Last year, 2PM broke a two-year hiatus from the Korean scene with the mature Grown album. The record mixed the act's classic R&B style with different genres like pop, dance and electronic. 16 months later, the guys are back with Go Crazy!, another full-length that shows them sticking to their R&B roots, but adding funky, unexpected new twists.
The title track opens the LP with a bouncy, high-octane EDM sound established from the start. But once the melody kicks in, a disco motif is added with a walking bass line, dramatic synth-strings and peppy guitar strumming added to the production. Neither an homage to the funk era nor a EDM banger, "Go Crazy!" compellingly straddles the line between the two, making for an all-the-more impressive single.
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