I was going to do a piece-by-piece response to Adam's comments, like I said for TT's, but literally the only thing I can say is that I agree. It is a typical Hugamari song, because I am just digging myself into the same hole that stripped me from getting to the finale in season 4, and I realize how important it is to not do that again.
I also agree that the versus are relatively weaker as a whole; I felt like I've already said everything important by the end of the first verse (as I usually write choruses first, then verses).
I did try to do a departure in Round 3, and that didn't go well. I guess as a knee-jerk reaction I ran back to what got me success in the past, which was not the best choice. It worked in this round, from what I can tell, but it's not going to work forever.
I could try forcing myself to change, but changing because you feel like you have to for the sake of good scores will only set you back. If I feel there's a round where I should expand my horizons, it'll come naturally.
There's always the comeback round if you don't.
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it got me worried hehe
I think that happened in a few other songs too, but that was the most intense example
