Since their 2023 debut, LUN8 have tried on a variety of styles and even reconfigured their line-up. This has made it difficult to gain a firm grasp on the group, as Fantagio Entertainment simply seems to be throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. The latest in this approach is a new single co-written by… Charlie Puth’s brother? I can’t say I saw this one coming!
Lost has some solid assets going for it but is undercut by a lack of development. I love the sleek arrangement, which offers plenty of space so that the guys’ evocative vocals ring clear as a bell. The verses are quite captivating, unveiling a mysterious atmosphere that seems to be building toward a thrilling centerpiece.
Unfortunately, that centerpiece never materializes. Lost plays dead during its chorus, choosing to repeat one vocal line over and over again. This is later followed by the same melody refashioned as a whistled riff. The majority of the song is simply this line repeated without variation, sacrificing the goodwill built from the verses. Lost desperately needs a counterpunch in the form of a second melodic hook that adds variety to its structure. Otherwise, what starts out so promising quickly becomes unfulfilling. It’s a case of lazy songwriting, as if we’re only getting 40% of an actual song.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.5 |
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veryyyy lazy songwriting going on here. how the hell do you come up with nothing but “I fade into the light, I’m lost in you” in the chorus. if they bought this song they should request for a refund.
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For a short while I was thinking, hey man what is he thinking, this is pretty good. Until the nth repeat of “I fade into the light , I’m lost in you”, then they repeat it all again again this time with the whistle, and yeah, yes, I agree. It’s a one idea song.
Now there are songs that do one idea and repeat it for minutes and its all good. In 80’s pop, “Rock Me Amadeus” comes to mind. Everything But the Girl “And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain” takes up well over half the song. Trance music, which this tries to emulate, has many more examples.
Here, part of the problem is that one line is a closing line. It ends on a tonic down note. The lyrics end with a period. The singer is lost, its over and done. The lyric and melody don’t leave anything open to warrant reopening that line over and over again.
Compared to “And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain ….”. Missing is a perpetual situation, and there is that AND which starts the missing all over again.
There are a zillion remixes of “Missing”, for the kids here here is one oldie but goodie.
https://youtu.be/n7-ws_2dxt8
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What a great point!
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Ah, it’s such a pretty fragment, though. I sort of lost track of all the repetition because I was engrossed in the lovely choreography., which, from the live stage I saw, doesn’t seem to repeat, like at all. I’m not sure if you were in a concert you would notice how repetitious the song is, they flow through it so fluidly. They seem to excel at that sort of graceful performance.
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IMO, the only problem of the song is that it is incomplete😓…where is the awesome outro?!?! It’s a shame because I find everything else very listenable and as someone else mentioned, the vocal/performance/choreo are great. I’ll give it an 8
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