@@AggressivelySweet Not counting the former ninth member, they were all 16-19 when they wrote and recorded this. (They were also pretty f*cked up because they were in the middle of the survival show at the time.) Especially for a bunch of extremely stressed-out kids, this song is so impressive.
Not everyone got a rap part, but five did, so yeah, more than half. I _think_ the "one with the pills" you're thinking of might be District 9. Just guessing, but it's the only MV where I've repeatedly seen people think the little note scrolls with the escape plan written inside look like red pills. _I Am Not_ was their debut album (March 2018), which was their second album overall, since they released the predebut album, _Mixtape,_ even before they actually debuted. Anyway, _I Am Not_ is several years old. But they _did_ just drop their newest album six days ago, so there's seven new songs, plus the Korean version of Circus. They decided to play with a theme they've never focused on before, along with their usual experimenting with all sorts of styles, so as always, it's an interesting mix. I doubt you'll like them all, but they're worth hearing. And if you do end up checking out the title track, "Case 143," my advice is to watch the video so you get the visual support of the two conflicting sides, but also put on good headphones and then listen to it a couple times with your eyes closed. I was a bit iffy at the start because it's not a theme I'm generally interested in and often find outright off-putting, and I got distracted by that and the overwhelming, sometimes purposely ridiculous visuals. But when I settled in with solely the audio, I started catching _so_ much other stuff, and I genuinely think it's one of their best-produced songs ever. Sonically, it's really complex as well as cleverly constructed in how it supports the lyrical and conceptual side. But you have to go in knowing in advance that they're being very deliberately over-the-top cutesy, and it's meant to be campy af rather than taken seriously, since it's pointing out the absurd, out-of-control, over-the-top aspect of the lyrics/theme. Basically, don't expect the "we'll kill you, and you'll like it" banger style. Instead, it's a hybrid of banger and bop, deliberately contrasting each other back and forth, to convey the two conflicting sides of ones mind when brain-hijacking sh1t like infatuation strikes. And if that one's not your thing (which I kind of doubt it will be unless you listen several times and get drawn in the by the brilliant production), there are half a dozen other new songs, including three unit tracks.
![[ENG]가슴에 진한 국밥🔥 쏟게 하는 국위선양🇰🇷 아이돌🧭 필릭스&창빈 EP.9](/img/n.gif)
Predebut stray kids..they started on fire
Woooow this is predebut? Daaaamn they started hooot
@@AggressivelySweet Not counting the former ninth member, they were all 16-19 when they wrote and recorded this. (They were also pretty f*cked up because they were in the middle of the survival show at the time.) Especially for a bunch of extremely stressed-out kids, this song is so impressive.
Not everyone got a rap part, but five did, so yeah, more than half.
I _think_ the "one with the pills" you're thinking of might be District 9. Just guessing, but it's the only MV where I've repeatedly seen people think the little note scrolls with the escape plan written inside look like red pills.
_I Am Not_ was their debut album (March 2018), which was their second album overall, since they released the predebut album, _Mixtape,_ even before they actually debuted. Anyway, _I Am Not_ is several years old. But they _did_ just drop their newest album six days ago, so there's seven new songs, plus the Korean version of Circus.
They decided to play with a theme they've never focused on before, along with their usual experimenting with all sorts of styles, so as always, it's an interesting mix. I doubt you'll like them all, but they're worth hearing. And if you do end up checking out the title track, "Case 143," my advice is to watch the video so you get the visual support of the two conflicting sides, but also put on good headphones and then listen to it a couple times with your eyes closed. I was a bit iffy at the start because it's not a theme I'm generally interested in and often find outright off-putting, and I got distracted by that and the overwhelming, sometimes purposely ridiculous visuals. But when I settled in with solely the audio, I started catching _so_ much other stuff, and I genuinely think it's one of their best-produced songs ever. Sonically, it's really complex as well as cleverly constructed in how it supports the lyrical and conceptual side. But you have to go in knowing in advance that they're being very deliberately over-the-top cutesy, and it's meant to be campy af rather than taken seriously, since it's pointing out the absurd, out-of-control, over-the-top aspect of the lyrics/theme.
Basically, don't expect the "we'll kill you, and you'll like it" banger style. Instead, it's a hybrid of banger and bop, deliberately contrasting each other back and forth, to convey the two conflicting sides of ones mind when brain-hijacking sh1t like infatuation strikes. And if that one's not your thing (which I kind of doubt it will be unless you listen several times and get drawn in the by the brilliant production), there are half a dozen other new songs, including three unit tracks.