n.SSign’s sole 2025 single Itty Bitty was a sneaky little earworm, slowly rising to turn out to be one in every of my favourite songs of final spring. The fellows don’t promote almost sufficient for a gaggle of their stature. They nonetheless really feel like rookies, regardless of debuting in 2023. New single Funky Like Me was first premiered final month at KBS’s year-end music pageant and now now we have the studio model and music video.
This tune options Peak & Pitch, whose title was new to me. Nonetheless, I did some analysis and seen that these guys was a part of the band The East Mild, which I actually cherished throughout their transient stint from 2016-2018. I’m unsure why a gaggle with as many members as n.SSign must function two extra, however I’m joyful to see the blokes getting work and it’s good to listen to their voices once more. As its title counsel, Funky Like Me is a funk pop observe within the vein of so many different funk pop tracks Ok-pop’s boy teams have delivered through the years. This one makes an attempt a extra throwback strategy, pushed by huge stabs of brass and old-school hip-hop breaks.
I love the nod to musical historical past (particularly when components of the vocal hook recall the Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive), however I’m unsure the tune works in addition to it ought to. It feels extra like a jam than a fully-fleshed out pop single, discovering one sequence of hooks and driving them into the bottom. There’s no actual sense of progress or ahead motion. It’s only a nice riff repeated over and over. The tune is actually well-delivered, however I worry this one-note strategy will put on skinny shortly.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+
