Misamo is Twice’s first sub-unit, lively for nearly three years now. I final wrote about them in November of 2024 and now they’re kicking off 2026 with new single Confetti and upcoming album PLAY. As their music has developed, it’s taken on extra of an old-school strategy. Confetti pull us all the best way again to a theatrical swing sound.
Genres like this will simply really feel like novelty since they’re so faraway from at this time’s widespread music. The bottom line is to discover a option to infuse fashionable sensibilities in order that the track doesn’t merely turn into pastiche. Confetti is extra content material to be a part of some imaginary J-pop musical than a contemporary pop observe, and that’s high quality. Nevertheless, this strategy undoubtedly limits its enchantment.
General, Confetti is cute and bubbly, hinging on a repetitive hook that feels extra like an exclamation than a totally fleshed out chorus. In a approach, this hearkens again to Twice’s early materials, however the track simply isn’t addictive sufficient to flourish in the identical approach. It comes throughout as a kind of year-end, holiday-themed particular levels at a Korean or Japanese music pageant. In different phrases, it might be pleasant to observe as soon as onstage however isn’t one thing that may discover a place on my day-to-day playlist.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.5 |
Grade: C
