Reacting to ONEWE for the FIRST TIME!

[@eliseke97]

Fun fact: Onewe just had their first comeback after military service today. It's called Beautiful Ashes😊

[@EmberWishes]

Is it good? I just found out that they had a comeback today and was like "damn, I should have waited a week" 😂 I might have to check it out!

[@Ofra8191-]

It's amazing. The entire album is amazing. ​@@EmberWishes

[@tanasmom1969]

@@EmberWishes It is AMAZING !!!!!! You should also check out Veronica, Montage and Ring on my Ears. They are really good upbeat songs. Also, You HAVE to do Universe. I have no words. My favorite song...and the music video is beautiful. ❤

[@EmberWishes]

@@Ofra8191- Say less, I'll check it out this weekend! Thank you :)

[@Ofra8191-]

@@EmberWishes You won't regret it! then again, ONEWE's never released a bad song, so no matter what you choose, it will be amazing...

[@Staticpulse29]

Regulus was the first song i heard from them and is still my fav 2 years later. There are some lives they've done where Kanghyun(guitarist) and Yonghoon(main vocalist) mirror each other during the last chorus and it is so amazing

[@talikahwalters]

Highly recommend. veronica it’s an upbeat song like end of spring so i think you will really like it! Also reminisce about all and book of memory and STUNNING. Both showcase vocals so well! Also Star has a super catchy melody!! But any onewe song you decide to pick will be amazing as they have a flawless discography!! So glad you found Onewe 💕

[@EmberWishes]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@gmbora7583]

BTW they write, produce and arrange their songs except for one or two. Main writers are Yonghoon singer, Kanghyun guitarist and Giuk the bassist. Dongmyeong keyboardist and Harin have also written songs.

[@kudgeond755]

You got the members right. When you're new to a group it helps when they always stand in the same order. Their label mates and seniors Mamamoo do the same thing. Speaking of Mamamoo and their label, one of the things you can count on with any group under RBW is top tier vocals. Between Mamamoo, Vromance, Oneus, Onewe and Purple Kiss RBW has a disproportionately high percentage of the best M & F singers among 3rd & 4th gen groups considering the size of the company compared to the big kpop agencies. As you'll soon discover, one of Onewe's strengths is their emotional ballads like Parting, A Book in Memory and Universe (dunno why Universe wasn't recommended to you!), where Yonghoon really shows his vocal talent. But since you like more upbeat, catchy pop songs you might prefer Veronica and 0&4 or the rocker Montage. The End of Spring MV includes cameos by label mates Oneus and Purple Kiss among the dancers along with their friend, soloist AleXa, who's not with RBW but is like everyone's kid sister. AleXa is under Z Label, which is run by Zany Bros, a video production company who has done many MVs for RBW. There's lots of cross-pollination among RBW groups. Onewe has done collabs with Oneus (and AleXa), Mamamoo's Hwasa is featured on Onewe's song Q, and Giuk made a cameo in a Purple Kiss MV. They've also done terrific covers of Mamamoo's Hip and Hwasa's Twit along with other cool, rockin' covers of songs by girl groups and female singers, which you can find on their yt channel, and they backed up Mamamoo several times at award shows for rock versions of Mamamoo hit songs, etc. Always love to see collabs, covers, mutual support and friendship among idols.

[@lightishredgummi]

a fun thing with the leader transfer thing is the fact that everyone still acknowledges kanghyuns former status. fans always refer to yonghoon and kanghyun as "leader line," and although harin is older than kanghyun, their "official" order (i.e. the order their names are listed in official posts and the order that solo teasers are released) puts kanghyun right after yonghoon

[@EmberWishes]

Was there a reason for the leadership change or was it just one of those things?

