Musically, SM Entertainment described the song as a "powerful" hip-hop dance record with heavy metal guitar riff and R&B elements throughout, while Tamar Herman of Billboard called the track "high-energy" with industrial beats, throbbing bass, whistling synths and chanting shouts. Problems playing this file? See media help. Members Taeyong and Mark mostly rapped their respective parts in one-takes to their preferences, and the qualified cuts were arranged later. Dem Jointz created the song's beat loop, and Deez focused on the R&B arrangement, having constructed the bridge and dance break sections with the goal of "maintaining" the "harmonic vocal color" and "extensively energetic" chord work to bring out a "trendy and old-school" feel to the song. He further revealed that the production team had to "revise and multiply" the song many times from end of December 2019 to early February 2020. In an interview with music critic Kim Young-dae in March 2020, Deez stated that "Kick It" was originally prepared to "gird the loins" for "Cherry Bomb 2.0", opining that the outcome ended up being "stronger" than the 2017 single. The song marked the second time that Dem Jointz, Deez and Yoo wrote together for the boy group since "Cherry Bomb" in June 2017. Jhun, Mayila Jones and Rodnae Bell, with Yoo Young-jin contributing to arrangement.
"Kick It" was produced by American producer Dem Jointz, South Korean songwriter Deez, Ryan S.
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The full video premiered one day later and was released digitally alongside the rest of Neo Zone on March 6, 2020. Following video previews of other album tracks, the music video teaser for "Kick It" was uploaded on the official SM Town channel on March 3, 2020. On February 12, a "timeline" video for the album was posted on the group's social media accounts, including a release schedule and confirmation of the title of the lead single as "영웅 / 英雄 (Kick It)". The label further confirmed that member Jungwoo would return to the group following his hiatus since August 2019. NCT 127 promoted the song on several South Korean music programs in addition to their online concert via Beyond Live, titled Beyond the Origin.Īfter wrapping up promotional activities in the United States by the end of November 2019, SM Entertainment uploaded a music video for "Dreams Come True", along with the release announcement for Neo Zone on January 27, 2020. It also entered at number three on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart and became the group's second entry on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart. Commercially, the song became NCT 127's first top-thirty entry on Gaon Digital Chart, as well as their first top-ten entry on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100, peaking at number nine. Music critics noted the song's "darkness" and "anthemic" return, in contrast to their previous singles, and believed it contributed to the group's musical diversity. An accompanying martial arts-themed music video premiered two days prior. Described as a "high-energy" song with "inspirational lyrics" that portrays the group's musical identity, it was released as the lead single from their second studio album Neo Zone on Maby SM Entertainment. It was written by Wutan, Rick Bridges and Danke of Lalala Studio, while production was handled by Dem Jointz, Deez, Mayila Jones, Chikk, Ryan S. " Kick It" ( Korean: 영웅 Hanja: 英雄 RR: Yeong-ung MR: Yǒngung lit. Hero) is a song recorded by South Korean boy band NCT 127.
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