I love loud music! To clarify, by loud I do not necessarily mean noise music. Maybe I’m just in a good mood today because I finished a difficult Rhythm Hive chapter and the pomegranate I bought was juicy, but this was pretty good! I’ve only ever heard a handful of NCT songs and could not pick Yuta out of a crowd if I tried, but his solo work is quite fun. I basically liked every single song (except maybe Last Song) and while I don’t have a lot to say about them despite a ... read more

diphylleiariah

(9.7/10 ⭐️) the best solo debut out of nct.

memikemi

I haven’t been following NCT closely for a while, so I didn’t even know YUTA was releasing a solo album until the Off The Mask MV appeared on my YT recommended, and I’m very glad I decided to click on it and check out the full EP.

The one thing I loved the most is that from the songs, to the lyrics, to the styling and visual motifs, everything is so unapologetically J-rock. Prechorus sounds straight out of a DMC5 character theme. There’s a Danganronpa-esque line about ... read more

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