Music Overview: ENHYPEN – Dangerous Need (With Or With out You)

In comparison with different HYBE teams, I’ve had a tougher time moving into the groove of ENHYPEN’s discography. Every time they launch a tune that I like, they’ll observe it with two or three that depart me chilly. That observe report doesn’t precisely construct confidence in new materials, however I acknowledge how in style the group has turn into. They should be doing one thing proper, even when that one thing isn’t typically for me. New single Dangerous Need (With Or With out You) looks like one step ahead and two steps again, which is a irritating place to be.

Inside this tune we discover a couple of of HYBE’s worst instincts: a veritable military of composers and an ultra-short runtime that leaves no room for musical improvement. Vocal results are used to not easy out imperfections however so as to add deliberate texture. This selection will doubtless be polarizing. I really feel the manufacturing overplays its hand by smothering the overwhelming majority of the observe with these vocal results. On this case, somewhat would have gone a great distance. Rather a lot makes the group sound dangerously near AI’s uncanny valley. ENHYPEN have by no means staked their declare on a ton of vocal taste anyway (they’re extra notable for his or her dancing and picture), however the effects-heavy manufacturing right here turns them into robots.

On the similar time, Dangerous Need boasts a number of the group’s most participating melodies in awhile. The refrain unveils a pleasant flourish of drama that has potential to develop towards larger heights. It’s a pity that these melodies are dragged down by leaden manufacturing that squanders all the eagerness we all know Okay-pop can deliver. I benefit from the Timbaland-style beats within the verses, however the association of the refrain must do one thing totally different to vault the tune to a different stage. It merely sits there, spinning its wheels. Since Okay-pop is presently so obsessive about 2000’s nostalgia, somebody wants to return and hearken to songs just like the Timbaland-produced Cry Me A River that successfully infuse their stuttering midtempo with true dynamism and scope.

Grade: C+