[TRANS] Dongwoo Interview with CéCi Korea (Mar 2018) Part 2 - About INFINITE
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Translation by @yeolsprout (Edited and posted with permission. Please do not remove credits or crop translation.)
a b o u t I N F I N I T E
It’s a comeback after 1 year and 4 months, and it’s not a mini(-album) or a single but a full-length album. I think the emotions towards the music would be different from before.
It’s an album we released after recontracting and re-organizing, they’re emotions which cannot be described in words as it’s been so long. I cried a lot during (the) first (day of our) fanmeeting too. Those emotions couldn’t be described in words. It’s an album filled with a mix of happiness, apology and a whole bunch of (other) emotions.
Was this album planned as a full-length album from the very beginning?
It was originally a mini-album. But the number of songs kept increasing, and there were more and more things (we) wanted to show (to everyone) so it became a full-length album.
Isn’t that a pity? You could’ve split it up into various singles or mini-albums instead.
Yeah. But I don’t think that fits our personality. (We) just wanted to show everything. The songs which were initially chosen as title songs are all included in (this album). This may not be a good decision to make if looking at it from a business point of view. But we wanted to say that we have been constantly preparing for this when we were not active.
In terms of music there are lots of comments saying that it’s yet another growth (for you guys) with this album, but it’s interesting how the lyrics are still the same.
There are many genres in this album. (Just) looking at the solo songs we (already) have ballad, dance, bossa nova and hip-hop. But yet the lyrics for the songs which INFINITE have all gathered to sing are ‘come back to me, to me’. Haha.
Has that now become a tendency that’s only for INFINITE?
The composers said that it should be (revolving around) obsession when (making) music for INFINITE. (They) said that it must (give off a) desperate (feel). In the past we also used to think ‘why are we so desperate’, but it has now become lyrics which are the easiest for us to express. But just who is the person (we’ve) been asking to come back like this, who is the person that left? Haha. Nevertheless it’s good that we’re expressing (this). There are more people who likes obsession than I/we thought.
Is there an INFINITE-only rule which was naturally created among the members after having spent 8 years together, if any?
We made/agreed on this one together. To not consume (any) alcohol no matter what and at least be polite to each other the day before (our) broadcast (appearance). And even if (something) is eventually brought up as a conversation, (we) still make it interesting on broadcast no matter what. This is what we do (as a promise to ourselves) but it’s also (basic) manners to the viewers and listeners.
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