Song Review:: Dayoung (WJSN): gonna love me, right?- body {Debut}

• Release date: 2025 September 09

• Album tracklist: body, number one rockstar, marry me

• Album runtime: 8 minutes

 I've got kind of a soft spot for this group because one of them was born on my best friend's birthday. It doesn't take much for me to just add people to my list of affection, which is probably why the list of groups I like to listen to is ridiculously long and distinguished. We also got three songs with this single, which does feel a little like an oxymoron, and there isn't a capital letter to be seen. Fascinating. But congrats on the solo debut! I'm sure you'll do well! The title track is under three minutes, but it's kind of close, even though the runtime is short.

So, I think (not positive, but I think) that this is trap music for the instrumental. I've had to learn about a lot of different, unfamiliar genres over the past year or so (the ones I know well have been wholly useless for the most part), and I'm not always confident on it. Still, I'm pretty sure this is trap. We've got some nice variation going on, though not a lot of it, and what almost sounds like a coin flip sound effect. I do have to give a shout-out to the a cappella bit.

Which is a good segue into this section of the review because the amount of vocal layering that happens during that part is very well-written. Obviously as a soloist, some of that is going to have to be back track, and that's fine. That's how it works, but outside of a concert setting, it makes the sound of the song when you're just listening to it so lovely and intricate, and her voice is highlighted so well there. Also, the brief rap lends the song some really good texture. Nice.

Who does she look like? Hold on. I'm not going to be able to watch the rest of the music video because it's going to bother me that much. Five minutes later, Jessica Simpson, specifically from around when she debuted back at the turn of the millennium. Not that she's not gorgeous now, but Jessica Simpson was drop-dead gorgeous back then, which is a huge compliment for Dayoung from me. She also looks a little bit like Avril Lavigne. Anyway, back to the music video. Actually, no, pausing again because I love the muscle definition Dayoung's showing off. That's gorgeous too. So we've got a vibes and visuals music video, and the choreography at the end feels like the K-Pop version of a country line-dance. Which is an odd intersection considering the sound of the music is not where my mind goes to for "Ah, yes. This is line dance music." But I still like it.