Rise Waves

Rise Waves (Korean: 現像 : 소년의 파란; RR: Hyeonsang : Sonyeonui Paran) is the second extended play by South Korean musician and Onewe member Giuk. It was released by RBW on November 15, 2023, and distributed by Kakao Entertainment. The EP consists of eight songs, all primarily written and composed by Giuk, including the lead single "Scratch".

Background and release
On November 1, 2023, RBW announced through a teaser released on Onewe's social media accounts that Giuk would be releasing his second solo EP Rise Waves on November 15, 2023, just seven months after the release of his solo debut EP Psycho Xybernetics : Turn Over.

On November 4, the full track list was revealed with a total of eight songs, all of which were primarily written and composed by Giuk, and five feature artists including Moonbyul of Mamamoo featuring in "Block123", RARE and Gray Dot, soloists and members of Giuk's independent music crew Named Late, featuring in "Happy or Not?", and singer-songwriter Yong Yong and Leedo of Oneus featuring in "Penrose Stairs".

On November 12, he held a solo concert entitled "Flight1112" where he performed some of the songs from his upcoming EP including the lead single "Scratch".

Following the release of the EP and main music video for "Scratch" on November 15, a series of different track videos for each of the eight songs on the album were sequentially released, including a special music video for the song "My Blue".

Alongside the promotion for the lead single, Giuk and Moonbyul also promoted "Block123" with a performance together on the music show NPop on Naver.