FADE is the first extended play by Baek Jun-Oh, known by the stage name ‘JUNO’, it has been released under DASK RECORDS on MARCH 11TH 2023. The EP contain two main tracks: no platonic and Blue Lights which essentially represent two different sides of a love story.
﹟ ˳ ⌕ TRACKLIST
01. She Says That… ━ ❪ INTRO ❫
02. not platonic 🅴 ━ ❪ TITLE #1 ❫
03. CHANCE
04. Blue Lights ━ ❪ TITLE #2 ❫
05. Hope You
06. Sour
﹟ ˳ ⌕ TRIVIA
The main track not platonic has sensual and “sexual” lyrics, for this reason the song is targeted explicit.
According to what Juno has said, this EP is the first of a trilogy, so the plot of this and the future albums are connected to one other.
A super awaited debut, fans were eager for Juno’s debut, since the news of the members starting of their solo careers.
It got promoted for almost one month, Juno participated in many korean and westerns shows. He received four wins in all korean show and a trophy in the AMAs.
This album’s release timing was exactly the best, since Junho was into a drug scandal making his fans turning backs at him, even also the debut announcement, since it’s rumored that he “used” his solo debut to distract fans.
Later on, he was the one who apologies for the controversy, even if it was announced to be false by the company.
﹟ ˳ ⌕ COUTURE
﹟ ˳ ⌕ PHYSICAL ALBUM CONTENTS
MY FEELINGS VER. : photobook with 62 pages, one poster, CD-R, folded poster, stickers, random photocard (1 out of 5), ending credits & written message poster, random booklet (1 out 2). pre-order benefit, random photocard (1 out of three)
MY WAY VER. : photobook with 62 pages, one poster, CD-R, folded poster, stickers, random photocard (1 out of 5), ending credits & written message poster, random booklet (1 out 2). pre-order benefit, random photocard (1 out of three)
﹟ ˳ ⌕ NOTABLE FANS REACTIONS
Overall the fans have reacted very well to the EP, praising more Juno’s skills in writing and for the first time his showcasing of his vocals.
Please share all your Jopping thoughts! I am now exceedingly curious.
L;AKSDJF;LASDKJFL;SDAKJF ANON I LOVE YOUUUUU
i dont remember if i kept this in my maximalist kpop post or not but i had wrote a whole section about how the concept of superm as a group is maximalism and everything that they did is probably the purest form of kpop performance spectacle that we've seen in the last several years. kpop has always been about taking random americanisms and extrapolating them into a weird and altogether new conglomorate of cultural hybrid bizarreness and superm ramps that up to 100 (pun intended). the disparate visual western touchstones (cars/motorsports, cowboys, big tech + machines, superheros, military, collegiate gear) all crammed together with choreo that goes extremely hard for no reason, stupid and cringe (complimentary) english lyrics, completely over the top studio set pieces, and all done by a group that's literally assembled from defining groups of the last three generations, from the company that pioneered the industry? how can it be anything except the pinnacle of modern kpop? people can make the arguments all they want that sm was attempting to pander to the west in the vein of bts, but what those people miss is that superm was never totally westernized in the way that bts has been in their recent endeavours. superm maintains a sense of koreanness throughout not only their music (promoting i can't stand the rain on the ellen show along with jopping, none of their title songs being fully in english) but also visually with tiger inside, which has become their most popular song second to jopping. sm was very careful not to sacrifice the threads of what makes kpop korean with superm, and that's what makes everything about what they were doing work.
You know what. Even if this movie gets torn to shreds and the money for a sequel gets burned in a big Netflix bonfire. The behind the scenes posts the cast have up on Instagram will be enough to mend my soul. They look SO GENUINELY HAPPY like they had so much FUN I want to CRY