This latest boy band offering from BigHit has us saying MehMeh…
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Nortey Dowuona: The bleak melange of delusion and cynicism is unappealing. That’s it, that’s the verse.
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Leah Isobel: That oscillating bassline sure does emerge from the nothing of the heterosexual imaginary; what was once grimy and slutty is retrofitted into boyish grindset cliche. I don’t hate it.
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Scott Mildenhall: A revitalising trip to a world sponsored by Wella Shockwaves. Cortis couldn’t seem happier about all these things they oppose, and that’s infectious. It can and must only be the green shoots of the vicennial Sigue Sigue Sputnik cycle.
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Iain Mew: The echoey arcade synth sound 10 seconds in is great, going well with the harsh cut up backing. Then they add the thick bass bits in too, and it really starts going somewhere. Having switched up through the gears so nicely, though, Cortis’s vocals can’t offer any further progression and it turns out that there is nowhere else to go for the song’s remaining minutes but a relentless onslaught that gets wearying before it’s up.
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Ian Mathers: It’s got a nice stomp and you can yell along to it. I give it a
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