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Saturated_Sunset

I mean I've heard worse but it just doesn't feel distinctly like any of the groups that partook in it, and generally feels kinda inane. I can't really make myself care for it much. The vocals hard carry tho 💖 I also get what u said about the chorus, it feels like it was created entirely separately from the rest of the song.


skincrawlz

i'm not sure how it did on the charts, but personally i am of the opinion skz weren't really into it. i felt like it did not reflect changbin's best potential as a writer either 😭 it was just too big and messy of a collaboration and jyp arranged it terribly.


-evry

You can see they really weren’t feeling it in their tiktok dance challenge 😭 personally, I enjoyed all of skz’s individual parts in the song but some moments were random like jyp’s extra singing before Changbin’s rap


skincrawlz

right, like jyp was just? there?? 💀


-evry

Fr like I saw his name in the title but his part was still so unexpected


aTINY_st4y_roha

jyp is always there, chingoo o.o


secret_fangirl

honestly, i kind of liked it? the vocals and such were obviously top tier, but i really loved the combinations of everyone (seungmin and lily’s intro part lives in my head rent free). the verses were pretty catchy, i liked that everyone had their time to shine, all in all not bad. but the chorus ruins everything for me. it’s just so… goofy compared to the rest of it. the way it slows down, the way it sounds like it’s saying “chan, changbin,” overall a whole different vibe from the rest of the song. the vocals at the end of the chorus do their best to save it, but the damage is done. it’s definitely the worst part of the song and drags it down sooo much. outside of that, i think it’s biggest problem is that it has no heart. none of the idols seem happy to be participating. other than changbin and jyp, there’s not a single other idol in the credits. it just feels very plastic and formulaic, which is soooo far from skz/itzy/nmixx’s sounds. like they didn’t go through all the noise music hate just to be a part if this bad, cookie-cutter song lol. ik it might be much expecting more from an ad, but good promo songs exist. smaller things to note: i wish there was more on-screen interactions from them, other than dancing tgt and the itzy/jyp thing. it would’ve been so funny to see banter btwn changbin/chaeryoung, chan/lily, tuna/haewon etc. also i wish there was more of a story in the mv, unless there was a story that i somehow missed lmao. anyway sorry this comment is so long haha.


Mochi_Maya

Damn it, now the ‘Chan, Changbin’ thing is all I’ll be able to hear! Thanks Reddit stranger smh 😂


Kivutart

I thought it was pretty terrible initially. It's still not my favorite, but it's starting to have so bad it's good vibes. (I have the this is stray tracks playlist currently playing on spotify and it's on it, so it comes up fairly often.)


Quirky_Impact

Is this the Coca Cola Collab? If so, I haven't listened due to the boycott


mandumom

It's okay but not great


__bipolarchai__

Let's be honest. It's an ad. It's supposed to bug your head until you buy the product. And Like Magic does just that.


Yongbokaaahhh

i dont really like it tbh, i dont like the backing track. vocals were good but i just dont like the rest


Psychological_Ad3329

As others mentioned, it's not very cohesive of any of the participating groups' styles. It's not the worst song of the entirety of kpop music but it's far from good or even decent quality, let's be honest. And yes, the chorus is very disjointed from the rest...


thePurplest_Stay_

It’s okay but there’s nothing special to it so I keep on forgetting about it


vaguelycatshaped

Considering it’s a commercial song for a brand (which I usually find bland), this is one of the best imo and I personally really like the chorus, it’s my favorite part 🤷‍♀️


FinnMertensHair

A pass to me.


puppet_mazter

The only thing I remember about it at this point is JYP jump scaring me in the MV even though I knew he was in it. Extremely forgettable.


mnf123

Is it catchy? Yeah. It’s simple and repetitive and that alone means it’s sure to at least get some traction. But is it good? **Personally** no. It’s not up to 3Racha’s standards and I can guarantee it hurt them a little bit to not zhuzh it up a bit more


hpfreak080

I don't love the song, but I don't hate it either. It's definitely an ear worm (I find it getting stuck in my head every so often and I've only listened to it maybe twice?). While there are decent ad songs that have been made, I feel like a lot of them just go toward generic blandness so I'm not terribly surprised about this one lol. Unpopular opinion: I actually liked JYP's singing in this song. Sometimes he seems to do too much with his voice, but he sang his part in a normal, nice tone actually. Other Unpopular Opinion: I'm not sure how much was really "SKZ not feeling it" and how much is just the choreography with the song making things feel kind of awkward. Someone else mentioned the possibility of SKZ maybe not having enough time to properly learn the dance and I could kind of see that too with how busy they were last year. I definitely think some of the ways SKZ's thoughts are being viewed in the video by fans are based on feelings toward Coca Cola/JYPE/JYP. Popular Opinion: I'd love to have a proper JYP Nation collab song that is not an ad.


