Kun and Xiaojun Unexpectedly Broke Our Hearts in WayV’s First Sub-Unit Release

Somehow, unexpectedly, a WayV vocal unit popped up and was announced just five days before their first release. WayV’s first sub-unit, WayV-KUN&XIAOJUN, blessed ballad fans with three emotional love songs in their single album Back To You. 

The single album’s title track by the same name “这时烟火 (Back To You)” has a slow, sweet tempo. Its soft piano, strings, and colorful instrumentation strengthens the emotions of the lyrics and vocals, and takes listeners deep into their feelings. The Chinese lyrics read like poetry, describing a love that starts sparkling and warming up once again after a long and hard season of oxygenless cold. In the end, the love is “shining even brighter” than before.

The corresponding music video is quite simple, but its beautiful scenery and Kun and Xiaojun’s visuals match the mood very well.

The second track on the single album, “夜未眠 (Sleepless),” is a heart-breaking pop ballad about sleepless nights spent longing, recalling the gazes and cozy winter nights spent together and realizing the loss of love a little too late. The single album closes with “Back To You (English Ver.),” which is just as beautiful as the original version, but I personally feel like the Chinese version is a lot stronger both emotionally and lyrically. You can check out the guys performing this version on M!COUNTDOWN on YouTube.

WayV-KUN&XIAOJUN’s first single album hurts, but in a beautiful way. I’m glad to see them having a chance to fully highlight their sweet and versatile vocal abilities in these ballads and can’t wait to see what else we hear from them in the future. And who knows, maybe we’ll get some other WayV sub-units? Until then, check out the “这时烟火 (Back To You)” music video down below.