NiziU’s second album is scheduled for release in mid-July, but its lead single has been unveiled early. Coconut is NiziU’s bid for a summer hit and contains many of the elements we associate with the season.
I’ve had a hard time embracing NiziU’s music. Apart from the occasional standout, I find it too closely-aligned to the more cloying elements of today’s K-pop scene. Coconut feels focused on delivering catchy one-liners, failing to deliver the euphoric, bubbly summertime sound I crave. It needs a brisker, brassier beat and a less cartoonish delivery. I’m still convinced NiziU have a great set of vocalists. They’re just not catered to in a way that compliments their strengths. Songs like Coconut take a scattershot approach to melody-writing that feels too juvenile for my taste.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.25 |
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sorry NiziU, Coconuts by Kim Petras remains the better song
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Indeed!
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I think the group has a few good vocalists but as a whole it’s rather hard to tell voices apart. As far as the song itself, it lacks an instrumental that makes you want to move. Sometimes the track feels like it’s walking in place
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If you told me this was a mid-career Japanese Twice comeback, I wouldn’t blink.
Never listened to this group before, but a lot of their voices sound like how Sana sounds now, and there’s a Momo soundalike too.
The key-change was novel, at least.
I’m confused though. Do we just never hear about NiziU because they’re a Japanese group by JYP, or because they’re the f(x) to Twice’s SNSD?
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Agree with all points.
Adding: the subtle latin jazz underneath the co-co-co-co-co nuts part towards the end of the chorus (eg 1:04) and in small bits tucked here and there is nice to hear. I wish there was more of that, louder.
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The Songs We Can’t Give To TWICE Anymore: The Group. Yet it’s still better than 99% of the J-pop idol music
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