Eddy Kim - [Miles Apart] 3rd Mini Album
Eddy Kim - [Miles Apart] 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Contents (per version):
- 1 CD
- 1 Booklet (40 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. Last
02. 떠나간 사람은 오히려 편해
03. 사랑 모양
04. 달라
05. 초능력
06. Miles Apart
Description (Translated):
Eddy Kim's 3rd mini album [Miles Apart]- Eddy Kim's new album after 3 years and 9 months, returning with more mature music and emotions
- Eddy Kim's deep and heartfelt story told to you who are suffering from love that has left you
- Completed musicianship shown through overall album production
Singer-songwriter Eddy Kim released his third mini-album [Miles Apart].
The 2014 debut album [How to Use You] showed that soft tones and moody music are Eddy Kim's basic fundamentals. Since then, Eddy Kim has changed little by little and secured freshness and newness.
The second mini-album [Sing Sing Sing] in 2015, which broadened the musical spectrum through various genres such as bluegrass and slow jam, as well as folk, which was mainly showcased. In addition, various musical attempts leading to the singles 'Paldangdam', 'Kungkwangdae', 'Bet on me', and 'Whoa Whoa' proved that Eddy Kim is a musician with many talents.
Eddy Kim, whose emotional maturity has matured as much as his musical breadth has deepened, brought out his sincere story from this album released in his 20s to complete more sincere music.
The new album [Miles Apart] is a story about love that has gone away. Eddy Kim, who has drawn sweet love stories such as 'How to Use You' and 'The Master of Pushing and Dancing', made an album with the theme of separation for the first time.
Eddy Kim has the talent to unravel even the universal subjects of love and breakup.
The title song 'People who left are rather comfortable' is drawn from the perspective of a man struggling with traces of love left here and there after a breakup. A new love that is different from now ('Different') sings a heart that hopes it won't be painful and pointed like the past ('Love shape'), dreams of a superpower that can go back to the time I had with her after we broke up ('Superpower '), and a sudden, unexpected breakup ('Last', 'Miles Apart') to maximize the sadness.
In this way, Eddy Kim's breakup song draws sympathy from the public in a special perspective.
The six songs on the album are based on the pop sound that Eddy Kim enjoys listening to since he was a child, and the sophisticated melodies are implemented with a simple yet harmonious composition of instruments such as guitar, keyboard, and drums, through which you can feel Eddy Kim's unique groove.
As always, Eddy Kim wrote and composed all the songs in this album, and if he received help from outstanding senior musicians in the company such as Yoon Jong-shin and Cho Jung-chi in the 1st and 2nd albums, this time, he got out of the fence and worked on the songs, album jackets, etc. He faithfully fulfilled his role as the general producer of the album and showed the face of a complete musician.
In addition, the completeness of the album was improved through collaboration with talented participants such as composer Seo Won-jin of Zion T's 'Yanghwa Bridge', jazz musician Yoon Seok-chul, producer Cloud, Kim Dong-ryul and arranger Jeong Su-min of 'Reply'.
< Track Review >
1.Last
(Lyricist: Eddy Kim / Composers: Eddy Kim, Yoon Seok-cheol / Arrangers: Yoon Seok-cheol, Eddy Kim)
"Perhaps we shouldn't meet, but something like that fate separated us"
: A song depicting the last moments of a heartbreaking breakup. Eddy Kim's voice, which sounds like he is singing while restraining his emotions, makes it even more depressing to the concise sound that Eddy Kim's best acoustic guitar and Yoon Seok-chul's delicate piano melody are added to.
2. People who left are rather comfortable
(Lyricist: Eddy Kim / Composer: Eddy Kim / Arranger: Cloud)
“The person who left is rather comfortable. Finish all the preparations and throw away the farewell.”
: title song. The story is told from the perspective of a person left behind who cannot easily organize his mind because of the traces of love left here and there by the person who left. Eddy Kim's mournful falsetto bursts into the heart in the chorus.
3. Love shape
(Lyricist: Eddy Kim / Composers: Eddy Kim, Seo Won-jin / Arrangers: Eddy Kim, Seo Won-jin)
“If only the painful shape and the sad shape were not sharp, would I be able to endure it?”
