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K-pop Discography Deep Dives: Dreamcatcher (Part ONE)

A Disclaimer: I was planning, when I first started Tumblr, to be a lurker, but then I began an office job and needed something to listen to to keep myself occupied. And then, I started going through entire K-pop groups’ repertoires, album by album, and jotting down my thoughts. And then, I stumbled into K-pop tumblr and decided, you know what, there’s at least four people on this hell site who would read in depth rants about these discographies and at least five who wouldn’t read it and then get mad because it’s kind of our job as K-pop fans. My lukewarm takes should be taken with an entire silo of salt and the knowledge that this is completely for fun and occupying my very bored, very neurodivergent brain. All this to say, for the love of god, I’m a sleep-deprived student and I don’t have time for internet hate, so don’t kill me. With that being said, enjoy!
Here are my credentials: I’m a HUGE fan of Dreamcatcher, and have been an Insomnia since mid-2021 or so, just after the release of BEcause. They were actually the first concert I’ve ever been to, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience for that. They totally gave their all for those two hours and I ended up loving them even more afterward. I’m even considering going again if they have another tour.
Dreamcatcher debuted in early 2017, so they’re nearing their 7th anniversary (breaking K-pop’s infamous curse), with 7 members: JiU, SuA, Yoohyeon, Gahyeon, Handong, Dami, and Siyeon. Handong was not involved in their 2020 comebacks due to being in her home country of China when COVID broke out, but she’s since returned. They have very complicated storylines which I won’t be going too deeply into here besides when I think a specific song’s meaning in context is important to mention.

Their first single was Chase Me, which starts with a deceptively lovely piano and very typical for-late-3rd-gen-vocals. I was surprised by how k-poppy the song sounded, at least in its early stages and verses, but this was their debut after all. A lot of their early work is slowly stepping out of k-pop convention, one step at a time, although a sound all their own wouldn’t come for a couple songs. Any worries I had were assuaged by such a strong chorus, especially the combination of the bridge just before the last one.
Good Night immediately stands out from the often overly-bubbly, aegyo-filled 2017 k-pop landscape with its creepy ticking clock, marionette-like dance moves and an almost violent electric guitar riff. This time the guitar continues through the whole song, so there’s no fear of it sounding same-y. I’ll probably say this many times in this review, but I just can’t get over how well-suited DC’s vocals are to this rock sound, which isn’t always the case for other groups I’ve seen with a rock concept. The distorted voices in the bridge are a nice touch too. The b-side Lullaby is actually quite lovely, and is a good showcase for their voices in a more soothing context.
Fly High is a poppier sound for Dreamcatcher, although still with more of a rock base than is usual in k-pop, which does make sense as it’s supposed to be a prequel to their much darker storyline. I’ve heard it described before as a bit like an anime theme song, and I’d have to agree, especially the “I can make it!” combined with the strings, lighter electric guitar, and super high power note. Even with a bit of a sound change, Dreamcatcher never slows down their energy, which is something I really appreciate. They always sound like they wholeheartedly believe what they’re selling.

From the EP, Prequel, there are a few great b-sides I could choose (like the off-beat Sleep-walking), but I’m gonna have to say that Wake Up is my favorite. I’m totally biased, but I’ll just never forget the experience of watching them have the absolute best time performing this live for their encore and jumping into the stratosphere while waving a pride flag back and forth. It’s an anthem that needs an audience, first and foremost, and there’s really nothing more exciting than screaming “Wake up, wake up!” at the top of your lungs.
Full Moon is a special single for their first anniversary, and I won’t spend too much time on it, but I really like how it combines that anime-esque energy from Fly High, a harsher electric guitar, EDM, and some ballad elements. It’s a style that DC returns to later in their career, and it’s fun to see a slightly less complicated version here. I never gave this song much of a chance before so I’m glad I did now.
