Thread by @dizzinest, Review of NCT127's 'Punch', written by someone who barely knows music theory. [...]

Review of NCT127& #39;s & #39;Punch& #39;, written by someone who barely knows music theory. Wanted to do this like three hours ago but my internet went out

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#NCT127_Punch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U08OSl3V4po">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

the song has a pretty strong opening because of the synth melody at the beginning. I don& #39;t know the kind of the sound wave it would classify as (i was thinking a square wave but i don& #39;t think that& #39;s quite right), but whatever it is, it& #39;s extremely striking. (1/17)

A hook this strong sets a good foundation for what seems to play as a baseline in sections of the song. (2/17)

The first portion of the 1st verse scared me a bit, cause I thought it was going to be the hook for the chorus, but, obviously, it wasnt the chorus, so I& #39;m quite pleased about that. It doesn& #39;t even sound bad, it& #39;s just one of the weaker sections of the song (3/17)

Then, we have rap sections from taeyong, jaehyun and mark. Taeyong impressed me the most because of the timbres of his voice. I generally like the whisper-y rap lines the song has, along with the rappers playing with rhythms and such
(4/17)

The pre-chorus brings us more of the vocal lines from jungwoo, taeil, and even johnny (thank you SMENT for that btw).

I like this pre-chorus because, usually in k-pop songs, the pre-chorus is meant for the vocalists to show off their singing talents-
(5/17)

-and while Punch very obviously does this, the vocal melodies are noticeably more spaced out (if that makes any sense?) The instrumentals in the 1st pre-chorus get to shine alongside the vocal melody, which isn& #39;t something you hear too often in pop music.
(6/17)

If i were to make a comparison to another pre-chorus in a k-pop song, it would be MCND& #39;s "Ice Age"
(7/17) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpIG9dq1PQw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

The chorus is quite nice as well. It combines the strengths of the verses (powerful rap lines) with that of the pre-chorus (sultry, smooth vocals and the piano chords). Some nice harmonies are included as well, (example: EYYY WE BALLIN& #39;)

(8/17)

So we hit the 2nd verse and YOOOOOO THOSE VOCALS.

(9/17)

it almost sounds like the vocalists (doyoung, jungwoo and i hear haechan for like a split second) are hitting the first notes on a off-beat or weak beat. Doesn& #39;t it sound like the phases arrive a bit earlier than they& #39;re supposed to? But it& #39;s deliberate and it& #39;s just sexy (10/17)

From here, past sections of the song seem to be shorter, in terms of the amount of bars. The spaces in the 2nd pre-chorus in particular noticeably shrinks in size and the vocal melodies are a lot closer to each other

(11/17)

bridge arrives and obviously it sounds good because the vocalists know what they& #39;re doing and doing their parts well. And that dance break..... it hypes me up so much and i hear what seems to be some kind of brass instrument? It& #39;s just very cool

(12/17)

The last chorus hits and you realise this whole works
surprisingly well.

There& #39;s so much more that I wanted to talk about but not only is this thread getting long, but there& #39;s just a lot to unpack in the song, (in terms of instrumentals)
(13/17)

some notes about the mv and styling:

the styling is really good, tho my least fav outfits are the plain black ones. obv there& #39;s more to the outfits in terms of accessories, it& #39;s just the colour that throws me off. like the exact opposite of the outfits from Touch lol
(14/17)

Jaehyun tho... i think he might have officially bias wrecked me. He was my first bias in NCT, am i doing a 360 right now?

(15/17)

nice shots from the mv:

(16/17)

Aaaand that& #39;s the end of the review! If anyone ends up finding this, thank you so much for sticking until the end! i hope i didn& #39;t bore you out haha

(.....and stream punch)

(17/17) - END OF REVIEW -

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