Track Evaluation: Inseong (SF9) – Mute Is Off

Male idol solo tracks have a tendency to suit inside just a few distinct realms lately. Both they go for a slinky funk monitor (often served with an enormous aspect of Justin Timberlake’s Like I Love You), stark piano ballad or gentle rocker. These archetypes have turn out to be so hardened that it’s troublesome to tug a lot enjoyment from them anymore. SF9’s Inseong has opted for ‘archetype quantity three’ for his solo debut, delivering a chugging rock monitor.

To his credit score, Inseong’s voice is well-suited to this style. His vocal has a reputable rock energy that fuels Mute Is Off with a robust, assured belt we don’t typically get to listen to in his work with SF9. In some methods, the music jogs my memory of 2013’s Wild & Younger by Winner’s Kang Seungyoon — nonetheless a high-water mark of this template in my thoughts. The melodies and guitar riffs aren’t almost as catchy right here, however I admire the power. Higher but, Mute Is Off builds towards a putting climax that sends the music out on a excessive. It’s nonetheless means too restricted by style tropes and in the end fairly generic, however this can be a promising route for Inseong going ahead.

Grade: B-