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{{Infobox album
| name         = Planet Nine: Alter Ego
| type         = EP
| artist       = [[Onewe]]
| cover        = Planet Nine Alter Ego.jpg
| border       = 
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|2021|06|16}}
| recorded     = 2021
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vibe.naver.com/album/6026968|title=Planet Nine : Alter Ego - VIBE|website=Naver|language=ko|access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref>
| length       = 22:08
| language     = [[Korean language|Korean]]
| label        = {{hlist|[[RBW (company)|RBW]]|[[Kakao Entertainment]]}}
| producer     = 
| prev_title   = [[Memory: Illusion]]
| prev_year    = 2020
| next_title   = [[Studio We: Recording 2|Studio We: Recording #2]]
| next_year    = 2021
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Planet Nine: Alter Ego
 | type        = EP
 | single1     = Rain To Be
 | single1date = June 16, 2021
}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|hzzbFTzVSbA|"Rain To Be"}}|header=Music videos|type=single album}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|_g4f7HWIz_g|"Veronica"}}|header=no|type=single album}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|2kVJYat96Bw|"AuRoRa"}}|header=no|type=single album}}
}}

'''''Planet Nine: Alter Ego''''' is the first [[extended play]] by the South Korean band [[Onewe]]. The album was released by [[RBW (company)|RBW]] on June 16, 2021, and distributed by [[Kakao Entertainment]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Planet Nine : Alter Ego - 원위 (ONEWE) |url=http://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=10629914 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=멜론 |language=ko}}</ref> It consists of seven songs, including the lead single "Rain To Be".

==Background and release==

On January 22, 2021, a special teaser was released for Onewe's ''Studio We : Live #6'' ''"Onewe? or Onewe!"'' online concert revealing the band's new unreleased song "Aurora".<ref>{{Cite web |last=OSEN |date=2021-01-22 |title=원위, 미공개곡 제목은 '오로라'..23일 온택트 라이브서 최초 공개 |url=http://m.osen.co.kr/article/G1111510492 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=m.osen.co.kr |language=ko}}</ref> The song was unveiled through a live performance at the concert on January 23 and 24.<ref>{{Cite web |last=OSEN |date=2021-01-25 |title=원위, 2021 첫 온택트 라이브 성료..'밴드 퍼포먼스 신흥강자' 입지 굳혔다 |url=http://m.osen.co.kr/article/G1111511827 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=m.osen.co.kr |language=ko}}</ref>

On May 31, RBW posted a teaser announcing Onewe's first EP ''Planet Nine: Alter Ego'' which would be released on June 16 at 6pm KST.<ref>{{Cite web |last=김수진{{!}}기자{{!}} |title=실력파 보이밴드 원위(ONEWE), 오는 6월 16일 오후 6시 컴백 [공식] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002959509 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=n.news.naver.com |language=ko}}</ref>

On June 3, the full track list was revealed with a total of seven songs, self-written and composed by the band with all five members participating in the song production, including the lead single "Rain to Be" and the official release of "Aurora".<ref>{{Cite web |last=한국경제티브이 |date=2021-06-03 |title=원위 첫 미니앨범 Planet Nine Alter Ego 트랙리스트 공개멤버 전원 곡 작업 참여 |url=https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202106030298 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.wowtv.co.kr |language=ko}}</ref>

On June 16, the EP was released along with a music video for "Rain to Be", following which music videos for the songs "Veronica" and "Aurora" from the EP were also subsequently released on June 28 and July 2 respectively.<ref>{{Citation |title=ONEWE(원위) '베로니카의 섬 (Veronica)' MV | date=28 June 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4f7HWIz_g |access-date=2024-03-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=원위, 수록곡 'AuRoRa' 뮤직비디오 깜짝 공개…팬사랑 폭발 - 열린세상 열린방송 MBN |url=https://star.mbn.co.kr/view.php?sc=71600002&year=2021&no=650459 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=star.mbn.co.kr |language=ko}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 22:08
| title1 = Intro: Spaceship
| note1 = Intro: 우주선
| lyrics1 = [[Giuk|CyA]]
| music1 = CyA
| extra1 = CyA, [[Onewe|Kanghyun]], [[Onewe|Harin]]
| length1 = 1:00
| title2 = Rain to Be
| note2 = 비를 몰고 오는 소년
| lyrics2 = Kanghyun, CyA
| music2 = Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA
| extra2 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Kanghyun
| length2 = 3:15
| title3 = Aurora 
| note3 = 
| lyrics3 = Kanghyun, [[Onewe|Yonghoon]], CyA
| music3 = Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra3 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Kanghyun, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| length3 = 3:41
| title4 = Logo
| note4 = 
| lyrics4 = Yonghoon, Harin, [[Onewe|Dongmyeong]], CyA
| music4 = Yonghoon, Kanghyun, CyA, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| extra4 = CocoDubuPapa (RBW), Yonghoon, Kanghyun, CyA
| length4 = 3:13
| title5 = A.I.
| note5 = 로보트도 인간에게 감정을 느낀다
| lyrics5 = CyA, Yonghoon, Dongmyeong
| music5 = CyA, Yonghoon, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra5 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA, Kanghyun
| title6 = Veronica
| note6 = 베로니가의 섬
| length6 = 3:19
| lyrics6 = CyA, Yonghoon
| music6 = CyA, Yonghoon, Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra6 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA, Kanghyun
| title7 = Cosmos
| note7 = 천체
| length7 = 3:30
| lyrics7 = Kanghyun, CyA
| music7 = Kanghyun, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| extra7 = CocoDubuPapa (RBW), Kanghyun
| length5 = 4:07
}}

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Year-end lists
!Publisher
!Year
!Listicle
!Work
!Placement
!Ref.
|-
! scope="row" |''[[MTV]]''
|2021
|MTV Best Kpop Bsides of 2021
|AuRoRa
| align="center" |1
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV Best Kpop Bsides of 2021 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3183338/best-k-pop-b-sides-2021-baekhyun-txt-twice-onewe/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102105102/http://www.mtv.com/news/3183338/best-k-pop-b-sides-2021-baekhyun-txt-twice-onewe/ |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2022 |website=[[MTV]]}}</ref>
|}

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |Chart (2021)
! scope="col" |Peak
position
|-
! scope="row" |South Korean Albums ([[Gaon Album Chart|Gaon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2021&targetTime=30&nationGbn=T|title=Gaon Album Chart – Week 30, 2021|website=Gaon Album Chart|language=ko|access-date=September 22, 2021|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124115338/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2021&targetTime=30&nationGbn=T|url-status=live}}</ref>
|12
|}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! Date
! Format
! Label
! Ref
|-
! scope="row" |South Korea
|rowspan="2"|June 16, 2021
| rowspan="2" |[[CD]], [[Music download|digital download]], [[Streaming media|streaming]]
| rowspan="2" |{{hlist|[[RBW (company)|RBW]]|[[Kakao Entertainment]]}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! scope="row" |Various
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Planet Nine : Alter Ego by ONEWE on Apple Music |date=2021-06-16 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/planet-nine-alter-ego/1572274605 |access-date=2024-03-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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{{Onewe}}
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[[Category:2021 EPs]]
[[Category:Korean-language EPs]]
[[Category:2020s Korean-language albums]]
[[Category:Onewe albums]]
[[Category:Kakao Entertainment EPs]]