Debuting in 2019, Exile Tribe’s Battle Of Tokyo is one of the coolest projects developed by any entertainment company. It brings together the agency’s Jr.Exile groups under fictional guises in a futuristic battle royale. It’s a multimedia project, including videos, books and — of course — music. This week, the third chapter in the series is unveiled. Battle Of Tokyo: Code Of Jr.Exile gives us five new tracks. One new music video will premiere each day this week and I’ll offer my thoughts on each as they become available.
Psychic Fever are a new entry in the Battle Of Tokyo project, having debuted just last year. I haven’t connected with much of their music up to this point, though previous single Baku Baku was an unexpected highlight. Habanero is my least-favorite track in this new series, though that’s mainly down to genre preference.
Habanero embraces the so-called “noise music” that’s been incredibly popular with boy groups the past few years. Its chorus is largely reliant on its instrumental, and the track plays fast and loose with its aggressive percussion. However, Habanero also showcases a ton of great vocal moments. The guys perform with unlimited energy, and that goes a long way toward selling the song’s approach. It’s definitely a good time if you’re in the mood for this style.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
Grade: C+
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I took a listen out of curiosity and the aggression and energy is honestly better than anything I’ve heard in the past week. K-pop is in a chill, hazy-sleepy-summer phase right now and though it definitely suits some groups, I can’t listen to that every single release. This is a welcome change of pace.
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Psychic Fever is my favorite group of all the Exile groups. It’s approachable, some of their music is easy listening, the group name is awesome, and the line distribution is a little bit fairer compared to other Exile groups who have members who straight up have zero lines. However, “Choose One” is still my favorite release from them. Baku Baku is nice, but it was released at the time when I was already tired of the synthpop sound. Their subdued/R&B songs are real nice as well, e.g., Hotline, Best for You, Snow candy. This track “Habanero” is the better “noise” music compared to those found in kpop, but I wouldn’t really listen to this.
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I didn’t want to make any comments until you were done with the reviews. Thanks for your thoughts on all the songs. Habanero was okay but it’s definitely the weakest out of all the five songs. Still it’s a lot better than some of the nonsense I’ve been hearing lately. My favorite tracks are Beautiful Liar, Black magic, Jiggy paradise, justice is blind and habanero, in that order. While I’m surprised and kind of sad that the Rampage’s song ranked so low for me, I realized that I liked the others more. Thanks once more for your thoughts 🙂
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