i’ve been too depressed to watch any teasers so i didn’t really know what this was gonna sound like & im pleasantly surprised. it seems they went in the direction of “outside” from their last mini album.
it’s a knife & a bop 😊
Competitive_Bee7697 on
very catchy, love the vocal parts. wish it was longer as usual
aurcel on
it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting but I’m just so tired of this sound already, tired of the 2-minute bridgeless trend when even mid-tier/nugu company groups have moved on from it… please HYBE let it go
Minaa_D on
I wish this was longer 🙁 as it is, it sounded a bit too one-note for me. there’s no part that particularly stands out or makes me want to listen again.
excited to check out the album though~
wizard10185 on
I love that they had Jay chopping potatoes with his custom engraved knife, such a fun inside joke for Engenes
PuzzleheadedPin1006 on
Their most catchy chorus ever, wow! Usually not a fan of one word repetitions but this is done so well I genuinely love it!
No bridge, sadly, but the verses are fire! Both the lyrics and melody for them is real nice. The lyrics are especially so fun!
Visually great too, the members had such great expressions here, clearly by now Enha is truly comfortable with these “rough” concepts and shine here so much!
thr1ftskull0 on
The rage beat carti type sound seems to be the most trendy sound coming into 2026
psshdjndofnsjdkan on
A CERTIFIED BANGER WTFFFFFF >!also i’m gonna pretend the intro (of the song) is a reference to #that vine idc!<
impeccabletim on
With the consensus that I wish this bop was longer.😭
Ok-Elk-1520 on
I didn’t mind this trend at first, but I’m now convinced that Travis Scott and Playboi Carti have done unimaginable harm to kpop.
Aside from the song being 80% chorus nothing in the song is really memorable and sticks with you other than them saying knife 500 times in a row.
petrichor-pixels on
Hybe. I swear. Giving your artists a bridge wouldn’t kill them.
Not to mention the entire album is full of LESS THAN TWO MINUTE LONG SONGS.
I’m so tired lmao.
Anyway, I don’t know how I feel about this yet. It’s catchy and vibey, but also doesn’t really go anywhere, and doesn’t sound distinctly Enhypen to me– it sounds like a CORTIS reject. Not sure why Hybe is having two of their bgs put out the exact same sound??
Edit: so I chilled out and had a listen and found that most of the short songs on the album are narration etc. Lore moment lol. I guess I’m just annoyed as I thought it was going to be an album with a lot of full-length songs. Ah well. My point about the bridges still stands hahaha.
Psychological-Low841 on
Aju nice.
ForeignAdvantage5931 on
is that intro AI 😬
EnvironmentalRest251 on
Not sure how to feel about the song yet,but they all look so fine.
thr1ftskull0 on
Is the news reporter in the beginning ai? Also the knife kid vine in the beginning made me giggle lmaooo
Overall I liked the song very catchy. I agree with other commenters saying that they wish it was longer/had more vocal parts but for what it is I feel like it’s complete 🧐
IceMysterious3056 on
What a banger…I needed something catchy like Knife!
LsLsang on
I really recommend the album to everyone! The songs are so good
FUYANING on
They’ve been on absolutely unbelievable run over the past few years, with XO, No Doubt and Bad Desire all being amongst my favourite tracks they’ve ever released, so I’m not particularly surprised that they’ve released something I don’t vibe with *eventually*. Nonetheless, No Way Back is extremely good, so it did get my hopes up a bit.
angies6pack on
I was really looking forward to this, but I’m now feeling a bit underwhelmed. That just didn’t really go anywhere. Off to listen to the album!
bluenoir_34 on
yeah. this is might be favorite enhypen title and it’s not even close, it’s headbanger with one of the more interesting vocal performances in recent releases from k-pop, they cook with this one, me thinks.
Of course the song is a bit short but there is nothing with that (to be fair, I never cared about the whole short-song “issue” in k-pop anyway, in fact I think it’s extremely dumb and in fact, if short songs would fix tons of discography in other groups, me thinks but thats a story for another day)
Sunset-Equation092 on
IT’S A BANGER. This definitely gets better the more you repeat it. The verses are so freaking good.
Dry-Place-2986 on
i guess this is what we’re doing now
shinkie on
Sounds more like a intro album track rather an a fully fleshed out title track.
New-Knee8613 on
This was way too short, it felt incomplete. The boys looked incredible though and the choreo is amazing!
Niasan1 on
Rich Man but shorter 😬 (not the sound but the repeating title vibes).
That aside, I enjoy this song more than I thought I would, still a little mixed though because the concept and MV? Absolutely love it.
Definitely could’ve been longer because the instrumentals have a lot of potential.
kimjenniesupremacy on
ITS A KNIFE🗣️
MixRevolutionary6267 on
It’s a knife!
kurichan7892 on
HYBE needs to stop … and what kind of album is this ?? like seriously…
Did they just reference this iconic clip at the start of the song lmao
Life_as_a_new_weeb on
I hate it. I hate it in the same way i hated fein. And in the same way i hated fashion.
blackwell1907 on
Idk about other people but this song is not it. Vampire where… This trend need to go. And these TikTok length songs are ridiculous.
