Taemin described his third full-length album Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 as a ŌĆ£thriller movie.ŌĆØ This album is the first part of TaeminŌĆÖs third full-length album, and will complete his new full-length album with Act 2. Taemin introduced the album by saying, ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs terrifying in a way, but it also acts as a link to the next album Act 2.ŌĆØ He tried to make the album itself like a full movie and took ŌĆ£movieŌĆØ as a reference. In the album, he talked about the agony and challenge of breaking through the familiar world and finding a new identity just like a story from a movie. With the synthwave title track ŌĆ£Criminal,ŌĆØ he melted the opponentŌĆÖs fatal charm under the theme of ŌĆ£Stockholm syndromeŌĆØ in the lyrics, and completed an intense song with TaeminŌĆÖs sensual voice and powerful performances.
Taking the motif from Hermann HesseŌĆÖs novel Demian, Kim Namjoo released a solo song with a completely different feeling from ApinkŌĆÖs pure and lively charm. Bird is a new album that shows solo artist Kim NamjooŌĆÖs determination to show her power. She was inspired by this line ŌĆ£The bird fights its way out of the eggŌĆØ from the novel Demian and tried to express how the bird breaks out of its egg to become a female warrior. The title track of the same name is a trap music appropriately added with oriental elements, and contains NamjooŌĆÖs heartfelt message of ŌĆ£I wonŌĆÖt hesitate to fly for everything I love and dream.ŌĆØ
YooA, the first OH MY GIRL member to make a solo debut, has released her first mini-album Bon Voyage, which includes a total of five songs, including the dreamy and mysterious title track ŌĆ£Bon Voyage.ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Bon VoyageŌĆØ is a song that combines a cinematic sound with YooAŌĆÖs unique voice. It also and tension with subtle jungle rhythms. YooAŌĆÖs mystical voice goes perfectly with the synth-pop sounds. The scene of a child running freely in the arms of Mother Nature reminds us of a mysterious journey in the movie Moana. Source (1)
