#回:Song of the Sirens: Apple

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This is the third and final installment of the '回' trilogy., The name Walpurgis Night is a reference to the day when people celebrate Saint Walpurga-an 8th century abbess who battled witchcraft.

1. Mago

Declaring themselves as witches that won't be swayed by other’s gazes nor judgement, it expresses one's honest desires, positivity and confident attitude through a fancy and shining festival. With retro synthesizers riffs and danceable drum beats, the 1980s- style music is recalled in 2020 through GFriend’s own style.

2.Love Spell

The song tells about the desire of having a love potion to be able to receive love without concern and anxiety, but there is no such thing in the world. Though it is based on the biggest relationship concern in one’s 20s, it’s not a love that’s like a magic, but it talks about having an honest relationship.

3. Three of Cups

tells a story of that moment when the other ‘us’ are clinking our glass and gaining encouragement from each other, it always gives strength and courage., It is a song that depicts friendship

4. GRWM (short for "Get Ready With Me")

it's a story about living your own. It conveys a message of trying our hard so that we could be a better "me" every day, through taking care of those trivial happiness in your repeated daily life.

5. Secret Diary

It is Yerin and SinB’s unit song that depicts a female friendship that converses through a secret diary.

6. Better Me

It’s a song based on Sowon’s and Umji’s experiences that tries to tell a story of overcoming uncertain moments and finding your own color with a result of when it suits you, you'll bloom beautifully. It is a frank consolidation that wants to be conveyed to someone who might be intimidated somewhere.

7. Night Drive

It is Yuju’s and Eunha’s unit song .It uses a metaphor of each member's heart to a driveway where at times it feels like a congested highway, at times it's beautiful like a shining streetlamp. It is a song that carries the message of giving comfort to yourself and between each other every night that it is okay to change your destination when it's not easy to get to your designated destination.

8. Apple

reflect a girl who wavers in front of temptation, but who is also honest and confident about her desires.

9.Crossroads

It describes a girl’s state of mind during an intersection of choices through the word “crossroads”. It expresses complex thoughts of whether to stop or cross over, and if so, in which direction to go.

10. Labyrinth

It tells the story of a girl who is torn between two selves, whether to stay as it is or escape from the world in a colorful maze.

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https://gfriend.fandom.com/wiki/回:Walpurgis_Night

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GFRIEND TEASER 回:Song of the Sirens: Apple

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GFRIEND (여자친구) | Apple (2020)

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回:Song of the Sirens - EP - GFRIEND

回:Song of the Sirens – EP – GFRIEND

回:Song of the Sirens – EP

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回:Song of the Sirens: Apple

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여자친구 (GFRIEND) - Apple

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[gfriendunited]

GFRIEND: Reinterpreting Myth With “回” Series

GFRIEND have been borrowing women from literature and myth to be the subjects of their “回” series: Ariadne and the Labyrinth from the myth of Theseus; the mythical Siren and Biblical good and evil; Faust’s Walpurgis Night and medieval witches. The first scene of “回” depicts a clock turning backwards against a galactic backdrop, and the final scene closes with a backwards moving train, both of which reveal a desire to return to a time filled with friends and fun. This serves to symbolize a feeling that combines looking back on the past while contemplating choices for the future, and at the same time reversing motifs borrowed from myths and novels.

“回:Labyrinth” recalls the story of Ariadne who, although she plays a decisive role in Theseus’s safe escape from the Labyrinth by handing him the ball of yarn he unravels just outside the entrance, is remembered only as his forgotten lover. Unlike the established myth that focuses on Theseus’s courage, however, the focal points of the album are Ariadne’s thread and the Labyrinth. In “Twisted”, the concept photo for “回:Labyrinth”, Ariadne’s thread is there for her, not for Theseus, bundling herself up or interweaving with the others’ threads to enfold their surroundings. Seeing the members with thread in hand gives the impression they’ve each become Ariadne, wandering the Labyrinth. Unlike a maze with its crossroads leading through various possible routes, the Labyrinth has one path which is complexly tangled and difficult to navigate, but escape is possible by going back the way you came in. Therefore, in the B-side “Labyrinth”, GFRIEND are conflicted between whether to stay in a beautiful maze world or to escape from it, and, in case of “Crossroads”, the title song, they wrestle with which way to turn when two sides of the self clash. When GFRIEND sing in “Labyrinth”, “If you want to do it for me, I’m going to the end”, they focus on the inner lives of women, like Ariadne, whose story plays an important role in Theseus’s heroic tale but is often disregarded as a mere afterthought, and instead grant her a narrative. In the GFRIEND version, Ariadne unravels the thread for herself, not for her lover, and wanders through the Labyrinth, placing women who play crucial roles, but had been left anonymous, at the forefront.

