Since their late-2020 debut, BAE173 have cycled via quite a lot of boy staff tropes — some extra a success than others. To me, they’re at their absolute best when revisiting an overwrought, emotional second-gen sound. Tracks like Frustrated and Beloved You give them their very own area of interest within the present Okay-pop panorama, albeit person who’s borrowed from fifteen years in the past. Nonetheless, what comes round is going round and it’s great to listen to a gaggle take on the cathartic facet of dance pop.
New unmarried Fifty-Fifty splits the variation between BAE173’s quite a lot of bureaucracy. It ties the power in their hip-hop tracks to a dramatic instrumental and layered vocals that give it a dramatic twist. The beat has a pleasing kick, particularly when the refrain will get going. I like the synth strings all over this section. They provide the tune a super sense of motion that compensates for one of the crucial lesser melodies. This feeling of theatricality has at all times been an integral a part of Okay-pop and Fifty-Fifty is aware of when to juice its sound with that further little oomph.
The tune additionally makes room for that rarest of 2024-era pop buildings: a bridge! That is used to construct towards a pleasing climax that delivers at the guarantees the observe has arrange. There are a couple of issues all over the tune that spoil the entire stress, however I believe this can be a large grower over the following few weeks.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 9 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 9 |
| RATING | 8.75 |
Grade: B+
