After not caring for a lot of their music final 12 months, NEXZ has slowly and absolutely received me over in 2025. This culminated with final month’s Beat-Boxer, a music that has confirmed to be one among my largest growers in current reminiscence. I like its silly, cartoonish power and nonsense lyrics. It’s made me understand that what I really need from this group is large, foolish pop music and a variety of flipping round.
The brand new NEXZ album can be sturdy. JYP Leisure appears to agree, as they’re selling it with a follow-up music. Subsequent To You closes the album and affords a peek at a sweeter sound for the blokes. Whereas not my favourite b-side, its fitful association grows right into a standout refrain that brings bubblegum melodies again to Ok-pop. This has been an business strategy for many years, highlighted in classics like DBSK/TVXQ’s Balloons. The melodies at Subsequent To Me‘s core will both delight or grate relying in your temper and willingness to give up to the cheese of all of it.
More often than not, I’m within the temper for Subsequent To Me‘s overbearing strategy, however even then I nonetheless really feel prefer it’s solely half of a very good music. The verses do little for me, dragging down the monitor’s upbeat power. These segments really feel like placeholders earlier than we get again to the good things, making Subsequent To Me extra irritating than it must be.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+
