Woman group HITGS (the “Hip, Harmless, Teenager, Women, Story”) debuted simply over a month in the past with the frothy however forgettable Sourpatch, and have made a fast return with new digital single Gross. Consider it as a way more subdued companion to Katseye’s Gnarly, wherein a woman group makes use of a single adjective to touch upon the world within the hope of mass virality.

This being a tune made for the TikTok era, it clocks in at a whopping two minutes, twelve seconds. On this case, that’s in all probability a very good factor as a result of I’m undecided I might take far more of this tune. Gross marries nursery rhyme melodies to a boring, lumbering beat that feels like a bunch of cartoon sound results slowed down. It’s turn out to be fashionable for contemporary lady teams to undertake what they name a “kitsch” sound, and that is nearly at all times a crimson flag for me. These songs lean closely towards novelty and sometimes really feel like one concept repeated again and again.

Lyrically, Gross is fairly cute and suits this very younger group. Three of the 5 members simply fifteen years outdated, in spite of everything. I assume this tune appeals extra to listeners their age and youthful than it does to me, and if it had been launched in isolation I might think about Gross eliciting a chuckle. Nevertheless, as half of a bigger musical development, it’s a tune I’d by no means select to take heed to once more.

Grade: D