Following Labyrinth, the theme of temptation is explored in Song of the Sirens and its title track, “Apple”. Original sin started when, deceived by the words of the serpent, Eve eats the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and offers some to Adam. Unlike the Biblical portrayal of women as merely suffering as a result of temptation, the Siren myth connects women and temptation by portraying them as the temptresses themselves. The Sirens lure passing sailors with their physical beauty and pure song, and the sailors, possessed by song, steer their boat toward the Sirens’ island, only to die in the shipwreck, or else jump into the water to take their own lives. But as GFRIEND member Umji says, “Apple” is a song that “shows a girl standing before unexpected temptation, wavering. I don’t think the word ‘temptation’ carries an exclusively negative meaning.” And so the dictionary definition of enticing another onto a bad path through innocuous words or actions, and the usual image of temptation in fables, are turned on their head in “Apple” with lyrics like, “Why does that icy decision / Hurt me so? Was it a mistake?” The allusion to a “translucent glass bead glowing red” also connects the current incarnation of GFRIEND to the group’s earliest days and their debut song “Glass Bead”. Even if they can’t be sure the path they’ve chosen is the right one, they know what they want because they ate the forbidden fruit. In the “Tilted” concept photo, significant items from previous music videos, such as a diary, teddy bear, and flowers are placed on one side facing an arrangement of jewelry, money, shoes, etc. These latter items are regarded as negative, materialistic symbols of vanity and extravagance, but the group bravely weighs these two competing desires. Having followed the Siren’s song and finding the forbidden fruit, GFRIEND know what they want, and have themselves become Sirens, captivating audiences with their beauty and their elegant voices. They reject the preexisting symbolism behind temptation and flip it into a positive image.

Walpurgis Night’s title track, “Mago”, summons forth witches and their festival. As portrayed in Goethe’s Faust, Walpurgis Night is an ominous and profane day of overindulgence. When celebrated today, firewood is burned in the place of witches. But unlike in the past, when women accused of being witches were distrusted, GFRIEND’s reinterpretation presents the “modern witch”, through which they reveal women’s ambitions more realistically and in greater detail. In “My Room”, one of the album’s concept photos, the members portray these girls of the past wandering to the end of the Labyrinth to express, unwaveringly, the various themes of self-reliance emphasized throughout the “回” series: women’s material desires (Sowon), aspirations of beauty (Yerin), and the need for self-expression (SinB). This kind of subject matter connects with lyrics from the final track, “Wheel of the Year”, on the “回” series’ latest album: “It felt like I was trapped in a gigantic maze / The me who kept stopping at crossroads / Wandering around”, and, “What’s the answer? Don’t be afraid.” Like this song, with its ending not yet decided and racing toward “the place my heart responds”, awakening the image of a woman who does as she pleases, GFRIEND summons to the present not a wicked woman but the reinterpreted image of independent femininity revealing itself.

Before embarking on the “回” series, GFRIEND hinted at their growth through their shifting views on love: “Protect me always, so I won’t break”, they sang on “Glass Bead”; the reason they wanted to “run through time and become an adult” was for you (“Rough”), since “I [was] still just a shy girl” (“Navillera”). They sound serious as they sing “[I’ll] control your heart” in “Fingertip”, and, “Looking at you / Even in an uncertain future / It’s getting a little closer” in “Sunrise”, as if to say “you are my everything” to their love. The growth and change in GFRIEND’s lyrics were once centered around loved ones—friends, lovers, etc.—but their focus shifts little by little to the self as the “回” series unfolds. While “Crossroads” moves its focus slightly to the “I” who struggles to make a decision at one such intersection, there remains a feeling of being lost because “everything is still filled with you”; whereas in “Labyrinth”, the point of view pivots to the self: “If you want to do it for me, I’m going to the end.” Even more striking is the change in lyrics from the first half of “From Me” to the end: “from me to you” becomes “from I to me”. Five years after their debut, GFRIEND, seemingly destined to evolve, choose not to “go back” (the meaning of “回”) and instead grow by changing their theme from “love you” to “love yourself”, delivering a message of self-reliance to women by asking them to redirect their love inward. This can be seen as well in “My Girls”, the concept photo for Walpurgis Night. Picture frames bearing words like “adorable”, “tomboy”, and “emotional”, chosen by the group members themselves, are all words that have been used to contain women and GFRIEND, but are here their own personally selected evaluations and not the judgment of others. Now GFRIEND, after having faced uncertain decisions (“Labyrinth”), and spent time wandering about and wavering from temptation (“Song of the Sirens”), have finally reached the Walpurgis Night festival, sure of what it is they want to do.

