I lately completed watching the JYP version of The Sport Caterers — a area day suite of video games involving members of each lively JYP group. The collection was a number of enjoyable and I admired how company COO J.Y. Park participated as properly. It was like watching the principal of a faculty hang around with totally different generations of scholars. No matter it’s possible you’ll consider the person, he actually boasts an admirable work ethic. That features his yearly solo single, which regularly riffs on musical traits of a long time previous.
New single Joyful Hour (퇴근길) enlists the assistance of non-JYP singer/songwriter Kown Jinah, although the 2 share a historical past by the 2013 season of Okay-pop Star. Slightly than his normal forays into disco and synthpop, Joyful Hour adopts a rustic sheen. I really feel like J.Y. Park has been threatening a rustic music for awhile now, and although this one doesn’t utterly lean into the style the guitar is certainly twanging.
Whereas the music’s music video highlights the humor we’re accustomed to from his late-career interval, the music itself is fairly boring. I don’t suppose this style is suited to J.Y. Park’s strengths and the melodies aren’t memorable sufficient to make up for the lackluster instrumental. Maybe if I spoke and understood fluent Korean I’d be extra charmed by the general bundle. Because it stands, it is a uncommon move for me.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7 |
Grade: C-