the sun, the moon

Rocket Releases Debut Solo Album “The Sun, The Moon″

BEE’s Rocket has dropped her first solo album! Rocket debuted seven and a half years ago as the main dancer and main rapper of her group. BEE became an instant hot topic with debut song “Irony” and were known as the most influential girl group in South Korea at the peak of their career. After appearances on both Show Me The Money 4 in 2015 and Unpretty Rapstar 3 in 2016, Rocket is the first member of BEE to make her official debut as a soloist.

“The Sun, The Moon” is an eleven-track album, including the pre-release single “You, Clouds, Rain”, which features Decipher’s Duri. Other featuring artists on the album include soloist Julien Shin, fellow BEE member JiJi, and Knight’s Taeyong, who all contributed to the writing of their respective songs. Not only is the album a vehicle for Rocket’s voice both as a rapper and singer, but her other talents like songwriting and producing are apparent on all of the album’s tracks, too. The last two songs on the track list, “Star (Rain Ver)” and “Sleep Tight (Acoustic Ver)”, are alternate versions of songs appearing earlier on the album.

The album’s title track “Star” is reminiscent of the pre-release track in its melancholy style, but also includes a reminder of Rocket’s rapping ability in an emotive, conversational rap verse. The song will be promoted for two weeks on music shows, and side track “Sleep Tight” will also be performed for the first week of promotions.

Check out the tracklist and notable song credits below!

TRACKLIST

The Sun, The Moon in Love ft. Julien Shin (written by Julien Shin and Rocket, produced by Rocket)

Star (written and produced by Rocket)

Who Am I ft. JiJi (written by JiJi and Rocket, produced by Rocket)

Sleep Tight ft. Taeyong and Julien Shin (written by Taeyong, Julien Shin, and Rocket, produced by Rocket)

Cover Up (written and produced by Rocket)

You, Clouds, Rain ft. Duri (written by Duri and Rocket, produced by Rocket)

In The Time Spent With You  (written and produced by Rocket)

Ocktabbang (written and produced by Rocket)

In the Rain ft. JiJi (written by JiJi and Rocket, produced by Rocket)

Star (Rain Ver)

“you’re very welcome.” nabi smiled and title her head to the side a little. “i’m ot sure, let me think.” there were a few options and she tried to go through them. which would make her the happiest? as soon as they walked in she gravitated towards the snacks despite how many she had in the car already. “i think i’d try my hand at owning a business.” as an idol she worked for her fans but as an owner she’d work for herself.

she stopped in front of a bag of chips. “should i or should i not?” in the end she grabbed the chips. “isn’t it amazing to think about the what if’s in life. if we both hadn’t been idols would be hanging out right now?” nabi turned to haeun with a grin. “i’m glad i became an idol even with the draw backs i’ve made some good friends.”

haeun nodded her head, impressed at the way nabi was thinking. some idols would answer something that would still be related to music, but nabi’s ambitious dream was something that not even a normal person would consider. there’s so many things that could go wrong with owning a business, but at the same time, the satisfaction, the pride, and the income (never forget the income) of owning a business sounded gratifying. “that’s great. what kind of business, though?” she asked back.

Over the years, especially in the past several months since she had been given the title of leader of their little group, Jisoo had become somewhat of an expert at deflecting things from herself. She didn’t want to talk about herself or how many struggles she was having, because it made it harder for her to deal with things. She was the queen of repressing and suppressing everything, so that she wouldn’t have to face it. If she was tired, she would take on more tasks so she wouldn’t have the time to think about how tired she was. If she was hungry, she would dance harder and drink more water. If she was frustrated, she would take out her frustrations on her training. 

That probably wasn’t the healthiest way for her to deal with things, but it sure as hell was the easiest way for her to deal with things. She was more than okay with people being open with her, coming to her so they could get advice on things, or even just so they could vent to her, but going to other people and doing the same thing? She could never do that. She could never allow herself to be so vulnerable with someone else. It was ironic, and slightly hypocritical, but could you blame her? She was the caretaker, not someone who needed to be taken care of. Or at least that wasn’t how she saw herself. 

So when Haeun began prodding at her, goading her and asking her if she needed to talk to her, Jisoo just smiled and shook her head once more. She knew that the younger girl knew how tired and worn out she was, but there was no way in hell she would be verbalizing that. She was strong, she could power through it. She had done it for that long, so she would continue to do so. 

