Last winter, for a while (for quite some time), this song and album played repeatedly at my place.
“Outlined at age twenty-seven, which was characterized by frequent thoughts about lives leaving the world and lives being left behind in that world, and only completed at age twenty-nine, after suffering several such large losses. It tells the story of the first year of sending loved ones, friends, or pets away first. It was a clear and not difficult track to write in the order of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, but it took quite a long time to complete. Maybe I didn't want to write too direct expressions, and I didn't want to contain only superficial emotions as well.
This is the song that took the longest to record. I usually try to express it as concisely as possible, but I did not suppress my emotions in this song. Rather, with the desire to maximize the longing, I tried my own bold (?) arrangement by making a transition in the middle rather than in the second half of the song. That's why, unlike other songs, it is a piano-based song
Despite a great loss in my world, flowers bloom without delay, stars rise, and poems are born. Between those repeated seasons, there is a ‘winter sleep’. As I sing this song, I don't break down anymore. They will know it's not a lie.”
Lyrics:
I picked a few stems of early spring and placed them by your bedroom door Once you come out after a long sleep, they'll have bloomed prettily.
I poured out a cup of starlit summer and left it by your bedside It'll soon melt away but I guess you still want to rest by yourself.
This first spring and summer without you Did they have to be so beautiful? I should show you before it all goes away You really need to see it, hmm.
Just as you'd lean on me and nap fitfully You fell asleep looking just like that What are you dreaming about? You'll tell me when you wake? Just like any morning, hmm..
I folded over a sheet of neatly written autumn and left it in your mailbox Will you underline your favorite part and read it to me when you see me?
I took a pure white breath of winter and put into it some words I said to myself Always I bear it and just endure but once in a while, immaturely, I miss you.
The freezing cold air of the year's end Seeps in between my bones I ought to hug that thin frame of yours, which will surely be shivering.
Just as you'd lean on me and nap fitfully You fell asleep looking just like that What are you dreaming about? You'll tell me when you wake? Just like any morning, hmm..
It’s unusual for a solo star to thrive in the cutthroat world of Korean pop music. Now a $5 billion global industry, K-pop, as its passionate followers across the world call it, is most recognizable for its girl and boy groups who train for up to 10 years before ever setting foot on stage. These groups, sometimes made up of more than eight people, accompany their songs with elaborate choreography, making it hard to stand out in the fierce competition as a solo artist. Except if you’re IU.
(https://qz.com/quartzy/1559464/iu-has-dominated-korean-pop-charts-for-a-decade/)