: 'I don't know what love looks like.' What does love look like? What was the shape of love with someone you met before, so you broke up? I hope that the next love will not be only painful.
4. Different
(Lyricist: Eddy Kim / Composers: Eddy Kim, Seo Won-jin / Arrangers: Eddy Kim, Seo Won-jin)
"I think you're special. There's something different about you."
: This song was written with the certainty that she is a special person incomparable to anyone else. The unique sound of the Gibson electric guitar added to the groove of the song.
5. Superpowers
(Lyricist: Eddy Kim / Composer: Eddy Kim / Arranger: Yoon Seok-cheol)
"Give me superpowers. Take her back and give her unspeakable happiness."
: A superpower that everyone dreams of at least once. 'What if I had one superpower?' This song, which started from imagination, wrote the lyrics with the hope that, although it would be nice to have the extravagant psychic powers of becoming rich, I would have the psychic powers to regain the ordinary daily life I had with the person I loved. This is the track where you can feel Eddy Kim's sophisticated sensibility the best.
6. Miles Apart
(Lyricist: Eddy Kim / Composer: Eddy Kim / Arrangers: Jung Soo-min, Eddy Kim)
“I don't need to take long distance airplanes anymore. Our nonsense love is over.”
: It is a song written in English with lyrics written in English that still vividly linger on Eddy Kim's last expression and feeling at the airport on his way back to Korea after he had no choice but to break up with his girlfriend to enlist in the army while studying abroad. A painful song that anyone who has experienced a long-distance separation can sympathize with.
Description (Original):
에디킴 세 번째 미니앨범 [Miles Apart]- 한층 무르익은 음악과 감성으로 돌아온 에디킴의 3년 9개월 만 새 앨범
- 떠나간 사랑을 앓는 당신에게 들려주는 에디킴의 깊고 진한 이야기
- 앨범 총괄 프로듀싱으로 보여준 완성형 뮤지션 행보
싱어송라이터 에디킴이 세 번째 미니앨범 [Miles Apart]를 발표했다.
부드러운 음색과 무드있는 음악이 에디킴의 기본적인 기조임을 알려준 2014년 데뷔 앨범 [너 사용법]. 이후 에디킴은 그 안에서 조금씩 변화를 주며 신선함과 새로움을 확보했다.
주로 선보였던 포크뿐만 아니라 블루그래스, 슬로우잼 등 여러 장르를 통해 음악적 스펙트럼을 넓힌 2015년 두 번째 미니앨범 [Sing Sing Sing]. 여기에 싱글 ‘팔당댐’, ‘쿵쾅대’, ‘Bet on me’, ‘워워’ 등으로 이어지는 다양한 음악적 시도는 에디킴이 많은 재능을 갖춘 뮤지션임을 증명했다.
음악 폭이 깊어진 만큼 감정의 성숙도도 무르익은 에디킴은 20대 끝자락에 발표하는 이번 앨범에서 자신의 진솔한 이야기를 끄집어내어 보다 진정성 있는 음악을 완성했다.
새 앨범 [Miles Apart]는 떠나간 사랑에 대한 이야기로, 그동안 ‘너 사용법’, ‘밀당의 고수’ 등 달달한 사랑 이야기를 그려온 에디킴은 처음으로 이별을 테마로 앨범을 만들었다.
에디킴은 사랑, 이별이란 보편적인 소재도 진부하지 않게 풀어내는 재능을 가지고 있다.
타이틀곡 ‘떠나간 사람은 오히려 편해’는 이별 후 여기저기 남겨진 사랑의 흔적 때문에 힘들어하는 한 남자의 시선에서 그렸다. 지금과는 다른 새로운 사랑('달라')은 과거처럼 부디 아프고 뾰족한 모양은 아니었으면 하는 마음을 노래하고(‘사랑 모양’), 헤어진 그녀와 함께 했던 시간으로 돌아갈 수 있는 초능력을 꿈꾸는가 하면(‘초능력’), 예정에 없던 갑작스러운 이별(‘Last’, ‘Miles Apart’)로 애절함을 극대화시키기도 한다.
이렇게 에디킴의 이별 노래는 특별한 시선 속에서 대중의 공감을 이끌어낸다.
