Starship Leisure’s new boy group AEN debuts as a hybrid Ok-pop/J-pop group, releasing variations of every music on their album in each languages. As somebody who prefers having a “definitive model” of a music, I’m not often a fan of tracks recorded in a number of languages, however I perceive the industrial technique behind it. At any fee, the model of title observe X To Z (Subsequent To Me) being promoted at present is the Japanese one.

AEN pre-released a couple of songs previous to this one. Each had been stable, if fairly generic, boy group fare. It’s not straightforward to debut with a singular idea in at present’s overstuffed market, but it surely’s nonetheless a necessary a part of a bunch’s model. X To Z (Subsequent To Me) is a stable music, however tells me nothing about AEN or their music. This might have been carried out by any of their friends in the very same method. Even the nondescript music video seems like 100 different boy group movies we’ve seen over time.

Since X To Z is so generic, the precise music must be superb to face out. That’s a excessive bar, and although the efficiency is stable and the construction effectively fleshed-out, the observe is just a little hookless and flat for me. It simply feels written by committee fairly than composed with a particular imaginative and prescient in thoughts. Like too many Ok-pop songs this 12 months, it’s not way more than product. AEN appear gifted, so I’ll wait to see in the event that they give you one thing extra memorable sooner or later.

Grade: C