[Review] Moonwalkin’ – LNGSHOT

This week is Rookie Week, where I’ll post reviews of debut tracks from new groups I haven’t covered on the blog yet this year. The longest-standing group I am covering this week is LNGSHOT, who debuted in January this year. The four-member male group hails from More Vision (the label founded by and home to Jay Park) and consists of Ohyul, Ryul, Woojin, and Louis. They debuted with Moonwalkin’, the title track from their first mini-album, Shot Callers. After their debut, the group made their first comeback with Vanilla Days in March, collaborated with Jay Park on 4sho 4sho in May, and will make another comeback later this week. I will return later to review these tracks. Like many of the songs I will be reviewing this week, I don’t remember my first impressions of Moonwalkin’. That in itself could say something, but I am not sure that is the case for LNGSHOT’s debut single. Anyhow, Moonwalkin’ is a melodic hip-hop track, which I find sleek and fluid. The flow in this one was really nice and has made it more of an earworm over time. LNGSHOT’s delivery was impeccable, with their R&B-leaning vocals and rapping selling that melodic flow, especially in the choruses. As for the instru...