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ay_link October 2nd, 2008

Epik High ★ LOVESCREAM (소품집)

RELEASE TYPE Mini Album
RELEASE DATE September 30th, 2008
LANGUAGE Korean
ARTIST Male / Group
GENRE Hip Pop / R&B

Track Listing

01. Butterfly Effect
02. Fallin’ (feat. 조예진 of 루싸이트 토끼)
03. Harajuku Days
04. Habit 습관 (feat. 하동균 of 원티드)
05. Interlude 쉿
06. One Minute One Second 1분 1초 (feat. 타루) ★

07. 1825 (paper cranes)

English-subbed (credits as marked in the video)

REVIEWS:
★ Butterfly Effect
Tablo really went all the way with the all-in-English rapping! Very mesmerizing opening track. I was left with a very *shivers* feeling. “Music for lovers and heartbreakers” was their tag line for this mini album. LoveScream not just a catchy album, but consists of exactly 7 “heavily-constructed” music and lyrics. Bravo. I’m sold from the very beginning.

★ Fallin’ (feat. 조예진)
Love the rainy sound-effect, and the piano solo intro. Then comes the beats. GORGEOUS build-up, just right before their signature rapping surfaces. The collaboration with 조예진 also works out pretty well. She reminds me a bit of Jisun (Loveholic). Perfect combo.

★ Harajuku Days
This track is the darkest, most Gothic of all 7. The sharp beat right off the beginning, and the humming sound. Really loving the beat, and the single chord it starts off with. Then when the music follows fully, with the same rhythm, it catches my ears and hooks it right away. I wouldn’t even dare to touch the fast-forward button because there is something out there Epik High wants to show me if I’m patience enough to find out. The whole 2:10 seconds worth of music. Some may not like it, but I’m loving it.

★ 습관 (Habit) (feat. 하동균)
HOLY CRAP. HA DONG KYUN!!! <3
Totally in love. One of my favorite kpop ballad singers, ever. WANTED and Ha Dong Kyun, of course. I didn’t think they would collaborate in this mini-album. Sweeeet!
Just love his husky voice with Epik High’s signature rapping and that jazzy backsound, and the drumbeats. Loving it too. Wow, that’s 4 out of 7 already.

★ 쉿
Interlude. 2 minutes 32 seconds full of awesome composition. Dang, EPIK HIGH, you are good!

★ 1분 1초 (1 Minute 1 Second)
Featuring Taru, which is also the first single of this album (MV featured above)
The catchy beginning, the chorus, the MV, the whole package. This one is definitely deserved to be picked as the 1st single of LoveScream. Lovely.

★ 1825 (Paper Cranes)
Last but not least, a closing song. Short track (only 1:45), but definitely not missing the whole point of the album. The ocean sound-effect, the moving water, the intro right before the drum starts beating. What an ending to conclude the whole LoveScream.

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Highly recommended!

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Featured English lyric-translations

01. Butterfly Effect

all causes and all effects.
no college shit to acknowledge it.
some call it love and some call it sex. opposites.
call it what you want, but with one touch and you’re gone, so call in sick.
human politics, from whispered hushes and distant crushes.
mental fits breakin’ pencil tips and inkin’ brushes.
simple rushes.
God makes man, and this is the devil’s finishing touches.
from dukes to duchesses and kings to queens.
from dust to dust, this is the sinful theme.
the scene for crack fiends and gun-packin’ teens
high on vaccines, magazines and saccharine.
from dukes to duchesses and kings to queens.
from dust to dust, this is the sinful theme.
the scene for crack fiends and gun-packin’ teens
high on vaccines, magazines and saccharine.
lovescream.

06. One Minute One Second (Feat. Taru)

I can’t let go
I see you no matter where I look
(My crumbling heart)
I can’t hide
Baby for one minute, one second
I can’t let go
I hear your voice no matter where I go
(My broken heart)
I can’t breathe
Baby for one minute, one second
Even for one moment, one minute, one second

You said you were having a bad hair day
You said your eyes were puffy, and fell back asleep
Sulking, I silently took off my jacket,
Picked up the phone and ordered take out
Closed the curtain, and without knowing how many hours passed
Watching DVD’s
(Just you and me)
The sound of your breath as you leaned against my shoulder
I thought that it was a good thing we didn’t go out

Ridiculously these thoughts still torment me
I unexpectedly remember the jokes that you made and I fall apart
Moments that are really no big deal upset me
I suddenly remember the faces that you used to make and I break apart

I can’t let go
I see you no matter where I look
(My crumbling heart)
I can’t hide
Baby for one minute, one second
(Even if time stops, my heart stops)
I can’t let go
I hear your voice no matter where I go
(My broken heart)
I can’t breathe
Baby for one minute, one second
Even for one moment, one minute, one second

No matter where you went, at the bar right at the corner
When you sat in your little corner
You laid your hands on top of each other on your left leg
When you were tired and yawned, you kept the tears you wiped away
And you would smile like an idiot, showing the dimples in your two cheeks
Whenever you drank water
The pinky that you raised
The glossy black hair that could blind
I thought your clumsy chopstick skills were charming
Your full lips, I hoped it would be forever

This is lov to the e
This autobiographical memory twist my heart
Flips me upside down, with never ending tears
See love could shake a hurricane
The raindrops that blow against my feelings, one drop
The little memories
Like how this glass of alcohol become empty, our small memories became transparent
Even though I try to bring it back
The memories of us I can never make it again
Like yesterday night’s dream it’s so clear, but it’s gone
(damn)

I can’t let go
I see you no matter where I look
(My crumbling heart)
I can’t hide
Baby for one minute, one second
(Even if time stops, my heart stops)
I can’t let go
I hear your voice no matter where I go
(My broken heart)
I can’t breathe
Baby for one minute, one second
Even for one moment, one minute, one second

Even for one moment, (for one minute, one second)
Even for one moment, (for one minute, one second)
Even for one moment, (for one minute, one second)
I can’t let go

I can’t let go
(The whisper that takes my breath away)
For one moment
(Our sweet secrets)
For us who is as sad as our love was beautiful
(Can my tears still remember you?)

I can’t let go
(Our quirks and habits)
For one moment
(The beautiful moments)
Still for one moment
For one minute, one second

We can’t go back
(For one minute, one second)

Credits: unknown, moonangelkioku @ epikhigh.lj, thelapan.com/h2k, LoveStoned @ gossip-whatever.co.nr

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