Just the other week, CORTIS started teasing their comeback with the single REDRED. Earlier this week, the group officially dropped their 2nd mini-album, GREENGREEN, which is led by the title track TNT. This is CORTIS’s first comeback since their widely successful debut with What You Want and a bunch of other singles from their Color Outside the Lines debut mini-album (which I have yet to, but will, review).

TNT was a blur. No matter how many times I have listened to the song, I just haven’t been able to remember anything from TNT. I know it’s played, but it is so monotonous that it sounds all the same to me. While the grungy rock elements in the background held promise, TNT never developed instrumentally beyond its opening moments. The members’ contribution to the song was a mixed bag. Some of it had character. But, like the instrumentation, most of the members’ delivery lacked individuality and tone, leaving TNT without any appeal. The hooks were lacklustre, and TNT‘s short run time did not work in its favour. Overall, I am disappointed with TNT. CORTIS should have picked REDRED as its title track for the new mini-album and left it at that.

CORTIS is on the run from the masses in TNT‘s music video. It depicts societal pressure, as members dodge and avoid the idea of conforming with everyone else. The members are portrayed as your typical teenagers. And from their expressions, there is an element of thrill and excitement as they try to evade capture. Sometimes they are caught, but that just edges them the next day. At the very end of the video, I think we see the members turn around and go head-on with the crowd, showing their willingness to stand up for themselves.

The performance seems to build and play with the intensity of those grungy rock elements in TNT‘s background. Even without much else in the song, the members did a good job of commanding the stage, and this shows off their stage presence.

Song – 6/10
Music Video – 9/10
Performance – 7/10
Overall Rating – 7.1/10