Onew and Zico Turn "Tic Tac Toe" Into a Love Game

Onew and Zico just dropped “Tic Tac Toe (feat. Zico).” It went up on October 7 at 6 p.m. KST, and it’s the second title track from Onew’s upcoming single album “Chakgak” (romanized title). So this isn’t a guest verse tucked on the side. Zico is pulling real weight here.

The song is an R&B hip hop track that treats a relationship like a game. The lyrics sit in that “more than friends, less than lovers” zone, where everything feels loaded and nobody says it out loud. The two artists read that feeling in different ways, and the track is built around that contrast.

Both of them wrote and composed the song. For a veteran idol on a single album, that’s a smart call. It shows Onew wants to sound like a grown-up in the room, not just a voice dropped on top of a beat. Zico’s credit on the writing side matters as much as the feature.

Fans can listen now, and a visualizer video is out too. The source doesn’t say when the full “Chakgak” album arrives, so that’s the next date to watch.

My take: a title track collab on a single album is not a rare move, and I wouldn’t call it a turning point. The real test is whether the rest of “Chakgak” holds up next to two title tracks. If it does, this is a strong sign that Onew is putting real effort into this release.