You & I is next in the “Nightmare” saga, and is probably both the most popular of that arc and the most similar to a lot of mainstream k-pop (which I do like, I want to be clear about that. This is not an attack on mainstream k-pop, guys, I run a blog about it.). Maybe it’s a product of that, but in such a strong catalogue it doesn’t really stand out to me. All of DC’s songs add other elements to their rock sound like EDM, pop, metal, or even a flute (we’ll get to that), but You & I is pretty straightforward, as are its lyrics. The chorus and the opening hook are both pretty good, I will admit, and always get me at least nodding to the song. Again, I in no way even dislike this one, and I’m not going to skip it if I’m doing a re-listen or if it comes up on shuffle, but I just never find myself going out of my way to listen to it.
Though the title isn’t my favorite, I quite like the EP Escape The Era. Which a Star may be an average b-side but it's really elevated by their voices and its twinkling instrumentation, while Scar takes some lovely strings and some crushing electric guitars and somehow turns itself from a rock song into a ballad and right back again. Mayday, meanwhile, is much like Wake Up with its anthemic answer, and immediately gets me headbanging to its hook.

WHAT starts with a tense energy right out of the gate with those strings, and in what may be DC’s best first 20 seconds of a song, it culminates in an excellent electric guitar riff that would feel right at home in a BabyMetal song. When the song returns to “normal” after, it only adds to the sense of “wrong” and foreboding…until the chorus smashes through a brick wall with perfect metal anthem energy. In case it wasn’t clear, I love this song and it’s tied for my favorite. You just can’t do much better than a song encouraging people to wake up, fight their nightmares, and live another day, which is one of my personal favorite song subjects.
In a switch from Escape The Era, I love What but Alone In The City is one of my least-favorite of their albums. That being said, I do like the contrast between acoustic and electric guitars in Trap, and its build up is pretty great. But I usually have more than one liked b-side.
Over The Sky is another special single and returns to the softer, more string and pop-rock led base (or “anime theme”, I suppose). It feels much happier than a lot of Dreamcatcher’s singles, and is a nice break in between their very heavy discography. I especially like the twinkling quality of its background piano.

PIRI is the end of their nightmare saga, and is a continuation of the defiance seen in What. It’s named after a traditional Korean flute that the song uses to say “sound the alarm (piri), emergency, emergency.” This is the first time rap is incorporated in its own (albeit short) verse, and I think the combination works quite well. The inclusion of the flute in the background is something I’ve never heard in a song before, but its shrillness provides a good contrast to the very low guitar and drums and Dreamcatcher’s voices sitting in the middle, perfectly capturing the song’s whole idea of being stuck in between light and dark. Overall, a fitting finale.
From PIRI’s EP The End Of Nightmares, while I do really like the sweetness of the ballad Daydream, Diamond was an easy choice for me. It has quite a minimalistic chorus, which normally I’m not the biggest fan of (for evidence, look at any review I’ve ever written to hear me decry the existence of anti-drops), but here it’s to let the great guitar hook and electronic background have some time to be appreciated and its fuller pre and post-choruses make up for it.
Deja Vu is a special single made for a game collaboration, so perhaps one would assume it to be a usual ballad or easily-overlooked piece of a great discography. One would assume very, very wrong. I assumed this, when I heard the first, very slow verse and the backing piano. Deja Vu definitely leans more into melancholy than most of their singles, but it's really at the end of the pre-chorus where the band comes in and DC goes full-on rock ballad that it begins to sound like them.The song is a slow burn, definitely, but the incredible catharsis at the end is totally worth it. Just go watch the music video itself, which is full of delightful drama and betrayal, and can best be described as “Macbeth, if it was gay, Korean, and magical.” You’re welcome.
Raid Of Dream, the EP, was also produced for the game, but the mix of metal clashing and delicate vocals in Silent Night, the backing piano for the full-on ballad Polaris, and the return of the anime theme (plus guitar solo!!) in the call-to-action that is Curse Of The Spider render it quite a strong album in their greater discography.
I don’t normally dive too deeply into Japanese releases, but, like with Taemin, Dreamcatcher’s offer an interesting expansion on their work. Endless Night starts with much harsher rock than most of their singles, while Breaking Out features a surprisingly chill tropical beat, and No More goes full now-or-never nu metal with guitar riffs that would make Babymetal proud.
