After Ilmarui Ganeungseong: 5 recent 10CM projects

A single released on July 22, 2026, and the ending theme of ‘Strange – Junji Ito’s Sleepless Uncanny Tales’, a drama based on the work of Junji Ito. 10CM took part in the lyrics, composition and arrangement. While it evokes the loneliness and unease of the characters in these eerie stories, you can also listen for a hope that isn’t easily let go. For anyone who remembered 10CM only for bright love songs, it becomes a song where they meet a different emotion. At about 3 minutes 30 seconds, choose it when you want to listen quietly to one song at night. There is also an official live clip of the same song, so you can carry on to enjoying the voice together with the visuals.

‘Ilmarui Ganeungseong’ is a single that came out on July 2, 2026. 10CM wrote the lyrics and composed it with Ko Young-bae, conveying an unrequited love that can’t easily be let go within the sound of rock ballad and indie pop. Listen while recalling the moment when your head understands the outcome but your heart points the other way. Rather than a neatly wrapped confession, it is closer to a feeling in which embarrassment and lingering attachment remain. If you liked the earlier ‘Stalker’ or ‘My Ultimate First Love’, it is worth comparing as a song of unrequited love released in a different period. For 4 minutes 2 seconds it stays with the wavering in between rather than a conclusion, and you can meet it again in a recent official concert video.

A vocal track from Part 2 of the OST for ‘Oneuldo Maejinhaetseumnida’ (Sold Out Again Today), released on April 23, 2026. The Korean title ‘Seom’ means island, and its English title is ‘Isle of Me’; for anyone who first encountered 10CM’s voice through the drama’s scenes, it makes a welcome choice. In this selection of recent songs, you can look at the standalone singles alongside work recorded for other productions. If you watched the drama, recall the scenes you remember; if this is your first listen, start your own impressions from the voice and melody alone. The song runs about 3 minutes 47 seconds. It is separate from ‘Island’ on the fourth studio album, so when you look up these two similarly titled pieces, it helps to remember them together with the production’s name.

A reinterpretation of SORAN’s ‘Junbidoen Eokkae’, released on April 2, 2026. The song, written and composed by Ko Young-bae, was newly arranged by 10CM and the players. In the same ‘Change’ project, SORAN in turn sang 10CM’s ‘Tonight, I’m Afraid of the Dark’. What makes it fun is that it isn’t a duet in which the two bands sing one song together, but a format in which they swap each other’s songs. The title on overseas services, ‘First Date (2026 ver.)’, refers to this same recording. If you know SORAN’s original, notice which expressions sound different; if it is new to you, start from the 10CM version and move back and forth between the two bands’ music.

A project track from ‘The Seasons – 10CM’s Ssudam Ssudam’, released on December 12, 2025. The song that was used as the show’s opening can be heard as an official release. ‘Sweet Dream’, familiar in Korea as a Jang Na-ra song, was reinterpreted with 10CM taking part in the arrangement, and the title in the original credits is ‘Mother Nature’. It is worth looking at as a remake activity distinct from the cases where 10CM wrote new songs. It is a good pick for a day when you’re looking for acoustic sound and a cozy winter mood. A 3 minute 35 second vocal track, it closes the list by looking back from this year’s releases to last winter’s TV activity.