‘Comeback’ CLOSE YOUR EYES: “Sampling Senior Artist Yoon Si-nae’s Track Brought Both Pressure and a Sense of Responsibility” [Star On-Site]

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The idol group CLOSE YOUR EYES (Jeon Min-wook, Ma Jing-shi-yang, Jang Ye-jun, Kim Sung-min, Song Seung-ho, Ken Shin, Seo Kyung-bae) directly shared their thoughts on their comeback.

CLOSE YOUR EYES held a comeback press conference at 1 p.m. on the 30th in the Montblanc Hall on the 6th floor of The Riverside Hotel in Jamwon-dong, Seoul.

CLOSE YOUR EYES will release their fourth mini album ‘256th Note’ through major online music streaming sites at 6 p.m. on the same day.

On that day, CLOSE YOUR EYES stated, “We are back after five months. We wanted to create good memories with our fans.” They added, “We will show you a wonderful side by bringing the genre of jazz. We expressed the charm of our unique personality through ‘Drop That!’ It was awkward and fresh for us as we encountered jazz funk for the first time. Sampling a song from a senior artist also felt like a burden, but we strived to express it with our own colors while carrying a sense of responsibility.”

‘256th Note’ is an album inspired by the fleeting moments created spontaneously by individual instruments and the freedom and improvisation characteristic of jazz that draw deep immersion from within those moments. Rather than focusing on formulaic expression, the album captures the process in which passing moments are completed into a single piece of music, concentrating on the emotions and flow of the moment.

The title track ‘Drop That!’ is a song that samples Yoon Si-nae’s ‘Enjoy This Night,’ considered a pioneer of Korean jazz funk, and reinterprets it in a 90s street hip-hop style. It combines the unpredictable improvisation of jazz with the sampling techniques unique to hip-hop, adding CLOSE YOUR EYES’ unique sensibility on top of powerful string lines and upright bass sounds.

Previously, CLOSE YOUR EYES had released ‘Open Your Eyes,’ which unfolded the free-spirited feel of jazz through the grammar of hip-hop and R&B, showcasing a lyrical and delicate texture.

The album includes a total of seven tracks: ‘Open Your Eyes’ and ‘Drop That!’; ‘Vibe Check,’ a pop number featuring urban piano and groovy drum beats; ‘Slowly Bleed,’ which combines elements of electro-pop and alternative R&B; ‘Fool For You,’ an R&B track with a vintage and romantic atmosphere; ‘Baby Bossa Nova,’ which adds modern pop sounds to bossa nova; and ‘Eternity,’ a pop ballad based on warm acoustic piano.

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