댄스 팝 (Dance Pop)

上週的週末，我們騎著腳踏車越過了東部的五座山坡。五座山每座山都有不同的個性和艱辛。對於初學者來說，這不是一個簡單的路線。五個山丘中的第一個是“벗고개”。這條路從一開始就高到似乎沖向天空。這是一個陡峭的斜坡，即使在遠處看都會讓人感到害怕。在這山坡前會抱著‘現在的我什麼都不是’心態並變得非常謙虛。抱著‘看看會發生什麼吧’的好奇心出發。在這陡峭的斜坡默默的踩著腳踏板前進。如雨的汗，凹凸的道路以及威脅著自行車的粗俗的汽車，這些都變消失，感官變得及其單純。尖叫的肌肉和急促的呼吸成為了這個世界的全部。 登上第一座山坡後，聽了貝多芬的《第9號交響曲》。心情好到像在天空飛翔一樣。現在抱著這心情往下坡出發了。下坡涼爽宜人，但也非常可怕。害怕會飛上天空。 我在서후고개（第二座山坡），명달리（第三座山坡）的山頂休息時，聽了Wedance的“그저 하고 싶다는”和Ride的“ Vapour Trail”。在第四個山坡중미산騎車時聽了Pavement的“ Terror Twilight”專輯。奇妙的葉子陰影落在了身體上。抱著感動騎車的關係，有種一點也覺得累的錯覺。越過중미산，喝完一杯冰塊滿滿的美式咖啡，一邊放鬆著身體一邊聽著My Bloody Valentaine的‘Only Shallow’。美式咖啡和音樂很快的被血液吸收。期待已久最後的山坡—— ‘유명산’山頂。在汽車聲和風聲中，我們鼓掌和擁抱。 以上是跨越東部5個山丘的故事。這個故事不知道您是否喜歡。一天越過五個山丘經歷感覺就像是濃縮的人生短段。聽著音樂放鬆身心，然後再次爬上山坡，再騎向下坡。在樹葉的陰影緩慢的騎行的時間裡，音樂陪伴在身邊。當這首歌讓我心情變好，又給我打氣。我毫無抵抗的被吸引進“我現在在做什麼”的複雜心情中。有些人會覺得，明明是要介紹專輯，怎麼在寫要刊載到自行車雜誌裡的文章。但是如果你的反應夠快，一定看出了我像傳達的意思。 《DANCE POP》這張專輯可以根據不同角度來介紹。如果只從一個角度來寫的話，總感覺會留下遺憾，所以很難用書面的形式來說明。我們創作的歌曲裡有很多是沒有任何明確的目的或標准。這和生產產品是完全不同的領域。或者僅僅是因為想做得更好。 收入了10首歌曲珍貴的專輯，誕生了。想像一下在地鐵時，在放鬆時，在街上騎著自行車時，歌曲也在一起流淌吧。無論是在什麼情況下，音樂總能施展改變我們情緒的魔術。 It is hard to categorize Wedance into any specific genre. Calling it electronic music doesn’t really work because of the big rock band like electric guitar sound. That said, simply labelling them as rock music doesn’t work either because a lot of their music is based on pre-programmed instrumental tracks. We can’t call it dance music because the sound is tangled with distortion and fuzz. We treasure being called ‘old-school’. However, rather than deliberately aiming for a retro sound, we decided that at the same time as using modern updated gear, we would also not ignore some of the valuable aspects of doing things the traditional way. For example, after sitting on a rooftop terrace all day, jotting down ideas, Wevo wrote the lyrics for the first track on the album 'Stop At Nothing'. As she watched the sunset, her mind became sharper and her emotions came out, she wrote “In no time my glazed pupils, not bloodshot were getting sharper” using a simple pencil and paper. We like to express those things through music. Emotions left in the heart that yearns for the fun things in life. The sentiment that flows through this album relates to this idea. Like the song ‘Just Want To Do It’, which is about the Skyking who ventured out on his first (and last ever) flight, just because he wanted to do it. ‘City Punk’ is about that feeling when you are out in the streets, everybody is being cautious and intimidated, making it hard to speak and act freely. There are so many things you want to do, like not ignoring those desires to play in the water fountain and to just give it a shot. ‘On a Paper’ is about having the courage to write a letter to a friend to frankly tell them how you feel, even if it is not “cool” to do so. We spent a lot of time thinking about the sound for this album and ended up using a lot of fuzz. We really wanted to avoid distortion as much as possible and aimed to make a more aggressive and destructive sound. As part of this, we developed a playing style that intentionally uses two notes which have conflicting frequency interference. It is Old School, and as far as I know, a new sound that no one else has played. You can hear it in tracks 1, 4, and10. The music Wedance has been always pursuing is explosive and in your face pop, not the gentle, played in the background type. We love music that makes our listeners move. Our new album ‘DANCEPOP’ is full of songs we love. It doesn't matter whether or not these songs are the Dance Pop that people usually think of. We just wanted to get the listeners' hearts pumping and blow their minds. You might feel betrayed if you are imagining some popular, traditional Dance Pop songs, but from the beginning, this is what we think of as dance-pop. Ironically, this Dance Pop album will likely be enjoyed more by people who prefer City ‘PUNK’ rather than City ‘POP’.