[세트] 손동운 (SON DONG WOON) - 미니 2집 [Happy Birthday]

Son Dongwoon THE 2nd MINI ALBUM [Happy Birthday] I just want to tell you a quick story. I am now ending our endlessly warm spring on a good note and am on the way to a new summer. It's the season where you'll soon miss the cold dawn air and cool breeze that caress your cheeks. To prepare for this album, I went far away for the first time in a long time. Even though it wasn't a trip, the thought of going somewhere far away was quite exciting to me. Preparation time, pleasant and unexpected encounters, unexpected and difficult situations, and lucky things that were not expected but were given like gifts. And as I go through that long journey, I may go through a tedious but bearable time, and I may unexpectedly meet a kind person and gain the strength to go through the journey in a better mood. I thought that each and every one of these things was like a piece of tile that was added to my journey in the end, and as I went through all of them, my trip was ultimately completed beautifully. While thinking about that, I naturally started thinking about ‘my song’. And I thought that maybe making a song is like traveling. As you can read in more detail in my story in the album, I think that writing songs, adding lyrics, arranging, and finally meeting people who listen to my songs are all part of my song-making process. While making a song, I encounter long-time memories and memories I have had, bring out my hidden sounds, refine them, and write down words that come to mind in the process. My thoughts and feelings that I recorded and created, you choosing and playing my songs, and when you listen to my songs that way, you sometimes feel the emotions I felt when I made the songs, such as comfort or excitement. I thought that this series of fragments beautifully completed the process of my song journey. And while thinking about and preparing for all these things, I was very happy. When I think about it that way, I actually don't think I'm done with my journey yet. Maybe it won't end. If I keep choosing words like this, picking up my voice and making sounds, and you listen to my song like that. I don't even know exactly where the destination of my trip is. I am just happy enough at this time preparing for the trip. Because we already know that you don't necessarily have to reach your destination to be happy. So, on this birthday, I am going to light the fire again and make a wish. I hope you will always be with me on this aimless journey. May our journey with no promises be slow and long-lasting.