Song Review:: Yi Chaebin (Awe5ome Baby): Violet Fantasy- Moonlight Train

• Release date: 2025 December 17

• Album tracklist: Moonlight Train, Walking In A Dream, Starlight Bridge, Sea Of Luna

• Album runtime: 15 minutes

 Okay. So. I had to do some digging to figure out who she is. Yi Chaebin, formerly known as Dahee, debuted in 2015 in the group, Awe5ome Baby. They disbanded the following year. She was almost in fromis_9, and debuted as a soloist in 2021. (As a side note, because I hate groups going forgotten and I have already done this for a group, I may add their debut and, I think, only song to my list of Greatest Hits.) K-Pop history is littered with groups like this. For every mid-tier group, there's a hundred or more who don't make it even to year three. Shame. But I also very much want to support this album on principle because there isn't a single song under three minutes and three-quarters of them are over three-and-a-half minutes. Yay!

You know what is so fascinating about the piano specifically in this song? So, we have the normal percussion instruments for the beat, and it becomes energetically chill, if that makes sense, but for the most part, if Chaebin is singing, the most the piano is doing is also the beat. Now, that being said, there are parts where the piano gets a highlighted part, and it's incredibly playful and melodic during those parts. 

This is one of those songs where, stylistically and generically, the breathy voice is necessary. It would have been really easy for her voice to be breathy and unsupported, but she and the producers managed to steer clear of this trap, so well done on that end. This isn't necessarily a genre that I particularly seek out to listen to, but I still think it's pretty and that I think a lot of people would enjoy it, especially in this time of year where this style is a little more popular.

No music video, but I'm still sharing the song.