R. o. S. E. BLUE is another special single produced for a game, and does lead into the more ballady side of k-pop soundtrack songs, but without sacrificing Dreamcatcher’s rock edges. It, like Deja Vu, is a slow burn that doesn’t seem to have much energy at first, but builds up to it through its great pre-choruses. It’s definitely not as good as Deja Vu (few things are), but does remind me of later-stage Gfriend’s more dramatic and celestial sound, and the music video follows JiU attempting to rescue her friends from the magical prison their minds are trapped in, at the expense of herself.

So that’s where we’ll end it for now, being around halfway through. I mentioned last time in my TXT review that this was supposed to be a one-parter and became two, but the second one is basically done and will be coming out in a few days (after I listen to the new album), not a week from now, and I won’t be doing supplementals. Apologies to the five people who actually read those, lol. So, I’ll see you next time for Part Two. Tschüss!
#k-pop#review#k-pop deep dive#k pop girl groups#dreamcatcher#gahyeon#siyeon#SuA#JiU#handong#yoohyeon#Dami#maison#scream#OOTD#boca#you and i#chase me#piri#versus villain#Spotify
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𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝔾𝕒𝕙𝕪𝕖𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖! 💝
Mine - Do not repost
#Gahyeon end up with 2 jiu and handong rejects 😭 dhdbhds#Bewear = the baseball team she like & pitch for Flores = boca mv thievul = fox the other 3 are vibes !#florae’s being my second fave fairy type make it the Alex fave of the list jcndjdnd#reblog are appreciated 💓#kpop idols as pokemon trainers!#gahyeon#lee gahyeon#dreamcatcher#awekslook#aleksbestie#rhitag#userzaynab#dc gahyeon#dc Lee gahyeon#dreamcatcher gahyeon#dreamcatcher lee gahyeon#kpop#pokemon
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head in my hands (<- she is thinking about the dreamcatcher dystopia and apocalypse trilogies)
with dystopia it's like. (scream) the world is so full of hatred and vitriol and every time i am reminded of it, it seeps further and further into my veins and i'm worried it may consume me. the witch hunts are constant and ever worsening, and all that ever comes from them is more contempt and more regret. what is this poisonous masquerade all for. does anyone else hear this, i'm calling out to you, i'm begging for relief and for catharsis. i need this to reach you, i need you to hear the cries of the people who are suffering. i'm shouting alongside them. (boca) do you speak to your mother with that mouth. would she be proud of the things that you're saying. look around you - the angels are dying and the casualties grow with every spiteful word. sometimes kindness starts with silence when all you want is to fight fire with fire. my heart is pierced for you again and again, and i don't know how much longer it can be like this. i want to help you, i want to let you breathe again and give you relief from the harsh words that have strangled your lungs. i want to make this world better, and i want it to start with us. (odd eye) the world is broken, this is not a fairytale. utopia has never existed and it never will. do not believe the sugarcoated lie of perfection because it is impossible to grasp. the world is dark and you will not find what you're looking for if eternal peace is what you seek. open your eyes to reality, and you will make it a better place - not by dreaming, but by doing what you can.
and then with apocalypse it's like. (maison) our home is dying, our planet is dying, our people are dying, but i feel so detached from it all. i need to come down to earth, i need to keep pushing for change in every way that matters. your conscience is drying faster than the droughts plaguing our land, don't you see that we need to do something about this. please someone fight for us - the task is enormous and the stakes are daunting, and i'm coming down to rescue you but i can't do it alone. you have to help save yourself. (vision) the world is a scorched-earth battlefield and we are its foot-soldiers. we must press on and fight now that we've come this far. everything is painted in shades of moral gray, but we must act decisively. i am reaching for your hand in the trenches, i am sending a message to you, i am giving you a vision. do you copy, have you clasped my soot-stained hand. the work is hard, but we must reload and keep going. join us and fight alongside us. i am not asking, i am not begging - there is no time for either. ([reason] i am with you always, in war and peace, in hatred and in love. you are why i fight. i have spent years being beaten down, and you have, too, but it is your companionship that buoys me, brightens my darkness, makes this world worth it all. you are my reason. don't let me stop fighting.) (bon voyage) we have fought the good fight together, my friend. the war wages onward, but our assignments have changed, and we must part ways. i will carry every lesson you have taught me within me. the battlefield lies fallow until the footprints recede. the flowers are starting to bloom again and the colors are coming into focus. a part of me will always be drawn to you even as i leave you, even when you are long gone. travel well, my friend. may our battles not be in vain and may we both find rest. i hope i will see your face in peacetime.
