Song Review:: BABYMONSTER: Drip- Drip

  • Release date: November 1
  • Album tracklist: CLIK CLAKDRIP; Love Maybe; Really Like You; BILLIONAIRE; Love in My Heart; Woke Up In Tokyo; FOREVER; BATTER UP (Remix)
  • Album runtime: 28 minutes

 Apparently the highlight thing for the album has mixed reviews. I wasn't particularly fond of Click Clak, but that's through no fault of the members, and I'm not holding that song against this one.

The instrumentals have a very similar sound to G-Dragon's recent release Power, which is an interesting thing to hear when I know he's got writing credits somewhere. And like Power, this one should bother me a lot more than it does, but it doesn't, and I don't know why. There's a section in the instrumentals where I think it got sampled from another song, and I know the song, but I have no idea what it's called. It's the one that gets attached specifically to basketball games in movies and shows and stuff.

Oh good heavens, the power belting. Be still, my soul. I'm getting spoiled for girl groups actually being allowed to sing today, though the two songs literally couldn't be more different. I haven't heard a power belt like that in K-Pop in a lot time, not since music earlier groups. The rest of the song is good. I enjoy a lot of it. But the highlight and most important part is whichever vocalist she is absolutely being set free and given complete the space to show off exactly what she can do. Yes. That'll do. Why can't they be older so I can actually add this to my playlists?

The English lyrics were better this time. Still not great, but better. The string of what feels like non sequiturs is still present, but the Korean helps reset my brain enough that I'm not inundated, because I don't know what proper grammar there is supposed to be like. And I still don't think they have the gravitas to pull off some of the claims they're making, nor do I like the repetition of "drip" because I get bored of the word about five times in. But it's better. I can handle better.

If this music video is a good indication of their choreography for the song, I'm actually really impressed with the level of physical difficulty it brings to the table, something that would be nearly impossible to achieve if they had a breathy sound for the song. And there's a lot of choreography to the song, particularly through the chorus. The styling was good. Some of the CG elements felt a bit off, but it's easy enough to nudge those concerns to the side. All in all, fairly enjoyable. 



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