Other than the standing of Golden Baby’s contract (by my rely, their renewal deadline is in… 9 days?), the most important Woollim Leisure thriller is which of its artists would be the first to interrupt the company’s dreaded three-track album curse. The final time a Woollim artist launched greater than three songs directly was all the way in which again in 2022. That artist occurred to be DRIPPIN, and now the fellows have returned with their second comeback of the 12 months. By Woollim’s dwindling promotion requirements, I assume they are often thought of 2023’s winners.

Weekend marks DRIPPIN’s try at anthemic summer season fare. The group has launched a summer season comeback earlier than, however nothing fairly this punchy. The tune’s pop rock sound is easy and radio-ready, bounding ahead with incessant vitality and feelgood vibes. It’s a pleasant match for DRIPPIN, although Weekend is just too straight-laced to showcase a lot character.

It is a case the place private bias wins the day. Objectively, Weekend is nothing particular inside its style. Its refrain lacks the distinctive melodic perspective to face out and its manufacturing is unadventurous at each flip, merely hitting the anticipated beats. But, I’m a sucker for this total sound. So even when Weekend doesn’t thrill me or interact my feelings like TWS’s similarly-pitched hey! hey!, I’m at all times down for some good, guitar-laced enjoyable. In a severely underwhelming month of Ok-pop, I suppose this will get the job accomplished.

Grade: B