Hey guys, LokoReviews here and I just realized that I haven't made a review in 3 months now. Sorry that I haven't a made a review for that long, I just wanted to take a break from reviewing and focus on my life. Also since I'm in college now, I don't really have the time to make any new review. But since I'm not busy right now, I want to give my quick thoughts on One Direction's new track "Drag Me Down". Now I already talked about One Direction before, one was my awkward review for their song "Story Of My Life" and I also mentioned their other track "Best Song Ever" on my top 10 best songs of 2013 video. I would have put a link for you guys to see those 2 videos, but I made them private on my old YouTube channel. But you can watch my awkward review for "Story Of My Life" on Vimeo to see how bad of an reviewer I was back then (Here's the link: https://vimeo.com/86403564). But I'm getting off topic, let's talk about One Direction's new song "Drag Me Down".
Now when I first heard that One Direction released a new track without Zayn Malik (the former member of One Direction), I was a little bit curious of how it will turn out and how the rest of the members will evolve as band without Zayn. When I was about to listen to it, I had 2 predictions of how this whole thing will turn out. They could either evolve as a band and make really good & interesting pop music or they could just stick with what they do best; make the same old love songs so that all their fan girls can go crazy for it. Well....... after I listened to their new track 3 times, they didn't just make a typical love song for all their fan girls to insane for (Well...... Some of it). They actually took their time and made a fairly decent song.
Now most people think that this song is a love song about how One Direction loves that their girlfriends have stuck around and supported them when everybody else tried bringing them down. I do kind of agree with those people who think this song is actually about that, but I feel like they went a little bit deeper than that. In my opinion, I feel like this song is about how One Direction appreciate their fans who supported them throughout their whole music career and stuck around them during their darkest times. Heck, this song could even be about each member of One Direction's families supporting & helping them out so that no one can bring them down or let fame get the best of them. This song could literally be about anyone (Well, except for Zayn maybe) and you know what...... Even if this song is about them appreciating their girlfriends, at least they care enough that their girlfriends are supporting them. Overall, I like the message of this song; it's nice and sweet (even though that the lyrics are vague).
The performances in this track is not that bad either. Yeah, it's not anything amazing but at least they don't sound annoying like they did in "Steal My Girl". The music is also not that bad as well and do enjoy that beat drop, even if it's typical. Overall, I don't really have that much to complain about this track. I feel like One Direction actually made a decent track. Yeah, the song isn't really anything new or groundbreaking but I feel like people are not giving this song too much credit. I could definitely understand why people would hate/dislike this song because this track is not perfect. But I feel like most people are hating this track because they think it's a typical love song made by a boy band and I think this song is more than that. But hey, if you don't like it for any reason than go ahead and hate or dislike this song as much as you want. But for me, I'm going to keep on listening to this song until I get tired of hearing it. This song gets an 3.5/5 for me!
So that's my review for One Direction's "Drag Me Down". If you agree or disagree with what I said, then just let me know. Thank you guys for checking this out and I'll see you guys later, peace!
