![]() ![]() ![]() I’m a sucker for rock so I like this song. Ten sounds so expressive to me (even if the production manipulates his voice to make him a lot louder at certain parts), and I can definitely see why people like him! Having said that, I think his performance and his charisma elevated this song because the music underneath is nothing to write home about apart from the use of electric guitar. Now, I’ve only listened to a few NCT songs as well as SuperM and Wayv, so I don’t have an opinion on Ten both his variety character and his skills as a performer. ![]() And I couldn’t agree more (I mean, when Woodz has a key change? How do you fight that? Key changes are one of my favourite things in songs and there needs to be more of them!).Īfter that comparison he made, I too can’t help but feel that Ten’s “Paint Me Naked” was missing, something. HooksĪn online friend and I were briefly discussing about this song and he brought up about how it sounds like Woodz’s “Bump Bump”, but more messy. Material like this isn’t going to get him there. He’s primed for a solo career every bit as dynamic as agency seniors Taemin and U-Know. But, I long to hear him tackle a song that matches his skill. Ten’s magnetic appeal keeps Naked engrossing despite its flaws. The chorus is catchy (if melodically repetitive), and the track casts a few sparks during its guitar-heavy climax. But while this style may elicit a subdued head nod, it does little to inspire excitement. It’s a perfectly serviceable example of 2021-era top-40 pop. This doesn’t mean Paint Me Naked is a failure. You can almost sense Ten longing to bust free of the song’s confines, but the timid arrangement never lets him. For a song about wild, liberated love, Paint Me Naked simply paints by numbers. Blasts of rock guitar add grit to the instrumental, but the melody spins its wheels in a ho-hum approach that never goes for the jugular. Ten does the best he can to infuse attitude and star quality, but this material is hopelessly generic. Instead, Paint Me Naked is the kind of mid-tempo bop currently littering charts worldwide. ![]() I feel a bit duped after the song’s teaser seemed to promise a punk pop energy. This can be an asset and a limitation, and new single Paint Me Naked is held back by its sense of familiarity. Previous singles have capitalized on this, recorded in English with international trends in mind. He’s a bundle of charisma with a uniquely global appeal. With falsetto vocals at the forefront, and its fingers firmly in the proverbial electronica pie, Paint Me Silver is a perfect pop song, and a testament to what to expect from Pond’s upcoming album … which is the unexpected.Ten is one of those fantastic SM finds with unlimited potential for solo stardom. Paint Me Silver hosts some pretty insanely traversing synthesisers, over the top of insouciant and extra-terrestrial vocals, and is equitable to the mythical state of its accompanying video. Pond are quite literally defined by their technicolour madness whether it be the antiquated footage of previous single 30,000 Megatons, or their outright trippy video for Man It Feels Like Space Again – the music video to accompany Paint Me Silver is no different, featuring an intergalactic dance-party, with aliens dancing in unison, completely blasé to the impending nuclear wear threat. Nothing less than manically celestial, the Australian proto-weirdos Pond have dropped Paint Me Silver, the latest single in the run up to their new album ‘The Weather’, due for release on Friday 5th May. ![]()
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