s finest choruses.

I at all times know we’re in for a deal with when a music’s refrain is teased continuously earlier than its launch. The producers and company clearly have faith on this hook and the melodies had been already caught in my head days earlier than the complete music was launched. As you may anticipate given this strategy, Blue gallops out of the gate with this full-fledged chorus. The vocal mix right here is so SHINee-coded, as if it may have sprung from one among their 2018-era albums. I’m positive that is due to the Kenzie connection, however ZB1’s highly effective vocals additionally deserve reward. Not each group can ship this type of music so nicely.

I’m undecided how I really feel about Blue‘s a number of slowdowns (the start of verse two may pop a bit extra), however when its megawatt refrain is lurking round each nook it’s exhausting to be dissatisfied with the association. The music’s liveliness is a wanted balm within the useless of winter, even when Blue feels higher suited to the summer time months. At their finest, its melodies have a hovering, open-hearted sound that makes you need to shout on the high of your lungs. Good So Dangerous grew on me massively over the months since its launch, however Blue is an instantaneous hit.

Grade: A-