When I first saw the set of teasers for TTS‘ promotional single, “Twinkle,” I must say my initial disappointment from the teaser images was quelled. The MV looked pretty well done, there was evidence of real singing and the song sounded appealing.
With mixed reactions so far to the whole project, let’s delve straight into the album review.
1. “Twinkle” - The first thing that struck me about the song was how strong the instrumentation influences were. There’s a fair amount of drum and trumpet styled sounds, with a mix of piano thrown in. But given how girl group releases this year have been geared towards such sounds (Sistar’s “Alone” and 4Minute’s “Volume Up” springs to mind), it could probably just be a sign of things to come, that the hard-edged electronic sounds that characterised most of last year’s girl group music is on its way out.
The song comes across as a pretty driven, Korean-esque take on “Lady Marmalade,” meaning slightly over-done, quite showy, but very impressive to listen to and thoroughly enjoyable for the most part.
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