[랜덤] ENHYPEN (엔하이픈) - [DIMENSION : ANSWER]

‘Global K-pop Rising Star’ ENHYPEN Releases First Full-Length Repackage Album ‘DIMENSION : ANSWER’! The story of seven boys who rejected the answers set by the world… ‘DIMENSION : ANSWER’ Title track ‘Blessed-Cursed’… Boys who realized that everything was a curse, not a blessing ‘Global K-pop Rising Star’ ENHYPEN has released their first full-length repackage album, ‘DIMENSION : ANSWER’. Following their debut album ‘BORDER : DAY ONE’ on November 30, 2020, and their second mini-album ‘BORDER : CARNIVAL’ on April 26, 2021, ENHYPEN broke their own records with their first full-length album ‘DIMENSION : DILEMMA’ on October 12, 2021, emerging as a ‘Global K-pop Rising Star’ beyond being a ‘4th generation hot icon.’ Now, after about three months, they have returned with the repackage album ‘DIMENSION : ANSWER’. “The story of seven boys who decided to reject the answers set by the world and find their own ‘answer’” Through the previous ‘BORDER’ series, ENHYPEN depicted boys connected to a new world. In ‘BORDER : DAY ONE’, they expressed the complex emotions the boys felt leading up to their debut, and in ‘BORDER : CARNIVAL’, they unfolded their honest feelings about the unusual world they encountered after debuting. With the new ‘DIMENSION’ series, they express the story after realizing that the other world they entered is a ‘world of a new dimension (DIMENSION) that is more complex and contradictory than expected.’ In ‘DIMENSION : DILEMMA’, the first work of the ‘DIMENSION’ series, the boys became connected to various ‘desires’ in a complex world and fell into a dilemma, unable to easily decide which desire to pursue. Having experienced the contradictions and conflicts of desire, the boys were bewildered and anxious, but they decided to do what they could right now and rushed forward, thinking, “Maybe we can find the answer?” Having become different from before by recognizing ‘desire’, the boys began to worry, “How should I live? Who on earth am I?” and realized one important fact: that “the world is wrong.” The story of the boys, who began to have doubts and distrust toward the world and decided to focus on the present rather than following the predetermined answers, is contained in this album, ‘DIMENSION : ANSWER’. The world always told the boys, “How long are you going to live like that? You need to understand reality and wake up!” To the existing logic that one must win the competition, the boys ask, “Does everything work out if I live as the world dictates?”, “Then where am I going?”, and “What will become of me?” However, the world reflected on social media was a complete ‘mess’. For those who realized how messily the world around them was running, the society that forced them only to win the competition and the ‘answers’ set by such a society inevitably lost their trust. Ultimately, the boys decide to search for ‘their own way’ rather than the logic set by society. Of course, just as they didn't know what the answer was when facing their desires, they still do not know for certain what ‘their own answer’ is. With the thought that they will “endure today well and focus on the present,” they decide to turn their current ‘real life’ into a ‘god-life’ (exemplary life) and begin the experience of moving toward a slightly different path, not based on the standards set by society for the first time. Title Track ‘Blessed-Cursed’… Boys Who Have Cast Off Their Shackles “The conditions surrounding me and the order of the world—whether a blessing or a curse—I will handle them myself now.” The boys have always played games where they won from an advantageous position. Thus, they regarded all the conditions that had been given to them and the order of the world that tried to tame them as blessings (Blessed), but they have now realized that all of those things were actually curses (Cursed). They already know that if they continue to follow the given conditions and the order of the world as they have done until now, everything could unfold easily and smoothly. Having witnessed firsthand how messily the world operates and becoming aware of the state of the world surrounding them, they no longer wish to imprison themselves in these shackles, whether they be blessings or curses. The title track ‘Blessed-Cursed’ is a song that contains the story of boys shouting that they will take charge of their own lives and telling others to stop interfering. The image of the boys, who have grown distrustful of society yet have not yet found the answer, is expressed through two concepts: ‘NO’ and ‘YET’. In the ‘NO’ concept, the boys' cynical gaze toward the world that oppressed and interfered with them is revealed. Having realized that the world has deceived them, they express their dissatisfaction without hesitation, and in the eyes of the boys who have learned the truth, meaningless spaces simply shrink. In the ‘YET’ concept, the boys are set against a backdrop of a vast grassland. Their faces show a mixture of complex emotions, combining the anxious feeling of “Will I be able to do well?” with the determination of “Still, let’s live through reality well!” ENHYPEN, who completed a performance full of freshness with various point choreographies such as the ‘fanning dance’ and ‘kick-off dance’ in the previous ‘DIMENSION : DILEMMA’ title track ‘Tamed-Dashed’, plans to showcase a powerful and intense side with this title track ‘Blessed-Cursed’. While the intro choreography set to a rocking guitar sound and the powerful hip-hop-based elements melted throughout the performance make it impossible to look away, this song is also filled with diverse point choreographies. From the ‘Prayer Dance,’ which expresses a prayer-like motion to match the lyrics “inside a fake blessing,” to the ‘Lion Dance,’ which embodies a heavy and powerful walk like the ‘lion’ in the lyrics “walk like a lion,” and the ‘Fight Dance,’ which brings out the intense and dynamic feel of the song by thrusting a fist in front of the face, various point choreographies have completed an energetic, ENHYPEN-style performance. The music video is also noteworthy. The ‘Blessed-Cursed’ music video captures a retro mood by utilizing the currently trendy ‘end-of-the-century’ sensibility. In the music video expressing the ‘end-of-the-century’ vibe of the transition from the 1990s to the 2000s, the seven members increase the level of immersion by expressing their complex and confused emotions in their own ways within a space composed of colors and structures reminiscent of that era. Along with this, ENHYPEN's trademark powerful group dance unfolds on a set where primary colors stand out alongside various lighting, perfectly recreating the sensibility of that time. In particular, the scene where the members count down together to the New Year transitioning into the 2000s directly presents the era the music video intends to express, the ‘end-of-the-century’ feeling of that time, and the resulting retro mood, further enhancing the viewing pleasure. In this ‘DIMENSION : ANSWER’, three additional songs, including the title track ‘Blessed-Cursed’, are included in addition to the 8 songs featured in the previous ‘DIMENSION : DILEMMA’. "Polaroid Love," a song about boys who feel a special sense of the emotion known as love through Polaroid photos and believe that the moments of their own captured in those photos will be eternal, and "Outro : Day 2," which closes the album, have been added. As such, this repackaged album, filled with 11 songs of various genres, is expected to satisfy listeners. As one of the most watched groups among K-pop groups! "Moving beyond '4th generation hot icons' to become 'global K-pop rising stars.'" With their first full-length album 'DIMENSION : DILEMMA,' ENHYPEN set a personal record by surpassing 810,000 copies in first-week sales, while also recording the highest first-week album sales of all time among 4th generation K-pop boy groups. This album took 1st place on Japan's Oricon Daily Album Chart, Weekly Album Chart, and Weekly Combined Album Ranking, and reached 11th place on the US Billboard main album chart, the 'Billboard 200,' which is 7 spots higher than their second mini-album 'BORDER : CARNIVAL.' In particular, ENHYPEN recorded cumulative sales of 1.13 million copies for 'DIMENSION : DILEMMA' on the Gaon Monthly Album Chart in October 2021, becoming 'million sellers' less than a year after their debut. Having established themselves as one of the most watched groups on the global K-pop stage by showing unrivaled growth with every album release, ENHYPEN has signaled that they will continue this upward momentum through this first full-length repackaged album.