[Review] POSE! – LIGHTSUM

LIGHTSUM made their comeback at the start of August with POSE!. It is their first comeback since last year’s Honey or Spice.

POSE! goes for a subdued groove. It is nice and pleasant, but it isn’t striking, which LIGHTSUM really needs in its discography. Personally, LIGHTSUM’s comebacks come and go, and I have never remembered much from them. This track, unfortunately, comes and goes in the same manner. When I find it, I liked it. But when it finishes, and I have moved on to the next song, POSE! becomes a very distant memory. Anyhow, back to the actual song. In addition to its subdued grooviness, the melodies and hooks are playful yet soothing and have a lot of potential. These melodies also showcase the members’ vocal abilities. As a result, all the members sounded good throughout POSE!. There is an excellent house beat within the verses, which comes in hard. It was brief, but it was probably my favourite bit of POSE!. I wished there was more of this in POSE!. This would have given the song a bit of edge and further complexity. It also could have doubled up as an element to give POSE! its strikingness that I mentioned was not evident in the song at the start.

The entire video of POSE! was shot in a house. I understand the simplicity side of it (though it does look like CUBE Entertainment gave this comeback a tiny budget based on this video). The song itself doesn’t call for anything complicated. However, I wished there was a bit more than just the house. Maybe some good old choreography scenes would have worked fine as that additional element. As much as I find the standard closeup and choreography formula to be typical, it would have at least would have given the video a little more to mention. At least the colour scheme they had going on was muted, which suits the song’s subdued nature.

The choreography for the comeback is okay. It was not their best, but it was still pleasant to watch. I did wish there was a memorable key move in the routine to remember the performance by. This could have made the routine more appealing and pulled more of my attention towards the performance (which usually would help build up the song’s appeal for me).

Song – 7/10
Music Video – 7/10
Performance – 7/10
Overall Rating -7/10