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The album starts with the title track and intro "White Night" that runs only for around one minute and a half, being described as a "psychedelic stomper" that "launches into a progressive frenzy of electronic grooves and trancey rhythms", while speaking of "cherishing the moment with a loved one and wanting that moment to last forever." The second song and single "Wake Me Up" was described as having a "dream-like atmosphere", featuring "strong EDM beats", and an introduction use sounds that "play off the notion of dawn and the various fauna that can be heard during that time." In the single, Taeyang sings "Is it love? / If I want this moment to last forever", making it sound like a "confessional ballad", before building up to a "dancefloor-ready chorus." The lead single, "Darling" is a R&B ballad that was compared to his previous single "Eyes, Nose, Lips". Lyrically, the song "shows sensibility for one's significant others' actions and claims", while the singer realizes the "imminence of the moment's end, then the resulting heartache."

"Ride", which drew comparisons to the works of Michael Jackson and Usher, is a "impassioned after-hours early mid tempo track", "featuring smooth early 90s rhythms", while Taeyang sings with a "a go-weak-in-the-knees falsetto." The nu-disco song, "Amazin'", was described as a "slow-burner of a club banger" with a Weeknd production style. Lyrically, the song narrates that "a ex has attempted to resurface in his life", but the singer "is firm and resolute in not allowing her to invade his mind and heart as she did previously." The following "Empty Road" is an acoustic soft rock number, where Taeyang sings with "vulnerability" the lyrics "Because I miss you so much / Now it's an empty road with nothing in it."

"Naked" was noted for being for "mature and sensual" with an "updated Al Green-esque feel", that firsts sounds like a ballad before moving into a "fist-pumping, synth-laden chorus". The last track on the album, "Tonight", was labelled a "percussion-heavy song takes some interesting artistic liberties". A R&B song with rock influences, the songs uses a "languid bass line" over more adult lyrics, such as "It's no fun to drag it out anymore yeah? / Let's get to the point". The tracks ends with "power vocals" in the "harmonic layering" "40-second finale" that felt "almost as if he did not want to stop singing at this point."

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