Over the past two years, CRAVITY have adopted a brighter pop style and released the best music of their career. They’ve been on a roll, though pre-release Cheese stalled that momentum a bit. New title track Ready Or Not continues to play with bright boy group sounds, but it’s their most generic title track in a while.
Ready Or Not is solidly constructed and performed. There’s nothing wrong with it, but there’s nothing particularly interesting either. Opening with a catchy guitar riff, the song bursts into a punchy verse that sees the group embracing a freewheeling energy. The pre-chorus slows unnecessarily before percussion returns for the main hook. Unfortunately, this is where Ready Or Not hits some turbulence.
The song’s chorus just doesn’t have the appeal of CRAVITY’s recent triumphs. It feels almost AI-generated — a facsimile of what it means to deliver a K-pop boy group track. From here, Ready Or Not sinks into the dreaded second-verse tempo change before righting itself. Every move feels predictable and safe, which limits the enjoyment of the experience. The song is solid and moderately satisfying, but never pushes beyond that.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8 |
Grade: B-
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This is just fine. It definitely feels more “Kpop” than Party Rock or Groovy, kind of like an imitation of SVT’s Fighting or Tempest’s Bad News. Adrenaline is still the best of their new era for me. But as usual, the rest of the mini (with the exception of the middling Cheese) is excellent! Despite the shouty chorus Megaphone is probably my favorite b-side…it has that same propulsive quality as Automatic, which I love.
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I love Cravity. They’re so much fun.
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AI-generated is a great word to describe this song.
I like it but I don’t know how it’ll hold up with time. That being said for now it’s 22/58 on my Cravity ranking because of the chorus and the first verse.
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Cannot find part of the song memorable despite every element of it sounding quite promising
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Song is fine. Not good but not bad either
8/10
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There are a dozen other songs I think soundsjustlikethis, thiscloseto.
The opening in particular has flavors of N.Flying’s Hot Potato, without the superfly chorus. The drummer in N.Flying is my secret crush.
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Yes lol my exact thoughts of the hook were “hot potato!!” and it just made me want to go listen to that song now instead.
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