Final week, AKMU’s Chanhyuk pre-released the gradual burn Out Of My Thoughts as a teaser for his second full size album. The album has a retro, synth-kissed sound with an idiosyncratic aptitude completely different from the hyper-commercialized 80’s revivalism that took over pop music within the early-2020s. With that mentioned, title observe Vivid LaLa Love (비비드라라러브) is much less depending on synth and extra centered on Chanhyuk’s quirky supply.
Ever since his debut as a part of AKMU, Chanhyuk’s songwriting has boasted a singular taste that may’t be discovered wherever else. I may simply think about Vivid LaLa Love as an AKMU single and it would really work higher with two distinct voices driving it. As a solo Chanhyuk observe, it nonetheless pops. Vivid LaLa Love invitations us into his world in an easygoing manner. The melody is instantly hummable and repeated so usually that it’ll be lodged in your mind whether or not you need it there or not. The strummed percussion provides to this rhythm, giving the tune an apparent throughline.
On the destructive aspect, all this repetition is… properly, repetitive. There’s solely so many instances you’ll be able to sing “vivid lala love” and make it sound contemporary. The observe wears out its concepts rapidly and loses inspiration about midway by way of. What begins out as a real toe-tapper ends with me getting distracted by no matter else is occurring round me as a result of the tune by no means actually goes wherever.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+
