It debuted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and Billboard World Albums chart. The EP, along with the performance video of its second track "Beware" ( Korean: Grrr 총량의 법칙), was released on January 8, 2018, while the performance video of "Spread My Wings" ( Korean: 어린 날개) was uploaded online a week later. It contains seven tracks co-written and co-composed by the members, including "Hellevator" and other songs that they performed on the show. Meanwhile, Surfin', a fun, frothy bop from wildcard trio Changbin, Lee Know, and Felix, possesses a massively catchy hook that seems destined for TikTok virality.Stray Kids at a fan event in the COEX Live Plaza in January 2018.Īlong with the launch of Stray Kids' official website, JYPE announced the release of the group's pre-debut extended play (EP) titled Mixtape. And "Gone Away," from members Han, Seungmin, and I.N, is a properly heartwrenching ballad from three of the group's most emotive vocalists. The dramatic "Red Lights," from Bang Chan and Hyunjin, is explicitly sexy - a first for the group, if only on a unit track - with its guitar crooning and sultry vocals (whispers, whines, and vocal fry galore). "Silent Cry," composed by 3RACHA and Hong Jisang, who often works with labelmates DAY6, is seamless in its rhythmic dissonance and steady propulsion. The liquid drum and bass outro on "Domino" is electric, evoking the spirit of past songs like " 0325" and signaling Bang Chan's penchant for unconventional EDM. NOEASY, however, truly gleams when Stray Kids step out of their comfort zone. It's nothing we haven't heard before from the multitalented artist (see: "Another Day" and "Sunshine"), but Han is only becoming more brazen in his introspective talents. "Secret Secret" highlights his genius for writing cozy melodies and articulating universal thoughts of self-doubt and temporal dread. Whereas Changbin has a knack for expressing immediacy through sheer, blunt force, Han likes to linger in his feelings.
On "Sorry, I Love You," Changbin sharpens his pen, revealing the rapper-producer's innate talent for dialing up the emotional intensity and lyrical specificity. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. So what? Album opener "CHEESE" (again, all caps!) roars to life with a grimy guitar riff before rapper Han smugly reminds naysayers, "Whatever you say, it's all fun to me / Thank you, I love it / Gonna create chaos with our nonsense now." On NOEASY, written and composed primarily by the group's in-house production trio 3RACHA (made up of members Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han), they not only lean into this distinction, they own it. (Even the typography is yelling at you, eschewing the internet's collective lowercase fixation for a brazenly all-caps proclamation.) It's a cheeky play on words, a sharp response to critics who say Stray Kids don't make music, they just make noise.
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On their latest album NOEASY, Stray Kids perfect their ability to make even the quiet parts unabashedly loud, showing us how to live with the noise - not run away from it.Īs the South Korean group's second full-length release in a little over a year, NOEASY is teeming with attitude. To others, it's something more: an anthem, a declaration, a song.
The incessant blare of a car horn the siren keening down the street the artificial chirp of a camera the clang of pots and pans the impish laugh of a stranger.
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