Song Review:: ZEROBASEONE: RE-FLOW- Roses {Pre-Release}

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  • Release date: 2026 February 02
  • Album runtime: 8 minutes

 Two minute song, everyone. You'd think that if there was a possibility that the group might not survive through negotiations that the company would give them songs of a reasonable length, which two minutes is not. Still, this is the second of the pre-releases for this album. The first was quite emotional, so I'm curious about what this one will be like.

There have been so many rock songs lately. This one is on the funkier side of things, but I'd still put it in that category. I'm not going to lie, I am struggling with this song for some reason, and I'm not sure if it's me rebelling against the fact that they're in contract negotiations and it's looking like four of them may not continue with the group if the others do, or if the song just isn't holding my attention for some other reason. I suspect it may be the former because there are a lot of things about this song that normally I'd be all over like fur on a Husky.

We've got a lot of vibrato in this song, which is wonderful to be hearing. We've also got some fun trills and runs, which also should bring me joy. I'm not faulting the song for my inattention here. I should like it. I'll probably return to this later once we get the final judgement because I don't like not knowing and I want to give this another chance. Very upbeat song, though. I will say that.

This is the cutest music video though. It's animated and heartwarming and almost as emotional as the first pre-release. What a lovely song for the Zeroses.

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