Critic Score
Based on 1 review
User Score
Based on 138 ratings
September 4, 2023 / Release Date
EP / Format
KOZ, HYBE / Label
Pop Time, Kako, 지코 [ZICO], Daily, Likey, +2 more...Producer
Pop Time, Jaehyun, Taesan, Woonhak, Kako, +4 more...Writer
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80
AllMusic

With Why..., BoyNextDoor have crafted an immediately distinctive and likable debut EP that pushes them to the top of the K-pop class of 2023.

asjiyn
48

BOYNEXTDOOR is a questionable group with their debut EP.

Although I was and still indifferent towards their single album, "WHO!", their first debut EP, "WHY.." is an EP that feels very commercialized. With their quirky elements of teenage boys just having fun during their youth, unfortunately, I can't relate to much of it. Musically, nothing appealing sticks to me. Rather, I find it quite irritating when listening to some of the songs in this project. With most of the songs ... read more

steelgoddess
5

No 'BOYNEXTDOOR', your hooks arent 'quirky and different', they just sound bad.

squelchy
35

There's something about the chorus in One and Only that really gets on my nerves. Everything else is okay I suppose. This really isn't my style at all to be honest.

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sourdejavu
85

야, 내가 미친 건지 함 들어봐
손이 슬쩍 닿은 듯한데
날 보고 씩 웃네 뭐 이리 예뻐
미쳤나 봐, i'm sorry
자, 이제 여기부터 문제야
너 걔랑 팔짱 끼더라
그냥 확 한번만 질러나 볼까
걘 누군데? (i'm sorry)

omg it's soooo cute!!! i felt like i was in a romcom movie <3

♡ favorites: but i like you, serenade, crying, but sometimes

Juanninn07
96

I don't care what the people said. This EP is so fuckin' good.

1. But I Like You - 100 ⭐
2. One And Only - 100 ⭐
3. Serenade - 100 ⭐
4. Crying - 100 ⭐
5. But Sometimes - 94
6. ACBDLOVE - 82

Total: 96

kimtaerae
95

At the time, and even now, I don't understand where the hate for these tracks comes from at all - the music and visuals of this entire era were so fun and solidified BND as a group to look out for (in my opinion, 2 years later they're just getting better and were absolutely right). I love all of these, Serenade made my Spotify wrapped in 2023.

Favs: Serenade, the whole thing.

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Track List

1돌아버리겠다 (But I Like You)
2:17
80
2One and Only
2:48
72
3Serenade
3:04
78
4Crying
3:03
72
5뭣 갈아 (But Sometimes)
2:55
84
6ABCDLOVE
2:38
64
Total Length: 16 minutes
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