After a relatively quiet year, Treasure have promised a new album in 2025. Before that, they’re closing out 2024 with pre-release Last Night. The song sees them shifting away with heavy hip-hop sounds of the past and toward a surging pop style that showcases vocal and dance.
When Treasure debuted back in 2020, this is the kind of music I’d expected they might make: something less swaggy and a little more fresh/youthful. They’ve dabbled in this sound at times, but Last Night offers a more mature iteration that strikes a nice balance between wistful and anthemic. I can easily see a world where this is a Crooked-style success, melding rock intensity with emotional melodies. There’s a long legacy of this kind of song within YG Entertainment and it’s a great time for Treasure to find their place within that pantheon.
But while Last Night sounds great on paper and works well enough as a song, it’s missing the special sauce that might vault it into “classic” territory. I’ll blame this largely on its chorus, which feels functional rather than revelatory. The energy crackles and the the guys belt out the melodies with plenty of conviction, but the songwriting is ultimately too generic to fully click. With that said, there’s room for the song to grow and I enjoy hearing Treasure tackle this musical approach.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8.25 |
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This is basically Hello, but more mature and with a full chorus. I like the chorus, but it seems forgettable for some reason, maybe the melodies seem restricted somehow? But I still love this song C:
8.5 (8, 8, 9, 9) for me.
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Also, I wonder what do you think of Here I Stand? They released it last year as an OST, and it almost runs in the same vein as this, but more emotion-focused as compared to this. https://youtu.be/Ffe36iIME70?si=PU1obyf88alk4Fcc
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I loved this! After getting over my dislike for their more bombastic title tracks, I’ve really enjoyed Treasure’s mellower b-sides. Some of them, like “Here I Stand” (which this song reminds me a lot of), have an emotional undercurrent that strongly resonates with me. Based on that alone Treasure would probably be one of my top bgs if they only released more music. For now, I’ll take this song as a good sign for their mini and full albums next year.
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that’s it… YG should bet on melodic EDM sounds, only then will they get it right. For me this is so good as to Forever by BabyMonster
Rating: 8.75 (8, 9, 9, 9)
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Give me all the hip-hop. All of it. I’ll even take Jik-Jin, god help me. The last thing I want is for them to sound like this for the rest of their career. They’re one of the groups that can make rhythm and flow sound more interesting than melody. Their voices sound fabulous, though.
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