Midnight Red – Hell Yeah

Despite not normally reviewing boy bands on this blog, this song is a stand out track from the frankly uniform set of current boy band songs. The main reason that this song stands out from the crowd is its light dubstep beats thanks to the production skills of Red One. The producer has also helped them on previous tunes but this is of particularly respectable quality.

Don’t be fooled, the boy band formula is still very much present with heavily characteristic guitar notes at some points and a video which is somewhere between JLS and The Wanted, but the rest of the song is refreshingly unique. It manages to deliver actual energy and does not seem completely based on getting as many screaming girls as possible. All the members of Midnight Red contribute to the song the same amount, ensuring that there is no lead singer in the group, unlike many other popular boy bands.

Red One has done an impressive job because despite working with countless artists he has still managed to make beats that sound different to anything else he has produced before. The lyrics might be worth working on however as “Hell Yeah” and “Party like we don’t care” are already heavily overused in many songs.

Between the band and the production, the song contains tangible energy and is definitely America’s answer to the flood of new British bands. There is still room for improvement in some areas but overall the song is refreshing and could well be one of the most creditable songs to come from a boy band in a long time. Hopefully they may be able to help evolve this type of music in the future.

Rating: 7/10

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