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Jaewon releases second solo album “Escapism″

Unity’s Jaewon has dropped his second full-length solo album! Jaewon has released his share of music outside of his group since 2016 before now. The rapper made his solo debut in 2019 with the full-length studio album Biorhythm, and made his first solo comeback last year with a mini-album, Love Language. He’s also released a number of collaborations with other artists such as CHARM’s Dai and Andy, and features on other idol’s albums, including Knight’s Duri and Taeyong, BEE’s Jiah and Charlie, Lucid’s Jaein, and Fuse’s Suji. He was also the runner-up of the recent base idol songwriter competition show Our Songs.

His first release in nearly a year, Escapism, is a ten-track album that possesses its own sound and concept while dipping its toes into the waters of what Jaewon established himself with through Biorhythm and Love Language. Track one, “Ok Man”, includes a feature from CHARM’s Andy while track five, “Secret”, sees Jaewon’s groupmate Jaeyeol and Lucid’s Jaein make an appearance. Jaewon contributed in part or in whole to the lyrics of six of the album’s songs, the composition of five, and the production of three.

“Run Away” will be the song promoted off the album. The song’s premise is Jaewon telling someone to run away from him in the aftermath of a break-up to avoid more pain. In the music video, Jaewon is shown running away himself on a train, by car, and on foot. “Run Away” will be promoted for three weeks on music shows and b-side track “Agree” will be performed solo as an auxiliary stage for the first week of promotions.

The track list and notable song credits can be found below.

TRACK LIST

Ok Man ft. Andy (partial lyrics and partial music by Jaewon)

Agree (lyrics, music, and production by Jaewon)

Love and A Boy (partial lyrics, partial music, and partial production by Jaewon)

Daylight (lyrics by Jaewon)

Secret ft. Jaeyeol & Jaein 

Run Away (lyrics and music by Jaewon)

Lonely

Turn Off The Light (partial music and partial production by Jaewon)

Lean On Me

New mentor lineup for Hot Topic announced

The third mentor lineup for the currently airing survival show Hot Topic have been announced!

According to a new press release, Knight’s Duri and Aria’s Nina have been cast to help mentor the show’s contestants on their vocals, while CHARM’s Dowoon and Element’s Sun will be dance mentors for the position evaluations, and Knight’s Haon and Unity’s Jaewon will help the contestants with rap. They’ll appear in the episodes set to air January 22 and 29.

The popularity of Hot Topic has only risen in recent weeks as the show’s contestants increasingly gain attention and fans as the season approaches its halfway point.

According to reports, the mentors have all already filmed their appearances on the show.

COMMENTS

[+1,110, -39] the episodes keep getting better and better with all of the celebrity mentors and bang sunyoung is doing really well as the host

[+817, -21] haven’t some of the contestants said they’re fans of these idols’ groups? they’ll be really excited

[+198, -31] the mentors are all knowledge. the show’s casting team must have saved the country in their past lives.

Our Songs releases finale solo tracks

base TV show Our Songs has released the final tracks composed by the show’s cast for its finale onto streaming sites today! The EP (Our Songs, Part 5: Solos) has been uploaded on streaming sites with the four songs, one solo song created by each of the contestants. At the same time the songs were released on streaming sites, each contestant’s company uploaded a music video for the song. Previously, duets were released from the finale where two pairs of two contestants out of the final four were paired together. Voting has opened up on the show’s website for the public to vote for their favorite solo track. The voting will help to determine the winner of the show alongside audience votes.

The tracks and their notable song credits can be found below.

Love Me Harder by Joohwan (lyrics and music by Joohwan)

Jasmine by Jaewon (lyrics and production by Jaewon)

Nowhere by Taeyong (lyrics, music, and production by Taeyong)

I Go by Suji (lyrics and music by Suji)

COMMENTS

[+554, -22] some really great songs have come out of this show and the final songs are no exception 

[+440, -27] i go and nowhere are songs i’d keep listening to on my playlists

[+293, -17] does anyone know any other songs like jasmine? it’s a style i didn’t know i would like, but i do

Our Songs releases fourth round duo tracks

base TV show Our Songs has released the new tracks written by the show’s cast for its final  round onto all major streaming sites today. The EP (Our Songs, Part 4: Duets) includes two songs created in pairs by the final four contestant contestants. Origin’s Joohwan and Fuse’s Suji are paired up while Unity’s Jaewon and Knight’s Taeyong are paired as the other duo. Voting has opened up on the show’s website for the public to vote for their favorite track. The voting will help to determine the winner of the show’s final round alongside audience votes.

The tracks can be found below.