Through themes of jealousy and conflict, uncertainty, and women’s desires and self-reliance, the “回” series escapes the confines of “woman as lover” and paints an image of women as multifaceted and three-dimensional. In “Tarot Cards”, they wish someone else would make decisions for them but finally “find [their] own answer”, and the lyrics to “Three of Cups” form with it a pair, to “Share trivial jokes / And serious worries / And it suddenly spills out / Our brightest ever, light this night.”.

Twisting the classics, GFRIEND establishes affirmation through double negation by denying negative words. It recalls the line spoken by the character Ko Moonyoung (portrayed by Seo Yeji) on the tvN series It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: “I want to be a beautiful witch.” Today, phrases like “playful witch” and “modern witch,” with words that could not have coexisted before, have started to appear. With the “回” series, women throughout history are brought back by GFRIEND through a mythical motif and reinterpreted in a way only GFRIEND can: A nameless woman disappears, only to become a modern witch and find her own way, accepts her desires without guilt, and, despite facing a negative world, puts on a festival. Now that the fireworks are here and the witches’ festival is back, let’s dance for ourselves. Your GFRIEND will be there right next to you.

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回:Song of the Sirens

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GFRIEND has released a set of unit “Apple” concept photos for their upcoming 9th mini-album “回:Song of the Sirens” which is scheduled to be released on July 13th.

#gfriend #teaser #gfriend: teaser #gfriend: song of the sirens

[ohsharethekmusic]

Song : Apple

Artist : GFRIEND

Album : Song Of The Sirens

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Gfriend - song of the sirens - ep

The new mini album will be the second part of their “回” series, and will tell the story of a girl who finds her resolve weakening in front of temptation. If “回: Labyrinth” had expressed the complicated emotions of a girl standing in front of a choice that had to be made, this new album is set to follow the emotions of feeling like one made the right choice, but finding that certainty wavering at the thought of a different path., The EP explores the choice not taken, something "everyone is going through or may already have gone through," UMJI says.

1. Apple

In the lyrics, the apple is used as a metaphor to symbolize temptation, whereas the "witch" is used to convey the confidence that comes with being honest in one’s desires.

2. Eye of the Storm

The song is based on Yuju's entry from her diary 3 to 4 years ago. When she was in a very hectic time, she spends some alone time for herself for at least five to ten minutes to get herself together, calling it "Hour of the Eye of the Storm" and wrote down some sentimental things., The lyrics tells that in the middle of a typhoon, you go to the eye of the typhoon and visit yourself without getting swept away by the typhoon. Various electronic music, including drum and bass are added with lyrical piano melodies to give a trendy and emotional melody. The powerful yet delicate-feeling sound, created by combining rock rhythms, various synths and piano melodies, doubles the atmosphere of a sophisticated song, depicting the beginning, change, still moments of a typhoon, is based on my personal story that I recorded in a diary I’ve been keeping for three [or] four years. The song depicts the moments I spent alone focusing on myself and holding on to my identity.

3. Room of Mirrors

The mirror where "I" look shabby while others would look beautiful, it uses a room of mirrors as metaphor for a world that incites envy and jealousy and makes us compare with others

4. Tarot Cards

it is a song about rather than agonizing and finding your directions, you prefer going on an easy road where answers are set. Just like a predetermined fate, it expresses a desire for someone to take over one's choices through the act of looking at a tarot card. , is a track that wishes for [someone else] to make a difficult decision on behalf of oneself.

5. Crème Brûlée

The lyrics are impressive as it takes a crème brûlée, a custard cream dessert with caramelized glass-like layer to cover it, as a metaphor when approaching temptation, it gives off a sweet scent but it is tightly closed. With GFriend's delicate and bubbly yet refreshing vocals, it gives an addictive and fun chorus that catches your ear, uses dessert as a metaphor to express the sweet scent of temptation encapsulated inside a solid and hard shell.

6. Stairs in the North

The lyrics express how you can see the scenery that you couldn't while going up the stair breathlessly, but possible when you're going down the stairs. It conveys a warm comfort of being able to go up the stairs again through the energy generated when you were coming down, was created while contemplating GFRIEND’s past, present and future, and the highs and lows of life.

