“Symmetry,” like most of PPCX’s album 1999, feels like the space between sleep and dreaming, where everything feels just a bit magical and unreal. The track is actually quite similar to many mainstream K-pop ballads, but it keeps that quiet timidness that thrives so well in K-indie.
The track begins with a tried and true faux phone vocal filter effect before opening into a track led by acoustic guitar and piano arpeggios. The chorus introduces a second vocalist, who takes the second verse, and the harmonies between both singers is effective and satisfying.
About 2:40 into the track, the rest of the instrumentation picks up and suddenly the listener is transported into a full-on dream, complete with pink fluffy clouds and the ability to fly. It’s a remarkably full track for only being three and a half minutes long, but it feels like it could last forever.