Kim Pil - 2nd Studio Album [JOURNEY] 180g

- Singer-songwriter Kim Pil returns with his 2nd full-length album [JOURNEY] after approximately 7 years. If his 1st full-length album [yours, sincerely] was a time of fiercely offering comfort to the world, this 2nd full-length album [JOURNEY] began from the process of finally facing and understanding himself within those 7 years. During that time, there were still unfamiliar and confusing moments, but rather than chasing a set answer, he decided to fully accept himself as he is right now. He organically melted his deepened breath into a total of 9 tracks, conveying a temperature with long vitality, like music that stays in the heart unchanged for a long time and recalls one's original intentions, even amidst rapidly passing trends. The thoughts that filled him while continuing his work were concerns about music and life, and the various relationships that passed by. Amidst unexpected distance and loss experienced between people, he looked into himself carefully and was finally able to find the center of his heart. The fierce times of acknowledging and accepting himself as he is, rather than forcibly covering up wounds, gathered to become the solid backbone of the work. The nine stories flow clearly along the axis of emotional time. Starting with '5am,' which opens the door to the journey by facing the solitude and stray thoughts of dawn when all noise has subsided; 'a sign,' containing a prayer longing for a single signpost in the thick fog and a sense of powerlessness; and 'Mirror,' depicting inner wandering by shaking off inner thirst over a sensory and rhythmic sound, declaring that if it's a mirror that won't break, he'd rather erase it. Passing through 'Cheok (Pretend),' which throws a sharp question at the world's gaze and pretense and explodes honest longing with dynamic energy, we arrive at the album's title track 'Life Is Life.' The title track 'Life Is Life' sings of a solid journey that doesn't stop walking, unbound by a set frame, with an honest and witty perspective that 'life is just life' even amidst the chaos of life with no answers. This inner vortex expands into increasingly bright and solid energy, passing through 'Circle,' a brilliant sense of liberation affirming his whole self by stepping on the repeating cycle within life's round circulation, and 'Want to Be Free,' where he lays down the weight of his heart atop a warm, lyrical folk melody and finally faces true freedom. Following 'Disappearing (Feat. Park Ji-yoon),' which embraces the lingering afterglow of the dazzling moment of falling in love with the two artists' unique chemistry, and finally 'Old Friends,' which puts a warm period on the long monologue journey with affectionate warmth toward the colleagues and fans who have stayed by his side for a long time. After the times he endured alone, it is eventually filled with the warmth shared together. We hope these stories, honestly capturing the emotional journey faced during that time, will quietly stay by the side of everyone who is silently enduring today on their own paths.