ONF - Summer Popup Album [POPPING] (38°C Version)

ONF 
[POPPING] (38°C Ver.)  
 

ONF's special summer limited edition ‘SUMMER POPUP ALBUM’
Title track ‘Summer Popping' released!
 
What will ONF's summer look like in their city?
August 9. ONF's comeback that will immerse us in summer! ONF's summer is pouring out!
 
- Title track ‘Summer Popping’, ONF's first summer song!
This summer's first album will provide an energy like a carbonated drink!
- 'ONF X MonoTree' trusted idol's ‘hit song collection’ summer limited edition includes a total of 5 tracks!
- Summer Popping, Summer Poem, Summer Shape, Dry Ice, Summer End, various genres expressing different summers!
 
ONF will release the title track ‘Summer Popping’ from the summer popup album SUMMER POPUP ALBUM on August 9. ONF returns with a special summer popup album that adds a spoonful of emotion to the refreshing energy of a carbonated drink this summer.
 
After breaking their own records with their first full album [ONF: MY NAME] and repackage album [CITY OF ONF], ONF, known for their unique identity and the phrase ‘hit song collection’, returns with a summer album that will take responsibility for our summer. In their city, where they shouted ‘youth and freedom’, ONF delivers a message that feels like a brilliant summer is about to pour down, saying ‘even if the ice age returns, we will always be together’ with their unique perspective.
 
This summer popup album is filled with various genres of songs that express different summer stories, showcasing ONF's six unique voices and colors, allowing listeners to experience various summer feelings. The title track ‘Summer Popping’ is a dance song with the theme of ‘you and I immersed in summer’, reinterpreted in the Funky Disco genre. This track, showcasing ONF's refreshing voices and energy like a carbonated drink, is expected to become a steady summer song that comes to mind every summer. Other tracks include ‘Summer Poem’, a Bossa Nova rhythm themed around ‘the poem of our youth that you and I write together’, ‘Summer Shape’, written on the theme that everyone experiences different shapes of summer, ‘Dry Ice’, created in special collaboration with the renowned composing team 13 known for their works with many K-pop artists like JO1, IZ*ONE, and Taemin, and ‘Summer End’, a city pop genre that captures the feelings of longing at the end of summer and the mindset of preparing for what comes next, all of which interpret the emotions of summer in diverse ways and contain delicate stories that look forward to ONF's next steps.
 
In the scorching summer, let’s immerse ourselves in ONF's identity, which creates high-quality storytelling with each album!
 
01. Summer Popping
Composed by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
Lyrics by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), WYATT (ONF)
Arranged by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
 
‘Summer Popping’, reinterpreted in the K-pop genre of Funky Disco, is a dance song with the theme ‘you and I immersed in summer’. The refreshing voices of the members, like a carbonated drink in midsummer, blend with the Flute in the drop part to deliver a refreshing summer sound. The change in atmosphere when the intro melody, which is sung over a simple piano accompaniment, is repeated in the latter part is a key point that drives the narrative of this song.
 
02. Summer Poem
Composed by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), MK (ONF)
Lyrics by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), WYATT (ONF)
Arranged by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
 
“Summer Poem” sings about the moment of confession while strolling through the city on a summer night, maintaining the Bossa Nova rhythm while being newly arranged with modern instruments. It presents Bossa Nova, which originally means new wave, in a new sound.
 
03. Summer Shape
Composed by Son Go Eun (MonoTree)
Lyrics by Son Go Eun (MonoTree)
Arranged by Hwang Hyun, Jun_P (MonoTree)
 
“Summer Shape”, written on the theme ‘just as everyone has different shapes of heart, the shapes of summer we experience might also be diverse’, strives to capture each member's voice clearly without a chorus. To create a different color from a typical ballad, Spring Reverb was used on the vocals, and the basic instrumental arrangement was composed as a jazz trio. The participation of pianist Jun_P further enhanced the completeness of the song.
 
04. Dry Ice
Composed by SCORE (13), Megatone (13), Inner Child, Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), MK (ONF)
Lyrics by GDLO (MonoTree), WYATT (ONF), Inner Child (MonoTree)
Arranged by SCORE (13), Megatone (13)
 
Like the contrasting track atmosphere of a swirling drop part and a loose reggae part, ‘Dry Ice’ is used as a material that makes the surroundings cold but is hot to the touch. The song ends with a coda that seems to have a hidden story after the second verse instead of the typical three-verse structure, differing from conventional popular music. The collaboration with the renowned composing team 13, known for their works with many K-pop artists like JO1, IZ*ONE, and Taemin, has become a synergy that further shines ONF.
 
05. Summer End
Composed by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
Lyrics by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), WYATT (ONF)
Arranged by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
 
This city pop song captures the feelings of longing at the end of summer and the mindset of calmly preparing for what comes next. It conveys the message that when we meet the next summer, we hope our trajectory will be present in that unfamiliar future through the emotional vocals of the members.