Song Review:: HEART OF WOMAN: ETERNAL FADE- LIT IT

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  • Release date: 2026 November 05

  • Album tracklist: Footsteps, Melt, Blue, Glow, LIT IT, Find U

  • Album runtime: 15 minutes

 Okay. I think this is the song that I'm going to consider the main title track, but this mini album does technically have a proper double title track. But. I think this one is getting promoted first. All adults at debut. We're supporting this. I still haven't managed to get all the songs reviewed from their debut album that got music videos. But it's fine.

My interest has been piqued. I'm quite pleased with the high level of variation that's going on in this song because even though there are long stretches of a specific beat with what's almost a series of button presses in tone, there's still a surprising amount that's actually happening and there are all sorts of sound effects. It's a very distinct instrumental, which has been a slightly common complaint from me the last little bit. Or, well, the opposite has been a common complaint, where the instrumental sounds like any other songs from whatever genre it's in and they don't have something strongly distinct enough to make it stand out against the hundreds of songs that get released a month.

They're doing the mumble thing that I'm not overly fond of, but it's not the entire song, so it's a lot more tolerable as a detail rather than the main idea, if that makes sense. And there are some very, very interesting things going on here. We've got some almost ethereal vocals and some heavier vocals, and then the rapping is a good addition. 

Hey, so does anyone else when they look at a group sometimes get this feeling like "One day, you're going to be huge. I don't know when, but one day"? Because I get that feeling from this group. This is mostly a vibes and visuals music video, but I'm here for the Harley Quinn pigtails and the Harley Quinn oversized mallet. Also the cat.



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