[@jamie762]

​@@EmberWishesKanghyun said he didn't feel right for the job (he's an extreme introvert and yonghoon is The extrovert and kanghyun was also young back then) and Yonghoon becoming the leader was the best thing

[@EmberWishes]

@@jamie762 Aww I'm glad they made a decision that felt right and comfortable for them then ☺

[@sen0440]

here from the enhypen reaction lol while waiting for ur update i usually came watching ur older vids and i am so happy u actually reacted to my fav k-band! onewe is such a gem BTW I DEVOUR UR CONTENT RELIGIOUSLY ALMOST EVERYDAY THANK YOU

[@EmberWishes]

Thank you!! ❤Yes I love Onewe so much, I need to try more of their music honestly! Regulus is my roman empire 🥰

[@lookatthefireworks_]

Thank you for checking out ONEWE! I'm glad you enjoyed them so much! I'd love to see more reactions from you in the future, maybe to check out their new album that came out today. You're right, they used old and broken instruments and equipment for the Rain to Be MV. And you're in luck, because there's a making of for it on onewe's youtube channel! You got it right, Yonghoon does play the keyboard but I think the only MV where he does it is Starlight from back when they were known as M.A.S. 0094. So usually it's Dongmyeong on the keys. For the next reactions I'd recommend Montage_ and Veronica for faster paced songs and Universe_ and Parting for beautiful slower songs/ballads.

[@EmberWishes]

Now you got me intrigued with that Rain to be making of video! I will have to watch it. Thank you so much for the information, it helps a lot! Did you like the new album? I was considering checking it out this weekend if people would want to see that.

[@lookatthefireworks_]

@@EmberWishes I loved the new album! It's part of their planet nine album series, from which you've checked out AuRoRa and Rain to Be so far. These two songs come from the first part, Planet Nine : Alter Ego, so it's kind of up to you to decide if you want to listen to them in order of release or just dive straight into the newest one. You're in for great music either way!

[@tana-db4he]

oh please react to the album!! it would be interesting

[@EmberWishes]

Thank you both! Will check it out this weekend :)

[@ash1384]

Hehe not you comparing the twin photos with the profile and getting it right despite circling the wrong twin. But you got them all anyway! Glad you enjoyed them! And happy Onewe comeback day!!!

[@ellie_jeann]

#ONEWE is krock/pop band older brothers of ONEUS under the same agency RBW Inc. They were previously debuted as #MAS0094 back in 2015 but their agency went bankrupt and they moved had to move to RBW. With that said, ONEWE #DongMyeong and ONEUS Xion (aka Dongju) are fraternal twin brothers. *Reacting to either band or group or vice vera, it’s essential to check both unless you know ONEUS and/or ONEWE already.*

[@aefrances]

All of Onewe’s discography is incredible. They’re all lovely and funny, too. Also, their first single (written by Giuk at 15) had its proceeds donated to the Comfort Women charity. Just so underrated. When you were narrowing down dongmyeong and comparing the gravity picture but then talked about the vision with Xion 💀lol Personal favourites are From_ and Cosmos they’re the prettiest, prettiest songs. I adore space and flower and fate based lyrics so Onewe are perfect 😅

[@aefrances]

Also Universe_ definitely should be on that list~ Kanghyun already served as he wanted to go with Yonghoon. Harin the same age but hasn’t gone yet

[@christinab1288]

This is my ult group and Yonghoon is my ult bias. Once I found this group they just took over. They have a new album and a new lightstick so I have decreased by savings and am now waiting patiently for them to arrive. They just create no-skip albums and so you will get all kinds of b-sides as recommendations.

[@Tonksies]

Kanghyun was the leader at first.. Kanghyun and Harin met at their music academy, where they also met Giuk, you recruited Dongmyeong who was his friend and neighbour.. the four played as session band at singing competitions, playing at one Yonghoon won, Harin went up to him with a cup of coffee and asked him to join them.. and he did.. Harin has not yet enlisted, and with reparations, he can fix pc’s, the microwave etc.

[@Tonksies]

They literally had a comeback today, first after yonghoon and Kanghyuns return

[@Tonksies]

Also a good way to recognise them.. from left to right, they’re usually in the same position.. Giuk bass/rapper, Dongmyeong piano/vocals, back Harin on drums, Yonghoon in the front vocals/sometimes guitar, Kanghyun guitarist..

[@EmberWishes]

@MrsKarenOwen My timing is awful 😭 If I just waited one more weekend lol... do you recommend the comeback? I might check it out this weekend, I really loved these songs I listened to. Thank you for the information about them too!

