WayV Does it Big with 7th Mini Album "BIG BANDS"

 

NCT sub-group WayV releases their highly-anticipated seventh mini album “BIG BANDS”, via SM Entertainment. The six-track album delivers on the group’s renowned expansive production while showcasing a more diverse musical palette. Listen to the album HERE.

The EP is bookended by Chinese and Korean versions of the titular single ‘BIG BANDS’, an upbeat track that combines vibrant jazz elements and addictive chorus vocals to deliver a commanding sense of scale. Co-produced by Jesse Blum, multi-instrumentalist for Twenty One Pilots, the song delivers on its name with punchy brass and a full-band feel. 

'BIG BANDS' Music Video

All-English ‘Ice Tea’ mixes playful lyrics with vintage synth sounds and hip-hop-rooted drums, stirred together into an upbeat party anthem. The hip-hop influences continue with ‘WOAH’, which features a ’90s-inspired melody using distorted guitars and powerful 808 bass.

The mini-album slows down a beat with ‘Sad Eyes’, a medium-tempo pop record that explores the pain of parting with and longing for a loved one. The penultimate track ‘Your Song’ was co-written by member KUN. An acoustic guitar rhythm underpins lyrics about becoming each other’s light in the darkness, walking together towards a shared dream.

“BIG BANDS” follows WayV’s acclaimed 2024 mini-album “FREQUENCY”, which broke their own week-one sales records and earned them the historic title of the first non-Korean group to win a first-place award on a Korean music show. In August last year, the group kicked off their first concert tour, “ON THE Way”, with 20 shows across Asia, concluding earlier this year with sold-out finale performances in Seoul, South Korea. Next month, they’ll begin their second concert tour “NO Way OUT”, this time beginning in Seoul with two already sold-out shows. 

Listen to "BIG BANDS"