The Daily Spin, November 2
TWICE | Taste of Love
Welcome back to the Daily Spin, the series in which I review 365 albums during 2023.
Each album will be given a rating on a scale from 0 to 10. You can look at the entire set here. Additionally, you can check out a list of my favorite songs from each album right here.
Album: Taste of Love (2021)
Artist: TWICE
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Bubbly to the point of being saccharine, K-pop starlets TWICE dropped Taste of Love in 2021, their tenth mini-album. At just 17 minutes, it’s one of our shortest reviews since March, maybe April - and that tight length is very welcomed.
It’s not bad. It’s pretty standard pop production, the likes of which we’ve seen a fair bit before. It’s a little more shimmery than, say, the power pop of Dua Lipa or Carly Rae Jepsen’s explosive electropop, and a lot of that is down to the sugary guitars, drippingly sweet vocals, and strong synths that basically go from 0 to 100 and don’t ease off until the EP reaches its close.
Girly-pop it may be, but it’s not for me.
Rating: 6.6/10
Best Tracks: First Time
Worst Tracks: Alcohol-Free