[Review] I SPY – NCT WISH

NCT WISH is back this week with their new single and mini-album, I SPY. It is their first release since Ode To Love (and the studio album of the same name) from earlier this year. I ended the song portion of my Ode To Love review with the comment that I prefer NCT WISH’s youthful, energetic tracks. Well, it seems NCT WISH and their producers listened somewhat. There is a bit more to I SPY than just that. The melodies in I SPY still carry some of that pleasantness from their former song. The I SPY references tap into that youthful energy, though the game itself still feels more childish to me. But the producers and NCT WISH did a good job of not venturing too far down that path. Instead, they turn it into an edgy element, which came to full realisation in I SPY’s final moments. I quite liked it, though I wish it had been more pronounced earlier on. I also like the combination of the vocalisation and the edgy “I spy I spy I spy, with my little eye” in the bridge. On the flip side, I have to put the instrumental and delivery down as the weaker aspects of I SPY. The dance-pop instrumental was pretty ordinary, and while the vocals and rapping were refreshing, most of the delivery (aside...