There’s been a good quantity of controversy across the promotion of Xiumin’s Whee!, as SM Leisure appear to be as much as their previous methods of blocking artists who’ve left the company. Xiumin stays part of EXO, however he’s launched into his personal solo profession underneath new administration. Whee! is his first work underneath the INB100 label, additionally residence to bandmate Baekhyun.
Anybody who’s listened to Ok-pop over the previous yr will immediately acknowledge Whee‘s shuffling beat. The sound is kind of fashionable and — at this level — overdone. This association stymies an in any other case respectable track, giving it a robust air of “been there, executed that” when it ought to really feel contemporary and enjoyable. It’s exhausting to not hum a number of different notable solo tasks from male artists over this manufacturing, particularly when Whee! struggles to ship iconic hooks of its personal.
Xiumin makes for an amiable conduit for this throwback sound, skirting by means of the rhythm with ease. He’s equally at residence crooning and delivering a extra staccato fashion of vocalization. Whee! by no means lets up, layering rhythm upon rhythm. It’ll get your head nodding for positive, however with so many different tracks of this fashion to select from I don’t see it sticking round my playlist for lengthy.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+
