Song Review:: TRENDZ: Chameleon- Chameleon

• Release date: 2025 May 01

• Album tracklist: RPZ, Chameleon, ddoO ddoO

• Album runtime: 8 minutes

 I am being forced to employ the original strategy when I started, which is do the ones that are up to date and then catch up as I have time and energy. Which is fine. Also, while I was looking up this group, the name of their original company caught my attention but I couldn't remember until I was forced to accept that I was just going to have to look it up. They're LABOUM's younger brothers! That's why I recognized it, from when I wrote the BBS for one of LABOUM's songs! Excellent!

So this was feeling pretty standard for the genre, which isn't a bad thing necessarily as I've said before; it's just a thing that is. It's not something that I'm personally feeling, but I'm pretty sure that because it fits into the genre fairly well, it should be something that's well received. Now, that being said, there's one element to the song that I genuinely love, and it's that weird, rapid, low thrum from the drums. It happens repeatedly throughout the song, and I found myself looking forward to each time it would come up. The choreography is likely going to be the thing that makes me enjoy the song more, so I'm looking forward to it. Also, I could swear that I'm hearing a cat meow and maybe a dog barking at different points in the instrumentals. 

That's one way to pronounce "chameleon" (making it more like the name of one of their members, and also the name of my first cousin two or three times removed. I think). But also, having it pronounced that way makes it rhyme better with all those words, even though they're not all pronounced with the emphasis on the correct syllable the entire time either, but it's not like it isn't pronounced correctly at a couple of points, so I think it cancels out to sixes. I'm not overly fond of the chanty, shouty chorus, which should not be a surprise, but at least one of them has a melody going on with it as well, so it could be worse.

Well, this is certainly a vibes and visuals music video. And as I thought, the choreography looks really good. Well done.