NA103’s New Single ‘To Love Is To’: A Deep Dive into Love’s True Nature

Released on the 17th, the single does more than add a new song to their catalog — it records the questions NA103 is now asking. Where their previous single, Love Hurts, traced the emotional rupture of love’s wounds, To Love Is To asks what comes after.

Asking whether love is a wound or a way of being, NA103 arrives at a simple conclusion: love is ultimately about giving oneself — an act of offering who you are.

Built on a hard-rock backbone and driven by vocalist Tom Ji’s distinctive tone, the single pushes its emotional arc to the limit and engages listeners on a visceral level. The music video centers on the mantis: the male’s willingness to give himself to the female serves as a stark metaphor, suggesting love is devotion rather than possession, choice rather than calculation.

NA103 is a duo — Tom Ji and Joren — but they don’t adhere to a traditional band model. They operate as a song-centered project, collaborating with players who suit each track to craft their sound with precision. This approach is not mere expansion but a deliberate choice to elevate their music, and they plan to extend it to live shows. To reproduce the studio’s dense sound on stage, they’re assembling a live session team of domestic and international musicians.

Their second single, Love Hurts, released in January, drew attention after surpassing one million YouTube views without TV promotion. NA103 doesn’t view that as an endpoint; they emphasize sustainability — watching how sensory experience accumulates through repeated listens and live performances rather than one-off interest.

NA103 plans to continue releasing singles to carry their message forward. They may be an unfamiliar name now, but this record is a clear point of departure. They’ve even left the phrase: Think Stop. Sense Open.

[TV Daily Reporter Jinseok Kim news@tvdaily.co.kr/Photo=NA103]