K-Pop A-Z Review: GFriend – Sweety

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Sweety (from Sunny Summer – 2018)

Whenever I see this title my mind immediately goes to the early-2000’s S#arp hit. That’s a song GFriend could absolutely devour, but this Sweety comes from the latter end of their career where they were trying to mature through various sounds. The off-kilter instrumental has some future bass influence before segueing into skittering percussion for the chorus. I’m really not a fan of this style of song because it’s never allowed to build momentum. Sweety is an interesting diversion for GFriend, but I’m glad they didn’t lean to hard into this sound. The ultra-chirpy vocals in the hook are also a little irritating.

Grade: C