Hi all! This post is for music discussion on DK X SEUNGKWAN 1st Mini Album ‘SERENADE'.
- Watch: 'Blue' (Cinema Ver.) MV
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| Album Tracks: | Lyrics by: | Composed by: | Arranged by: | Length of track: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockstar (DK Solo) | danke, eyan(153/Joombas),방혜현, 강은정, 도겸, JOZU, 이범훈 | 이범훈, 도겸, JOZU | 이범훈 | 02:37 |
| Blue *TITLE | 이오늘,Will Jay, Sam Creighton | Joseph K (THE HUB), Will Jay, Sam Creighton | 03:29 | |
| Guilty Pleasure | 안나연(Jamfactory), danke | HUMBLER, Rokman, CELOTRON (Decade +) | 03:12 | |
| Silence | 이오늘, 나정아(153/Joomba) | Haedo (PAPERMAKE), Sarah.J, Rouno | 02:39 | |
| Dream Serenade (SEUNGKWAN Solo | 승관, 전진희 | 제휘, 승관, 강지원 | 04:42 | |
| Prelude of love | 도겸, 승관, 이오늘, 강은정 | Nickko Young, Antti Oikarinen, Etham Basden, Hautboi Rich | 02:42 |
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First listen thoughts
Rockstar – lovee it. Omg that high note and the guitar riff at the end yummyyyyy
Guilty pleasure-. Booseok lower register, what can even go wrong. Very chill. I like it
Silence- THIS is my favourite for now. I love the production and the build up to the last chorus and the adlibs.
Dream serenade- I started crying. Pls I was having a bad day. I can’t handle sad seungkwans but so beautiful. Omg hello I love this
Prelude of love- Hopeful tune. I like it. I love this. So short but love this. Second favourite.
Blue- I’M IN HEAVEN
Hoping ballad lovers will give this album a listen. It’s soo good. I can’t wait for the live stages honestly.
Currently listening Dream Serenade and I’m soaking it all in. The goosebumps I get from Seungkwan’s voice, man! 🫠💞
Prelude of Love is a bop!
Rockstar is classic DK!
Dream Serenade is my fav so far!!
i love blue a lot more than i thought i would!! my top two on first listen are prelude of love and silence but all of the tracks are great,, personal preference for sure but this is my favourite duo unit release so far
Silence is so heavenly, I wish it was longer pleasee…
Guilty pleasure with their lower voices 🫠
Beautiful album! Prelude of love, Silence and Rockstar are my favorites rn but Seungkwan’s voice on Dream Serenade is also a standout!
Genuinely love all the songs. 10/10 album. I was expecting something good from them but this exceeds my expectation.
I’m glad they decided to make most of the songs duet bc their chemistry and voices together are just that heavenly.
Also personally I love that most of the lyrics are in korean. Not that I hate it when they sing in english, it’s just that they convey their emotions better in their native language (duh).
They really spoiled the best part of the song. I thought there’s gonna be even more vocal harmonies on Blue. But it’s okay, it’s a BEAUTIFULsong, I literally listened to it quietly, closing my eyes. Seungkwan’s voice at the beginning is just so amazing, I can get lost in his voice forever. The mv is like a small story. I think I teared up a bit as well. And both their harmonies at end was even more beautiful cz of the build up❤️
This is a beautiful album. I know a ballad as the title might not be everyone’s taste but their voices sound so magical together.
It’s kind of hard to pick standouts because I love all the songs. But Seungkwan’s lower register parts in Guilty Pleasure were sooo good.
Their solos are sooo good. And I love the title track. I need to listen to the 6 songs a few more times to really get to understand each song individually, but on first listen I really liked the experience!
BooDo weren’t joking when they said their music is gonna take over the world… Honestly, I get why Blue was chosen as the main song for the album, their voices fit in so seamlessly. Dream Seranade is probably my favourite out of the album and SK’s voice seems to be just getting better with time (even Raindrops was my favourite from Burstday). Prelude of Love and Silence are probably next in line in my list. Big shoutout to everyone involved in this incredible album; I feel like these songs would be my whole personality for a while!
i expected to love guilty pleasure and i rlly do!! every song on this mini album is so good and what i expected from dxs. the bridge to the final chorus on dream serenade is so heavenly. i kinda wish that prelude of love was just a bit longer tho
I think the album is a great showcase of their vocal power. Both standout equally and together their harmony blows me over.
Silence is my favorite. Like I get why Blue was chosen as a Title track, but Silence would have been a great choice too
It’s such a smooth and easy listen for a mini album! My initial thoughts:
– The harmonies and the vocals for both of them are incredible and the stripped back production really allows them to shine vocally.
– I also appreciate having the 6 tracks as opposed to the 3 tracks they were previously doing with the subunits. It just feels more complete for me.
– Both of their solo songs showcased their vocal talents and styles beautifully! Blue is absolutely the right choice for a single and it’s so addictive.
Seungkwan and DK did a fantastic job and it was everything I dreamed for their subunit 🥹 Their GoSe special episode was so perfect for their style yet the opposite of this album’s vibes but I love they are showing different aspects of themselves!
