Monsta X are celebrating their tenth anniversary with their first album in two years. We’ll have to attend a pair weeks to listen to the total challenge, however like so many others they’re teasing us with a pre-release at the moment. Whereas watching their set at this 12 months’s KCON LA, I observed how heavy it was on their dance/membership tracks and questioned if this meant the group can be focusing extra on that style going ahead. We’ll see what the remainder of the album brings, however Do What I Need undoubtedly lands us in the midst of the dancefloor.
With this tune, the blokes have fused fashionable Brazilian funk to a extra easy membership thumper. Like so many dance tracks this 12 months, Do What I Need hinges on a spoken refrain, leaving its slight melodic segments as ornamentation revolving round its centerpiece. This strategy is rising extra tiresome by the day and tends to make all these tracks interchangeable. They start to really feel extra like slogans than songs, however I assume a catchy, easy affirmation sounds good in short clips on TikTok.
Do What I Need commits one other cardinal sin by fully shifting its power throughout verse two. This pattern has develop into much less frequent as of late than earlier than, however nonetheless stymies a tune’s momentum in problematic methods. This strategy is emblematic of the monitor as an entire. It’s a hodgepodge of concepts, tempos and moments that doesn’t fairly forge a satisfying entire. It’s very messy and its highs aren’t excessive sufficient to compensate for the general “been there, performed that” feeling the tune elicits. I hope their title monitor is extra targeted and memorable.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.5 |
Grade: C
