LNGSHOT is the primary idol group to launch from Jay Park’s MORE VISION document label. They made a pre-debut final month within the midst of all of my year-end countdowns, so I wasn’t in a position to write about that tune. Nonetheless, they’ve made their full debut in the present day and I’m able to dive in.
I grew up steeped within the Jackson-style pop star, so calling any new tune Moonwalkin’ immediately piques my curiosity and units up unrealistic expectations. These of you hoping for some funky 80s pop ought to instantly push that out of your thoughts, as a result of there isn’t any MJ-style moonwalking right here. As an alternative, the monitor is a really fashionable trap-R&B monitor. It follows a melodic hip-hop construction the place the melody traces circulation rhythmically somewhat than forge a pop sound. I’ve by no means been a fan of this strategy, because it lacks the weather I really like about each hip-hop and pop music, ending up in a murky center that does little to curiosity me. Add incessant vocal results and a really restricted melodic vary and the tune appears like one concept repeated time and again.
There’s little question that LNGSHOT’s efficiency is clean and I hear nice potential of their vocals. I’m additionally that, as an idol group, they’re trying to make music that sounds extra like Jay Park than your typical idols. However when it comes all the way down to it, that is merely engineered for a special viewers than me. It seems like a extra subdued CORTIS, which suggests folks will in all probability find it irresistible.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 6 |
| RATING | 7 |
Grade: C-