Wait. Where are you guys listening/streaming at? 🥲 I checked Apple Music and couldn’t find the album there
This is such a beautiful album! Perfect for winter! I loved Blue and my second favourite is Silence.
All songs are perfect!! Love the direction they took
As expected from the highlight medley, my top two are Guilty Pleasure and Prelude of Love. All songs are so good 🥹and there is such a variation in songs like something for everyone. Such a great album to start the year.
Can’t wait for their live performances. I hope they perform Guilty pleasure as a B-side- they’d kill with a choreo.
DK’s solo got me thinking he’d kinda fit a Vernon-produced song, like Shining star and Rockstar sit on the same table- so different, yet so similar idk how to explain 😭
Prelude of love is my absolute favorite, I loved it even from the teaser and the full version is so much better. Dream Serenade reminds me of my mother singing to me, so it kind of made me tear up a little bit. Rockstar was also so good, probably my second favorite! Blue and Silence are also both so so good, the layers of emotion in those songs are just indescribable. They did such a great job with this album, it’s probably my favorite duo album released so far.
I love every single song. Every song feels like it was made with so much care and shows the vocal skills and range of both members perfectly. I love that we get to hear some of their lower registers. Totally can see why Blue was chosen as the title, it feels like hug and a punch to the gut at the same time haha…. Love how most of the songs were a bit longer as well. It just feels so complete.
y’all I had to sit for a while before I wrote this because I had no words BUT I DO NOW AND BOY DO I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS ENTIRE ALBUM
it takes my favorite genres and two favorite vocals into this beautifully thought out and masterfully sung – one helluva an album.
I truly truly love every single song and felt every emotion sometimes multiple when listening because I smiled, cried, laughed, and crashed out simultaneously during many of these.
bboodo themselves, their voices, and this album are such a gift.
As expected, Blue and Silence were the songs I immediately wanted to put on repeat. I like how the songs are not only about hitting high notes – their vocals shine through all ranges. A bit surprised to see no Woozi or Bumzu in the lyrics/composition credits.
My one complaint: it was a PAIN to find this album on spotify. I only managed through a link somebody posted here. When I searched for DxS, the other subunits came up, but not this one. Wondering how much that affects streaming numbers …
Such an incredible album all the songs are so beautiful. Obsessed with all of the but especially Silence
I’m so obsessed with Blue (really love the mv too) and Guilty Pleasure. These two are my favourites from the album.
I also liked the solos. Rockstar is such a DK song and Dream Serenade’s lyrics are so beautiful. 💙
coming into these blind bc i’ve dodged all the previews thus far, so… 😂
individual songs:
* rockstar: beloved high-energy happy virus dokey… 🥹 get him on a sports anime slice-of-life anime ost immediately!!!!!!!! 😤 (as much as i love him singing Sad songs lolol i cant deny his voice is also just perfect for the warm, energetic stuff 😂)
* blue: love love love this!!!!!!!!! yearnful booseok is SO BACK we are SO BACKKKKK!!! > 3 min song and those HARMOS… 😭
* guilty pleasure: i love u my rizzteen 😔 this reminds me of nct haechan’s “crzy” album… and i need more of this soooo badly 😭
* silence: not for me, but undeniably gorgeous and i can already imagine will be such an experience to see live 🥹
* dream serenade: if anyones got me in terms of my > 3 min, yearningteen desires SEUNGKWAN’S GOT ME!!!!! beautiful beautiful beautiful song. the instrumentation + his soaringgggg vocals in the last verse makes my heart feel so big 😭
* prelude of love: also not entirely my speed but ughhh need these two on another feel-good kdrama ost asap sooooo baddddd…
overall:
* booseok my top subunit frfr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we love singers who sing 😭
* beautiful beautiful instruments!!! beautiful beautiful vocals 😭 i love the overall use of strings and booseok hitting those high, expansive vocal ranges that i love hearing them so much in!!!
* i think their personalities really shine through in both their duo/solo songs… it’s really cute!!
* svt return to longer songs pls 😭… i love having all that time to luxuriate in their voices and the overall soundscape… 🥹 seungkwan’s solo is a whole damn feast that will feed me and my family for generations to come 😤
Prelude of love and rockstar deserved to be 3 mins long 😭😭
it speaks a lot that guilty pleasure is my least favorite, i can feel this album on my spotify wrapped already
10/10 album . I seriously can’t choose a favourite . Every song speaks about different stages of love , they nailed it . The vocals , instrumentals and lyrics everything is top notch .
A really well-crafted and well-produced album. Tracklists are cohesive and nothing seems out of place.
Blue took a few listens to get used to but it’s a great title track!
Also Silence is just reallyyy good. It has this 90s/early 00s vibe I couldn’t put my finger on. But it’s too short 🙁
This was a wonderful album, I genuinely enjoy and am impressed with every song. My favorite is Prelude of Love, it makes me want to shout about love from the rooftop lol.