n.SSign’s sole 2025 single Itty Bitty was a sneaky little earworm, slowly rising to develop into one in all my favourite songs of final spring. The fellows don’t promote almost sufficient for a bunch of their stature. They nonetheless really feel like rookies, regardless of debuting in 2023. New single Funky Like Me was first premiered final month at KBS’s year-end music pageant and now now we have the studio model and music video.
This track options Peak & Pitch, whose identify was new to me. Nevertheless, I did some analysis and observed that these guys was a part of the band The East Gentle, which I actually liked throughout their transient stint from 2016-2018. I’m unsure why a bunch with as many members as n.SSign must function two extra, however I’m pleased to see the blokes getting work and it’s good to listen to their voices once more. As its title counsel, Funky Like Me is a funk pop observe within the vein of so many different funk pop tracks Okay-pop’s boy teams have delivered over time. This one makes an attempt a extra throwback method, pushed by massive stabs of brass and old-school hip-hop breaks.
I like the nod to musical historical past (particularly when elements of the vocal hook recall the Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive), however I’m unsure the track works in addition to it ought to. It feels extra like a jam than a fully-fleshed out pop single, discovering one collection of hooks and driving them into the bottom. There’s no actual sense of progress or ahead motion. It’s only a nice riff repeated time and again. The track is definitely well-delivered, however I worry this one-note method will put on skinny rapidly.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+