Along with his profession as a singer, Daesung has continued to be a dependable selection star — particularly together with his personal YouTube collection. This takes benefit of his jovial facet, which wasn’t at all times allowed to flourish as a part of his group’s extra severe hip-hop work. After a severe comeback of his personal earlier this yr, he’s flipped the change to full-on comedy with new single HANDO-CHOGUA (한도초과).
One of many lowest-level trolling responses I typically get on this weblog is readers admonishing me for “not liking enjoyable.” I don’t actually know what that’s purported to imply, however in my thoughts I delineate “enjoyable” and “schtick” fairly clearly. Anybody who is aware of my very pop-oriented style can see that I favor upbeat, enjoyable music to darkish, brooding fare. Nevertheless, one factor I’ve at all times bristled at is the thought of “pressured enjoyable.” Individuals who continually attempt to be humorous via gimmicks and mugging are inclined to irritate me, and it’s the identical with music.
HANDO-CHOGUA is like one lengthy train in mugging. Its existence as a trot music offers Daesung lots of leeway to be foolish and his chops as a performer make sure the monitor is professionally delivered, however an excessive amount of of it (and particularly its accompanying video) remind me of a nasty SNL sketch. I simply… don’t discover it remotely humorous, which type of makes the entire train collapse earlier than it might even get began. I felt equally about 2014’s Look At Me, Gwisun, however that music was a lot catchier.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 6 |
| RATING | 7 |
Grade: C-