#i have a normal amount of thoughts about music i promise#and this is WITH a language barrier i can't even fathom how much more feral their discography would make me if i was fluent#anyway um. they popped off so hard with their recent trilogies and they did it so well. thank you leez and ollounder thank you deukae#anyway um. go listen to dreamcatcher if you like sick instrumentals and tolerate kpop even a little bit.#scream boca odd eye maison vision and bon voyage you are all so special to me. perhaps doubly so for reason#also for the dndads folks in the audience their sound is so gothweeb to me. btw#yeah if you like video game soundtracks and anime osts and vaguely horror flavored things. them#also if you like pretty women as well. probably goes without saying since they’re a kpop group but they are very pretty#music#dreamcatcher#happi rambles#hi mutuals i bet you weren't expecting a kpop post from me today. or ever. i'm full of surprises to the point where i surprise even myself
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My favorite solo screenshots
100th post celebration pt. 3
Dreamcatcher Part 100C / ∞
#dreamcatcher#dreamcatcherdaily#handong#jiu#sua#gahyeon#dami#yoohyeon#siyeon#i know half of these shots are from Boca but it's my favorite mv so i can't help it
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i want to add a dreamcatcher song to my fav tt's of all time gif series but the problem is I LITERALLY CANNOT CHOOSE ONE
#mädch rambles#ITS SO HARD i literally love like ...... 90% of all their title tracks equally hahah#like i was gonna do boca but then i forgot about odd and then i was like I CAN'T FORGET SCREAM#phew dreamcatcher does not miss i mean i'm going to have to add all of these tt's at some point i just HAVE to#just don't know which to do first hehe
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Dreamcatcher x Aesthetics
Dystopia Era: Lose Myself
↳Boca
#dreamcatcher#dreamcatcher kpop#dreamcatcher aesthetics#dreamcatcher boca#boca#era:dystopia#era:boca#aesthetics#kpop aesthetics#kpop aesthetic#music video#mv#mv boca#dreamcatcher music video#music aesthetic#ultkpopnetwork#ggnet#dreamcatcheredit#dreamcatcherdaily#dailydreamcatcher#fanbynatureedit#myedits#myeditsdreamcatcher
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If I said this was a pokemon oc would you believe me?
Here’s Finnigan lmao. Bonus points if you can guess what region she’s from.
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jiyoo photo of the day
#jiu#jiyoo#yoohyeon#dreamcatcher#deukae#dreamcatcher jiu#dreamcatcher yoohyeon#boca#dystopia#kpop#your mom#i have a widget that cycles through my minji photo album thats what this is from thanks#rabbits_daily
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[遲發] 反烏托邦快樂三年:迷失自己
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Ok, This Is Definitely The Last Old Fanart. I just still like it. It is necessary to make a redraw 😅
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A VERY MESSY Siyeon BOCA K-Zombie ver. sketch because I suddenly felt the need to do it :D (Also experimenting a slightly different version of my usual signature)
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DREAMCATCHER ~ BOCA (2020)
#dreamcatcher#siyeon#jiu#yooheyon#dami#gahyun#sua#ultkpopnetwork#kgoddesses#ggnet#kpopggedit#idolady#femaleidolsedit#femaleidol#korimilook#userkngld#useranusia#sophiesee#lucieblr#addy.gifs
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Okay okay hear me out: Vil, Malleus, Kalim, and Idia with an s/o who was basically a kpop idol back in their world- like, they were part of a group and all that
bonus points: they actually show a recording of one of their performances(I'm imagining BOCA by Dreamcatcher for some reason)
. . . BRAND NEW FAN!
