From Bam Yang Gang to questions about love: BIBI's EVE: ROMANCE

The first song and title track of the second studio album, released on May 14, 2025. BIBI introduces the album as a record of observing love, and in this song she raises questions about love and existence. The different impressions left by the English title ‘Apocalypse’ and the Korean title (literally ‘the apple tree at the end of the world’) are another clue for listening. You can listen while thinking about what you'd want to leave behind in words that evoke an ending. At about 2 minutes 56 seconds, it suits anyone who wants to get a feel for the album's mood first. Rather than jumping straight in from the familiar ‘Bam Yang Gang’, give the opening track your attention and you'll meet the direction in which this album wants to widen its story.

A song that links the Hongdae she first visited at seventeen with the same streets seen again after time had passed. In the album notes, BIBI looks back on the memory of watching shows there and nurturing her dream of becoming a singer. She wrote the lyrics and composed it with Purple and Kim Kyung-min, who also played guitar. Over about three minutes, think about how the expectations built up in a place overlap with who you are now. Even within an album that observes love, here you meet feelings not just for a partner but for the streets and music she long admired. It also suits listening while recalling your own first show or the first neighborhood you fell for.

The third track of the second studio album, titled ‘Meat’ on international streaming (the Korean title means ‘body’). BIBI wrote the lyrics and composed it with Purple, and the credits list Kim Bu-min on saxophone and Jang Sung-il on guitar. The official song notes ask what money and love can get you. Rather than looking for one right answer, it's worth listening while thinking about what we expect from each other in a relationship. Over about 3 minutes 3 seconds, pay attention to the impression the horn and the voice create together. If ‘Hongdae R&B’ just before it summoned the memory of a place, here you can shift your focus to the question of love and exchange.

The fourth track of the second studio album starts from the myth of Pygmalion. In the song notes, BIBI shares the idea of being a work of art herself rather than staying the object of someone else's inspiration. FRNK and BIBI composed it, and BIBI wrote the lyrics. On days when it felt like someone else's gaze was defining you, it's worth listening while thinking about agency within a relationship. Beyond a simple confession of love, it also makes you consider how you see your own existence. At about 3 minutes 37 seconds, it's recommended for anyone who wants to find the lesser-known album cuts among the familiar singles.

‘Scott and Zelda’ is the fifth song of the second studio album and its other title track. The Korean title translates roughly as ‘bookshop guy, literary girl’. Alongside the playful title, you can think about how the words we use to describe ourselves change depending on who we're with. Listen with an eye on the different sides of yourself you discover within a relationship. On the 3-minute-13-second track, BIBI sings the backing vocals and Kim Jung-sun plays piano and electric piano. Where ‘Apocalypse’ opened with a big question, this song follows more concrete images of people and places. Try listening to the album's two title tracks as a pair.

The album's sixth song; in the notes, BIBI pictures a pink-tinted romantic comedy in which you've become the lead in someone else's life. BIBI and Kyle Buckley wrote the lyrics, with Pink Slip, inverness and others taking part in the composition. Pink Slip and inverness are also credited for arrangement and guitar. For about 2 minutes 28 seconds, set aside complicated analysis and imagine a scene in which you're the protagonist. Heard right after ‘Scott and Zelda’, it carries the thought of the many selves within a relationship into the image of a slightly bolder character. It's also a good pick for a day when you need a light change of pace.

‘Derre’ came out first as a single on November 14, 2024, and was included the following year as the seventh track of ‘EVE: ROMANCE’. BIBI wrote the lyrics and composed it with FRNK and Ylva Dimberg. The song notes in the album invite you to see the character of Eve against the mood of society. You can listen with an eye on her attitude of expressing her feelings freely. At about 2 minutes 36 seconds, the track differs in length from the official music video. If you already know the song from the video, this time stay with the voice and the flow of the sound, without the visuals. Even the same song can leave a different impression when heard alongside the tracks before and after it on the album.

‘Burn it’ is the eighth track, featuring DEAN. BIBI and Deanfluenza wrote the lyrics, and Kwon DL, emoji and others took part in composing and arranging. The official notes contrast this song with the preceding ‘Derre’ as two versions of Eve in different social climates. Listen to the two side by side and see how differently the same character is imagined depending on the environment she's placed in. Over about 3 minutes 31 seconds, it's also worth noticing how the impression shifts between BIBI's solo singing and a collaboration. If you skipped past it after only seeing the two artists' names, get to know the place this song holds within the album too.

The ninth song of the second studio album was composed by FRNK and BIBI and arranged by FRNK. The credits also list Minjune Park on turntables. In the song notes, BIBI brings up her own jealousy as she watched someone who spoke of emptiness yet seemed bright. Listen while recalling the gap between the side someone showed you and the feelings you assumed they had. There's no need to judge this three-minute-or-so song solely by the type of person its title points to. Start from your own feelings of envying or misreading someone, and you'll get closer to the album's theme of observing love.

‘Midnight Cruise’ is the tenth song, listed under that title on international streaming (the Korean title is a dialect phrase along the lines of ‘so you came and went?’). BIBI wrote the lyrics and composed it with Purple, with Jang Sung-il's guitar added. The official notes speak of a love that lingers long after a person has left. Rather than taking absence as the immediate end of a feeling, listen while asking yourself whether there's someone who still lives in your memory. At about 2 minutes 44 seconds, hearing it together with the next track, ‘Bam Yang Gang’, makes for a listen that attends to small, lingering memories rather than big events.

‘Bam Yang Gang’, first released on February 13, 2024, is heard here as the eleventh track of the second studio album. Written, composed and arranged by Jang Kiha, it's a case where another creator's music meets BIBI's voice among her self-written songs. Listen while recalling how the small things you once shared stay in memory longer than any grand gift. It's also a good idea to layer your own experience of how you've confirmed love. At a short 2 minutes 26 seconds, it's easy to play once more. Hearing the single that was known first among these other love songs lets you feel its afterglow in a new way.

The album's twelfth song, ‘Hangang Gongwon’ (the name of a riverside park in Seoul), is listed under that romanized title internationally. BIBI wrote the lyrics and composed it with U-Turn and Kim Jung-sun. The credits list not only piano, guitar and bass but also strings and backing vocals. Listen while recalling the wish in the official notes: that we not be afraid of love. At about 3 minutes 58 seconds, it's one of the album's longer-breathing songs, so it's better to stay in its afterglow than to hurry to the next track. Widening the familiar listening that began with ‘Bam Yang Gang’, you can think about past feelings and the relationships still to come, together.

‘Bluebird’ was first released on February 20, 2025, before being included as the thirteenth track of the second studio album (its Korean title means ‘to happiness’). In her note attached to the album, BIBI shares the thought that a song written in a hard time ends up looking bright instead. It's worth noticing that the mood on the surface and the feelings that made the music aren't necessarily the same shape. BIBI wrote the lyrics and composed it with Purple and Jang Sung-il. A song of about three minutes, so rather than hearing its optimistic title as simple encouragement, recall a moment when you were waiting for happiness yourself. It's a track to pull out when you want to get to know the emotions in the back half of the album.

The official title of the fourteenth and final track is ‘Winter (unreleased)’, and that's how you'll find it on international services. Despite the word ‘unreleased’ in the title, it's actually included on this album and available to hear. BIBI wrote the lyrics, and Jang Sung-il's guitar is added to music she composed with Purple. Listen to how this short song of about 1 minute 58 seconds closes a long record. If you remember the unusual subtitle as part of the work's name rather than mistaking it for a note about its release status, it's easier to find again. Listen while reflecting on how the questions of love and existence raised in the first song remain at the end.