Japanese tripleS sub-unit “∞!” debuted last year with the moody, hypnotic Untitled. It was one of the better tripleS title tracks, though I can’t say it stayed on my playlist for long. Now, they’re back with a jauntier pop song in new single Password.
There’s a joke going around about tripleS’s strong reliance on “la la la” hooks. They certainly love the schtick and Password is the latest in a long line of songs to conclude its chorus in this way. However, the “la la la” is a relatively small part of this overall song — just enough to ingratiate them within “tripleS’s La La La Cinematic Universe.”
Instead, Password is a chugging dance track with plenty of quirky synth-fueled switch-ups to give it a cute J-pop energy. It’s a bit unwieldy and overstuffed, yet none of the hooks break through the arrangement to land with any force. The chorus almost gets there, but most of the song’s melodies target the same general structure. It feels like a series of riffs and asides rather than a well-developed highlight reel. There’s a better song to be fashioned from this mix, but as it stands Password is hard to get your arms around.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 7.75 |
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The song is actually pretty good. Its the wrong song choice though for a group of all light lyric sopranos. The producers have the vocal all placed within the same half dozen notes higher up in the vocal range so its sounds like a bunch of pre-teens covering a song by someone else. They sound like they are floating away from the song, or the song is floating away from them.
Usually, in this situation, the producer would have someone sing the same line an octave down in the mix to anchor and ground the vocal. Or craft that note by various crafty means.
Think how SM would produce the monotone “Pass pass word” hook starting at 2:13 if this were SHINee. It would have so many vocal layers both sung and crafted it would be insane. The harmonies would spin around that note not just sit on.
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Rising and Girl’s Capitalism was some of the best GG music I’d seen in years.
What happened?
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Girls Capitalism was great, the whole EP its on is just awesome. Rising was also quite strong. But for me, their best works so far were on ASSEMBLE24, and also mostly on ASSEMBLE25. So at least for me, tripleS is still going strong, and I personally don’t feel like much has changed in terms of the quality of their musical output.
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It kind of sounds like Kep1er’s Giddy
Idk I don’t mind the TripleS songs that I hear, but their concept and huge number of members means I just cannot get invested in them.
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Untitled aged really well for me, with its moody, hazy feeling paired with bright vocals and a decent speed. I’m still listening to it regularly.
This new single has a very different vibe and turns up the energy quite a bit. I like the quirkyness and hooks, but as funky and cute as it is, it also feels slightly “messy”. I do still prefer it over Hash, but for now Untitled remains the strongest song of this unit for me.
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