SM Leisure is having a busy Monday, with a minimum of three comebacks throughout each the Korean and Japanese market. Tremendous Junior’s Donghae and Eunhyuk be part of Crimson Velvet and NCT Want in celebrating new music with the discharge of Japanese single You&Me. And like many acts this month, they’ve opted for a vivid, funky summertime sound.

Throughout their peak period, Tremendous Junior-D&E launched a few of my favourite music in all of Tremendous Junior’s discography. A lot of that music landed in Japan, with the duo’s 2014 Journey Me album a selected spotlight. It’s been awhile since a D&E observe has captured me in the identical method. You&Me received’t go down as one in all their finest, however its buoyant soundscape is sort of nice.

The track kicks off with its strongest moments as gurgling synth underpins a sprightly verse completely suited to the season. The refrain is equally upbeat, providing a simple pop melody over bounding manufacturing. Issues turn out to be a bit murkier from right here. You&Me descends into the terrible ‘slowed-down-second-verse development that received’t die,’ and this dulls a few of its power. The second is short-lived and earlier than we all know it the observe is pulsing on goodwill but once more. It might by no means take any shocking or ingenious turns, however You&Me will make a effective addition to this 12 months’s summer season playlist.

Grade: B-