Highlight - 4th Mini Album: AFTER SUNSET [Random 1 out of 3 versions]

HIGHLIGHT(Highlight) THE 4TH MINI ALBUM [AFTER SUNSET]

I hope the most natural world is always with us.

The season is getting colder again. It's already been 6 years since we met as Highlight and Light. And we're greeting you again with another album like this.

It's strange to think about. Beyond the simple proposition of fans and singers, now we are the strongest allies in the world sharing camaraderie, and sometimes we feel warm and exciting feelings, and we are also the closest friends sharing each other's worries, and we spend time feeling all the emotions in the world. We may have never seen each other's faces, but we need each other and gain strength from each other. How did we get this strange but strangely plausible relationship?

You gain energy from watching us. You smile while listening to our songs. You say you learn something from watching us. We may have never met in person, but you say our existence itself is a gift. You say we are the reason for living. You've gone through so many things that we can't even count, crying and laughing and spending every day together. Actually, it doesn't seem like we've done much for you, but you keep being happy watching us. You make us feel like all these things are natural to us, even though they are not.

In this rapidly changing world, we may lose our way more often than we do now. Sometimes, we may be confused by a world where there are common senses different from what we knew. But we will gain the courage to do anything once again with this unchanging relationship. And we will continue to try to be people we are not ashamed of in the future. We're going to be better people than we are now. Because we know that you, who give us strength, are ultimately good people.

Just like night turns into midnight, and then dawn, and then morning comes, just like light comes to us after the darkness, we hope that the day will continue when we naturally sing and you naturally listen to our songs. I hope we can be such natural people who can be grateful for this time when we can sing to you as if it's nothing, and yet we can always stand before you as we are.

And lastly, I hope this album will be another unforgettable season for you.

#01. Alone

Lyrics: BXN

Composition: BXN

Arrangement: BXN

It is a pop track that is impressive with its retro texture and minimal color, and at the same time, the development of a retro feel, and is filled with sound with a simple bass theme and clean drums.

Everything is annoying and meaningless except for you, but the heart filled with you ironically makes me lonely. Two personas that are felt every moment exist in a dual way. The severe thirst is painful, but on the other hand, the feeling is not entirely unpleasant, a monotone felt on the gorgeous side, and a straightforward confession that I will gladly jump into you even though it is painful. Alone shows a casual yet paradoxically not light love by expressing these dual messages emotionally and sometimes sensually.

#02. PAPER CUT

Lyrics: KZ, Kim Tae-young, DINT

Composition: KZ, Kim Tae-young, DINT, David Simon

Arrangement: KZ, Kim Tae-young

A sophisticated and dreamy piano is an attractive uptempo R&B song. The sophisticated and unique voices and emotional melodies of the Highlight members stand out.

A paper cut is made unconsciously or in a fleeting moment, but once it is cut, it leaves a mark for quite a long time and deeply. The traces left by a departed love are just like that. The wounds left in the heart break me down more severely than I thought. It sings of the pain of the harm left to me as much as the love I gave.

#03. S.I.L.Y (Say I Love You)

Lyrics: Lee Gi-kwang, Park Sol, NOD

Composition: Lee Gi-kwang, Park Sol, NOD

Arrangement: NOD

Honest and lovely lyrics are placed on top of a soft synthesizer sound with a pinkish feel. As you listen to the song, you can naturally imagine a romantic drama that draws you into the other person.

In fact, the highlight of the song is in the title. Say I Love You = S.I.L.Y. Everyone becomes a fool when they fall in love, and that's me. I'm a fool for saying I love you to you, but that's so good, and the happiness of a person in love flows into my heart through Highlight's sweet vocals.

#04. PRIVACY

Lyrics: VO3E, Lee Gi-kwang, Kim Positive, ZNEE

Composition: VO3E, MLC, Jo Michelle (SINGING BEETLE), Lee Gi-kwang

Arrangement: VO3E

PRIVACY, which has a rhythmic yet dreamy atmosphere and a sense of drive, is a groovy song with a sense of maturity that harmonizes with the energetic beat with a masculine feel. In the feast of minimal yet heavy synth bass and 808 sound, admiration for the beauty of the person in love and a strong attraction, the hot moment of two people in love is dramatically melted into the keyword 'PRIVACY'. It is a different song where you can enjoy the delicate singing and dramatic emotions of the Highlight members and the climax of maturity.

#05. I Don’t Miss You

Lyrics: SOOYOON, Lee Gi-kwang

Composition: Moon Kim, Lee Gi-kwang, $?N (Sun), Bae Min-soo

Arrangement: $?N (Sun), Bae Min-soo

An R&B song that melts the lingering heart that cannot forget a lover with a lyrical melody and Highlight's unique vocals.

The heart that knows it's over and gives up, but doesn't want to let go, flows through the lonely vocals. As you listen to the song, the groovy rhythm, emotional melody, and Highlight's sensibility bring an early winter.

[Album Specifications]

- Album size: 210*280mm

- Book thickness: 6mm

- Photobook: 72p (Images vary by version)

- CD-R: 1 type (Images vary by version)

- FOLDING POSTER: Random insertion of 1 out of 4 types (Images vary by version)

- POST CARD: Random insertion of 1 out of 4 types (Images vary by version)

- FILM PHOTO: Random insertion of 1 out of 4 types (Images vary by version)

- PHOTO CARD: Random insertion of 1 out of 16 types (Images vary by version)

- STICKER: 1 type inserted (Images vary by version)

- First edition limited POSTER: 1 type given (Images vary by version) 

Author: Highlight

Publisher: KAKAO ENTERTAINMENT