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GFRIEND TEASER 回:Song of the Sirens: Apple

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[fruitz]

MY TOP 9 KPOP RELEASES OF 2020

tagged by @computerclub​ ty  ヾ(^▽^*)

9. NCT 127- NEO ZONE. kick it is suuuuch a catchy title track while still being classic 127 construction music. catchy dance too. and they really pulled through with the b-sides too, elevator, pandora’s box, sit down, boom, all so good. my favorite album overall from them since cherry bomb

8. WAYV- AWAKEN THE WORLD. tbh neo zone and atw are pretty much interchangeable, neo zone has batter b-sides but turn back time is a better title track. but awaken the world gave me blond ten so it gets a higher official ranking laugh out loud. but yes i loved turn back time, i love how wayv incorporates the electric guitar into their songs. one thing you know about wayv is that they're gon sing about sex !

7. LOONA- [#]. still so hard to believe we got TWO loona comebacks this year, and it was really hard to choose between them. but in the end, i chose hash because personally it was more impactful officially ending the loona hiatus! they got their first win in this era too. i don’t dislike why not, but for me so what is more cohesive

6. GFRIEND-  回:SONG OF THE SIRENS. my friend showed me apple and i was HOOKED. it was the song that got me into them! the song, the concept, the choreography, the music video, eunha, all so gorgeous. like loona, it was hard to pick between sots of walpurgis night, but in the end i preferred apple over mago.

5. BOA- BETTER. what can i say. boa doesn’t know what a bad song is. she is the queen of kpop! every single song on this album is so good i honestly don’t have anything else to say

4. TWICE- EYES WIDE OPEN. there were quite a few retro concepts this year, but i can’t stop me for sure stood out. twice is diversifying their sound and i’m here for it ! so proud. all the girls totally rocked it. and twice b-sides are misses more than they’re hits for me, but this album actually had some really good ones.

3. NAUGHTY- RED VELVET- IRENE & SEULGI. this was only a singe but it’s so fucking good. i love everything about it i have 0 qualms w this song. and the dance is so unique and eye-catching

2. 1 BILLION VIEWS- EXO-SC. i had to check that this actually came out in 2020 because i feel like this song has been with me for longer. the vibes of one billion views are immaculate, it’s just so chill but still makes me want to dance; and yet a little melancholy somehow. had some good b-sides too and i loved the concept

1. NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN: ACT 1- TAEMIN. again. what can i say. criminal took the spot for my favorite taemin title track AND taemin song in general. it was my #4 most listened to song on spotify for 2020. i’ve watched the music video easily dozens of times. not to mention the b-sides and the beautiful performances! taemin never disappoints.

teehee if you’re reading this thank you for listening to all my opinions (⓿_⓿)

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回:Song of the Sirens track ranking

(Warning: This posts contains opinions) 1. 거울의 방 (Room of Mirrors) (SOWON’S RAP AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-) 2. 눈의 시간 (Eye of the Storm)  3. Apple (This song subverted my expectations (in a good way) of what a GFRIEND song could/would sound like) 4. 북쪽 계단 (Stairs in the North) 5. Tarot Cards 6. Crème brûlée

Edit: I listened to the album again  and something ticked in my mind so now I have change my rankings a little 1.  거울의 방 (Room of Mirrors) 2.  Crème brûlée (Turns out this song is actually a masterpiece, the highlight medley tricked me) 3.  Apple 4.  북쪽 계단 (Stairs in the North) (I’m not crying, you are) 5.  눈의 시간 (Eye of the Storm) 6.  Tarot Cards

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[sejeoing]

i only just saw lol but for the album,, song of the sirens and walpurgis night 🥺✨✨✨

thank you!!! these are some of my fav albums of this year

回  song of the sirens  回

回 room of mirrors 回 creme brulee 回 tarot cards 回 apple 回 eye of the storm 回 stairs in the north 

even though i think this is their weakest in the  回 trilogy, i still really love the whole vibe of the album and songs like room of mirrors & eye of the storm give me major magical girl vibes which i love from girl groups

回  walpurgis night  回 

回 labyrinth 回 three of cups 回 love spell 回 wheel of the year 回 mago 回 grwm 回 crossroads 回 apple 回 night drive 回 better me 回 secret diary

this album blew me away honestly, three of cups and love spell are masterpiece songs in my eyes, and my only complaint is that i wish there were more new instead apple crossroads and labyrinth on the album (but labyrinth is still in my top 10 songs of this year so...)

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Apple | GFriend (2020)

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