Music Assessment: ZOONIZINI (Astro) – Some Issues By no means Change

Let’s get the apparent out of the way in which first: ZOONIZINI is an terrible sub-unit title. I’m certain it has some particular which means as all Okay-pop monikers do, however saying it out loud immediately makes me really feel stupider. ZOONIZINI is Astro’s third sub-unit, made up of members MJ and JinJin. Earlier models delivered blended outcomes, however this mixture appears as if it may very well be lots of enjoyable.

Let’s rephrase that with further emphasis on “appears as if,” as a result of Some Issues By no means Change is actively repelling me. It’s giving essentially the most insipid model of early-2010’s radio pop fodder. Assume: Practice, B.o.B, Maroon 5, Macklemore. If these names ship a shiver down your backbone like they do mine, take a second to regular your self. It’s this particular mixture of plonky white boy beat and sing-song, nursery rhyme refrain that sends me spiraling. It’s the evil twin of “catchy,” sticking in your head whenever you desperately need to take away it.

I don’t know what else to say past questioning if this explicit tune strategy irritates others as a lot because it does me. I personally by no means need to hear it once more, however there should be an enormous marketplace for this sound someplace. Principally, Some Issues By no means Change has me lamenting the tip of Astro’s imperial section, which peaked with 2017’s completely sensible Dream Pt. 1 album. Sadly, some issues do change.

Grade: F