Song Review:: Wooseok (PENTAGON): ROMANCE

  • Release date: 2025 February 10

  • Album tracklist: ROMANCE

  • Album runtime: 3 minutes

 The PENTAGON maknae has dropped his first solo music of the year! Whoo! I'm curious about when he's going to release a mini album, because so far I think he's only released singles, but that's still okay.

My volume was up much too high for this song.

Rock. Okay. Heavy electric guitar and drums here. There are moments where the instrumentals back off, which allows the lyrics to seem a lot softer, which shows that this is actually a really good show of technical skill, so kudos to the writers. But, otherwise, a solid entry into the genre.

His voice suits this genre astonishingly well. Put this man in a rock band pronto. That's it. That's all I've got. I'm kind of half in love with his voice now, so this is something that I have to process. Normally, because he doesn't have a very strong variation going on in this song, though there are bursts of power, I'd be whining about wanting more variation, but this isn't what he sings with Pentagon, so as far as I'm concerned, this is an expansion of his range and indicative of his interests.

This music video seems to be styled quite heavily on the indie rock music videos from the 80s and early 90s, which I'm also in love with. It's very performance-heavy, with absolutely no storyline and all the effects that you see on the rather old music videos. 



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