Obli_Aek on
This is their weakest TT release
exploding-fountain on
oh my god am I old?? hearing the classic vine used as a sound at the beginning only to launch into knife knife knife knife knife x500 (well more like 200 bc the song’s so short)
you know your references are old when they’re being turned into kpop 😭
Brompton_Cocktail on
You know who was a trendsetter for this genre/type of song? horse horse horse
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i’ve been too depressed to watch any teasers so i didn’t really know what this was gonna sound like & im pleasantly surprised. it seems they went in the direction of “outside” from their last mini album.
it’s a knife & a bop 😊
very catchy, love the vocal parts. wish it was longer as usual
it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting but I’m just so tired of this sound already, tired of the 2-minute bridgeless trend when even mid-tier/nugu company groups have moved on from it… please HYBE let it go
I wish this was longer 🙁 as it is, it sounded a bit too one-note for me. there’s no part that particularly stands out or makes me want to listen again.
excited to check out the album though~
I love that they had Jay chopping potatoes with his custom engraved knife, such a fun inside joke for Engenes
Their most catchy chorus ever, wow! Usually not a fan of one word repetitions but this is done so well I genuinely love it!
No bridge, sadly, but the verses are fire! Both the lyrics and melody for them is real nice. The lyrics are especially so fun!
Visually great too, the members had such great expressions here, clearly by now Enha is truly comfortable with these “rough” concepts and shine here so much!
The rage beat carti type sound seems to be the most trendy sound coming into 2026
A CERTIFIED BANGER WTFFFFFF >!also i’m gonna pretend the intro (of the song) is a reference to #that vine idc!<
With the consensus that I wish this bop was longer.😭
I didn’t mind this trend at first, but I’m now convinced that Travis Scott and Playboi Carti have done unimaginable harm to kpop.
Aside from the song being 80% chorus nothing in the song is really memorable and sticks with you other than them saying knife 500 times in a row.
Hybe. I swear. Giving your artists a bridge wouldn’t kill them.
Not to mention the entire album is full of LESS THAN TWO MINUTE LONG SONGS.
I’m so tired lmao.
Anyway, I don’t know how I feel about this yet. It’s catchy and vibey, but also doesn’t really go anywhere, and doesn’t sound distinctly Enhypen to me– it sounds like a CORTIS reject. Not sure why Hybe is having two of their bgs put out the exact same sound??
Edit: so I chilled out and had a listen and found that most of the short songs on the album are narration etc. Lore moment lol. I guess I’m just annoyed as I thought it was going to be an album with a lot of full-length songs. Ah well. My point about the bridges still stands hahaha.
Aju nice.
is that intro AI 😬
Not sure how to feel about the song yet,but they all look so fine.
Is the news reporter in the beginning ai? Also the knife kid vine in the beginning made me giggle lmaooo
Overall I liked the song very catchy. I agree with other commenters saying that they wish it was longer/had more vocal parts but for what it is I feel like it’s complete 🧐
What a banger…I needed something catchy like Knife!
I really recommend the album to everyone! The songs are so good
They’ve been on absolutely unbelievable run over the past few years, with XO, No Doubt and Bad Desire all being amongst my favourite tracks they’ve ever released, so I’m not particularly surprised that they’ve released something I don’t vibe with *eventually*. Nonetheless, No Way Back is extremely good, so it did get my hopes up a bit.
I was really looking forward to this, but I’m now feeling a bit underwhelmed. That just didn’t really go anywhere. Off to listen to the album!
yeah. this is might be favorite enhypen title and it’s not even close, it’s headbanger with one of the more interesting vocal performances in recent releases from k-pop, they cook with this one, me thinks.
Of course the song is a bit short but there is nothing with that (to be fair, I never cared about the whole short-song “issue” in k-pop anyway, in fact I think it’s extremely dumb and in fact, if short songs would fix tons of discography in other groups, me thinks but thats a story for another day)
IT’S A BANGER. This definitely gets better the more you repeat it. The verses are so freaking good.
i guess this is what we’re doing now
Sounds more like a intro album track rather an a fully fleshed out title track.
This was way too short, it felt incomplete. The boys looked incredible though and the choreo is amazing!
Rich Man but shorter 😬 (not the sound but the repeating title vibes).
That aside, I enjoy this song more than I thought I would, still a little mixed though because the concept and MV? Absolutely love it.
Definitely could’ve been longer because the instrumentals have a lot of potential.
ITS A KNIFE🗣️
It’s a knife!
HYBE needs to stop … and what kind of album is this ?? like seriously…
https://youtu.be/rxtlkwow37s
Did they just reference this iconic clip at the start of the song lmao
I hate it. I hate it in the same way i hated fein. And in the same way i hated fashion.
Idk about other people but this song is not it. Vampire where… This trend need to go. And these TikTok length songs are ridiculous.
This is their weakest TT release
oh my god am I old?? hearing the classic vine used as a sound at the beginning only to launch into knife knife knife knife knife x500 (well more like 200 bc the song’s so short)
you know your references are old when they’re being turned into kpop 😭
You know who was a trendsetter for this genre/type of song? horse horse horse