Rookie boy group ALL(H)OURS has been within the information lately, as Ok-pop titan JYP Leisure 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 today, 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 may throw a stone in any route and land upon a track 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.
For those who’re not going to attempt for originality, you will need to ship your tropes in probably the most partaking method potential. That is the place the bedrock of songwriting is available in: components 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 had 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 occasions earlier than, there’s merely no compelling cause for Graffiti to exist.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.25 |
Grade: C
