The track presents a masterful blend of rock riffs and SuA’s seamless rap, sounding confident, ambitious and incredibly self-aware. On ‘No Dot’, SuA switches it up by removing the rosy lenses that had been covering her eyes all this time and accepting that some things are better left outgrown. A few tracks down the line, Gahyeon’s ‘Playground’ also uses bouncy pop overlaid with funky guitar riffs to channel a playful optimism, leaving us free to color the world in our own tastes. The bouncy, rhythmic pop number makes for an easy listen, encapsulating the essence of spring within, describing the high of finding someone on the same wavelength as you. We step through to the other side of the album via ‘Skit: The Seven Doors’, and are immediately greeted by JiU on ‘Cherry (Real Miracle)’.
That’s not a bad thing at all, since it goes perfectly with the helplessness the song talks about. The funk-rock elements in the song are meant to be liberating, but they never quite reach the satisfying crescendo that we wait for. After a cinematic, orchestral intro that creates tension and urgency, we dive right into the stifling, suffocating feeling of ‘Locked Inside A Door’. True to the theme, they waste no time in getting straight to the point. ‘Apocalypse: Save Us’ is both a warning and a cry for help – Planet Earth is burning, and there’s little time before it’s too late. As we segue into the season of beach visits and once-in-a-lifetime romances – themes that will sweep K-pop presently, no doubt – Dreamcatcher serve up a reality check by reminding us that climate change is upon us, and it shall not be kind. This is why their second studio album ‘Apocalypse: Save Us’ feels that much more terrifying: this time, the horror they speak of is very, very real and tangibly upon us – if the string of forest fires and snow in April is anything to go by. READ MORE: Every Dreamcatcher song ranked in order of greatness.Subtle and silent, they creep under your skin and leave you feeling as comfortable as standing in blood-soaked boots feels – not that we’d know what that feels like in real life. Since the beginning, Dreamcatcher have been experts at creating and peddling horror.
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