DEAN has finally made his return to the K-pop scene with his latest songs, sparking enthusiastic reactions from fans who have been patiently waiting for the R&B icon’s highly anticipated release.

On November 29, DEAN officially released the music video for his song “NASA (feat. FKJ).” The song cheers up fans with DEAN’s mesmerizing vocals, as well as the soothing sound of the instrumental and heartfelt lyrics.

In addition to “NASA,” DEAN also treated fans to another track, titled “Ctrl,” which was also released on streaming platforms.

Fans reacted quickly to the music video for “NASA,” with many praising DEAN’s performance and the quality of the comeback’s production.

Meanwhile, some said that DEAN’s collaboration with FKJ was truly the “dream collaboration”.

Others were simply happy that DEAN was now active in the Korean music scene and releasing new releases after being silent for a year. See their reactions here:

  • “This king’s voice is always so unique and beautiful, I’ve missed creating new music.”
  • “The lyrics, the music video, the dancers, the vocals, the piano and everything, everything was beautiful.”
  • “DEAN and FKJ together is a dream come true. The song sounds like heaven.”
  • “DEAN and FKJ worked on two songs, like? This is just my dream collaboration, I don’t deserve this.”

Early on November 26, numerous outlets confirmed that DEAN would be releasing new music this November. The singer-songwriter then uploaded a mysterious post to his official Instagram account.

Despite the singer’s exciting announcement, some fans took the opportunity to gleefully “troll” the singer due to his time away from K-pop.