Song Review: WOODZ – Come Into My World!

WOODZ has been an interesting case study in an artist refusing to make concessions. K-pop is all about chasing the next trend, which often involves cycling back to whatever hit big recently. WOODZ’s big success happened to occur when he was out of the picture serving in the military. It would have been easy for him to return with a dozen tracks just like the one that shot him into supertardom, but his music since hiatus has been stubbornly thorny instead. Come Into My World! is the latest in this line of confrontational music that refuses to act as an easy hit. For one, the song is completely wordless for its entire first minute. After this, WOODZ adopts a high pitched AC/DC-esque vocal over a country-rock boogie instrumental. None of this is remotely trendy or particularly commercial. Adding to the rebellious streak, most of Come Into My World! (including its chorus) is more of a yelp than a melody. There’s not much to distinguish between verses and choruses apart from the guitar chugging with renewed intensity. Depending on your taste, this will either be a revelation of a weird little curio. I lean toward the latter, as I find the vocal off-putting and the song frustratingly und...