TXT’s new (full) album weighs in at eight tracks and a paltry twenty-one minutes. This brevity isn’t unique to TXT and I don’t mean to call them out specifically, but it’s representative of choices the K-pop industry is currently making. So much effort seems to go into everything surrounding the music, even as the actual songs grow shorter and less developed. In this case, that effort includes music videos for each of the members’ solo tracks. In keeping with the truncated nature of the album, I’ll be writing mini reviews for each song as the videos are released.
Apart from Yeonjun and Beomgyu, we haven’t heard how each members’ solo work might sound on a promoted track. With Sunday Driver, Soobin has opted for easy listening. Because of this, I’m still not quite sure how he sees himself as a soloist (or if he sees himself as a soloist at all). The song wafts by on pleasant vibes, from the gentle strum of guitar to the soft sprinkle of atmospheric synth. Soobin’s airy tone compliments this sound, though everything here is so lightweight that it almost evaporates as it goes. It’s a gentle toe-tapper but doesn’t do much to grab me beyond that.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Production | 7 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.25 |
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this is my favorite solo on the album, I just love Soobin’s falsetto
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From the two instances he’s talked about solo work, which surprise surprise were from this era. He’s mentioned that initially he was supposed to do a “sexy song” (Love Language was a step in this direction) but chose to do Sunday Driver instead. And the other instance was him and Beomgyu on a radio show where he said he’d want to do an indie album with a dance/performance heavy title to promote if given the opportunity to do a solo album. While I love Soobin in all his aspects of TXT’s music, I can’t really see him as a solo artist. Variety work or acting seems like it would be more his forte but who knows and it’s up to him at the end of the day 😂 but I’ll love and support him for whatever he picks.
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this is not to soobins discredit but i think he works a lot better in a group rather than being a solo act (other than variety, which he has a knack for). otherwise, this song is just cute and pleasant. i like a bright sound for him. if only it had more going on for it
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Unpopular opinion but this is my favorite song on the whole album. Would suit Doh Kyung Soo as well!
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“In keeping with the truncated nature of the album, I’ll be writing mini reviews for each song as the videos are released.” lmaooo this is too real. Normal length songs need to be brought back in kpop.
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