[@Tonksies]

@@EmberWishesoh 100% recommend… along with their other songs too, they are my ults along with Oneus so I am biased.. but there’s no one better.. and new song is just everything

[@shingbangbboong]

Their album series are so good👍. They're have no bad songs but for me, Planet Nine have to be on your list🔥

[@Just_Lauraa]

Thanks for checking out ONEWE

[@tana-db4he]

ty for reacting! sorry in advance for a long ass coment was really fun to see u struggling and trying to figure out who is who haha, u got them all right tho! they just made a comeback! the song is gorgeous subbed for more onewe! my recs would be universe_ , star, montage_, veronica, reminisce about all, okay I'm gonna stop or I'll list all of their discography will u check out a guide? the best one is by ollie0094 "one band five members many reasons to love them" (the longer one 30min ish) btw harin haven't gone to the army yet, only leader line (yonghoon the main dude the leader and kanghyun the guitarist and the ex leader) did also yonghoon can play guitar and piano but it doesn't mean he does in their mvs; i mean he sometimes plays guitar acoustic or electric, but he never played piano in mvs (except for one time when they were mas0094) and kanghyun and harin don't sing in onewe songs at all fun fact: oneus, purple kiss (same agency girl group) and alexa (u can call her a friend of their agency) are in the mv of end of spring and I have to say that end of spring is one of the only two songs onewe weren't the main writers/composers of (the other one being star) like yeah onewe make all of their discography themselves: write lyrics, compose and arrange, they don't mixing tho iirc; covers too! they have amazing covers for example: regulus, aurora and rain to be are kanghyun's songs, gravity is yonghoon's and u can call end of spring a giuk's song, tho the main creator was their agency's producer, but giuk's contribution was the biggest out of the members those three are the main songwriters in onewe harin and dongmyeong have some credits on their bsides tho; and when I say "it's _insert name_ song" i mean he's the main creator but others most likely contributed too they are so talented! I get u btw, it's so hard to choose a bias, I didn't choose one for a loooong time, and I think it's not necessary, I was 5-biased for a while (and yonghoon at some point became my bias but I love each one of them)

[@EmberWishes]

Thank you so much for the information! It's always great to see group members get a chance to be creative and make/add to their songs :)

[@seashell1602]

For mixing, they aren't credited in the official songs as usually agencies contract specialised mixing engineers (not the song producers themselves) but they are involved in the process, working with the mixing engineers to get the sound they want. I remember Yonghoon had to miss Kanghyun's birthday live back in 2020 because he had to meet with the engineer to work on the mixing for A book in Memory and that was the only time they were available. They also mix some of their own covers too depending on the member. Some time back Giuk said he was learning mixing from a friend on the weekends (Gray Dot I'd presume since he is a mix master engineer) and he often mixes/masters for his sc mixtapes too.

[@tana-db4he]

@@seashell1602 oh thank u! I knew about covers, but not about their discography!

[@ellie_jeann]

Welcome 🤗 ONEWE has a new comeback BEAUTIFUL ASHES.

[@BlossomRosee]

Only hoon and kang went into the military, Harin hasn't gone yet. He was the babysitter of the babies while the two were away we like to say hahaha although myeong took the leader role after winning a game of rock paper scissors temporarily 😂😂😂😂

[@nyu_bub4364]

thank you so much for checking out onewe!! they are my favorite group atm so its really nice to see you liking them They are soooo amazing i love their whole discography so much While Yonghoon and Kangyhun already enlisted the other 3 members didnt yet. They pre recorded so many things and gravity is also one of them. They also pre recorded another song called "Still here". During the enlistment harin, dongymeong (the menance) und giuk released the unit songs You got the names right btw!! they also just had their comeback called beautiful ashes, pls check it out!!! And fun fact about the end of spring mv, oneus, purple kiss and alexa(soloist) were all featured in the mv!!! if i remember correctly purple kiss made the choreo parts? but i dont know if thats right, but they were still trainees and not debuted yet soooo

[@nikolaiquack8548]

Seeing you react to these rock bands within Kpop makes me wanna see you react to Day6 real bad :D

[@rahza7896]

Thank you for reacting to Onewe! Glad you liked them. At the end you identified the members well, but I laughed at your search for our "menace" Dongmyeong. PS: I never thought I would see a mention of the Nana manga in a reaction video; it was one of my favorite Shojos back then.

