I had REALLY high expectations for this song when it was announced they’d be collaborating, but now that I’ve heard the full package, I’m feeling very underwhelmed. WDA is very similar to Dirty Work but clearly worse. The background instrumental stays fairly consistent from start to finish and lacks much dynamic progression. It’s not bad, but I expected more from Dem Jointz on this one.
At its core, the WDA is mainly a hip hop track where about 90% of it is English rap. The main problem is that the rap verses feel objectively boring. I’m saying objectively on purpose because it’s hard for me to imagine even the most casual rap listeners finding these verses particularly engaging. There’s nothing especially interesting about the flow, cadence, or rhyme schemes. If they had just given Giselle a genuinely strong rap verse and let the other members carry a more vocal-driven chorus, I honestly think the song would’ve been ten folds better. Instead, we got this undercooked track with a boring chorus of GD repeating “She a whole different animal, different animal, whole different animal, different animal”.
Even GD’s verse didn’t do much for me. He rarely features on other artists’ songs, so I guess I was expecting the lyrical/rap quality to be closer to what he brought on IU’s Palette back in 2017. I guess my expectations were too high.
I think what makes the disappointment hit harder is just how much anticipation I had going into it. From the verses, to the chorus, to GD’s closing verse, there really wasn’t a single moment that felt memorable or genuinely intriguing. How do you guys feel about the song?
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