Song Review:: Jung Daehyun (B.A.P): 행로 (Haeng-ro)

• Release date: 2025 September 02

• Album tracklist: 행로, 行路 - Japanese Version, 행로 - Instrumental

• Album runtime: 11 minutes

 The only reason I know this song exists, because I haven't seen it pop up anywhere else, is because my lovely, lovely YouTube algorithm was like "You seem to watch a lot of new release music videos. You may want to watch this one." And you know what? YouTube was right. It also took me a second of staring at his name and then at the company releasing the song before I put about four things together to realize that this was the Jung of Bang&Jung&Yoo&Moon, and MA Entertainment was their company. So good news for me, I'm starting to recognize names of members of groups I haven't actively tried to learn. And three and a half minutes! Yes! Thank you! And also, the Japanese version is already included, so that's pretty awesome just as is. But also, thank you to B.A.P's reliable leader, Yongguk, for this.

We've got an instrumental track, so I'm pleased about this. Getting to listen to the instrumental without having to worry about the vocals getting in the way or distracting me is always a nice treat. I appreciate it when groups or artists do that. It's also a really nice treat when I get some rock. This isn't aggressive, hard thumping rock. It's got moments when it's got some intensity, but there are also some spots where everything softens quite nicely. And rather than just have it be a rhythm thing with the guitar, which is okay too, we've got slightly more of what I think will end up being the melody to flavor the instrumental pretty well. There's a good rhythm and flow that I'm actually really appreciating.

Main vocalist energy rocking up to the building over here. I mean, he is B.A.P's main vocalist and that's evident in the way he handles the song so well. Ignoring for a moment how good his voice just sounds, his clean precision with hitting the falsetto for only a note or two is impressive. And there are three things I want to be hearing in songs for groups: vibrato, belts, and harmonies. It's a little more difficult to get the last one with soloists, though not impossible, so there's actually something different that I'm looking for with them and that's vocal range. I've mentioned it before with some of the other soloists I've reviewed, usually specifically when it's a song that gives them only a narrow band of notes to play with in a single dynamic level, but in a title track especially, I want to be hearing the breadth and depth of their capability. Give me dynamics. Give me a range of notes. This song is an excellent example of all three things that I look for with soloists. 

Well, isn't that nice? That's actually quite sweet. I thought we'd be getting a storyline, but it's definitely a vibes and visuals sort of music video. But you know what? It's just pleasant and lovely.