[@tta2982]

So happy to see this reaction to ONEWE! They are so talented, and are the main composers (and the main lyricists) for most of their songs. Regarding Rain To Be filming, as with most MVs, the sound is recorded separately in the studio, and then the MVs are performed/acted separately. For the instruments, they used already damaged instruments, because yes: the water would destroy them. Also, yessss Dongmyeong (the menace :P) has beautiful vocals and insane presence! And you're not the first to find similarities between Giuk and Han. If you want to check out more ONEWE, since you like upbeat songs I'd recommend Montage_ and Veronica, for sure! And even if slower songs aren't so much your thing, I think that Universe_ and Parting are well worth a try, they are both gorgeous. I'd also love to see your thoughts on the new album, Planet Nine: Isotropy! There is a mix of slow songs (very lovely) and some higher energy/more intense ones.

[@lightishredgummi]

hint for bass vs guitar that I go by: if a bass has more than 4 strings, the neck is BEEFY! guitars can have 7+ strings that beef out the neck too, but basses get much beefier much faster! I don't know if you've checked out the band LUCY, but their bassist likes to use a 6-string and when I first saw it, I was very intimidated by how big his hands must be in order to play it lol

[@lightishredgummi]

this is also reminding me _so much_ of when I became a onewe fan, it's hilarious! Regulus was the song that made me a fan, and I was OBSESSED with it despite usually having a very low tolerance for slower/softer songs! and I also had a bit of a crisis trying to sort out which was Dongmyeong and which was Yonghoon because they both have the keyboard/vocalist label 🤣 luckily I had some familiarity with oneus at that point and could sort of see that Dongmyeong looked the most like Xion

[@EmberWishes]

@@lightishredgummi I literally posted about Regulus on twitter today because despite me also not being a huge fan of slower paced songs, I am totally obsessed with it right now! Regulus and Gravity are just on repeat nonstop lol.

[@Jaehyuns_Dimples]

Yay im so happy you reacted to Onewe! I love this group so much they are literally my 2nd favorite group after NCT... They have my favorite vocalist ever in this group Yonghoon(he is also my bias) his voice is so beautiful like the emotions you feel when he sings is just absolutely amazing and im so happy him and Kanghyun are back from their military service!! I just watched their new comeback today and I cried watching it cuz im so happy to see OT5 again!! And Aurora that song omg its my favorite song ever!!!

[@spaperboat]

This was such a fun reaction! I'm so happy you enjoyed our boys

[@fennecfox3893]

Obligatory question for "End of Spring". Did you notice all the cameos? My favorite Onewe song is Parting.

[@EmberWishes]

I didn't notice them at the time, since the only other group/artist out of those that cameo'd was Oneus (and I only looked into them once a few months ago and din't learn the members etc). However many helpful fans have let me know about the cameos, which is cool! Parting is one of the ones on my list, though I have been told it's slower paced, which can sometimes not be my vibe. I will definitely give it a listen though! ❤

[@InfinityX00]

Instruments were sacrificed in the making of Rain to Be. Also it should be a crime that Universe_ is not on your list (as well as the rest of their catalog).

[@EmberWishes]

I'll add it to the list, thank you! ❤

[@teresaringle8117]

There was a making of video for "rain to be" if you want to still check it out!

[@ellie_jeann]

1:59 Yes now but originally ONEUS debuted as a 6-member group 😭 former oldest RAVN was unfairly trapped in a false controversy and got boycotted jealously by immature ANTIs/Toxic Sasanegs claiming that he cheated on mysterious self-proclaimed gf but yet he has not been in any type of known relationship since ONEUS debuted in Jan 2019 but instead of defending himself, he left in order to protect his brothers from further unnecessary damage.

