[Soft Error] is the third mini album by South Korean singer Yves. It was released on August 7, 2025, alongside the title track “Soap”, featuring PinkPantheress and a sample of Rebecca Black’s “Sugar Water Cyanide”. It was preceded by the release of the single “White cat” on July 24, 2025.
A deluxe version of the album, titled [Soft Error : X] came out on October 15, 2025. It features a new track “Ex Machina”, which first debuted at the Taipei stop of the YVES 2025 COSMIC CRISPY TOUR IN ASIA & AUSTRALIA.
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Yves’ third EP, [Soft Error], represents another bold leap forward.[note 1] After going through emotional fractures, Yves faces the world with a changed sense of self—but the world doesn’t catch up. In a misaligned reality, she grows quieter. Her emotions settle, then solidify. [Soft Error] captures subtle glitches in the emotional system—intentional pauses, quiet distance, unexpressed truths. Yves no longer feels the need to explain. She simply exists, as she is. And that’s enough.[2]
Yves의 세 번째 EP인 [Soft Error]는 또 다른 대담한 도약을 의미한다. 감정적으로 힘든 시간을 겪은 후, Yves는 변화된 자아로 세상과 마주하지만, 세상은 그 변화에 함께 따라오지 않는 것을 깨닫게 된다. 그런 어긋난 현실 속에서 Yves는 점점 더 조용해지며, 감정이 사라지지 않고 가라앉고, 결국 굳어져만 간다.
[Soft Error]는 그런 섬세한 감정의 오류를 담고 있다. 잠시 멈추거나, 거리를 두고, 말로 다 표현하지 못한 진실들. 굳이 설명할 필요는 없다. Yves는그냥 그 자체로 존재하고, 그 자체로 충분하다.[3]
Deluxe
"Soft Error: X is an album that contains an unresolved emotion and an unfinished question.
If the preceding Soft Error was the first moment that an "error of emotion" was first detected, Soft Error: X is the process of peering into that error without stopping, without defining, quietly.[4]
Soft Error : X는 아직 풀리지 않은 감정과, 끝나지 않은 질문을 담은 앨범이다.
전작 Soft Error가 ‘감정의 오류’를 처음 인식한 순간이었다면, Soft Error : X는 그 오류를 멈추지 않고, 정의하지 않고, 조용히 들여다보는 과정이다.[5]
Tracklist
- “Ex Machina” Deluxe title
- “White cat” Pre-release
- “Soap” (feat. PinkPantheress) Title
- “Aibo” (feat. Bratty)
- “Do you feel it like i touch”
- “Study”
- “mom”
Controversies
Boycott
Plagiarism accusations
On July 24, 2025, user @feetliketwins posted a video comparing Yves’ “White cat” music video to a 2022 Blumarine advertisment campaign on the video-sharing app TikTok.[6] On July 29, another similarity was noticed by a fan, this time regarding the concept photo for “Soap”. They pointed out it looks like the pictorial for the September 2023 issue of VOGUE China.[7] Although there wasn’t any answer from PAIX PER MIL regarding the “White cat” music video accusations, they supposedly reached out to Engdus through a major fanbase account for Yves (@yvesupport on X) to clarify things about the “Soap” concept photo.[8] They explained that the visual direction for this comeback is being handled by an external team due to “an ongoing internal matter”[8] and that they haven’t reviewed the content in terms of possible similarities between other artworks.[8] As a result, PAIX PER MIL removed the concept photo from their official social media platforms, however the music video still remains up on YouTube.
Charts
Weekly charts
Accolades
Year-end lists
Credits
Songs
Album
- Executive Producer: MILLIC (밀릭)
- A&R: bone4vulture
- Styling: Kim Ji-eun (김지은) from
IBAEKILHO - Styling Assistants: Oh Yea-jin (오예진), Shim Chae-hyun (심채현), Shin Seung-lee (신승리), Choe Ji-na (최지나), Yun Su-bin (윤수빈)
- Hair: Son Yoon-ji (손윤지)
- Makeup: Park Ju-yeon (박주연)
- Photography: Yoon Song-yi (윤송이)
- Photography Assistants: Baek Ju-won (백주원), Park Sung-eun (박성은), Jung Chan-ha (정찬하), Hwang Hyeon-sang (황현상), Baek Min-ho (백민호)
- Choreography: Jemma Lee
- Backup Dancers: Anne Kim (김유빈), Im Jae-hyo (임재효), Lim Na-young (임나영), Maya Lee (이서영), Seung-hwan (승환), Song Ju-in (송주인), U.FO (오유경)
- Performance Direction: Jemma Lee
- Distribution and Partnership: Warner Music Korea, ADA
Links
Official
- MUSIC VIDEOS:
- VISUALIZER:
- TEASERS:
- TRAILERS:
- SPOILERS:
- OTHER:
- STAGES:
- PERFORMANCES:
- billboard Korea x dub’bel: “Soap”
- Genius Open Mic: “Soap”
- goyo club finding records: “White cat” & “Ex Machina”
- billboard Korea x dub’bel:
- AUDIO:
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Notes
- ↑ Machine translated, may contain errors.
References
- Album credits: kikikisseu on X
- ↑ “Vote on genres : Soft Error”. Rate Your Music
- ↑ “Yves - Soft Error - Music & Performance - CD”. Walmart. Retrieved 2025.08.22
- ↑ “[Soft Error] 앨범소개”. Melon. Retrieved 2025.08.07
- ↑ "[Lyrics] Yves - Ex Machina (251015)". litelljohnn. Team Subbits. 2025.10.15.
- ↑ "Soft Error: X". Melon.
- ↑ @badidibadidiboo. “my receipts:”. Repost of the original. X. 2025.07.25
- ↑ @mccnlightaria. “ppm you're talentless, visionless hacks”. X. 2025.07.29
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 @yvesupport. “Official statement addressing the recent plagiarism concerns.”. X. 2025.07.30
- ↑ “Circle Album Chart – Week 32, 2024”. Circle Chart
- ↑ “Official Independent Albums Chart”. OCC. 20205.10.03–07
- ↑ “The 50 best albums of 2025”. The FADER. 2025.12.10
- ↑ Jeff Benjamin. “The Most Acclaimed K-Pop Of 2025: ‘Demon Hunters,’ BLACKPINK, NMIXX & More”. Forbes. 2025.12.31
- ↑ “Best K-Pop Albums of 2025”. Genius Korea. 2025.12.29
- ↑ “[KOR] Year-End 2025: ③Top 20 Albums of the Year”. IDOLOGY. 2025.12.31
- ↑ “2025 국내 올해의 앨범”. overtone.. 2026.01.02
