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 undecided what this implies in terms of firm sources, nevertheless it does get their new launch plum placement on JYP’s YouTube channel. Given this improvement, it’s the right time for the group to unveil their pre-release single Graffiti.
Everybody’s doing a pre-release nowadays, affording them the possibility to showcase varied sounds within the lead-up to album promotions. For Graffiti, ALL(H)OURS go for a really stylish, predictable boy group type. I may throw a stone in any course 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 thought inside Graffiti‘s body.
When you’re not going to attempt for originality, you will need to ship your tropes in essentially the most partaking approach 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 dangerous and if I have been model new to Ok-pop I would even benefit from the monitor. However as somebody who’s heard this template a whole bunch 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
