Properly, this can be a shock! I by some means missed the announcement about this track, so listening to a collaboration between two of Ok-pop’s most influential rappers comes as a nice little shock tonight. Cease The Rain pairs Epik Excessive’s Tablo with BTS’s RM, crafting a multi-generational shot of emotional catharsis.
I’m all the time hesitant to put in writing about songs like this as a result of I don’t really feel like they match properly into my scores system. I are inclined to cowl music created for a large viewers and chart ubiquity. Some may name it “manufactured,” however I’ve all the time hated the adverse connotation that phrase entails. Given its collaborating artists, Cease The Rain will all the time be a part of chart dialog, however above all else it feels just like the musical equal of a diary entry — a confessional airing out of internal ideas. As such, blathering on about its “hooks” feels just a little foolish.
Sonically, the very first thing I discover about Cease The Rain is how properly Tablo and RM’s voices match collectively. Every has the power to maneuver from ethereal melodicism to sharper textures. This observe falls a lot nearer to the “ethereal” facet of this spectrum, although its extra confrontational verses distinction properly with the gentle refrain. General, it’s fairly a lovely piece. I don’t know the way a lot I’ll really take heed to the track by itself, however I admire the way it makes a powerful, resonant assertion. There’s a spot inside the wider Ok-pop business for this fashion of venture and it’s good to be reminded of that.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8 |
Grade: B-