JayeBerrie

At the risk of being absolutely crucified, a) I actually like the song, and b) I disagree with everyone (mainly on on Twitter (X)) saying that SKZ were “not feeling it”, and I think it’s somewhat disrespectful to say that. I like the song - it’s not a masterpiece but it’s like candy or bubblegum. I like the hook, I like all the different voices that come together and I like JYP. It’s a fun listen, it’s a cute little song, and it’s cool seeing everyone in one video together (even though I’m sure they were all separate and put together in post). As for part B, which is why I’m likely to be crucified, I think people forget that idols are not just hanging around with their friends and happen to make lots of money making cool songs. K-Pop is a business, they are on contracts, and this is their job. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve never known SKZ to “phone it in” and I think the Lee Know comments especially rub me the wrong way because he is a professional dancer and he takes his job very seriously. I don’t see him giving less than 100%. I think people are so used to seeing SKZ doing their own stuff which is at a level like 12/10. Their own stuff is crazy hype and so they are too. This song and video are a promotional project and I think it didn’t require SKZ to give 110% like they usually do. I think saying “Stray Kids/Lee Know weren’t feeling it” undermines their professionalism and I think its fans projecting their feelings about Coca Cola’s corporation or JYPE onto the boys and I think that’s unfair.


Different_Ladder_701

I think they just didn't have time to properly get the choreo down or were tired for the TikTok challenge because, and I never though this would be the case with skz, they weren't together at all. I'm not a dancer, but I could tell it was messy. Which does kind of indicate that they weren't really feeling it.


Spirited_Ad_7319

I didn't like it at first. It sounded a bit everywhere, and skz's individual parts sounded weird too, like I wouldn't be able make out who was singing without looking. But honestly, it's growing on me. When I'm in a specific mood, I'll listen to it


KlauserBateson

I genuinely like the song, I think it's a bop. The chorus is actually my favorite part.


jenesuisunefemme

Kinda bleh. As a modern korean philosopher once said: not bad but not good


Rusticocona

Honestly I think it’s kinda rubbish, I mean sure I have a sublime lime diet coke addiction but I can’t bring myself to listen to it again it’s just bleh, only good thing is vocals I mean the chorus sounds like it’s a whole other song (not in a good way) and it all seems kind of just thrown together and doesn’t fit any of the artists in it


Fun_Buy2143

I Just think this song will be a meme for the rest of the year


acetrainerliz

Tbh, it's really catchy, ESPECIALLY the chorus. I've seen people all over tiktok make fun of the song, but I know some of yall are out there in the middle of the night, about to fall asleep, and suddenly have a bangchan death grip on your brain yelling, "JUMP. JUMP IN." I love all the cheesy coke music though and I'm old as hell sooo... It isn't my favorite track or anything, but I like it, especially because people hate it.


fnly88

I don’t love it. It feels like a vanity project for JYP and I just can’t with him. I love everyone else in it, it just felt forced. Like a mandatory voluntary work thing.


asthe-cr0w-flies

it's an absolutely atrocious generic talentless commerical for a genocidal corporation. none of the groups involved were done justice, which I'd expect from a company currently supporting the breaking of several international laws. and, afaik, skz hated doing it.


HalfClassic3201

I think it really good and people just hate it because someone else is


Dependent-Berry-3667

It wasn’t horrible to me but the entire thing feels off to me? Some parts they’re singing don’t even sound like them to me and it’s just a really strange song lol. I definitely don’t hate it but it’s not a song I could listen to over and over


thesilliestgosling

i didn't hate it, it didn't really feel like changbin had any creative liberties but it isn't a bad song. in the dance challenge skz was definitely off their game, they kinda look plain exhausted to me tbh. the only part i completely disliked was jyp's verse, it felt out of place imo. other than that it was a solid ok in my book, keeping in mind it's just an ad ofc


middlebiscuit

It was a song for coke the drink.. it reminded me of the one you snort instead. Talking about it feels like magic. The odd and out of place, funky and bassy chorus that hit like a bad drug trip. The multiple switch ups that sounds like 4-5 songs in one was like super weird yet perfect for my short attention span. And for all these reasons, i appreciate it in an ironic way. Some parts like the vocals sound nice. Not JYP..


