Xdinary Heroes proceed their blitz of 2024 digital singles with an actual coup. They’ve managed to get Yoon Do Hyun from commemorated rock group YB as a duet accomplice for iNSTEAD!. I used to be delighted to see this, as I like Do Hyun’s voice and A Flying Butterfly is one among my all-time favourite Ok-rock songs. Nevertheless, iNSTEAD! wasn’t what I anticipated in any respect.

iNSTEAD! pulls Xdinary Heroes in a brand new route, providing pummeling rock vitality that climaxes within the form of dying metallic shouts you not often (by no means?) hear from teams of their ilk. This comes courtesy of Yoon Do Hyun himself — undoubtedly not the collaboration I had imagined! This fashion of rock isn’t one thing I take heed to, so it’s tough to find out how profitable iNSTEAD! is inside the context of its style. It has flashes of promise and I benefit from the passionate vocal efficiency and raging depth. However largely, this can be a musical curio I’ll admire from afar.

Grade: C