NCT DREAM is back with their latest comeback and first-ever full album, "Hot Sauce". Right off the bat, the first impression one gets from the title of the album itself is that it is going to be fiery, energetic, powerful and intense. The genres that first come to mind when you think about hot sauce is hip-hop and Latin-inspired beats, trap and EDM. Even before going into the album, the listener is pre-programmed to expect these exact vibes owing to the especially potent name of the album. After all, it would be quite silly to expect ballads from an album that is called "Hot Sauce". However, as it turns out, the flavours in NCT DREAM's "Hot Sauce" are rather mild. That is not to say that this album isn't an artistic masterpiece but rather that the title of the album stands for something much deeper than what it seems to represent at first glance. With that said, it is undeniable that there's something about this album that presents NCT DREAM as the fully realized artists they've worked so hard to be.
The first track in the album is titled 'Hot Sauce' and aptly so because the narrative it spins plays with the idea of dismissing all previous notions of candy-coated romance and giving in to the heated passion of love instead. Perhaps it also signifies the group's graduation from being perceived as representatives of innocent youth to the fiery nature of adulthood. As silly as it might seem, the steady background tune echoing the prelude is quite reminiscent of Spice Girls' 'Wannabe' and it might as well have been intentional, considering the similarities in
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