ZEROBASEONE’s first subunit EMP releases its first digital single, “OFF script,” today, November 10, at 6 p.m. KST through major online music platforms, WAKEONE confirmed.
The three-track single is the duo’s first official digital release as a unit. According to MyDaily, EMP — ZEROBASEONE members Seok Matthew and Park Gunwook — will release the single at 6 p.m. KST on November 10, with both members taking part in the songwriting for the project.
The single is led by the title track “RUN (with Dynamic Duo),” a collaboration with veteran Korean hip-hop duo Dynamic Duo. The track was pre-released on November 4 at 6 p.m. KST, six days ahead of the full single, giving fans an early taste of the unit’s sound before the complete release arrived.
The remaining two tracks round out the three-song package. “AFTERTASTE (with JUNNY)” pairs the duo with singer-songwriter JUNNY, while “MADE YOU LOOK” closes the single as an EMP-only track. Together, the three songs show the range the duo wanted for its first digital single, moving from a high-energy collaboration to a moodier feature track and a confident solo statement.
The track descriptions released with the single give each song a distinct identity. According to a Chosun report on the tracklist, “AFTERTASTE” is a hip-hop song that combines grime and Latin sounds over a guitar riff and a groovy beat, with JUNNY lending vocals to the track. “MADE YOU LOOK,” meanwhile, is described as an R&B hip-hop song with a dreamy mood and an addictive melody, carrying a confident message that the duo will ultimately make people look at them.
The rollout for “OFF script” has been building for weeks. EMP unveiled the album poster for the single on ZEROBASEONE’s official social media channels in late October, locking in the November 10 release date. The tracklist followed on October 28, revealing the Dynamic Duo and JUNNY collaborations. A music video teaser for “RUN” arrived on November 2, and an album sampler previewing all three tracks was released on November 3, one day before the title track’s pre-release.
The duo also performed “RUN” with Dynamic Duo on the YouTube show Dingo Live, with the performance released on November 5, keeping the momentum going in the final days before the full single dropped.
EMP is a hip-hop unit that Seok Matthew and Park Gunwook produce themselves, and the first subunit of ZEROBASEONE, the multinational boy group under WAKEONE. The unit name stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse, a reference to the idea of blocking out surrounding noise so listeners focus entirely on the duo’s music. That self-produced identity has been the throughline of the project since the unit’s launch, setting EMP apart from the main group’s sound while keeping it under the same agency umbrella.
The single follows EMP’s debut mixtape, “EMP Mixtape Vol.1: We the Extra,” released in September. The mixtape introduced the duo’s identity to listeners, and the two November releases — the “RUN” pre-release on November 4 and the full “OFF script” single today — complete the unit’s first official rollout as a recorded act.
With the full single now out, attention turns to how the three tracks land with listeners and whether the duo will follow up with a music video or live stages for the remaining songs. For now, “OFF script” gives fans the complete picture of what EMP sounds like as a unit, six weeks after the mixtape first introduced them.