Heart Stop by Joohwan & Suji (lyrics by Suji, music by Joohwan)

City Lights by Jaewon & Taeyong (lyrics by Jaewon and Taeyong, music by Taeyong, production by Jaewon)

COMMENTS

[+499, -23] the pairings are really good... it’s exactly who i would have put together but they both still surprised me

[+324, -19] heart stop is exactly my style. suji’s voice is so good and it’s right in joohwan’s wheelhouse

[+296, -18] city lights isn’t what i expected from jaewon and taeyong after they worked together on d (half moon), but i love it

Our Songs releases first round tracks

base TV show Our Songs has released the first tracks composed by the show’s cast onto streaming sites today! The show was announced earlier this month to begin airing this upcoming Friday and fans have been steadily offered a peak into what to expect over the last few weeks with the release of teaser images of the cast and the release of special cover videos by each cast member.

As of now, an EP (Our Songs, Part 1: Identity/Introduction) has been uploaded on streaming sites with the eight songs created by the contestants for the first round of the show. Voting has opened up on the show’s website for the public to vote for their favorite track. This will be the first round of voting to determine the winner of the show’s first round.

The tracks and their notable song credits can be found below.

“Smile” by Sun (lyrics, composition, and production by Sun)

“That’s Not Me” by Joohwan (lyrics and music by Joohwan)

“E.T” by Youngjoo (partial lyrics, music, and partial production by Youngjoo)

“Crazy Diamond” by Kami (lyrics and production by Kami)

“Little Wildflower” by Suji (lyrics and music by Suji)

"Swim Away” by Eunah (lyrics, music, and partial production by Eunah)

“Alarm” by Jaewon (lyrics and partial production by Jaewon)

“Noid” by Taeyong (lyrics, composition, and production by Taeyong)

COMMENTS

[+491, -19] i’m really impressed by jaewon and youngjoo’s songs... they struck a good balance between being personal and showing off their sound while still creating something good to anyone’s ears

[+380, -23] crazy diamond and that’s not me are the most unique. the others feel like i could hear them from anyone, but kami and joohwan did something different!

[+275, -13] no, but suji and eunah’s songs are the kind that are popular with the public. i’m a reverie, but since none of our girls are competing i’m rooting for those two!

[+169, -12] sun and taeyong are the ones that created their songs completely on their own and you can tell they’re both above the level of experience of the average songwriter-dol

The winner of Our Songs is crowned on final episode

Last night, the finale of base TV’s Our Songs aired. The final four contestants, Knight’s Taeyong, Origin’s Joohwan, Fuse’s Suji, and Unity’s Jaewon, gave their final performances and the runner-up and winner of the show were announced.

Fuse’s Suji was announced as the winner of the show, making Unity’s Jaewon the runner-up. The results were based on both live audience votes after watching their performances as well as online votes after the release of their tracks online. Fuse’s Suji had collaborated with Origin’s Joohwan to release “Heart Stop” and her final solo song was “I Go”. Jaewon had collaborated with Knight’s Taeyong to release “City Lights” and his final solo song “Jasmine”.

COMMENTS

[+889, -53] suji deserved to win for sure... she gained a new fan in me through the show!

[+607, -49] jaewon is crazy... he’s good at everything. i’m so proud to be his fan

[+458, -40] everyone is talking about suji or jaewon, but joohwan and taeyong both did well, too!

[+103, -33] my favorite got eliminated early on... ㅜㅜ

[NEWS] Unity’s Jaewon cast in upcoming JTBC drama “Mystic Pop-up Bar”

Almost a year after making his acting debut in He Is Psychometric, it has been revealed that Unity’s Jaewon is set to return to the screen in the upcoming drama Mystic Pop-up Bar. This will be Jaewon’s second lead role in a drama.

Mystic Pop-up Bar is a drama based on the 2017 webtoon Twin Tops Bar about a pop-up bar run by a woman from the afterlife who has to atone for the sins committed in her past life by resolving the problems of 100,000 people. Jaewon will be playing the role of Han Kangbae, a young man with the ability to make people confess their secrets by touching them.

The drama is set to air on JTBC on November 4 with new episodes on Wednesday and Thursdays and will be released on Netflix for international audiences alongside it’s airing.

COMMENTS

[+687, -64] isn’t dimensions overdoing it at this point? jaewon must be super overworked

[+461, -31] it seems like jaewon get’s typecasted for a really specific type of role every time 

[+320, -90] the drama sounds really fun i’m sure jaewon will do amazing! 

[+295, -174] he wasn’t even that good in he is psychometric, he should stick to making music

[+133, -86] who’s going to tell dimensions unity has more members than just jaewon?

[+70, -39] he pleasantly surprised me in he is psychometric, i’m excited to see him act again

[+32, -14] finally actor jaewon is making his return!