DXMON (pre)debuted earlier this month with cool hairstyles but a song that echoed many of K-pop’s familiar shouty boy group tropes. I had my fingers crossed they’d have something new up their sleeves for their official debut track, but although Spark brings the intensity down a bit it suffers from many of the same issues I had with Burn Up.
Spark‘s general sound is an improvement, clearing space for more nuanced, emotive performances. There’s a great song to be made from this herky-jerky percussive style, but none of the melodies quite catch my ear. The chorus comes closest, unveiling a descending hook that adds a great sense of movement to the track. But apart from this centerpiece, the melodies simply go through the motions, occasionally yielding to effective rap verses.
This results in a track that’s just fine. However, it’s hard not to compare it to OnlyOneOf’s recent dOpamine, which feels like a close cousin with a much more exciting arsenal of hooks.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.25 |
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Song sounds like a early NCT b-side, “Firetruck” era, especially if the producers would have leaned more heavily into the glitch sound buttons.
I think it is a bit interesting, a bit refreshing especially versus the pre-debut song which was every shouty boy song ever. So let’s hear what they do next.
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bit more interesting than your typical boy group song, but not enough for me to enjoy
anyway please send me sexy zone’s jinsei yugi and news’s gifted singles, those bitches at hikarinoakari still havent put the download links up
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+ the b-sides if u can
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too much prolongued words pronunciations to care but if the guy with red spikes is still the guy with red spikes in future comebacks, at the very least I will watch the music videos.
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Also, I wonder if “N.W.B” from the EP is the kpop song with the most unnecessary moanings of all time.
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