In a way, Young Posse were ahead of their time. There’s this garish brand of “quirky” that’s taken over K-pop lately. Think Katseye’s Gnarly or LE SSERAFIM’s Spaghetti. Some of these work better than others (I happen to love the latter), but they share the same approach of placing meme culture ahead of anything else. They’re not so much songs as they are bids for internet ubiquity. This is what happens when cultural moments are reduced to ten second clips online. It used to be that a song could become culture-dominating (or even controversy-starting) through its own merits – not just via silly imagery placed against a piss-poor green screen.
This brings me to Young Posse’s new collaboration with rapper Benzo. Lose Your Shxt fits squarely within this meme-happy realm of music. Not only is it knowingly garish, but it continues K-pop’s recent obsession of speaking catchphrases over a chintzy dance beat. Young Posse have been doing this even before it was popular, so I want to give them more grace. And when they’re firing on all satirical cylinders, they’ve proven their ability to transcend the shtick. However, Lose Your Shxt veers too close to novelty for me. It boasts some actual rapping (and singing!), but overall the song feels disposable — fun in the moment but not designed for longevity.
When it comes down to it, Lose Your Shxt‘s spoken word centerpiece just isn’t interesting. That’s what separates it from a song like Spaghetti or even Gnarly. The chorus wants to be fun but it’s simply exhausting. There are no surprises or spikes of interest, just a droning thump that’s trying so hard to seem as if it’s not trying at all.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.25 |
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I was wondering if this was gonna be covered.
Weird. Like I don’t even know if it’s fully in a good or bad way, it’s just weird. The VFX/video production quality is way down from what it used to be but like… it looks like they’re still having fun? Benzo is fine, I feel like having him in there is better compared to no feature because I am regularly worried about what material is written for YP when they release (case in point, Soju). I think the biggest thing that irks me is that last chorus, the “we gon’ make you lose your shit” is done in a baby voice that should have felt like a manic scream, I would have taken a metal scream over that. Maybe that is part of the whole thing where like. being a bit off-kilter will get views (your examples of quirky fit), but don’t do too much or you drive the mainstream/primary consumers away. Nothing in here is terrible, but you are left scratching your head.
Besides that, I’m biased towards club beats, this feels like an Icona Pop level club track where it’s not bad but this does all feel mid 2010s, which is a statement you could take positively or negatively.
7.5 (6, 8, 8, 8), they’re still on the trajectory they’ve been on. And I’m admittedly left morbidly curious every time.
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it looks to me like parts of the mv were ai-generated
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…gah damn it, you’re right, parts of it are ai, that sucks.
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Yeah, I am just too old to even bother to grade this. The kids can have at it.
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the entirety of the song is bland. very forgettable.
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do you still like ate that.. 🙂
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