A Musical-Style MV, but Fans Pick the B-Sides? Three Reactions to Xiaojun's Solo Debut

A song about finding one's own identity arrived with an upbeat, theatrical video. Yet listeners discussing Xiaojun's Hey, Somebody also lingered on unexpected favorites elsewhere on the album. One record can invite more than one way of listening.

SMTOWN posted the official Hey, Somebody (English Ver.) MV on October 26, the same date as Xiaojun's first solo EP release at noon KST. Its five tracks are the title song, Sky High, To Us, Wave and an English version of the title track: four distinct songs plus one alternate-language version.

A RankTube snapshot for October 29 listed 4.94 million views, about 25,000 likes and 2,458 comments. These are a third-party record, not a direct audit of individual YouTube comments. Accessible threads on r/NCT and r/popheads instead reveal conversations about his voice, the staging and how the EP was put together.

First, one r/popheads commenter described the MV as cheerful and musical-theatre-like. Second, r/NCT commenters singled out Sky High for Xiaojun's writing credits and Wave for its emotional pull. Third, individual discussions on r/WayV_For_Life favored other tracks over the title, while an r/popheads album thread questioned taking a track slot for the English version. These are observed forum comments, not quotations from YouTube comments or representative polling.

Known for his work in NCT and WayV, Xiaojun released a solo project that includes Chinese-language material and an English title-track version. The official MV uses the English version. That helps explain why listeners' favorite cuts may differ.

Verified: the debut EP release was October 26, 2026 at 12 p.m. KST, not in the afternoon or evening. The track credits reproduced in r/NCT show Xiaojun co-writing and co-composing Sky High and writing lyrics for Wave. The SMTOWN video ID is JvzbFG4-5W4; RankTube's October 29 record listed 4.94 million views, 25,000 likes and 2,458 comments. We did not independently play every MV scene or access individual YouTube comments.

Fans may next watch how the title's theatrical energy translates to live stages, and whether Sky High and Wave receive performances. A small sample of fan opinions is not a fandom-wide consensus.