(PRE-ORDER) NINA - [WHY NOT ME?] 2nd Mini Album
NINA - [WHY NOT ME?] 2nd Mini Album
Release Date: September 15, 2026
Contents (per version):
- 1 CD
- 1 Photobook (80 pages)
- 1 Sticker
- 1 Postcard
- 1 Folded Poster
- 4 Photo Cards
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Depending on versions, contents (cover, photo book, mini book, photo cards, posters, etc.) in the official album package may vary.
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Your purchase quantity will count towards HANTEO, CIRCLE (GAON) and BILLBOARD Charts.
[Track List]
DISK(CD) 1.
01. Shadow Boxing (Korean Ver.)
02. QT (Korean Ver.)
03. mamapapa (Korean Ver.)
04. Why (Korean Ver.) *title
05. Tell Me Where Are We (Korean Ver.)
06. 해줘 (Say It for Me) (Korean Ver.)
07. Shadow Boxing (English Ver.)
08. QT (Chinese Ver.)
09. mamapapa (Chinese Ver.)
10. Why (Chinese Ver.)
11. Tell Me Where Are We (Chinese Ver.)
12. 就骗我一次 (Say It for Me) (Chinese Ver.)
Description (Translated):
*Album specifications- Photobook: W 187 x H 258 (mm) / 80p / 1 type
- CD-R & Envelope: W 125 x H 125 (mm) / 1 type
- Sticker: W 100 x H 150 (mm) / Insert 1 type
- Postcard: W 100 x H 150 (mm) / 1 type inserted
- Folded Poster: W 350 x H 500 (mm) / 1 type inserted
- Photo Card: W 55 x H 85 (mm) / Inserts 4 types
"WHY NOT ME?" is NINA's second mini-album, featuring the growth story of NINA, who eventually discovers herself through love.
From the excitement and push-and-pull of first love, through the anxiety and hurt of wavering in a relationship, and past regret and separation, until finally realizing how to love oneself.
The six tracks flow along with the various emotions of love, ultimately completing a youth narrative of a girl growing up.
In this album, NINA sings about the process of discovering her true self through the experience of love, rather than a story about loving someone.
Facing her emotions—sometimes bold and playful, sometimes honest and composed—it captured the purest and most realistic feelings a girl can experience, just as they are.
Musically, centering on Contemporary R&B, the album organically traverses various genres such as Hip-Hop, Pop, Swing EDM, Alternative Pop, and Ballad, expressing the changing emotional arcs in a three-dimensional way across each track. Producer Lee Hyun-seung, who has created numerous hit songs including EXO's "CALL ME BABY," Ailee's "Show You," Davichi's "8282," Kim Tae-woo's "Love Rain," and Baek Ji-young's "Don't Forget Me," spent about a year working with NINA to deeply study her voice, emotions, and individuality, completing music that captures NINA's unique color rather than following trends. "WHY NOT ME?" is an album that embodies NINA's unique musical identity born from this process. Through collaboration between Korean and international producers, it harmoniously blends the distinctive sensibility of K-POP with a global pop sound, while NINA's clear and distinctive vocals bind the entire album together into a single narrative.
Furthermore, by producing both Korean and Chinese versions, it was completed as a global project targeting both the Korean and Greater China markets simultaneously, and is a meaningful work that demonstrates NINA's musical potential and her first step as a global artist.
Ultimately, *WHY NOT ME?* is not a story about love. It is the most honest record of a girl who comes to understand herself through the emotion of love, transforms her wounds into growth, and finally learns to love herself.
Love is not about meeting someone, but about the process of discovering yourself.
Description (Original):
*앨범 사양- Photobook : W 187 x H 258 (mm) / 80p / 1종
- CD-R & Envelope : W 125 x H 125 (mm) / 1종
- Sticker : W 100 x H 150 (mm) / 1종 삽입
- Postcard : W 100 x H 150 (mm) / 1종 삽입
- Folded Poster : W 350 x H 500 (mm) / 1종 삽입
- Photo Card : W 55 x H 85 (mm) / 4종 삽입
《WHY NOT ME?》는 사랑을 통해 결국 자기 자신을 발견하게 되는 NINA의 성장 스토리를 담은 두 번째 미니앨범이다.
첫사랑의 설렘과 밀고 당기기, 관계 속에서 흔들리는 불안과 상처, 그리고 후회와 이별을 지나 마침내 자신을 사랑하는 방법을 깨닫기까지.
여섯 개의 트랙은 사랑의 다양한 감정을 따라 흐르면서도 결국 한 소녀가 성장해 가는 하나의 청춘 서사를 완성한다.
이번 앨범에서 NINA는 누군가를 사랑하는 이야기보다, 사랑이라는 경험을 통해 진짜 자신의 모습을 발견해 가는 과정을 노래한다.
때로는 당돌하고 장난스럽게, 때로는 솔직하고 담담하게 자신의 감정을 마주하며, 한 소녀가 느낄 수 있는 가장 순수하고 현실적인 감정을 있는 그대로 담아냈다.
음악적으로는 Contemporary R&B를 중심으로 Hip-Hop, Pop, Swing EDM, Alternative Pop, Ballad 등 다양한 장르를 유기적으로 넘나들며 트랙마다 변화하는 감정선을 입체적으로 표현했다. EXO의 'CALL ME BABY', 에일리의 '보여줄게', 다비치의 '8282', 김태우의 '사랑비', 백지영의 '잊지 말아요' 등 수많은 히트곡을 탄생시킨 프로듀서 이현승은 약 1년 동안 NINA와 함께하며 그녀의 목소리와 감정, 개성을 깊이 연구했고, 트렌드보다 NINA만의 색깔을 담아낸 음악을 완성했다. 《WHY NOT ME?》는 그렇게 탄생한 NINA만의 음악적 정체성을 담은 앨범이다. 한국과 해외 프로듀서들의 협업을 통해 K-POP 특유의 감성과 글로벌 팝 사운드를 조화롭게 담아냈으며, NINA만의 맑고 개성 있는 보컬이 앨범 전체를 하나의 이야기로 이어준다.
또한 한국어와 중국어 버전을 함께 제작해 한국과 중화권 시장을 동시에 겨냥한 글로벌 프로젝트로 완성했으며, NINA의 음악적 가능성과 글로벌 아티스트로서의 첫걸음을 보여주는 의미 있는 작품이다.
결국 《WHY NOT ME?》는 사랑에 대한 이야기가 아니다. 사랑이라는 감정을 통해 스스로를 이해하고, 상처를 성장으로 바꾸며, 마침내 자신을 사랑하게 되는 한 소녀의 가장 솔직한 기록이다.
"사랑은 누군가를 만나는 일이 아니라, 나 자신을 발견하는 과정이다."
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