“Stop worrying about me, Haeun.” Her tone was light and airy as she waved her hand dismissively, trying to move past the subject at hand. “I’m fine, I promise I am. You’ll be the first person I come to if I ever decide that I want to talk, okay? Cross my heart.” She made the childish motion of drawing an ‘x’ on her chest, right over where her heart would be. “Thank you for the offer though, I really appreciate it.” And she did, maybe even more than Haeun could even realize that she did. 

“Okay, that’s dealing with one boy, compared to having to deal with anywhere from three to six more. See how big of a difference that is?” She didn’t know how male leaders did it, having to deal with all those guys under one roof. She knew that boys could get a little rowdy from time to time, so it wouldn’t be surprising to her if arguments tended to break out more often than with the girls. Although, granted, girls could get catty and argumentative too. She knew that from experience. “Campsite? I’ll have to pass on that.. I’m a city girl, Haeun. I don’t do the wilderness. How about we go to Busan?”

haeun knew better than to force jisoo to pour out her heart so suddenly. jisoo owed her nothing (if anything, haeun was the one who owed jisoo). while the younger knew the dangers of ignoring one’s problems and shoving them under the rug, haeun just couldn’t prod into jisoo’s business, she could only sit and wait for jisoo to tell her out of her own volition. there needs to be a deep level of understanding and trust, even if they already consider each other sisters, it would be still be hard to trust someone so openly to the point you feel you can tell them anything just out of the blue.

so haeun said nothing and simply nodded, “no problem.” she bit her lips after realising that both of them were not so different after all. they quietly suffered with their problems. they had different ways of coping. haeun’s way was to act as if nothing was bothering her––to be loud, to be funny, to be silly––because people won’t ever expect the happiest member of the group to be somebody who was suffering. when people didn’t suspect her of anything, they won’t ask questions and haeun could forget her problems. sure, sometimes at night, haeun would suddenly feel the heavy weight of the world on her shoulders (like what just happened earlier), but she would always find ways to ignore it.

ignoring her problems might come back in the future to bite her in the ass, but, right then, it seemed like the only feasible option. she needed to keep this up, at least until she debuted, that was her main focus as a trainee. would the people from the company care if haeun was feeling down? she was surrounded by a lot of people (trainers, CEOs, other trainees), but at the same time... she still felt so lonely...

“yeah, it’s pretty different,” haeun chuckled, recalling some of the stories from a couple of the male trainees she had come across. it was crazy the way they would fight or goof off with each other. haeun couldn’t imagine how chaotic (and dirty, ugh) it would be living with up to 10 boys in the same small dorm. “but at least you can deal with one boy and i think that’s skill enough.”

the comment caused him to lazily lift an eyebrow at the girl, eyeing her clearly unimpressed.  aren’t you like one year older than me noona?” he asked with a playfuly scoff. “i think this attention problem you have may be all your but sure, blame it on your age.”

another scoff fell from his lips. “an achievement? are we setting the bar that low today.” perhaps it was the fact that yes, jaewon was more competitive than he was ought to or maybe it was just that his personality didn’t exactly lend itself to often being enthusiastic about small things. either way, there wasn’t a lot to celebrate in his eyes. “can’t say i know the feeling, perhaps one day.” when they’d finally stop winning nothing else than damn rookie awards that was.

for the dramatic effect of it all, he exagaredtly fist pumped into the air at the tiny victory before turning back to the tv, walking through the song list at a leisurely pace. he chuckled under his breath at the soft whisper of her voice, trying to to infleunce him. for a second he toyed with the idea to settle for the most upbeat song he could find. “a slow one? are you tired already grandma?” he teased yet contrarily to his words settled for ariana’s grande the way, that would have to fit the girl’s qualifications right?”happy now princess?”he asked, not waiting for her answer as he selected the song.

“oh, no. age has no factor on this,” she scoffed back. “just imagine me sitting next to you and you try to talk to me, but i’m too distracted with scrolling through my instagram. how would you feel?” she tried to level with him, to make him see her point of view. based on her own experiences, she would find herself in awkward situations where she had to wait for other people to finish up with their phones. she’d be a bit more understanding if they were busy with work or anything that requires immediate attention, but if they were just on their phones liking pictures of dogs, then haeun wished they’d put their phones away.

“hey, just trying to lighten the mood up you know?” she shrugged, fixing the controller that was slipping out of her hand. “cause you seem quite tense when you didn’t win the game.” she raised her eyebrows in a teasing manner. “someday you’ll win, just hang in there. but just remember that, winning or losing, you and your unity boys are still stars in my eyes.” haeun was incredibly fond of the group and like every other groups in the industry, they were incredibly hardworking.