Song Review:: NMIXX: Heavy Serenade- Heavy Serenade

• Release date: 2026 May 11

• Album tracklist: Crescendo, Heavy Serenade, IDERSERVEIT, Different Girl, Superior, LOUD

• Album runtime: 16 minutes

 Wow, I could have sworn that I'd done this one. Whoops. I've also been forced to go back to writing these on paper first and then typing them up because my brain is struggling with writing anything.

For a song called "Heavy Serenade", this instrumental isn't very heavy. It's got moments where the guitar is certainly active and quite grindy, but for the most part, there's a softer, floaty echo quality to the song that reminds me a bit quicksand. It's funny. This reminds me both of A Fleeting Dream from Final Fantasy X and also the sound of the Reapers from Mass Effect. It's not a combination I thought I would be hearing. 

They really have such pretty voices. Also, the mix feels a bit off, like the instrumental is really overpowering compared to the vocals, especially at the end. The same sort of floaty quality is present in the vocals as in the instrumental. However, a lot of the floatiness, but not all, is present in the heavier sections of the instrumental, which is part of the reason why the balance seem off. Those high notes are a thing of beauty because they're so solid, and you get them so pointedly present because that particular section is a cappella. It's short, but it's definitely the vocal highlight of the song.

It's funny that there's a line about losing colors and o much of the song is in beige and Millennial Gray. I like how soft and fluffy the music video is generally, but at the same time, there's an oddly melancholic sense to the song, and I'm not sure why I'm feeling like this. Am I the only one? Probably not, but here we are.