I would like to mention that it is a rare summer song, and from the 1990s to the early 2000s, the box office formula "dance in summer and ballad in winter" was valid. The cool (COOL), which has long held the throne as a summer dance song, is typical; however, its formula broke as the music market became a market focused on EPs and singles, not regular music.
However, recent season songs aimed at the season are in the spotlight: Bus Coversker's "Cherry Blossom Ending", released in 2012, has also ranked the top 100 of various Music charts this year. There are many interpretations of this unprecedented Heat song, but I would like to pay attention to the fact that there are not many spring songs released in spring. So there wasn't much else to replace the cherry blossom ending.
TWICE's show is also read in the same context. The EDM drop, which actively utilizes the beach-based music video and brass sound, is exactly in touch with the sensibility that we were enthusiastic about the new news of Cool returning every year. JYP Entertainment also explained, "It is a long-term summer song that can be recalled every summer vacation season."
The lyrics that Wheesung wrote are also excellent: they are not very poetic or romantic, but they stick to the song well, and above all, they are good at using phonological words. It tightens Melody's tension, which can be somewhat moistened by using the wave sound like the 'salty air' part, and it also adds refreshment to the melody by finishing the lyrics with a normal vowel like 'play with us in the sea' part or 'wind and you come this way'.
The composition of the song is also impressive. There is a trace of efforts to avoid the right of arrangement that is pointed out as the biggest limit of EDM music, and one minute of introduction is slowed down by looking at only one hook point of chorus. From the first verse that starts with 'you and me in the moonlight', it is full of refreshing feeling, and it is also good to have a base that is piled up heavily until the brass sound reaches the pouring hook. It is interesting that the composition is made by hanging eight people from six people to two arrangements, and it is completed with such consistent breathing and solid texture. Some point out that the voices of TWICE members are not distinguished. It does not reveal the vocal personality of the members. It is a reasonable point, but it seems to be intended to some extent in the writing of the song that controls the elements as much as possible and uses a thoroughly calculated stratification method.
After his debut song, "Elegantly," TWICE seems typical ('Titi') but escapes the obvious flow ('Signal') and is thoroughly in line with popularity and making his own trajectory, like this single, "Dance the Night Away." This is why we praise the well-made new song and expect more of their future.
[Review] TWICE, back to typical Summer Song, 'Dance the Night Away'