As at all times, it’s a Sistar summer season, with groupmates Hyolyn and Soyou releasing new singles inside a day of one another. Each women have delived summer season classics on their very own, but nothing will ever evaluate to their unimaginable group work. These days, Hyolyn has taken a extra subdued method to the season, counting on softer sounds to color a summer season temper.

Any musical pattern can put on out its welcome if it’s repeated for lengthy sufficient. Such is the case with Afrobeats — a method that has been employed by nearly each Ok-pop idol you may think about. Hyolyn appears to like the sound, as this isn’t the primary time she’s tried it on for dimension. Final 12 months’s Wait was a forgettable train within the style and I worry You And I might endure the identical destiny.

Right here’s the factor: Hyolyn has one among my favourite voices in Ok-pop. I’d gladly take heed to her sing something, so I can’t complain an excessive amount of about You And I. Nevertheless, I want the tune did greater than paint a nice vibe. It’s a pleasant little bit of groove, however there’s not sufficient happening to actually draw me in. And with such a brief operating time, it seems like a wisp of a tune — gone earlier than you realize it. I do know she’ll in all probability by no means return to the refreshing summer season warmth of an awesome Duble Sidekick banger, however with a monitor document as superior as hers it’s exhausting to see You And I as something however a footnote.

Grade: C