Today I went to a protest with 90,000 to 100,000 people attending, so today I’m recommending a song that pumps me up, and not much pumps me up like C-ute’s song The Power.

I’ve been listening to a lot of C-ute’s music lately, as their disbandment as a group looms, but one song that I’ve been thinking about a lot has been The Power. C-ute’s trajectory, like any long-lasting group, has been an interesting one, moving from being a group of kids to being a group of adults, but this might be one of their first singles that feels, well, powerful. They’ve had lots of cute songs, songs that are sad, songs that have energy, but The Power is very aptly named. The song builds perfectly through the verse and especially right before the chorus. Yet, while the song is well written, I don’t know if it would have the same impact performed by a different group. C-ute has developed a great confidence in their recent years, which comes from several years of performing experience.

This song isn’t perfect – there are certain points where the instrumentation needs a tad more power, and I’d like a bit more of that in the chorus. But that said, when I want to listen to a song to pump me up, as song that has power, The Power is one that I turn to.