"Loser" is very reminiscent of "Blue," though much lighter on the instrumental and more focused on the emotions and vocals of each member. While this makes for a more mellow song compared to similar songs in the past like "Blue" and "Love Song," this makes "Loser" a good listen more often than the others. Taeyang and Daesung do a great job with their vocals and Daesung reaffirms his spot as one of the best male vocalists for his clear emotional voice. G-Dragon and T.O.P are also still pretty good rappers, and while "Loser" doesn't show their very best, they're still both very capable and this song is less about the rap than it is about the vocals. G-Dragon opens up the song while T.O.P glues the verses and chorus together. Seungri is sort of left out of the picture in the chorus, since his voice isn't distinct enough to stand out from the other mesh of voices, but I guess that's fine.
A friend of mine was telling me how she felt the Big Bang comeback was disjointed, less like a unit and more individual. More of a GD x Taeyang x TOP x Daesung x Seungri comeback than Big Bang. But I don't quite think this is the case. At least, not in this song. I've seen many disjointed songs before in terms of both members and song structure but this isn't one of them. None of the members' parts feel out of place at all, each part flows into the next rather well, and the light instrumental keeps everything in place. Big Bang wasn't looking to hit "Loser" out of the park, and this is just about what I'd expect in that regard. The wackier song was left for "Bae Bae."
"Loser" is a lovely ballad-esque song backed by the double power of Daesung and Taeyang's vocals. The other 3 members provide nice support in the raps and chorus but it's clear the star of this song was the non-rap verses, which I can only keep praising Daesung and Taeyang for. The video is just as sad and emotional as the lyrics / vocals provide, but man. Poor Daesung! He clearly got the worse parts, having the crap beat out of him for however long that took to film. Dunno how T.O.P also ended up with scars and wounds, too, I'm assuming his girl attacked him or something, too. This MV is setup just like "Blue" was which was a good video in its own right.
If "Loser" was the setup for the storm that was "Bae Bae," then I'm sure YG and Big Bang marketed everything to perfection. If this had been a single title track, I'm not sure I would have appreciated it as much, looking for a more wacky and wildly distinct Big Bang sound that "Loser" has but doesn't really polish as much as "Bae Bae" does. Still, it's a powerfully tame song for a quiet and lonely day.
[ Overall: 85 / 100 ]
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