Track Overview: DKZ – Uh-Heung

It’s been gratifying to look at DKZ’s (previously Dongkiz) glow-up. Their ascent has nothing to do with the standard of their music and every thing to do with member Jaechan’s sudden recognition as an actor. However, that’s simply how the Okay-pop business works. Nonetheless they wanted to do it, I’m completely happy DKZ have discovered success. However, I’d be even happier if this success got here paired with a implausible tune.

This spring’s Cupid was a grower, buoyed by a rollicking refrain that screamed summer time. However, the group’s company couldn’t depart nicely sufficient alone and determined to drastically shift ideas for brand new single Uh-Heung (호랑이가쫓아온다). I suppose we will’t simply let vivid boys be vivid!

Okay-pop historical past is plagued by profitable transformations, and through Uh-Heung’s first verse it appears as if DKZ would possibly pull this one off. Its propulsive beat and horny guitar make a satisfying brew, heightening a way of melodic drive. Then, issues get messy.

From right here, Uh-Heung performs like a grasp class in “the way to smash a wonderfully good monitor.” The producers have tried an enormous hype tune within the vein of Stray Children, Seventeen or BTS. However, Uh-Heung devolves into boisterous shouting with no kind or function. It’s obnoxious and borderline amelodic. The blending is horrible. Even the sung pre-chorus is pitched at a grating degree, because the pots-and-pans instrumental undoes all potential from verse one. It feels weirdly low-cost, particularly in comparison with a monitor like Stray Child’s Miroh (an apparent inspiration). Uh-Heung could also be bursting with vitality, but it surely’s arduous to get by means of and spits within the face of the group’s wonderful debut-year work.