Song Review:: Sung Hanbin (ZERBOBASEONE): Dead:Alive- UNDEAD {Debut}

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  • Release date: 2026 October 12
  • Album tracklist: Killin' Me, UNDEAD, Insidious, 3AM, Bloody Gravity, Other Side, Our Light, Steal the Thunder
  • Album runtime: 21 minutes

 I'm going to be completely honest here. I forgot he was debuting as a soloist. Luckily, YouTube and the algorithm I have built brick by brick have my back and when I tried to go to bed last night with my Resident Evil Let's Play I've been watching to go to sleep to (it's actually the Resident Evil 2 remake, but I'm not going to quibble too much), one of my recommended videos was his debut music video. So, here we are. I am loving the titles of these songs though. I'm sensing some spookiness here and I am here for this.

Yes.

Oh, you want me to actually say more about this. Fine.

The instrumental feels like a slightly more rock version of Thriller by Michael Jackson and Back In Time by Huey Lewis & The News. It's zombie party eighties rock with a dose of the modern flare. I'm already so excited for the music video I could cry and I'm struggling to focus on this because this is a serious contender for my top ten list of favorite songs for the year. The only way it would have mattered what the rest of the song was if it was a hot, steaming cowpie after the magnificence of the first three seconds of this song. And it's not.

This is a stunning choice for a debut song. It's bold. It's got range. It doesn't sound like much else that's coming out right now. We're not getting as much vibrato from him as I want, which is a little concerning if I'm going to be honest, but the range for his voice in this song is enough to make me tolerate that a little bit better. We've got a lot of good support going on here and enough movement along notes that when he gets a little bit more mumbly and rumbly, it adds texture instead of detracting from the song. This is what a debut song should be doing. 

Look at this music video. I literally could not be happier. I'm not sure how I feel about the white shirt because that's a bit odd with the fur ruffle, but I love the drama here and the barely concealed symbolism here.



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