The comeback of the group Ahob (AHOF) is just one day away.
Ahob (AHOF·Steven, Seo Jeong-woo, Cha Ung-gi, Jang Shuai-bo, Park Han, J.L., Park Joo-won, Zuan, Daisuke) will release their second mini album "The Passage" at 6 p.m. on the 4th through various online music sites.
"The Passage" is the album they are presenting about four months after releasing their first mini album "WHO WE ARE" in July. The new record includes five tracks in total, including the title track "Pinocchio hates lies".
Having finished preparations for their comeback, Ahob expresses the keyword "growth," which runs through the entire album from mood films to the music video. Here are three reasons to look forward to their new album "The Passage."
◆ boy to man…Ahob's youthful fairy tale
Through their debut album "WHO WE ARE," Ahob depicted an "unfinished youth" that holds potential within imperfection. The new album "The Passage" is a work that continues the line of "WHO WE ARE." This time it captures the process of moving from boyhood to adulthood, showing an expanded youthful narrative unique to Ahob.
On this album, the members talk about the growing pains they face on the border between boy and man. By confronting moments of anxiety, confusion and instability head-on, they become more solid and you can see the "rough youth" finding their true selves.
The organically connected track structure adds credibility to Ahob's story. In particular, "Ahob, the beginning of the shining number (Intro)," which opens The Passage, is an expanded version that newly arranges the final outro track of the previous work. A song made from a narration symbolizes that Ahob's story continues.
In addition, Ahob finely expresses the complex emotions of youth through "Run at 1.5x speed," which captures the breathless energy of youth; "Pinocchio hates lies," which depicts the desire to be honest only with "you" even amid instability; "So I won't lose you again," which contains the vow to stay together until the end; and "Sleeping diary (Outro)," which promises future stories. With its well-crafted structure, "The Passage" gives the feeling of reading Ahob's own youthful fairy tale.
◆ a boundary-breaking new attempt…fairy tale motif
"The Passage" is an album inspired by the fairy tale "Pinocchio." Ahob projects themselves onto the wooden puppet who becomes a human to portray the process of growing from boy to man. In particular, they infused elements reminiscent of "Pinocchio" throughout the album to complete their own growth story.
In the concept photos they expressed the story of the fairy tale "Pinocchio" in a four-part structure. The woodworking shop background depicts Pinocchio's birth, the dark lakeside captures moments of wandering amid lies and temptation, and the green field shows the freedom of overcoming hardships and finding one's true self.
There are several points in the music video and performance that evoke the story of "Pinocchio." The performance for the title track "Pinocchio hates lies" features choreography shaped like Pinocchio's "nose" as a point, and the music video will overlap the setting that "when you lie your nose grows" with the Tower of Babel myth to convey authenticity and the meaning of growth more deeply.
◆ continued participation in songwriting…proof of musical growth
Ahob's increased musical participation compared with their previous work draws attention. Previously on "WHO WE ARE," Cha Ung-gi participated alone in writing the lyrics for the title track, putting their story into music. On this album, no fewer than three members — from Steven to Cha Ung-gi and Park Han — are credited as lyricists, proving their further developed musical capabilities.
First, the opening track "Ahob, the beginning of the shining number (Intro)" proudly lists Steven at the forefront of the songwriting credits. The fan song Ahob performs for the first time, "So I won't lose you again," contains sincere feelings toward FOHA (FOHA, the official fan club name) in the lyrics written by Steven, Cha Ung-gi and Park Han.
Through "The Passage," Ahob is determined to once again prove their presence as a "monster rookie" who combines growth in visuals and skills with musical completeness.<
[photo] F&F Entertainment
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