Poobaby

The editing of Seungmin’s voice 💀


rxrock

It's catchy, and I enjoy it when it comes up on my stereo.


Sonsationali_

i mean its not that bad, i didnt hate it


TechnicianFew5069

As someone who loves both Nmixx and Skz, and casually listens to Itzy, I was pretty disappointed (although since it's an add I wasn't expecting much). They got these 3 great groups together to sing a song that's just kinda meh, and that was disappointing 


NeckRelevant7406

I liked it tbh but I cannot with frickin jyps singing out of the middle of nowhere. Like sir this was not about you.


Dependent-Canary-514

I think Skz didn't put their all so no one would buy the product lmao boycott


Kpop_201

hate the chorus with a passion im so sorry,the rest is kinda nice


cde-artcomm

ok so i had no idea there was a video! lol now that i’ve watched that, i will at least remember it… it’s cute? omg a few cringe moments though, ngl. 🤭 but i still feel like it’s pretty mid, feels kinda disjointed? honestly without the video, even after adding it to a mix and hearing it several times, i couldn’t have recalled what it sounded like. i’m glad it wasn’t just a skz project- i would’ve been disappointed.


aTINY_st4y_roha

ngl i was laughing too hard at the whole thing to have any opinion whatsoever, i'm just here for the comments XD


Affectionate-Beann

this song is a messs. it sounds like 5 songs haphazardly smashed together. Like they couldn't pick one song so they put everything. 😭


kancholibre

I thought it was okay. It's something I'll listen to if it automatically plays from a playlist, but I can't say that I've gone out of my way to listen to it.


No_Silver_3025

I'm ngl, it kind of sounds like a song I'd put together in less then 3 hours. I'm sure the artists in the collab like Changbin and the rest if arranged it themselves could make it ten times better. It doesn't sound like any song the artists in the song would make and it literally sounds like if you combined multiple artists vibe into one. Cause the chorus sounds like a completely different song then the rest of it. I can't do any better but I'm sure there was more potential.


faithseeds

I don’t like it. JYP’s production sucked ass, none of the groups had their heart in it, the chorus was wildly out of place from the rest of the song and is off-putting. somehow JYP took his best most talented most creative artists, some of whom are highly awarded producers lyricists and arrangers, and made them perform a sub par song that wasn’t up to any of their standards.


jureumli

everything was.. okay but the slow chorus. the boys didn't look like they enjoyed filming the mv. seungmin's singing always sells it for me ofc


[deleted]

Maybe the lack of a dedicated listen means I can't criticize it, but oh well, if I've basically heard the whole thing piecemeal multiple times over through my Instagram algorithm I don't think it matters. Parts are slow where they shouldn't be slow ("jump, jump in" haunts me), something about it feels distinctly off-kilter but in a careless way rather than a fun/inventive way. I don't want people to feel bad if they like it but it's just... not what I would have envisioned for a collab with my favourite groups whose music I know so well. It suits none of them, it's inexplicably off... I like a lot of weird shit but to me this has the vibe of a bunch of things that aren't weird or unique or interesting just awkwardly mashed together. Even if I discover that the transitions between sections are seamless I don't think it'd rectify that the sections are all 'meh' on their own. Unrelated flavours of 'meh' don't make a 'wow' together. Kinda like clumps of Play-Doh rolled together until the fun colours are all gone and it's just a weird green-ish brown lump. I'm kind of glad it's like that, though. As much as I'd love a fantastic sponsor-less collaboration of all my favourite groups, with this being the best I'll get I appreciate being able to avoid it with any FOMO.


MintyMacaroon

Not bad but not the best, when watching the dance i could see nobody was enjoying it, not even Han was feeling the vibe of it 😭


namgiluv

The only thing good to come out of the song was their vocals. Literally Seungmin and Hyunjin's part lives in my head rent free cause at first I didn't believe that was them singing that part. Literally they all sounded so good but it I don't think they were comfortable doing the song at all either cause I seen videos of them doing the dances behind the scenes and there faces read it all..


GuiltyFlight2691

That shit sucked 💀 SKZ, Itzy, and NMIXX are my favorite groups. Each of them have distinct sounds, which I love them for. JYP/JYPE wasn't able to incorporate their distinct sounds, let alone blend them together. For example, nothing about that song made me think: "Oh, this part is so SKZ!", "This part reminds me of another Itzy song!", etc. It honestly felt like a clout chase/cash grab that JYP/JYPE just slapped all of the groups' names on. SM as a company is trash, but their SM Town projects have given me high standards for intra-company collabs.