Planet Nine: Voyager
{{Infobox album
| name = Planet Nine: Voyager
| type = EP
| artist = Onewe
| cover = Planet Nine Voyager.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2022|01|04}}
| recorded = 2021
| studio =
| genre = Rock{{cite web|url=https://vibe.naver.com/album/6843615|title=Planet Nine : Voyager - VIBE|website=Naver|language=ko|access-date=March 14, 2024}}
| length = 22:37
| language = Korean
| label = {{hlist|RBW|Kakao Entertainment}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Studio We: Recording #2
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = Timeless
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Planet Nine: Voyager
| type = EP
| single1 = Universe_
| single1date = January 4, 2022
}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|o1aa5pU7_tQ|"Universe_"}}|header=Music videos|type=EP}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|LBtxic32fSo|"Montage_"}}|header=no|type=EP}}
}}
Planet Nine: Voyager is the second extended play by the South Korean band Onewe. The album was released by RBW on January 4, 2022, and distributed by Kakao Entertainment.{{Cite web |title=Planet Nine : VOYAGER - 원위 (ONEWE) |url=http://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=10831458 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=멜론 |language=ko}} The EP is the second in the band's Planet Nine series following their first EP Planet Nine : Alter Ego. It consists of six songs, written by each of the five members of the band, including the lead single "Universe_".{{Cite web |last=OSEN |date=2022-01-04 |title="곁을 맴돌게" 원위, 별이 된 '너의 우주는'..어둠도 찬란하게 빛나(종합)[퇴근길 신곡] |url=http://m.osen.co.kr/article/G1111734045 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=m.osen.co.kr |language=ko}}
Background and release
On November 15, 2021, a schedule plan was released announcing Onewe's new song “Star” as a pre-release single on November 23 for their second demo album Studio We: Recording #2 released on December 6, which would then be followed by the release of their second EP in January 2022.{{Cite web |last=정지원 |date=2021-11-15 |title=원위, 23일 신곡 '별' 발표…하반기 열일 행보(공식) |url=https://www.joynews24.com/view/1422304 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=아이뉴스24 |language=ko}}
On December 22, 2021, RBW confirmed that Onewe’s second EP, titled Planet Nine: Voyager, would be released on January 4, 2022.{{Cite web |last=POP |first=헤럴드 |date=2021-12-22 |title=원위, 내달 4일 컴백 확정..미니 2집 'Planet Nine : VOYAGER' 발매 |url=http://www.heraldpop.com/view.php?ud=202112221036449328036_1 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=헤럴드팝 |language=ko}}
On December 24, the full track list was revealed with a total of six songs, all primarily written and composed by one each of the five members of Onewe, with the band's leader Yonghoon responsible for both the sixth song and the lead single "Universe_".{{Cite web |last=OSEN |date=2021-12-24 |title=원위, 5인 5색 매력 정점 찍은 미니 2집 트랙리스트 오픈.."멤버 전원 자작곡 참여"[공식] |url=http://m.osen.co.kr/article/G1111721847 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=m.osen.co.kr |language=ko}}
The EP was released along with a music video for "Universe_" on January 4, 2022, at 6 pm KST.
On May 9, 2022, four months following the release of the EP, a music video for the song “Montage_” was released.{{Citation |title=ONEWE(원위) 2nd Live Concert [O! NEW E!volution Ⅱ ENCORE] Teaser | date=2 May 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBtxic32fSo |access-date=2024-03-23 |language=en}} The music video was hinted through footage used as a teaser the band’s upcoming O! NEW E!volution II Encore concert which had been posted a week prior on May 2.{{Citation |title=ONEWE(원위) 2nd Live Concert [O! NEW E!volution Ⅱ ENCORE] Teaser | date=2 May 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBtxic32fSo |access-date=2024-03-23 |language=en}}
In December 2022, "Universe_" was chosen as the soundtrack for a special collaboration music video for the promotion of the South Korean theatrical release of the 2020 French film Gagarine.{{Cite web |title="찬란한 너와 나의 우주"... 영화 '가가린' X 원위 '너의 우주는' 콜라보 MV 공개 |url=https://www.maxmovie.com/news/433107 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=맥스무비 |language=ko}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 22:37
| title1 = Universe_
| note1 = 너의 우수는
| lyrics1 = Yonghoon
| music1 = Yonghoon, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra1 = Yonghoon, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| length1 = 3:36
| title2 = Envision_
| note2 = 우물 속 작은 아이
| music2 = Harin, Yonghoon, CyA, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| extra2 = CocoDubuPapa (RBW), Harin
| length2 = 3:43
| title3 = Montage_
| note3 = 꿈속에서 놓친 너, 옅은 잠결에 흐르길
| lyrics3 = CyA, Yonghoon
| music3 =CyA, Yonghoon, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| extra3 = CocoDubuPapa (RBW), CyA, Harin, Kanghyun
| length3 = 3:44
| title4 = Trigger_
| note4 = 시발점
| lyrics4 = Dongmyeong, CyA
| music4 = Dongmyeong, Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra4 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Dongmyeong, Kanghyun, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = Orbit_
| note5 = 궤도
| lyrics5 = Kanghyun, CyA
| music5 = Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CocoDubuPapa (RBW), CyA
| extra5 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CocoDubuPapa (RBW), Kanghyun
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = From_
| note6 = 선물할게요
| lyrics6 = Yonghoon, Im Do-hwan
| music6 = Yonghoon, Im Do-hwan
| extra6 = Jeon Da-woon, Onewe
| length6 = 4:26
}}
Accolades
| class="wikitable"
|+Year-end lists !Publisher !Year !Listicle !Work !Placement !Ref. |
| scope="row" |MTV
|2022 |MTV Best Kpop Bsides of 2022 |Montage_ | align="center" |18 |
|---|
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |Chart (2022) ! scope="col" |Peak position |
| scope="row" |South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2022&targetTime=02&nationGbn=T|title=Gaon Album Chart – Week 2, 2022|website=Gaon Album Chart|language=ko|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113030751/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2022&targetTime=02&nationGbn=T|url-status=live}}
|14 |
|---|
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" text-align:center" |
| Country
! Date ! Format ! Label ! Ref |
|---|
| scope="row" |South Korea
|rowspan="2"|January 4, 2022 | rowspan="2" |CD, digital download, streaming | rowspan="2" |{{hlist|RBW|Kakao Entertainment}} |
| scope="row" |Various |