Music Assessment: WOODZ – I’ll By no means Love Once more

WOODZ surprise-released an aggressive rock stomper again in July — shortly after coming back from his army enlistment. He’s clearly able to strike whereas the iron of his profession is scorching, and I like that method. At this time, he’s returned with a extra totally fleshed out visible and a track whose emotive sound is more likely to enchantment extra strongly to the charts.

To me, WOODZ’s present music feels transported straight from the 90s when rock was a a lot larger presence on international music charts. He blends angst and theatricality in a method that makes his sound bigger than life, amplifying emotion for optimum impact. With I’ll By no means Love Once more, he achieves that intention by way of an inflow of choral vocals throughout the hook. What begins as a measured rock track slowly grows into an awesome cry. By the point we hit the climax, the association has stirred up a church-like fervor. This gradual construct rewards the listener and feels much more notable in a local weather of two-minute TikTok songs that dispense of their hooks as quickly as doable earlier than coming to a jarring cease. There’s a purpose a lot of my favourite 2025 singles have been on the longer facet. Nice songs want house to develop.

I’ll By no means Love Once more isn’t fairly the slam dunk it could possibly be as a result of its hanging centerpieces are surrounded by much less memorable moments that do little past organising the track’s highlights. So whereas the top end result may be very a lot well worth the journey, that journey generally is a bit uninteresting at instances. Nonetheless, there’s no person else in Okay-pop releasing music like this, which makes WOODZ an important gem throughout the business. He’s earned the leeway to do as he pleases.

Grade: B