The floodgates are about to re-open for K-pop in a week’s time, but before that we have another dry week of mainly pre-releases and unpromoted fare. On the bright side, pre-releases are often stronger than K-pop’s title tracks and follow-ups. Understandably, artists want to lead with their best material. Hopefully that’s not the case with ALLDAY PROJECT because Talk is incredibly disappointing.
Once you’ve released a song as great as One More Time, you’ve set yourself a precedent. Alas, ALLDAY PROJECT’s music continues to be more concerned with posturing and chanting than the big, bold melodies that should be their bread and butter. If ever there was a group primed to revitalize the silly/stupid early-2010s Black Eyed Peas-esque EDM, it’s them. Unfortunately, K-pop listeners aren’t allowed to have fun in 2026. We must be admonished about how great and awesome artists are and how anyone who says otherwise is a hater. It’s tiresome. It’s stale. And quite frankly, it’s astoundingly immature.
My thoughts about Talk might be different if the song itself did anything interesting. After all, great music tends to paint over any lyrical banalities. Sadly, the song’s ideas begin and end with the group shouting “all they do is talk, talk, talk, talk, talk” over a gurgling, muddled beat. It’s an ugly hook, repeated often. And when the melodic pre-chorus appears, it’s throwaway connective tissue rather than a memorable highlight of its own. Talk is thoroughly unenjoyable from start to finish — an absolute chore to get through and one of ALLDAY PROJECT’s worst songs.
| Hooks | 5 |
| Production | 5 |
| Longevity | 5 |
| Bias | 4 |
| RATING | 4.75 |
Grade: F
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Oh look! Another kpop song “clapping back at haters” and bragging about how great they are, how innovative! (๑>◡<๑) And look, they’re rapping (read: posturing) on top of your typical groovy hip-hop beat, which is fine, alright, but hey, the centerpiece is just as repetitive as expected! *｡٩(* ॑ᗜ ॑* )و*｡ The lyrics are so plain, repetitive that looks like it was made by a middle school kid in just 2 minutes, how inspirational, a tear just ran down my legs! (⸝⸝>⩊<⸝⸝) And of course, add in a few “blah blah blah”s for the Mandatory Onamotopoeia In A Braggadocious Clap Back At Haters Song™️ and your YG/TBL-style outro or dance break and we perfected the art of Braggadocious Clap Back At Haters Song™️, hooray! We celebrate by streaming Iiterniti’s I’m Real and maybe a few samosas, rasgullas and some lassi too! ٩(៸៸ᵔꇴᵔ៸៸)و♡
Obligatory-fuck-you-Tarzzan-for-cursing-pop-music-in-2026-by-dropping-the-Medusa-MV-no-one-asked-for/10 for me ( ੭ ˘ ³˘)੭°｡⋆♡‧₊˚ (translation: 6 (5, 7, 6, 6) for me)
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this was hard to read.
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I guess I was a little too sarcastic for my own good 😭
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no
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And I saw the 5- rating from a mile away.
Also it’s worth mentioning I’m neutral on the group. I can’t care enough about controversy unless it’s something severe like that of Kris Wu, Burning Sun, or Taeil
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Completely justified rating. The only redeeming quality of the song is Bailey’s and Woochan’s rap flows in the second verse. That one part is not enough to salvage this trainwreck production and songwriting though. 4.5 (6, 4, 4, 4)
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This group can become so exciting since they have great dynamics of rappers/dancers/vocalist (Youngseo). Famous, One More Time, and (unpopular opinion here) Look at Me just proved that. I wish their title track is a banger just like those three.
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I’m still not over on Annie’s rap in Look at Me.
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“blah blah blah” is not in any way a menacing lyric
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I’ll save my thoughts for when the single comes out. Until then, I won’t talk 🤐
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noise pollution. Woochan and Bailey have fun verses but they’re the only saving grace on this track.
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my honest reaction:
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All they sang is talk talk talk talk talk and all I hear from them is blah blah blah indeed (full shade intended). IMO this song concept felt empty full of posturing with no substances at all. HYBE girlgroups’ Iconic By Mistake might be a bad song music wise, but I sure can get behind their reasoning for releasing a clap back song. How can a rookie group like All Day Project talk about long-time haters when they were still just a newborn chick yesterday. Its not like their debut was as stormy and controversial like ILLIT either. I will surely skip this song when listening their new album later.
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Sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack of a Disney Channel movie called Camp Hip Hop or something.
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