ItвЂ™s a project that, as suggested by the title, acts as a bold introduction for new listeners while reinstating the groupвЂ™s musical strengths to existing fans. This year, the six-member act dropped its first full-length album ONF: My Name. The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape, TXTДЄfter debuting in 2017, ONF has consistently released theatrical, dramatic bops.

Whether the instrumentation is heavy electronic production (вЂњP.R.R.WвЂќ), modest acoustic guitar strumming (вЂњOort CloudвЂќ) or simple piano chords (вЂњStardustвЂќ), her voice remains the star. And while the songs follow this theme, the more obvious common denominator across End Theory is how Younha flexes her pipes. вЂњAll of a sudden, I started to wonder, вЂWe decide what the time is, but then, what is time? What is at the end of the time?вЂќ The artist sought to answer those questions in her music. вЂњThere were claims that years 20 should be repeated again,вЂќ Younha said in a behind-the-scenes video about the making of the album, for which she wrote and composed the majority of the tracks. End Theory began with an existential quest. In вЂњStardust,вЂќ as she sings of a fateful intergalactic meeting, her words conjure a cosmic scene made more magical by her airy, angelic tone. ItвЂ™s fitting that the lead single for YounhaвЂ™s new album is titled вЂњStardust.вЂќ The established singer-songwriter, who first debuted in Japan in 2004 before launching a career in Korea two years later, has an ethereal voice. Nowhere is this attitude more obvious than in WaterfallвЂ™s final track вЂњRe-Birth,вЂќ where the album culminates in the artistвЂ™s promise to be born again-likely a metaphor for this new chapter of his career. B.I may have been swept away by his sea of tears, but heвЂ™s prepared to build a sandcastle again (as he sings on вЂњilla illaвЂќ) he may have вЂњthousands of sorrows hidden behind a mask,вЂќ but heвЂ™s ready to вЂњpeel off all my fake skinsвЂќ to face them (вЂњFlow AwayвЂќ). But a message of hope ultimately emerges, because where there are images of loss across the album, there are also opportunities for fresh beginnings. Most gutting are the lyrics in вЂњHelp Me,вЂќ a clear cry of desperation: вЂњThe boy in the empty room is lonely/ I want to run away/ Get me out of this abyss,вЂќ B.I sings. Across the 12 tracks written by B.I are aching expressions of pain and sorrow as well as apathy.

The rapper, singer and songwriter left boy group iKon in 2019 following allegations that he bought illegal drugs, and this album is his first as a solo artist. B.IвЂ™s Waterfall is as much about reaching the end of the road as it is about starting on a new one.

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