Rookie boy group ALL(H)OURS has been within the information just lately, as Ok-pop titan JYP Leisure just lately listed their company as a subsidiary. I’m unsure what this implies with regards to firm sources, nevertheless it does get their new launch plum placement on JYP’s YouTube channel. Given this improvement, it’s the proper time for the group to unveil their pre-release single Graffiti.
Everybody’s doing a pre-release lately, affording them the possibility to showcase numerous sounds within the lead-up to album promotions. For Graffiti, ALL(H)OURS go for a really fashionable, predictable boy group model. I might throw a stone in any path and land upon a tune precisely like this. I swear Ok-pop used to have extra selection! Or possibly that’s merely nostalgia giving me rose-colored glasses. Regardless, there’s not an authentic concept inside Graffiti‘s body.
In the event you’re not going to try for originality, you should ship your tropes in probably the most participating manner attainable. That is the place the bedrock of songwriting is available in: parts like melody, momentum and climax. Sadly, Graffiti laces its skittering, pots-and-pans manufacturing with chanted sing-talk and fragmented hooks that crater simply as you hope they’d blossom. Nothing right here is objectively unhealthy and if I have been model new to Ok-pop I would even benefit from the observe. However as somebody who’s heard this template a whole lot of instances earlier than, there’s merely no compelling motive for Graffiti to exist.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.25 |
Grade: C
