There’s not a great deal of consistency across Solar’s new album. Placing a song like Colors right next to title track But I is crazy whiplash. You could say she’s painting with a variety of tones and stretching her wings, but it doesn’t make for a cohesive listen.
I’ll let others decide for themselves how appropriative the song Colors is (because really, the entire K-pop industry has become appropriative) and how authentically Solar inhabits Colors‘ queer, drag-adjacent stomp. My take is that the track was definitely recorded with love but its performance isn’t particularly believable.
As a song, there isn’t much to Colors. It’s designed as an album intro (for a completely different album, mind you!) and mainly consists of Solar listing colors she covets. Never mind that “black” and “white” are technically shades, not colors. The track is completely spoken-word, making me wonder how it might sound if it had been fleshed out with a shot of melody. Thankfully, the thumping catwalk beat and crackling energy compensate for Colors‘ sparseness. It’s a fun listen, even if you could hear better (and wittier) iterations on any episode of Rupaul’s Drag Race.
Hooks
8
Production
8
Longevity
8
Bias
8
RATING
8