CHUU set the bar excessive all these years in the past when she launched herself with “Coronary heart Assault“, maybe a bit unfairly so, however she’s managed to place collectively a strong discography thus far after she’s set out on her personal, and her newest comeback is maybe her greatest. The title of “Solely Cry In The Rain” had me fearing the sleepy ballad, however as a substitute CHUU delivered an emotional and nuanced effort that was deceptively peppy.
Very similar to the music video depicts completely happy moments on the floor between three mates, the track itself is surprisingly breezy and ethereal-sounding synthpop that generates a stunning quantity of ahead momentum. But in addition very like the music video that depicts a separation of the chums — not by way of melodrama however somewhat merely rising aside as particularly CHUU strikes ahead in life — so is the track imbued with a way of haziness and melancholy that dims its brightness, layering the soundscape with conflicting emotions. CHUU’s ethereal and heat vocals convey a way of nostalgia to the listener as nicely, all of which assist to raise it above different vibey kind of tracks.
Most significantly, the melodies utilized listed below are subtly addicting and particularly efficient on repeats, with a refrain that has a chorus delivered with ascending vocals as if operating up a hill. That’s accented by an “cuckoo” ad-lib that stood out, and all of it actually comes collectively when the declarative “trigger I solely cry within the rain” line comes. Very excessive replay worth and one thing that’s simple to think about listening to on a cool evening strolling beneath the lights.
Again to the music video for a bit, I get why individuals turned this plot into some type of love triangle factor the place CHUU is in love with the opposite lady, because the lyrics are positively about love. I’m not invalidating that, however I noticed the story introduced as extra a couple of trio who’re about to be separated by their futures (college, however could possibly be a job or no matter), and them coping with the unstated tragedy that whilst you’ll inform one another that issues gained’t change and that all the things might be high-quality, you already know issues won’t ever fairly be the identical once more, particularly as CHUU carves out her personal path completely different from the opposite two. It makes use of that as a backdrop to specific the kind of feeling that comes together with love discovered and misplaced. Or if you wish to attain a bit deeper, maybe even about embarking on her personal path separate from LOONA and her members.
“Solely Cry In The Rain” manages to convey that emotional depth by way of track, and that makes it a minimize above most efforts on this vein, but it surely’s particularly efficient when paired with the musical. That the whimsy has a calm-before-the-storm undercurrent makes it all of the extra intriguing to me, and whereas this isn’t the normally kind of pop observe I favor, CHUU has actually tapped into one thing right here.
