Let’s get the elephant out of the room first. Since I final wrote about MADEIN, member Gaeun withdrew from the group after alleging sexual harassment from the CEO of the group’s company. Given 143 Leisure’s messy response and the overall repulsiveness of the allegations themselves, I perceive why you may need to cease studying now with out giving the music video any clicks.

As all the time, I attempt to concentrate on the music itself and can proceed to take action with any notable Ok-pop act. Saturn acts as a pre-release for MADEIN’s comeback scheduled for subsequent week. Pre-releases are all the fad in the intervening time, and provide artists two probabilities to catch the general public’s consideration. In any case, one in all 2024’s greatest songs (aespa’s Supernova) was technically a pre-release!

I don’t see Saturn having something close to Supernova success. It’s a placing ballad that makes good use of the members’ full vocal vary, but it surely looks like an underdeveloped draft — virtually like an intro observe. The tune performs round with tempo, seguing into an EDM breakdown for its refrain and heightening momentum for a skittery second verse. At its finest, this dynamic strategy ends in materials as enduring as Taeyeon’s glorious Time Lapse, however Saturn is just too piecemeal to completely work. It ends in a cliffhanger, simply while you’d anticipate a cathartic climax. I can’t assist however marvel what the producers may have achieved with one additional minute.

Grade: C