i do believe that the ep is very consistent. from the faster to slower beats, it has the consistent hip-hop/trap/r&b elements and its combination, especially in "stealer" that is just the perfect culmination of those genres i mentioned. and, it actually makes me yearn more for the music. maybe if it is formatted as a regular 6-track ep, i say that it is pretty okay. but because it is formatted with interludes between many of the tracks, it creates the level of emptiness that makes ... read more
first, i like the repackaged concept! i love the contrasting color of the album's pink with this repackaged's blue, especially as i think i heard them mention that this album is a bit of the melancholic side of untold. i do believe that the cover art of this project for streaming is the best they've done, maybe even the best in current kpop. if we base it from that, it is priming the listeners that it is much more sadder, maybe melancholic sounding compare to the LP. but, i know ... read more
we enter a new era of txt: the star chapter. i like how they come full circle with using "star" as their debut ep is the dream chapter: star, makes me realize that time has gone by so fast, and txt has been active for 5 years. i expect more of the isekai-ed type of songs that txt used to make from the dream chapter era. it's interesting to see the trajectory of txt as more of this softer masculine side compared to their other "harsher"-mature sounding counterparts of ... read more