However, on the bright side(?), EXO's ability to create good music isn't distorted by the amount (or fraction) of members. Right away, we get a groovy background instrumental and D.O's smooth opening. The vocals of line of EXO continue to do really well for themselves, while Chanyeol also continues to be a superb rapper, though this time the lines are more evenly distributed between him and Sehun. The rap as a whole is also shorter than the one in "Call Me Baby" so it's difficult to say which rap is better. The repetition of "love me right / just love me right" is actually better because it sounds better. The bridge is yet another highlight of an EXO song. D.O and Baekhyun do divine work and the chorus is as energetic as ever. Scattered use of English is still a feature in all of S.M. songs but the English isn't butchered so there's at least that.
This MV is hard to follow. It's essentially more eye candy than the previous MV "Call Me Baby." The problem I have with this is that like "Call Me Baby," "Love Me Right" is still very much a dance song, so I expected more shots of the choreography and less shenanigans with solo shots. Sehun's scene in particular doesn't look very safe, and the various sports stuff isn't very collected and I feel was only used for aesthetics to please the fangirls. Not sure about the black and white striped jackets though. Speaking of the dance, it's nowhere near as impressive as the choreography in "Call Me Baby." The moves are less polished, less dynamic, and less interesting overall. Which is a shame since in terms of the sound of the song "Love Me Right" should have had the better choroegraphy, in my opinion. Still, it's yet another solid dance release from EXO as they lose yet another member. Here's hoping it's the last. Who are we kidding, there's bound to be (at least one) more in the future.
[ Overall: 88 / 100 ]
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