앨범 수록곡 6곡은 에디킴이 어렸을 때부터 즐겨듣는 팝 사운드를 기본으로 기타, 건반, 드럼 등 간결하면서도 조화로운 악기 구성으로 세련된 멜로디를 구현했으며, 이를 통해 에디킴만의 그루브를 느낄 수 있다.
늘 그렇듯 에디킴은 이번 앨범에서도 전곡 작사, 작곡했으며, 1집, 2집에서는 윤종신, 조정치 등 회사 내 출중한 선배 뮤지션들의 프로듀싱 도움을 받았다면, 이번에는 울타리에서 벗어나 곡 작업부터 앨범 자켓 등 비주얼까지 앨범 총괄 프로듀서로서 역할을 충실히 해내며 완성형 뮤지션의 면모를 보여줬다.
또한 자이언티 '양화대교' 작곡가 서원진, 재즈 뮤지션 윤석철, 프로듀서 구름, 김동률 '답장' 편곡자 정수민 등 실력파 참여진들과 협업을 통해 앨범 완성도를 높였다.
< Track Review >
1. Last
(작사: 에디킴 / 작곡: 에디킴, 윤석철 / 편곡: 윤석철, 에디킴)
"어쩌면은 우린 만나선 안 되는 뭔가 그런 운명이 우릴 갈라놨나 봐"
: 가슴 아픈 이별의 마지막 순간을 그린 노래. 에디킴이 가장 잘하는 어쿠스틱 기타와 윤석철의 섬세한 피아노 선율이 더해진 간결한 사운드에 감정을 절제하며 부르는 듯한 에디킴의 목소리가 더욱 먹먹하게 만든다.
2. 떠나간 사람은 오히려 편해
(작사: 에디킴 / 작곡: 에디킴 / 편곡: 구름)
“떠나가 버린 사람은 오히려 편해. 준비를 다 끝내고 이별을 던져.”
: 타이틀곡. 떠나간 사람이 여기저기 놓고 간 사랑의 흔적 때문에 쉽게 마음을 정리하지 못하는 남겨진 사람의 시선에서 풀어낸 이야기. 후렴구에서 터지는 에디킴의 애절한 가성이 가슴을 파고든다.
3. 사랑 모양
(작사: 에디킴 / 작곡: 에디킴, 서원진 / 편곡: 에디킴, 서원진)
"아픈 모양만 슬픈 모양만 뾰족한 모양만 아니라면 견딜 수 있을까."
: 'I don’t know what love looks like.' 사랑 모양은 어떻게 생겼을까? 전에 만나던 사람과의 사랑 모양은 어땠길래 헤어졌을까? 다음 사랑은 아픈 모양만 아니기를 바라며.
4. 달라
(작사: 에디킴 / 작곡: 에디킴, 서원진 / 편곡: 에디킴, 서원진)
"I think you’re special. 너라는 사람은 뭔가 달라."
: 다른 누구와 비교할 수 없을 만큼 그녀가 특별한 사람임을 확신하며 쓴 노래이다. 깁슨 일렉 기타만의 특별한 사운드가 노래의 그루브를 더했다.
5. 초능력
(작사: 에디킴 / 작곡: 에디킴 / 편곡: 윤석철)
"내게 줘요 초능력. 그녀를 되찾아 못다 한 행복을 주게."
: 누구나 한 번쯤 꿈꾸는 초능력. ‘나에게 한 가지의 초능력이 생긴다면?’ 상상에서 출발한 이 노래는, 부자가 되는 화려한 초능력도 좋겠지만 사랑했던 사람과 함께 했던 평범한 일상을 되찾을 수 있는 초능력이 생겼으면 하는 마음을 담아 가사를 썼다. 에디킴의 세련된 감성을 가장 잘 느낄 수 있는 트랙이다.
6. Miles Apart
(작사: 에디킴 / 작곡: 에디킴 / 편곡: 정수민, 에디킴)
“I don’t need to take long distance airplanes anymore. Our nonsense love is over.”
: 유학 생활 당시 에디킴이 군대를 가기 위해 여자친구에게 어쩔 수 없이 이별을 통보하고, 한국으로 돌아가는 공항에서 느꼈던 마지막 표정, 기분이 아직도 생생하게 남아 영어로 가사를 쓴 곡이다. 장거리 이별을 경험한 사람이라면 백번 공감 가는 아픈 노래.
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