SEVENTEEN's Joshua Drops Baby Come Home in Two Languages With WeiBird

SEVENTEEN's Joshua dropped Baby Come Home on the 22nd at 1 p.m., and the release turned out to be more than a solo outing: it's a bilingual project that pairs him with one of Taiwan's most decorated singer-songwriters.

Joshua co-wrote and composed the track himself, grounding it in acoustic guitar strokes and a warm, unhurried melody. The song arrives in two distinct versions: a Chinese-language edition made in collaboration with WeiBird, a Golden Melody Award-winning artist from Taiwan, and a solo English-language edition that Joshua recorded on his own.

Two voices, two emotional registers

The Chinese version is where the song opens up most. WeiBird's voice has a lived-in, textured quality, and the two of them find a real harmony in the live clip released alongside the single, trading vocal lines that feel genuinely conversational rather than just layered. It's the kind of collaboration that works because both artists are operating in the same register: careful, understated, leaving room for the melody to land.

The English version takes a different approach. Joshua sings it alone, and the result leans into what makes his voice distinct within SEVENTEEN: a lyrical, almost self-contained quality that doesn't push for a climactic moment. Where the Chinese duet feels warm in company, the English cut feels intimate in solitude. Both choices suit the song's theme, which circles around longing and homecoming without spelling everything out.

A solo run with serious momentum

This release fits into a broader pattern for Joshua, who has been quietly building a solo catalogue that crosses language and genre lines. He previously topped the QQ Music chart with a cover of Chinese artist Li Ronghao's track 耳朵 (Ear), and he contributed to the OST for pop star Anderson .Paak's film K-POPS!. A bilingual original single with a Taiwanese award-winner is a logical next step, and it suggests Joshua is thinking carefully about where his voice fits in conversations beyond the SEVENTEEN discography.

For Carats who have been following his solo trajectory, Baby Come Home is the clearest signal yet of what that trajectory looks like: acoustic, collaborative, and quietly confident.