A new boy group has entered the industry. TREI is a 3-member male group debuting under Banana Culture Entertainment, which also features EXID in its lineup. The new group features Jaejun, Changhyun, and Juntae. Despite the group just debuting today with Gravity, the group has been around since 2017, as seen through their profile, which you can view here. Jaejun, who is the leader of the group, was formerly part of the now disbanded C-Clown, which was another group under Banana Culture Entertainment (then Yedang Entertainment) between 2012 to 2015.

I personally thought the opening sequence to Gravity was amazing. The acoustic guitar and breathtaking vocals really set up the song and do a good job of introducing the new group. After the introduction, the song does lose the acoustic nature and becomes slightly more upbeat with the introduction of a soft pop rock influence. They kept this breezy vibe to the song, which I quite liked and they also manage to maintain the melody, which I enjoyed. The vocals were nice and the rapping was good. Paying close attention to the sound, you can feel the sorrowful nature of the lyrics. They did a good job of presenting us with that through the vocals and rap sequences. It is a good debut song, overall in my opinion. The one thing it does lack is memorability. It doesn’t really stand out the pack and the mature tone of the song doesn’t automatically scream out as a hit. But I still like it nonetheless. I am definitely putting this on the replaying list.

I mentioned the song had a breezy vibe to it, quite laid back and chilled. The music video, I personally think, does a good job of portraying this. The video is shot away from the hustle and bustle of city life, giving it a peaceful feel. It is the editing and filter that I personally do not like. It did give the video a likeable indie appeal but it made the music video seem ‘noisy’ and messy, in my opinion. I didn’t like how they made the screen space smaller by putting still borders around the video. It just cut the members out of frame and looked awkward. Surely, it was done to be artistic but I felt it just didn’t work.

The performance actually looked peaceful and flowy to an extent, which I think is very fitting for the song. Also, I am surprised that for a trio, they didn’t use any backup dancers. Usually, with groups which low numbers of members, they use back up dancers to kind of fill the emptiness around them. But their move did most of that, which I thought was excellent. It is a performance that I wouldn’t mind watching again.

Song – 8/10
Music Video – 7/10
Performance – 8/10
Overall Rating – 7.7/10