[@OfficialAwkbe]

ONEWE's Giuk is actually good friends with The Boyz' Sunwoo, who also knows Stray Kids' Han... so in my delusional head I'm waiting for those three to make a song together. Sunwoo and Giuk have made music together for years, but I need Han on the track so three of my biases can work together. And both Dongmyeong and his twin Dongju (Xion/pronounced "She-on") have that same energy where they just attract people with their sassy baddie energy. Dongmyeong is the more tame one, though, because Dongju bites. Finally, fun fact about "end of spring"! The people dancing around them are actually mostly their labelmates! Trainees, Purple Kiss, Alexa, ONEUS, etc. The happy energy is so genuine because they all know each other and are having fun with friends. If you ever have time, I suggest checking out more of their songs. They have such incredible songs and a variety of moods for those songs. Their lyrics are always so so beautiful, so you'll never feel bored.

[@Taesvart]

You should also react to their cover

[@Ofra8191-]

I would actually add more of their b-sides to your list... you have to listen to Cosmos as well. Erasure as well.

[@shalynnjackson2904]

You got everyone right

[@tomoovehk]

Both Yonghoon and Dongmyeong have strong stage presence, but in a very different way. Yonghoon is more emotional and feeling the ballads (i swear he can wrench your heart out with his voice+facial expression combo) while Dongmyeong is more playful and engaging the audience. (kind of like the usual dancing ‘idol’ stage presence)

[@gmbora7583]

Dude in time out is Dongmyeong twin of Xion!

[@EmberWishes]

And he shall stay in time out until he behaves himself 😂

[@moo5289]

@@EmberWishes If you see him with his twin, you will find he's the calm one. The story goes that he was born first because Xion kicked him out. When ONEWE joined RBW, Dongmyeon was already known to have dance potential. Rain singled him out for it when the group took part in The Unit competition show. There is a theory that RBW wanted to steal Dongmyeon from ONEWE and put him in ONEUS. Dongmyeon gave them his twin instead.

[@ellie_jeann]

49:22 That was ONEUS Lol if im not mistaken most of RBW trainees / artists were featured in this MV except for MAMAMOO (I think) I didn’t see them.

[@laurainathunderstorm]

Vromance wasn't there either, so it was just ONEUS, Purple Kiss and AleXa, tho AleXa isn't really RBW either, but honorary I guess 😅

[@ellie_jeann]

@@laurainathunderstorm Right 👍 I didn't see them either and Purple Kiss were still in their pre-debut, so they're weren't yet going by that name. Yes, AleXa ... I couldn't think of her name.

[@raisaelvavenera648]

girl i just saw ur plave vid and now this one is recommended to me..... taste. these two are my fav groups so glad you're discovering them and not recommending NANA LMAOOOOOO same it traumatized me too 😭😭

[@tomoovehk]

Every time I listen to ONEWE I wonder how the f*ck did RBW manage to land Yonghoon because that man is just not human. He sings with the passion of someone who went through divorce 12 times, has an insane range, and godly stage presence even just standing there holding a mic (when he’s not bouncing around on the stage). He’s a powerhouse within the powerhouse of RBW vocalists.

[@laurainathunderstorm]

I mean RBW didn't really land Yonghoon 😅 a bunch of teenagers did, and by the time they re-signed he was already invested in the journey.

[@tomoovehk]

@@laurainathunderstorm well they did land MAS which already included an insane vocalist so RBW is still lucky:)

[@teresaringle8117]

You are totally right about Giuk and Han from stray kids. I think it's the hair/face. Especially when its fluffy/curly and dyed blond or lighter colors.

[@thechipscene3166]

You should react to the making of the rain to be mv if you want to see how it was made. I also recommend a guide.

[@ellie_jeann]

FLASH WARNING ⚠️ eeww my eyeballs melting Lol kidding but seriously be careful those with epilepsy. NO JOKE. I dont have it but sometimes I forget how sensitive my eyes have become over the years especially now that I use reading glasses.

[@zuzia2711]

can you react to riize? their new single is coming out tomorrow

[@EmberWishes]

Absolutely, I'll see how many songs I have for them on the request form for my recording session this weekend! (and will make a note to add their new single too) ❤