The whole Cortis experience didn’t leave a good taste in my mouth last year, but like so many others I’ve become a bit obsessed with new single REDRED. It’s amazing what a great dance beat can do. But more than that, REDRED feels quintessentially new rather than simply a retreat of western rap tropes. This success has left me more open-minded to embrace future material by the group, and new single TNT acts as a stress test for that newfound optimism.
While the jury is still out on when it comes to my feelings about this band, TNT drags them back to where we started. The song opens with some promise, unveiling a gritty rock-meets-dance instrumental straight from the REDRED mold. However, the energy is decidedly different this time. We’re in sludgy, trap-adjacent territory once more, and this particular atmosphere rarely works for me. As usual, the guys’ vocals are slathered with effects, warping their tones into a claustrophobic, whiny mess. This worked much better over a beat strong enough to draw attention on its own, but without that sonic bombast distracting from the voices, TNT sags and droops and often sounds quite ugly.
The song is also not that catchy. Cortis are known for simple, hyper-repetitive hooks, but they usually have some spark to them. TNT‘s chorus is delivered without much excitement as a muted choir of voices echo behind them. The flows throughout TNT are all extremely familiar, cribbed from any number of global hip-hop tracks of the past decade. And above all else, the song is just… extremely boring. Time will tell, but this makes me worried that REDRED may have been a one-off.
| Hooks | 6 |
| Ā Production | 6 |
| Ā Longevity | 6 |
| Ā Bias | 6 |
| Ā RATING | 6 |
Grade: D-
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Well… even Lay had some good tracks like Namanana despite his shit track record…
Rating’s the same.
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And useless fact cause I’m a jobless student: I just did an average of Lay’s songs rated in here and he has an average of 6.375. CORTIS on the other hand has an average of 6.1 as of now. RedRed barely managed to raise it from an 5.75 to a 6.2 until this song dragged it down again. So yeah, we currently have an artist worse off than Lay and it’s a…n achievement of sorts š„“
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Still doesnāt beat Eternityās average of 4
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To be fair, Nick has only reviewed 2 Eternity songs so far, so it isn’t exactly fair comparing them to the other two who have a handful of reviews here. But I doubt Nick would bother continue reviewing Eternity or even doing a full analysis (the gap between I’m Real and the rest sounds fucking hilarious thinking about it lol), esp considering they are pretty much releasing pleasant but boring girl group fare now lol
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average might riser though, i’m assuming redred prob is like at least an 8.5 for Nick now
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In that case, the average would be 6.25
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truly the enemies of the blog
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hey if we exclude redred what would the avg be
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A 5.8 šš
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Maybe RedRed made us a little too optimistic?
6.25(6,7,6,6)
But at least itās not a total shitshow like GO which, as Iāve said before on this blog, I think is worse than Fashion.
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CORTIS had one good song with lullaby and decided they werenāt gonna release any good musics since.
Also ycc sucks. The Autotuneā¦.
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oh sweet baby hey zeus no
Pure speculation: I wonder if someone pitched this to BTS, and they passed quickly, then it rattled around Hybe until it landed with Cortis. Just a thought.
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6 is quite high for this…mess
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i’m a mess mess mess mess mess mess mess
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Sound a mess or Stream sombr: cortisā¤ļø( if you dont get it they sound a messā¤ļø)
Anyways stream slayyyter and remember to block Gracie Abraham’s on all platformsā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
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Why did it copy twiceš«©
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Stream sombr or sound a mess: cortisā¤ļø ( if you don’t get, it means cortis sounds a messā¤ļø
Anyways stream slayyyter and remember to block Gracie Abraham’s on all digital platformsā¤ļø
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oof… this was a slog to get through. one positive is that it’s only 2 minutes long. REDRED was a fluke š
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this sound (ā¦attempt) was all over Atlanta for some time with the trap scene. youād think they were slurring and mumbling about dirty sprite and red solo cups.
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RedRed was too strong of a PR, it blows everything out of the water. I just got into the group so I really wanted to like this EP but it’s not it. The debut EP was better executed in all areas and more catchy. Wish they explored more of that electronic/rock sound as it could’ve made for a more interesting project.
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Honestly the rest of the album quite frankly sucks, which is a big shame biggest REDRED is such an earworm and one of favorite kpop songs this year so far. The one song I saw having potential was Blue Lips but it ended too soon for me to really get into it. This is also a problem with a lot of their other songs in this album. I’m really sad.
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The whole voice effect thing is soo annoying. Can we leave that in 2018?
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i dont really wanna bother with this song so this gives me the perfect opportunity to start a bad music party! why dont we share a bunch of music we would give a 5.75-, considering im bored as shit and i wanna spice up the comments here, it doesnt have to be kpop!
i’ll go first!
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I have a few:
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oh god, dance monkey’s like the bane of my existence, whoever gave that lady a microphone should be excommunicated from the industry to never return
i feel katseye’s music only exists to be memes, they get stuck in my head and i enjoy them ironically for a bit (maybe even learn the dance) and then i just never listen to them again lmao
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I can get by can’t stop this feeling (purely due to nostalgic factors however), but I got ptsd from dance monkey. like, when I first heard I was like “fire all the people who made this garbage immediately”
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well this kinda tanked
better luck next time i guess, see yall in the next bad song review
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This is horrendous, and so is the albumā¦not sure who listens to this kind of music.
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This is just so uneventful. I have absolutely no reason to listen to this over other music. Sadly, it’s the second most listenable song on the album (after Redred). As for the album….
What did I just listen to :’) I went in with high hopes thinking we might get some creative hooks or production since they’re supposedly “coloring outside the lines” but this is nearly unlistenable. I’m shocked this made it out of the studio… the production is hideous and the songwriting requires no skill or creativity. Nothing on here is musically impressive or pleasing
Their previous album sounds fantastic compared to this LOL and that’s saying something. And no, I’m not hating on the members or the group, they’re super talented and have a lot of potential. And if you like this album, that’s great, I’m happy for you! It’s just absolutely not my cup of tea
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ā¦ā¦..AND THE CORTIS ENDINGS JUST KEEP ON COMING š¾š¾š¾š¾ WHOEVER MAKING THOSE BOYS RAP TELL EM TO STOP š āāļø
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might be a hot take but I never liked redred despite so many people loving. this song doesn’t help.
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There’s something a little menacing about the sound that draws me. Until they showed up I’d never heard of “rage music” and I can understand the appeal. This seems a little low energy, though.
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Bit boring.
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