yoon's solo is here and i'm a mess

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-, O3 april 2O21 . . .

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it’s finally here. the day i’ve been

waiting and hoping for.   the day

when i knew my ears would exp-

erience a new kind of   blessing.

yes--   it's finally the   day    when

seungyoon has a released   solo

album.   i thought about writing a

blog about   it before but i didn’t

really expect it to actually happen

considering   how   little   energy i

have recently but hearing ‘iyah’ i

feel like i had so much to say that

i couldn't just leave it at a simple

shitpost. so i decided to write this

little blog about it.   it’s kinda me-

ssy and far away from some kind

of well written,   proper review.   i

pretty   much   just   ramble about

yoon, about this song and all the

different feelings surrounding it.

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before i get into the song, i kinda feel like talking about yoon himself for a second. for those who don’t know winner are my ult group and their discography is something i cherish so so much. their music never fails to create some sort of emotion in me and it’s usually a whole bouquet of wonderful feelings like happiness, comfort, warmth, relief, calmness and many more. i have other discographies that i seriously enjoy and love but i don’t think there’s been any other that makes me feel as special as winner’s does. and since yoon is someone who heavily contributes to the final product of a lot of their songs, it’s obvious that i would highly anticipate his own solo songs. songs into which he can truly pour his own soul into, his own thoughts and emotions. tell the listener a more personal story and deliver a message that he would like us to hear from him instead of the whole group.

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personally i would be okay with quite literally anything he puts out. and the only reason for that is that i’m head over heels in love with his voice. it’s one of my favorite voices ever. just melting in my ears like the prettiest melody each time i hear him sing. and despite hearing it a million times, it would still be somewhat difficult to quite explain it. there’s so much to it. at the same time it’s like warm honey but also has something spicier about it that hits your taste buds. his tone sounds darker yet it’s so light and soothing. there’s so much power to it, so much ion that gets poured into each song he sings. it has the power to make any song feel more special than it already is. give a bigger impact to any note he sings. it’s such a pretty voice. filled with so much warmth and colors. so much magic that grasps the listener.

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but let’s finally talk about the actual song. based on yoon’s earliest stages of being an artist i always imagined that the song he would choose as a solo would be sort of pop rock inspired. i always felt as if that genre generally just really suits him and brings out the best colors out of his voice as well. and as it seems i wasn’t alone and many other people had similar thoughts. he himself even said that there were certain type of songs people expected from him and that he was worried if the songs he brings out might not be what we wanted. but despite those worries, in the end he still decided to just go with what he wants to do and portray himself through this album. and i believe that what he ended up releasing as the final result still feels very very kang seungyoon.

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there’s this sort of light and insanely warm feeling about ‘iyah’ which over time somehow became the feeling that i would connect with yoon without much thought. i would even say that the song feels like a perfect combination of his old and new self. you can hear the faint guitar, the drums that follow you through the song but there’s also this beat that i can’t quite explain that sounds very winner. it kinda bounces lightly in the background of the chorus elevating the song a bit more. there are a bunch of other little pieces about ‘iyah’ that give off winner vibes but still enough of other flavors to make it feel like it actually belongs to yoon. the whole song is just such a wonderfully put together combination from beginning to end. it starts so smoothly, warming us up for the chorus that’s more impactful. and my favorite part would probably be the ending where everything blows up even more. everything feels bigger and stronger. every note has so much more power and so much more emotion to it that just pierces through my heart. the whole song just feels so warm, so comforting. like the warmest hug. or the fuzziest blanket. the atmosphere it creates is what i probably appreciate the most. it takes off a heavy weight from my shoulders with it’s light melody. it makes me feel like i’m not alone. makes me feel like the sun is about to peek through all the grey clouds. and brings back all the various colors.

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tw || mental health??

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first time i heard ‘iyah’, i literally started crying. and i can’t say that kind of reaction surprised me. the last month has been insanely tiring and stressful for me and i’ve been constantly overwhelmed with life itself to the point that it would be enough to give me just a little nudge to make me burst into tears. everything just feels like too much and as if at the same moment i don’t have time for anything but it’s also moving so painfully slowly. and i don’t know which one hurts more. and this song – goddamn it, this song just understands. i don’t know when was the last time i related so heavily to the lyrics. almost every bit just spoke to me. as if i myself wrote those words down at some point when life became a bit too much. reading them and listening to the song brought such relief for a few minutes. as if it told me it was okay to cry. that the tears were necessary to bring out the sunshine after them.

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end of tw

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it’s been only a few days since this song was released but it already feels important. like a little treasure. i can find comfort in it whenever i need it. it’s always here – ready to listen. and ready to give a hug in return. i just truly love this song with my whole heart already and i’m so grateful to yoon for always creating such wonderful and healing music.

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˗ˏˋ O U T R O ˎˊ˗

i initially planned to write a whole album review but just the iyah section became so incredibly long that i just added a few more paragraphs and went with that for the blog. but lemme tell you – the rest of the album is just as incredible. he seriously outdid himself. i warmly recommend it to anyone who’s in search for some good vibes.

my personal favorites would have to be ‘obvious’, ‘better’ and ‘365’?? i think? idk there’s so many good ones. but ‘obvious’ is definitely up there.

and that is all for this one,, thank you for reading and

bye

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