GOT7’s members have gone on to get pleasure from quite a lot of solo careers, exploring varied fields and markets. Amongst them, BamBam has had an attention-grabbing — if unbalanced — discography. New single Final Parade throws that sense of inconsistency right into a single tune. It’s directly thrilling and irritating.

Opening with the fanfare of a choir, Final Parade shortly segues right into a sparse hip-hop beat as BamBam effortlessly skirts between rapping and singing. A continuing sense of drama bristles beneath the floor, however Final Parade doles out its strengths sparingly. The monitor is a bit merciless on this sense, forcing us to wade by an underwhelming refrain earlier than the instrumental picks up for a frenzied dance breakdown.

On this means, Final Parade jogs my memory of G-Dragon’s early-2010’s work, mixing genres right into a fitful hip-hop package deal pushed by persona. The distinction is, songs like Crayon and Coup D’Etat have been way more beneficiant with their preparations. In distinction, Final Parade is 15% wonderful and 85% waiting-for-the-song-to-become-excellent. Clearly, I want BamBam had leaned totally into the “wonderful” aspect of issues, however flashes of brilliance make Final Parade worthy of not less than a hear or two.

Grade: C+