Baek Yerin – [Tellusboutyourself] 2nd Album

Description

Baek Yerin – [Tellusboutyourself] 2nd Album

Release Date: January 8, 2021

Contents (per version):

• 1 CD
• 1 Booklet (88 pages)

Depending on versions, contents (cover, photo book, mini book, photo cards, posters, etc.) in the official album package may vary.

All products are officially distributed BRAND NEW and FACTORY SEALED packages.

Your purchase quantity will count towards HANTEO, CIRCLE (GAON) and BILLBOARD Charts.

[Track List]

DISK(CD) 1.
01. Lovegame
02. You’re so lonely now, so you need me back by your side again
03. I am not your ocean anymore
04. Hall&Oates
05. Ms. Delicate
06. Interlude
07. Loner
08. HOMESWEETHOME
09. Loveless
10. Hate you + tellhim (*title)
11. 0415 *title
12. I’ll be your family!
13. I’m in love
14. Bubbles&Mushrooms

Description (Translated):

It is 14 songs. Compared to 2019’s [Every letter I sent you.], the number has decreased, but considering the climate where album production is reluctant, it is still a considerable volume. Perhaps this is the product of my desire to prove that I still have a lot left to show and tell. The b-side tracks are evenly compliant, and the build quality of each is clear. Compared to [Our Love Is Great] and [Every letter I sent you] from a year ago, it is almost accurate to say that the curves are clearer.

The album encompasses R&B, house, dream pop, and modern rock. Even if it is dreamy, it knows how to push forward with a power-packed development, and shifts gears exquisitely to change the atmosphere smoothly. To compare, in Yerin Baek’s world, centripetal and centripetal coexist, albeit paradoxically. In other words, he knows how to bring out different textures for each song while maintaining consistency. It’s not just because of the sense of volume of 14. Listening to the new album [tellusboutyourself] is no different from enjoying colorful textures. how to say It is a certain state that only musicians who are at the center of their own world and who are good at transformation can achieve it.

Even so, there is no corner that stands out as a stimulus. It is clear that Baek Ye-rin is the type of musician who rides with the flow and enjoys it. Listen to the first song ‘Lovegame’. After spitting out a strong word, he steps back to allow the performance to flow and repeats the echo-like chorus, rather planting the best part of the song here. In this section, he brings out a small exclamation through the way he builds up the sound gradually and subtly.

How about ‘You’re so lonely now, so you need me back by your side again’. It is a song that progresses as if the sound spreads through a dream-like sound spectrum. A super low-frequency bass was laid on the base to lay a solid foundation, and on top of that, a guitar solo and sound effects reminiscent of wind were added to realize three-dimensionality. No matter how you look at it, it is a different song from ‘Lovegame’. There is one more. Through the drumming of ‘I am not your ocean anymore’ that bursts right after ‘You’re so lonely now, so you need me back by your side again’, we know that [tellusboutyourself] is a product of thorough planning in the album context. Able to know. Above all, it is a song with considerable charm in the chorus, where the harmony of powerful vocals and saxophone performance stands out.

It is said that the singles pushed by the signboard are two songs, ‘Hate you’ and ‘0415’. In ‘0415’, which is rooted in house, they focused on creating a unique vibe through phrases that repeat contraction and expansion like a bellows, whereas in ‘Hate You’, although the level of lyrics is low, it reveals the most popular accessibility. There is no point that feels unfamiliar. His songs always naturally permeate the whole within the range of not losing individuality.

At this point, I will write about musical changes. The key seems to lie in the emphasis on dynamics and bold musical changes. If there is one decisive difference from the previous work, this is it. A typical example is the break part of the aforementioned ‘Lovegame’ and after 2 minutes and 30 seconds of ‘HOMESWEETHOME’, which raises the listener’s concentration in the form of segmenting the sound. However, in terms of reversal strength, the first place is unconditionally ‘Mr. It should be Delicate’s share. Among them, I hope you pay attention to the climax of the second half of the song where Yerin Baek’s vocal draws a dynamic picture.

In the case of ‘Hall & Oates’, which proceeds with a dreamy piano performance, the music influenced by it was directly engraved. In addition to Hall & Oates, they include Light and Salt and The Bird & The Bee. Among them, The Bird and the Bee has released a cover work in which almost all of the songs on the album are filled only with Hall and Oats music. I recommend listening to it if time permits. If Yerin Baek is your favorite, this is an album that could be your favorite.

It’s time to talk about the lyrics. [Every letter I sent you] proves that English is not a problem, so let’s leave it out of the question. Rather, the depth lies in Baek Ye-rin’s vocalization. No, to be more precise, his vocal tone is ‘the way it is implemented with sound’. First of all (with a few exceptions) Baek Ye-rin’s music basically does not have a large deviation in melody. First off, this is important. Next, mention should be made of the placement of the sound, i.e. the sense of space. Baek Ye-rin’s voice is overconfident in her excellent delivery power, so it doesn’t go too far. Aim for vocals that resonate clearly but do not protrude.

The grounds are all set. Based on these two directions, he gives listeners a fascinating impression of singing as if talking. According to the interview, [tellusboutyourself] means to ask the numerous selves within you to tell you about yourself. In this respect, the album acts like a diary that preserves memories.

However, this should not be misinterpreted as mere past-memory. This is because remembering is not just a task of restoring memories by objectifying them, but a process in which the realization of the remembering subject permeates. Isn’t that so? Think about it. The past doesn’t make your present. Rather, it is your present that (re)constructs your past. This album is just that. Each song represents each ego, and Yerin Baek melted the various experiences she had to go through in the past year into delicate lyrics. Therefore, interpretation of the lyrics is essential.

As explained so far, the range of change is not small. Nevertheless, I believe that the first priority is always to find out ‘what has not changed’. Baek Ye-rin’s new album [tellusboutyourself] becomes an album that dreams of change while remaining unchanged. The fact that Bang Min-hyeok joined as a new co-arranger in addition to his existing partner Cloud proves this.

There is another thing that is constant. As much as she grew up on the platform of YouTube, Yerin Baek will again play music that perfectly suits the coordinates of the YouTube generation, that is, the 2020s. For example, this is music that you don’t need to create or find a separate playlist for. This is because you can get more satisfaction from playing this album without having to access YouTube. [Tellusboutyourself] will be remembered as a successful result ‘again’ in capturing the symbolic expression of the present era.

Conclusion. It is an album with a wider field of view and a longer range, even though the position on which one stands is unchanged. Indeed, those who set their eyes on the future should not ignore the past. From now on, he will begin to turn over the calendar of the future beyond expressing the diary of the past through the lens of the present.

Written by Bae Soon-tak (music critic, Bae Cheol-soo’s music camp writer)

Description (Original):

14. 2019 [Every letter I sent you.] . , . , . 1 [Our Love Is Great] [Every letter I sent you.] .

, , , . , . . . 14 . [tellusboutyourself] . . .

. , . Lovegame . . , .

Youre so lonely now, so you need me back by your side again . . , , . Lovegame . . Youre so lonely now, so you need me back by your side again I am not your ocean anymore [tellusboutyourself] . .

Hate you 0415, . 0415 , Hate you . . .

. . . Lovegame , HOMESWEETHOME 2 30 . 1 Mr. Delicate . .

Hall & Oates , . (Hall & Oates) , (The Bird & The Bee) . . . .

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