It’s a mini Wanna One reunion as AB6IX’s Park Woojin pairs with former bandmate Ha Sungwoon for his new title monitor Cool & Sizzling. This music apart, I’ve at all times felt a full Wanna One reunion can be a giant second on the Korean charts. Too typically, the members of Produce 101/Women/Boys Planet teams endure a combined monitor document as soon as they’re unfold out amongst their respective businesses. I do know it’s contractually unattainable, however all of those teams ought to have been everlasting.
In fact, you want nice music to make your mark, and the slight funk of Cool & Sizzling is extra “good” than “nice.” We’ve heard a ton of this throwback hip-hop sound recently. Any novelty it could have had has lengthy since worn off. Past all of the DJ scratches and breakbeats is a music that bops alongside properly however by no means catches fireplace. Woojin is a enjoyable rapper and it’s good to listen to that talent totally harnessed in a manner that AB6IX (or Wanna One) songs don’t at all times enable. Nevertheless, he doesn’t do something notably fascinating right here. The ambition is fairly low all through, which is sensible given Cool & Sizzling‘s unobtrusive, head-nodding sound.
Ha Sungwoon’s hook is equally subdued. “Oh my jeez!” is a supremely awkward phrase to construct a refrain round (and my soiled thoughts hears one thing fully totally different…).The melody additionally lacks chew, feeling as if it will be extra at residence in a coffeeshop than a dance ground. Each Woojin and Sungwoon are amiable performs with loads of highlights to their identify, however I’m afraid Cool & Sizzling will battle to worm its manner into listeners’ reminiscences.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.5 |
Grade: C
