the joy and pure euphoria exhibited in drop dead is completely absent from the cure. the cure sounds movie soundtrack like and the buildup to the ending is so good. honestly speechless after that wow. the mv too deserves an award!
Reneé's debut album has some decent highs however they equal out the lows of the album. I am not the biggest fan of slower songs if they do not have an interesting enough instrumentation, and unfortunately a large portion of the songs here are not engaging enough to feel intrigued by Reneé. Snow Angel and I Hate Boston are the clear standouts on this album. Both songs are unafraid to be explosive at the right moments and Reneé's voice glosses over the ... read more
WE RIDE - 90
PARTY b4 the PARTY - 70
My only qualms that I have with this mini album is that the songs are too short! Superior and Different Girl would have definitely benefitted from breathing a bit longer. This mini-album is still so good especially Heavy Serenade...
unfortunately other than lovergirl the other deluxe tracks aren't giving what needed to be served. i cannot grasp why the need for this deluxe version, lovergirl should've just been on the main album.
I fear ILLIT's team is losing touch of what made ILLIT so intriguing to me. The sound being attempted in the title track feels lost and trend chasing. GRWM is probably the only song that I would be happily enjoying off of this EP. For now I think starting from I'LL LIKE YOU, their EPs have been on the downturn, and considering the quality of LE SSERAFIM's single I doubt there's gonna be a turn around anytime soon.