SHINee's Onew Unveils Single Album 'Chakgak' Led by Three Title Tracks

SHINee's Onew is back with a new single album, Chakgak, which arrived Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6 p.m. KST (5 a.m. ET) along with a music video for its title track of the same name.

Soompi reports that the release is built around not one but three title tracks: "Chakgak," "Mind Games" and "Tic Tac Toe."

The album's name translates from Korean as "mistaken" or "illusion," and that idea sits at the heart of the main single.

"Chakgak" follows someone who overinterprets the little things another person does. Each glance or gesture feeds a growing belief, until the narrator is fully sold on a story of their own making.

By the end, the song leaves the line between what is real and what is imagined hard to locate.

Onew is credited as both a lyricist and a composer on "Chakgak," putting his own writing front and center on the lead track of the new project.

With three title tracks on a single album, the release gives listeners several entry points into this new chapter of his solo work, from the illusion-themed lead single to "Mind Games" and "Tic Tac Toe."

The full single album and the "Chakgak" music video are out now.