pairings : Kalim Al-Asim , Idia Shroud x gn!reader
genre : fluff , reader still has their phone , established relationship , pre-VDC
cws/tws : none
a/n : erm I actually have no idea if this is supposed to be a request or not so I'm gonna assume it is. Also I'm sorry I could only write Idia and Kalim, I've been heavily demotivated to write due to some mental health issues.
Idia Shroud !!
y...you're a what...
dude stares at you with wide eyes because...what? You're an idol? Like seriously, fr fr, not pulling his leg?
he was about to hunt down your performance videos but then he remembers that you're not from here.
but once you personally show him some recordings of you on stage he's literally glued to the screen. He knows he should also pay attention to your other group members, but he just can't take his eyes off you and how you shine so independently on stage.
bro would sell out all your merch the second it dropped if you were also famous in Twisted Wonderland.
(Suddenly a quarter of the S.T.Y.X funds are spent on idol merchandise).
apart from initial shock, he won't really treat you much different from before he found out you were a famous idol in your home world.
he thinks you're 10000x cooler, yeah, but you're still his gaming buddy that he can peacefully ragequit games with.
Kalim Al-Asim !!
as expected he's really excited when he found out!!
also like Idia, he'd buy out your merch line if you were famous in Twisted Wonderland.
he's also recommending that you join the VDC with him when you showed him your performance videos, he knows you'll just add to the shine everyone's gonna bring on stage against RSA!!
if you want to start being an idol in Twisted Wonderland, he'd try his best to help you find a good agency because you only deserve the best.
He also loves dancing so sometimes he’d ask you to teach him some of your choreography.
Since he already has dance experience he gets the hang of it pretty quickly.
This makes dancing your sort of bonding time with each other, sometimes you’d even sing your group’s songs while doing the choreography just so you won’t forget it.
#twisted wonderland#disney twisted wonderland#twst#twisted wonderland x reader#twst x reader#twisted wonderland fluff#idia shroud x reader#idia x reader#kalim al asim x reader#kalim x reader
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NOW PLAYING ▸ Rakuzan as Dreamcatcher songs
▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|• 12:20 AKASHI — Deja Vu - Odd Eye
▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|• 3:01 MAYUZUMI — OOTD - JUSTICE
▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|• 9:23 MIBUCHI — Red Sun - YOU AND I
▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|• 7:25 HAYAMA — BOCA - 2 Rings
▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|• 4:30 NEBUYA — VISION - DEMIAN
#knb#kuroko no basuke#kuroko no basket#fanart#my art#rakuzan#akashi seijuro#akashi seijuurou#mayuzumi chihiro#mibuchi reo#mibuchi leo#hayama kotaro#hayama kotarou#nebuya eikichi#dreamcatcher#there are 2 things in this world that will always and forever endlessly inspire me: RAKUZAN and DREAMCATCHER#with that said: crossover between these two#i have hundreds of hours of dreamcatcher music and oh my GoSHH i always think of what songs the rakuzan boys would be and welp#after many hours of thinking about it i present to you RAKUZAN AS DREAMCATCHER SONGS#i want to explain it as well#also! i decided to give everyone two songs because oreshi and bokushi would have two different songs#so yeahh oreshi is deja vu and bokushi is odd eye#i know it sounds too obvious to bokushi to be ODD EYE but trust me guys it makes sense#also everyone had a light and dark outfit as well because i love contrast#though reo's 'dark outfit' is actually from a powerful love song and his 'light outfit' is from a vampire concept song#all in all it took me SO LONG to decide which songs and outfits they'd be#ALSO THE BACKGROUNDS! they are some random screenshots from the music videos/special clips hehe#tldr: stan dreamcatcher listen to their music (be gay) love rakuzan and have a great day
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