One factor about YG Leisure is that they’ll at all times milk a mini album for all it’s value. As a rule, YG artists movie music movies for a number of tracks, extending their promo interval. After the off detour that was Sugar Honey Ice Tea, BABYMONSTER are again once more with a video for the summery I Like It. And, I suppose the third time actually is the allure as a result of for me that is the one standout single they’ve launched in 2026.

For as gifted as BABYMONSTER are as vocalists, I’ve by no means understood why their title tracks often ignore that high quality. Sugar Honey Ice Tea was marred by a relentless stream of “speaking over a membership beat,” so it’s good to listen to I Like It burst out of the gate with a larger emphasis on singing. A lot of the melodies are nonetheless fairly flat and hardly demanding, however they provide a breeziness that feels far much less belabored than the group’s many “take a look at me, aren’t I superior?” hype tracks. In its personal method, I Like It exists within the nice pantheon of bubbly Ok-pop summer time songs.

A lot of that is due to the music’s manufacturing. Synth strings swirl round an insistent electro beat as a catchy guitar loop repeats within the background. The refrain pinwheels out of this association with a buoyant burst, providing pure peaks that construct towards an effusive finale. I want the second verse switch-up didn’t upend this momentum so tremendously, however general I Like It is well one in every of BABYMONSTER’s strongest releases.

Grade: B