[Review] Drip – ATEEZ

After the huge success of BAD in July, ATEEZ will make their third comeback this calendar year next month with their 15th mini-album, Golden Hour: Part.6. Ahead of the comeback, the group has pre-released the single Drip. As this is just a pre-release single, Drip shouldn’t be seen as the official follow-up to BAD. That honour should be reserved for the title track of their upcoming release. And I am going to be doubling down on that. I don’t know what the title track will be, but musically, it ain’t going to be Drip. Right off the bat, you can tell that Drip is a heavy hip-hop track with a powerful trap rhythm. Personally, this ain’t my cup of tea. It doesn’t help that after a few repeats, I still have neutral feelings towards Drip. The rap-speak throughout Drip doesn’t excite me this time, and I find the instrumental pretty ordinary. On the flip side, I find the chorus somewhat catchy, and I liked MINGI and HONGJOONG’s rapping right before the choruses. The latter’s stripped-back instrumental and lower-energy delivery were very alluring. But I don’t think these two elements make up for the rest of Drip. The music video fares a lot better. The song is about their growing confidenc...