When deciding which tune off ILLIT’s latest album to characteristic as a “buried treasure,” I waffled between Oops and Jellyous. I’m glad I selected the previous as a result of now I get to put in writing in regards to the newly-promoted Jellyous as effectively. That is additionally one other likelihood to wax poetic about how a lot Do The Dance has grown on me over the previous few weeks. It’s by far my favourite ILLIT title monitor at this level.
Jellyous can be enjoyable, although not as uniquely ear-catching. At its worst, the tune conforms to the muted sing-song strategy I’ve grown so bored with in Okay-pop, however just a few components raise it past these overused developments. A retro — nearly chiptunes — thread of percussion helps the majority of the monitor, including to ILLIT’s mystical woman conceit. Then, we get a pleasant post-chorus that lets the herky-jerky phrasing of the melodies lastly stretch into one thing extra strong. These are the melodic moments ILLIT want extra of. These refrains flesh out the monitor and push it past pure novelty.
Finally, Jellyous is simply too repetitive and flat to fully win me over in the best way Do The Dance did, nevertheless it makes for a pleasant b-side and a good promotional follow-up. My hope is that the group proceed to tease out the extra thrilling components of their songs and ultimately find yourself in a sonic panorama nearer to a senior artist like Lovelyz (whose musical touches poke out right here and there throughout ILLIT’s album in promising methods).
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8 |
Grade: B-
