BoA shares her thoughts on ‘Only One’ album

[nobodyelse-care.livejournal.com]

BoA shared some of the episodes she experienced while recording her new album.

During a recent press conference for the release of her 7th album ‘Only One‘, BoA laughed as she shared, “It was hard while I was recording because I kept thinking about J.Y. Park‘s comments about the ‘half air, half sound’ technique and how ‘you shouldn’t scrunch your face on high notes’ .”


“I think it’s important to make the music I want to create to be easily understood by the audience rather than doing music that the public wants. I think it’s our duty to make the music be understood. There are times when I go too far if I just do the music I want to do. I think it’s necessary to be somewhat considerate and find a middle ground.”

She explained, “For this album, I wanted to produce a relaxing album that even if I was the audience and didn’t like BoA’s choreography or performance, I’d still be able to listen to it and say it’s a good album. Electronic music is still popular, but I wanted to listen to relaxing music. There’s barely any electronic sound in this album, but I still paid attention to the whole album by adding a song for those who enjoy a music style like ‘Hurricane Venus‘.”

BoA commented on her growth into maturity, “People who are getting old don’t know how much they’re getting old. I think it’s only that our expectations rise as we feel and learn. But even then, I can feel that I’ve matured because I don’t feel uncomfortable about the lyrics I write and my way of expressing myself has changed.”

The title song of her 7th album “Only One“, a dreamy song with heavy hip hop beats and orchestration, is the first self-composed title song BoA has released since her debut.


Source & Picture: AKP & Maeil Kyungjae via Naver

Comments

[saintalecto.livejournal.com]

LOL as if the gorilla knows anything about not scrunching up ones face during high notes.

[msgrottesca.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to like BoA more but I just. Can't. Like, she's adorable and I love her concepts and the songs are good but the nasal tone of her voice starts getting on my nerves after like, two songs.

[justhyuu.livejournal.com]

omg, I'm so glad I'm not alone! But she sounds surprisingly less nasal on this album

[the-erotomanic.livejournal.com]

yeah, stop it with the face scrunching when singing.

[pepper.livejournal.com]

Is it just me? Or does she looks OLD. Like... seriously old. She doesn't look 25 at all, guess that is what stress does to you.

[dapo322.livejournal.com]

I think she looks better now than during Hurricane Venus promos. She really looked old to me then. That shade of blonde was just not a good look for her.

[pepper.livejournal.com]

BoA has always looked super old imo.



Wasn't she 13 at that time? She looked 25 then.

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's the rare Asian girl who looks older than her years.

[luvey.livejournal.com]

i really thought she was in her thirties during hurricane venus

[setsuna16.livejournal.com]

My flawless Queen is wise beyond her years.

But I am disappointed that there are only 7 songs on the album.

[luvey.livejournal.com]

i wonder if this will be a new trend for SM, allowing some of their more seasoned artist to start writing more of their own stuff? i know there have been songs here and there, but i think BoA is the first one to have the title/lead song written by her...or at least she having a part in it.

[kamoteatmani.livejournal.com]

Flawless interview from the flawless queen! I love where BoA is career-wise now. Her hardwork has paid off and now she's at that point where she can experiment and show the world who she really is through her music. ;D

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

Kween is back. I'm happy.

[hileahrious.livejournal.com]

perfect unni ;~~~~; I UNDERSTAND UR MUSIC

[peanim.livejournal.com]

I totes understand what she said!

When I was watching the MV I noticed it was really easy to listen to, shocked for a second because I didn't expect it from SM, then eventually liked it because it's something I won't be tired of hearing in a few years. Hearing, not listening, because I'm not really in love with her sound. But I guess I understood her music!