Despite Bold Choices, Enhypen’s “Bite Me” is Half-Baked
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As ‘out there’ as the latest generation of K-pop may seem, every now and then there comes a release that encourages audiences to question that sentiment (no matter the generation): how daring are idols’ musical endeavors, really? And how might they compare to previous generations?
Expected or not, Enhypen are the latest fourth generation group to pose this question, through their latest comeback “Bite Me.” While conceptually “Bite Me” is nothing entirely new for the group (they already leaned into the vampire concept for their debut and comebacks like “Drunk-Dazed”), it is certainly a leap into more mature territory for Enhypen. It’s nothing entirely new for K-pop of years’ and generations’ past either, and if anything is a callback to more provocative relics of second and even third generation K-pop.