In each their solo endeavors and their staff work, from20 and Hiya Gloom have bounded from energy to energy this 12 months. Their Means Higher company is aptly named, because it’s turn into the go-to place for prime quality Korean dance music. The 2 traverse genres however tie all the things along with an inviting vitality and an ear for an indelible hook. New single Blue is a good way to punctuate their 2024 work.
The 2 beforehand collaborated on the uplifting Your Love again in July. Blue is equally sentimental, although it attracts its energy from skittering drum and bass fairly than straight up home music. DnB has turn into a preferred touchstone in Okay-pop this 12 months, however is usually used as a boring underpinning for uninspired melodies. Blue does some fascinating issues with the style, using dynamic percussion to rework temper and momentum. Every refrain sounds as if it’s being ripped right into a wormhole and this sense of motion is kind of efficient.
Talking of motion, my favourite second in Blue occurs proper as the primary refrain swoops into the second verse. That is the purpose the place the vocal baton is handed from from20 to Hiya Gloom and the transition is simply pretty. I are typically additional choosy about second verses as a result of I consider they are often the very best a part of a tune if delivered effectively. It’s the place momentum lives or dies in a tune, and Blue guides us ahead with model. As regular, I simply want the observe was longer. There’s a lot extra that might have been completed with an additional minute and it might have been nice to listen to from20 and Hiya Gloom sing collectively on the finale. Nonetheless, that is one other large hit from the Means Higher staff.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 9 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 9 |
| RATING | 8.5 |
Grade: B
