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Officially described as a song that "embodies 'Dream Pop'", LOONATIC additionally incorporates elements of Electropop, Synthpop, Alternative Dance, Drum and Bass, New Rave, Post-Punk Revival, and Yakousei. This eclectic track is a unique style for K-pop music, combining many genres in a fresh, unique way. Released in both a Korean and English language version, the song is regarded as a highlight in the K-pop genre. The dreamy nature of the track pairs strongly with the lyrics, which heavily refrence LOONA's lore. The track has a bpm of 150. LOONATIC starts with a pulsing drum beat that carries on throughout the song. Kim Lip starts out singing at 0:10, with uniquly distorted vocals that are quieter in the mix than in a standard pop song.  The drum beat changes from a standard 1234 pattern to only happening on the 1st and 4th beats. A guitar also enters the mix with the vocals, providing the melody. Unique production moments happen all throughout the song, elevating the track to a whole new level. At 0:21, right after Choerry sings out "You make me feel so LOONATIC!", a playful increasing scale comes in. The song builds and builds as it gets closer to the prechorus, starting at 0:36. The guitar drops out, and the drum beat from the intro comes back in. The synths dominate this section, providing a dreamy melody before the chorus enters. At 0:46, the song explodes into the chorus. The guitar comes back strong, and the drum beat becomes more remincisnt of drum and bass in this section. The synths also play a role in the background of the chours. With the stength of all these instruments, the members voices become an instrument as well, on an equal level with the guitar, synth, and drum beat rather than dominating over them. This creates a unqiue, woozy atmosphere that is not very common in pop music. The intro comes back and serves as a bridge between the chorus and the next verse at 1:14. The second verse, pre chorus, and chorus follow the same structure as the first. At 2:09, the bridge comes in. Every instrument drops out except a very simple drum beat and a few electronic elemnts floating in the background, creating a dreamy atmosphere and a break from the more energetic sounds that make up the rest of the song. Despite this, the song continues to build throughout the bridge, bringing back in more elemnts as the final chorus nears. At 2:37, the final chorus begins and the energy of the song returns. Similar to the rest of the chourses, it is full of instruments and energy. And just as quickly as it becomes, the song ends, with the instruments all dropping out at 3:01, as Jinsoul's final lyric, "I don't really care now" echoes in the emptiness.  

LOONA's 'Why Not?' was a major change in sound for the group. The bass heavy song starts out with an intense beat, at 128 BPM. At 0:13, members HeeJin and Choerry rap through the first part of the verse. At 0:28, the heavy beat from the first part of the verse is drowned out by a choir of voices in the background as Kim Lip and HeeJin sing the pre chorus. At 0:41, the chorus hits, and all the instrumentation drops out, save for one voice. The chorus contrasts the verses, containing only a simple bass beat and the members voices. At 0:53, a drum beat joins, and, as the post chorus starts at 1:00, the chorus continues to build back up, adding in a guitar. Following this chorus follows the second verse at 1:15. Different than a typical pop song structure, this song has a new beat for the second verse. The same sounds are rearranged from the intro into a beat more reminiscent of house music than the sustained, woozy bass from the beginning of the song. The pre chorus starts at 1:30, which is different from the first one. This pre chorus features the intro beat pitched up, featuring the same rap style singing. At 1:45, the song transitions into the next part of the pre chorus, which sounds like the first. At 1:58, the second chorus hits, which is identical to the first. After this chorus, the bridge starts at 2:32, trading in the harsh house beats of the rest of the song with a softer, dreamier melody for the bridge. The bass is still prominent, but it's much less intense. The last chorus comes in at 2:49, featuring only the members voices and the beat from the second verse, until the song completes at 3:04, with drums, sound effects, and the bass coming in to create an explosive outro.

favOriTe is LOONA's debut single at a BPM of 99. The song starts at 0:11 with a strong beat that persists throughout the song. The beat remains the prominent feature of the song up until the pre chorus at 0:38, where it switches up and starts to build towards the chorus, incorporating more drums. At 0:50, the intro beat returns as the song explodes into the chorus. The post chorus at 1:10 also has a beat switch, where the main beat of the song drops out for a bit, in favor of a simple drumbeat, and a few sound effects. This continues through the second verse, which is almost undistinguishable from the post chorus. The song transitions back into a new pre chorus at 1:29, with a softer melody, with quieter drums and the main beat of the song quietly in the background. The song then moves into a refrain of sorts at 1:47, which is more sonically reminiscent of the first pre chorus. The next chorus starts at 1:58, and is the same as the first, with no post chorus. Instead, the song moves into a bridge at 2:18, with a simple drum beat and without the harsh beat from the rest of the song. The same refrain starts at 2:39, as the song transitions back into the chorus. The final pre chorus starts at 2:49 and goes straight into the final chorus, finishing out the track. The major difference with this chorus is the beat calms 16 bars before the song ends, emptying out the song. It builds back up for a few seconds, just to cut to silence as the song ends.

ODD EYE CIRCLE's unique debut track combines electropop with kawaii future bass and nu skool breaks to create an extremely bright pop track. The song starts full of energy, with a beat that sets the tone for the rest of the track. This energy continues through the first verse that starts at 0:32, with additional drums being added. As the chorus starts at 1:00, every element of the track speeds up, with drums entering breakbeat territory. Despite sounding similar to the verses, this feature helps the chorus stand out and feel extra powerful in the song. The short post chorus at 1:28 gives the listener a short break from the track with a simple trap beat and looping vocal sample. Similar to other LOONA tracks, the second verse of this track is nothing like the first one. When it starts at 1:36, a fast-paced piano comes in along with a simple bass beat to compliment it. At 1:49, the pre chorus starts, which is much more noticeable than the first. This pre chorus samples their track 'ODD’ and introduces a dreamy melody with a moderately paced drumbeat. The chorus returns at 2:01, bringing a pump of energy back into the track. After the same post chorus, the bridge starts at 2:38, employing just a future bass beat and the members voices as the song finishes out. Before that however, the final chorus comes in. Creeping back in over the bridge melody, the main beat of the song returns at 2:58, bringing the listener back into main part of the song. The song ends with one final lyric that extends past the end of the instrumental, with the return of vocal sample adding the last sound to the song. 

Yves' solo track new was described as "first track released in the genre of Soultronica in Korea." This song also has large synthwave and electropop influences, and a BPM of 108. The song starts with a vocal sample, that reappears throughout the song. Yves sings over the first verse, which contains a pulsing synth beat and a simple drumbeat, that grows as the song progresses into the pre chorus at 0:32. The song bursts into the chorus at 0:49. The synth beat becomes much more prominent, as do the drums. The vocal sample also returns, looping throughout the chorus. The second verse starting at 1:07 is similar to the first, but with the beat being much stronger. The next chorus begins at 1:43 and is much longer and more expansive than the first, containing much more singing from Yves. The song then transitions into the bridge at 2:18, and every single instrument drops out completely, leaving Yves singing acapella. A drumbeat comes back in a few seconds before the song builds back into the full chorus to close out the song.