Friday's Chill Pick - 9/3/21...but it's on Saturday instead

I totally didn't completely forget to do this yesterday. Anyway hi guys, welcome back to Fire's Flaming Hot Takes for Friday's Chill Pick...Saturday edition. So what's the chill pick I'm pulling out this week?

Hoang f/Daye - Not Over You
Release: August 13, 2021
Genre: EDM

Stream Hoang - Not Over You (feat. Daye) by Hoang | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

Hoang is an EDM artist based in Vancouver, first starting out in early to mid 2018 and having released 7 songs now, however we don't have an album or EP from him yet. And when I first found him in around late 2018 thanks to one of my friends recommending him, I immediately was hooked. His first single "Don't Say" was genuinely fantastic, and somehow "Gone" was even better than that. With songs like "When You're Lonely", "Million Days", "Run Back To You", and "Thinking About You", he's had a pretty consistent track record, all of these songs are at least pretty good. And he's done a good job of bringing some very obscure artists into my radar, like Claire Ridgely for example. But now he has a new single out, this time with Daye with very little information regarding her, and...well, it's good, but I can't help but feel underwhelmed by this. Again though, this is still a good song, the melody sounds good, Daye's vocals are really nice, the synths sound cool, but this feels like a style that Hoang has done so many times before. This sounds a lot like "Don't Say", seriously, the only difference between these two songs is that "Don't Say" has a way stronger melody. The same drop, same instruments used in said drop, this is indeed pretty generic. It doesn't mean it's bad by any means, because it is a nice song, but Hoang really needs to change up his style at least a little bit, because he is slowly starting to underwhelm me a lot. As for me, this song is a 7/10, or good tier, if you're not into EDM you definitely won't like this. But that said, I'm still recommending it, definitely a cool song, and if this review gives you any incentive to check the song out, well, have fun.

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