Song Review:: Lovelyz: November
Release date: 2024 November 12 Album tracklist: November Album runtime: 3 minutes This is apparently the month for returning acts who haven't been active in years, in this case four. Hello, Lovelyz. It's nice to meet you, and happy almost anniversary. It's funny. Despite the similarities with the bright, airy tone favored by many of the groups to debut after their last release, there's something rather solid about the instrumentals here. They are weighted down and grounded, obviously relying on the percussion, but the piano too provides a great counterbalance as the notes it plays are at least an octave, maybe two, beneath the main melody. Other than the chiming that is an infrequent participant to the instrumentals and rarely alongside the lyrics, most of what we get supporting the members' voices are in the mid- to mid-low range. We got vibrato and soaring ad-libs in this lovely (pun partially intended) anniversary song, alongside breath-supported voices, and I...