WONJIN & HYEONGJUN 원진 & 형준 '猫 (Neko)' Cover

What happened

CRAVITY's Wonjin and Hyeongjun — a duo fans nickname "PingPongz" (핑퐁즈) — released a cover of the Japanese song "猫 (Neko)" originally by DISH//, following an earlier cover of "Lemon" by the same pair.

Why Koreans care

Both "Lemon" and "猫 (Neko)" were written by Yonezu Kenshi, one of Japan's most celebrated songwriters — "Lemon" is one of Japan's biggest-selling digital singles and is famously about grief and loss. Commenter 6 explicitly links the two covers ("Lemon too, and Neko too") because they recognize this shared authorship: both songs pair young, innocent-sounding vocals with lyrics about mourning, which is precisely what's being praised ("expressing a deep sense of loss with an innocent, clear face"). That's a more music-critic-style read than typical idol-appreciation — fans are tracking the duo's song choices as a deliberate artistic pattern and treating these J-pop covers as a recognized, recurring seasonal release rather than a one-off.

What Korean viewers say

Pattern 1 (majority) — seasonal-survival framing: commenters treat the cover as emotional fuel for the season, e.g. "This summer, I'll survive on this" and "You are truly my youth." This reflects a yearly release fans have come to expect and lean on, not a one-time reaction. Pattern 2 (majority) — aesthetic/critic-style praise: several comments compare the mood and visuals to Japanese cinema, e.g. "It's like a well-made Japanese movie, the leads are pure and handsome," specifically praising how innocent faces convey deep sadness (comment 6). This reads more analytical than the usual "so handsome" idol comment. Pattern 3 (fandom) — shipping/parasocial framing: fans use the "PingPongz" unit nickname and family-style language, e.g. "Our kids are so cool" and "I hope the two of them can just be happy forever." This is standard K-pop sub-unit shipping applied to two members' vocal chemistry, not a claim about an actual relationship.

What you'd miss

A foreign viewer would likely take "This summer, I'll survive on this" literally, but "버티다" (endure/survive) is stock fandom shorthand for "this content is getting me through" — used regardless of how difficult the commenter's actual summer is. Likewise, "I hope the two of them can just be happy forever" sounds like a wish for a real couple, but it's shipping language for a fan-named performance duo based on vocal chemistry, not a claim about an actual relationship — common practice in K-pop fandoms. And without knowing "Lemon" and "Neko" share the same songwriter (Yonezu Kenshi) and a loss-themed throughline, a foreign viewer would miss why commenters specifically pair these two covers instead of treating them as unrelated song picks.