Vocals: 8 / 10
This is a dance unit. Each member is pretty much the top dancer in their respective group and as such their vocals are not the best. Luhan and Taemin are the exceptions and they did really well. Henry also has a pleasant voice and his awesome high note definitely took me by surprise. While I knew he was one of the two options (the other being Taemin) was still like a “Woah that’s awesome”. Taemin’s “Maxstep” parts at the end was also nice. Hyoyeon’s chorus is good at the English is not out of place, showing improvement since “The Boys” and even has some higher notes thrown in there. Eunhyuk sings very little and Kai not at all, which is alright with me considering these two have the weakest voices of the six. A good choice by S.M.
Appearance: 8 / 10
Eunhyuk looks awkward with hair down, and the random colour addition to the side didn’t really help. He would’ve totally looked better if he had his hair spiked like in “Sexy, Free, & Single”. Given everyone else didn’t have straight hair (not counting Hyoyeon), Eunhyuk looked like the oddball among the group. Henry really hasn’t changed at all since his original appearance, his baby face is eternal. What the flying hell happened to Taemin’s eyebrows? This isn’t like Taeyeon in “Time Machine”. Taemin’s eyebrows are literally not there anymore. This is remedied during one of the solo shots where his hair down (the best looking one) but the others were creepy as hell. Luhan and Kai are looking good, too. Luhan should go back to his “History” look, really fitting. Let’s talk about the feature of the show, Kim Hyoyeon. For starters, I would have prefered she switched her hairstyles. The solo shots were flawless but the long split hair during the dance sequences looked messy with all the movement. Her red jacket / black outfit clashed with the guys’ outfits and made her stand out really nicely. The choice of outfits were a little iffy for the solos except Hyoyeon but other than that, no complaints.
Dance: 9 / 10
Okay, the dance is strong, but maybe I hold some of the members like Hyoyeon, Eunhyuk, and Taemin with too high regard (rightfully so) because I found 50% of the choreography underwhelming. I can’t really pinpoint a specific time period where I found the choreography lacking but it was more like various bursts of disappointment. The interesting sequence involving Henry after the first chorus was really neat. There is still a fair amount of individual expression though which I like, and once Hyoyeon arrived the dance shifted to become more centered on her. Overall, the execution by all the members makes up for a lack of interesting / intense choreography.
Rap: 8 / 10
The good: Kai. The bad: Eunhyuk. The great: Hyoyeon. That is the sequence if raps in a nutshell. Kai does a solid job with his lines although I did not even think for a second that his very first line was actually English. Eunhyuk is rather disappointing, per usual (although admittedly his work in “Spy” wasn’t half bad). Hyoyeon destroyed everything with her rap. Fierce and up to speed on the tempo and everything. Well done. I’ve said before, S.M. Could possibly take advantage of Hyoyeon and Tiffany’s rapping potential, we’ll just have to see if they really do anything with it. Kai and Hyoyeon carry Eunhyuk to a 8 out of 10.
Music Video: 7 / 10
For what it’s worth, this music video is for a dance heavy group, so I didn’t expect anything out of the ordinary and there wasn’t. There’s even a car for little Taemin to be serious facing in, which I can only assume is a Hyundai. For some reason, Henry and Eunhyuk are together for the solo shots, maybe because S.M. feels the need to remind everyone that Henry Lau is a member of Super Junior M and that he does still in fact exist and has not rotted away in the company basement due to inactivity. Taemin gets a car and Kai gets a chair, how unfair is that? Those lazy punks. Thankfully they receive karma by being forced inside some bizarre geometric figure for the other half of their solos. Luhan got the most boring box out of them all but he seemed like he was having fun. Hyoyeon’s mirrors did well to show her off and she exuded some charisma in the chorus near the end. Bland music video but there wasn’t really much expectations to begin with.
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Overall: 80 / 100
Since the preview of this song existed during the 2011 Gayo Daejun, I’m not sure what I was going to see or hear from this but overall the vocals are pleasant to listen to and the dance is solid. The boring music video is offset by the fact that it’s from S.M. and it’s a dance specific group. Pretty good work. Now let’s see a dance version of the music video so I don’t have to see too many close-ups of Taemin’s lack of eyebrows.
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