WayV surprised fans with new music and a new, first official subunit featuring Kun and Xiaojun! On June 16 at 6 PM KST, the two vocalists released a single album consisting of the three songs: โBack To You,โ โSleepless,โ and โBack To You (Eng Ver.).โ The three ballads pluck at listenerโs heartstrings with the emotional vocals.ย
A Vulnerable Song and Music Video
The first song and the title track, โBack To You,โ was written by Wang Jing Yun and composed by Lee Jong Han and Jin Min Ho. The opening track was a soft ballad about the pain of a romance where the feelings slowly extinguished over time. It built up to a powerful final chorus, where Kun sang โHow can I live if I canโt breathe / How will it twinkle when it gets cold / I have no choice but to watch love dying down for awhile.โ Xiaojun also flaunted his powerful vocalsโafter all, no WayV title track is complete without one of his high notes. Similarly, the English version of โBack To Youโ shared an emotional tale about a relationship gone south. The English lyrics were written by Sami Khan and Adrian McKinnon.
To match the vulnerable feeling of โBack To You,โ Kun and Xiaojun embarked on a journey into nature for the music video for โBack To You.โ The two men biked through a forest with tall trees as well as the beach, where they sang their hearts out. Their expressions showed nothing but anguish as they recalled the bitter feeling of falling out of love.
A Sleepless Tale of Yearning and Regret
Next on the single album was โSleepless,โ written by Wang Jing Yun and composed by Andrew Choi and minGtion. The song began with a soft piano, gradually adding in more instruments as the track progressed. Kun and Xiaojun boasted their clear, prince-like vocals in โSleeplessโ while they yearned for a former lover in the lyrics. The words expressed that the loss of a lover leads to sleeplessnessโ a direct reference to the songโs title.
A Surprise Drop
The release of โBack To Youโ was initially teased on June 11 with an image of Xiaojun and Kun walking along the beach with bicycles, adorning classic all-white boyband suits. Leading up to June 16, WayV released photos each day until June 15, when they dropped the music video teaser.
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A Throwback to Rainbow V
This was not Kun and Xiaojunโs first time performing as a unit. In 2019, WayV had a mini YouTube series called โRainbowVโ where the seven-member group split into various units to showcase their different talents. Among them was a dance unit with Ten and Winwin, a freestyle unit with Lucas, Hendery, and Yangyang, and a vocal unit with Kun and Xiaojun.ย
Kun and Xiaojun not only got to show off their chemistry as a duo, but also their vocals. This was their first time performing a vocal heavy song following their debut with the fresh, Latin-influenced trap track โRegularโ in January 2019. Xiaojun and Kun planned out and recorded a music video of their own cover of Khalil Fongโs song โRed Bean.โ
Although this album was only three songs long, it certainly exceeded fan expectations and unveiled more of Kun and Xiaojunโs abilities as artists.ย
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