As I stated in my previous review for XLOV’s Rizz, I really want to love this group. It’s frustrating when an act debuts with a legitimately unique concept yet can’t find the music needed to compliment that. I’m waiting for XLOV’s management to realize that their songs can be as compelling as their visuals, but they seem intent on feeding us scraps instead.
A track like Biii:-P represents so many of my gripes with the pop music of this moment. It’s one (annoying) idea repeated over and over again without development. The production’s dull, the running length is incredibly short and the main refrain (beep beep beep) could have been written by a toddler. It has a very impersonal AI sheen to it, which strikes me as the exact opposite of what XLOV stand for.
When the song isn’t incessantly beeping at us, the guys are either delivering dull sing-talk or sing-songy fragments of melody that seem cast off with no real intention behind them. I think this is all meant to sound whimsical and otherworldly, but to me it feels like a children’s song refashioned into a sleek, soulless bit of trend-chasing hyperpop.
Hooks
5
Production
6
Longevity
6
Bias
6
RATING
5.75