1. Lucky To Be Loved // 2. Countdown! // 3. Random Play // 4. Freestyle // 5. Now Playing // 6. Go Back
GO BACK
After my first listen of the album, Go Back was immediately my favorite b-side. After a few days and more listens, songs like Lucky To Be Loved and Random Play are starting to challenge it, but this funky highlight may still have the last laugh. Of all the songs TWS have recorded so far, this reminds me most of early-Seventeen. Before they debuted, this was the sound I assumed they would pursue. They ended up delivering something more unique and specific to them, which is a great thing, but I’m glad they’re still dipping their feet into this style.
Go Back unfurls like a coiled spring, bounding forward with chunky bass and rhythm guitar. The verses are boisterous and confident, leading into a melodic chorus that’s one of the group’s best. This is followed by a staccato post-chorus hook that sounds as if it was ripped straight from Seventeen’s 2015 debut Adore U. This is a nice nod to TWS’s seniors, while still retaining the youthful spark that makes them unique. But like every song on the album, Go Back is just too short. It doesn’t necessarily feel incomplete, but at two minutes twenty two seconds there’s no time to develop a killer instrumental break or funky climax. I beg of you, Pledis. Let these guys record more songs that are longer than three minutes. When you’ve got something good going, why not keep it going?
| Hooks | 9 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 9 |
| RATING | 8.75 |
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
This is cute and bubbly but I am begging at the altar of every single pagan deity of my ancestral culture so that we won’t see another 2 minute song ever again. I will perform sacrifices if required. We need to eradicate this evil.
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this specifically sounds more like Shining Diamond (production) and Adore U (melodies) to me, the delivery in the post-chorus is ripped straight from Adore U’s intro/outro
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Oops! That’s totally what I meant. Editing now… 🙂
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https://youtu.be/Ao2GsXHMD_4?si=tBwwXmSPZ5pRYOju what do you think of this? will you review it?
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Not a big fan, and probably won’t review it. I’ve already written about six songs from her album and don’t have much to say about this that I haven’t said elsewhere.
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That last chorus is actually pure euphoria, I love it so much! Just a shame the song is just SO short….
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This is the Oh Mymy of the album, and similarly I prefer this to the title track (although I understand why they chose Countdown—you can’t have a song like that and NOT make it the title track). Hopefully TWS will have gotten the trilogy out of their system and do something like this or hey!hey! for their next comeback.
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Almost a week after the EP was released, these are my feelings about the EP and the TT:-
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Initially, I thought I liked Countdown less than the its forebearers (Plot Twist/SN), even though I gave it a higher initial rating. However, I’m now wondering if after a month or two it’ll actually become my favorite? It just has some instrumental qualities I’ve always loved (those guitar stabs, big smacking percussion).
Right now, this is probably just recency bias since I’ve played those previous singles so much and this one’s shiny and new. I’m curious to see how time will treat it. The album has already grown on me.
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After several listens, I can say that Now Playing is my favorite b-side off this album. But this song is second.
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