I’ll be trustworthy: a shiver runs down my backbone after I see a tune title like “Eenie Meeny Miny Moe.” Nursery rhymes have been part of pop music for many years, however Ok-pop likes to go overboard with the method, using their sing-song melodies for the idea of a complete tune. Fifty Fifty’s quirky Pookie loved average success in Korea earlier this 12 months, and judging by this new tune title I feared their company realized all of the flawed classes from that.
Fortuitously, Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (가위바위보) isn’t all sing-song nonsense. In truth, the nursery rhyme is relegated to transient moments in the course of the pre-chorus. I’d quite not have it in any respect, however the surrounding segments are fairly pleasing — if bland — pop. The refrain exists in a protracted lineage of cute, melodic woman group tracks. Spice it up with extra fascinating manufacturing and also you may even have the idea for a Lovelyz or Oh My Woman tune. As a substitute, a lot of Eeny Meeny Miny Moe opts for a beige palette, tender and unassuming when it ought to be pushing bolder and weirder.
When it comes right down to it, the tune’s strengths aren’t fascinating sufficient to compensate for the irritating sing-talk that forces its means into the observe. For a nursery rhyme model to work for me, a tune should both recontextualize it or encompass its offending moments with materials so thrilling that I’m prepared to gloss over the sing-song nature. Eeny Meeny Miny Moe is just too well mannered to do both of these issues.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+
