January has already been full of debuts, however TWS are certainly essentially the most hyped of all. They’re Pledis Leisure’s first new boy group since Seventeen, buoyed by an analogous brightness they’re calling “boyhood pop.” Pre-release Oh Mymy: 7s was a promising style of this sound, although it was undercut by a threadbare refrain. Debut single Plot Twist (첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아) is much more promising, but it surely wants an additional minute to totally develop its concepts.

I’m calling it now. A debut monitor ought to by no means be below three minutes in size. That is TWS’s grand introduction. All of the pent-up pleasure and emotion wants greater than 152 seconds to unfold. That is much more essential for a music like Plot Twist, which thrives on its sonic detours and pull-the-rug-out-from-underneath-you twists. Simply because the music actually will get going, it involves an finish.

To be clear, I really like most the whole lot about this. I simply need extra of it. It’s refreshing to listen to a brand new boy group mess around with a brighter palette. Plot Twist isn’t too dissimilar from what The Wind have been doing over the previous yr, although it’ll obtain far more consideration. The unconventional construction of the monitor works nicely. It’s principally construct with little pay-off, however that sense of acceleration retains the strain excessive. By the point Plot Twist crests in its sing-along climax, we’ve stumbled upon one thing very particular. That’s why the monitor’s quick size is so irritating. There’s an excessive amount of music to stuff on this slim body. In my excellent world, they’d convey that first refrain instrumental drop again and layer the melodic hook on prime with added guitar for a knockout finale. Okay-pop remixers of the world… I depart it to you!

Grade: B+