creating an album out of shuffled songs

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           -, march 31, 2O2O

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         ┊a few days ago i felt like just

         ┊shuffling through my playlist

         ┊and talking about songs that

         ┊come up but i thought that

         ┊would be a bit,, boring... so i

         ┊got a little bit of a different

         ┊idea which was to kind of think

         ┊of an imaginary producer - this

         ┊person is releasing a made

         ┊up album that would consist

         ┊of the first few songs from my

         ┊playlist that come on shuffle.

         ┊and with those songs i'll pick

         ┊the best fitting title track,

         ┊create some kind of aesthetic

         ┊for the album and put the

         ┊songs into a tracklist that

         ┊would make the most sense.

         ┊i did focus more on soloist songs,

         ┊so i skipped over group songs,

         ┊since i haven't really noticed

         ┊producers releasing songs with

         ┊whole groups but more like

         ┊picking a specific person that

         ┊best fits.

        ┊okay well anyway,, idk how well i

         ┊explained it but let's just start

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         I. section

˗ˏˋ P R O D U C E R ˎˊ˗

. . . 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐗 . . .

_ yoon miya

_ twenty four

_ active since 2O14

❝ jinx, real name yoon

     miya - a 24 year old woman and

     our imaginary producer for this

     blog. this is her second album

     she's releasing after the first one

     was faced with lots of positive

     . she isn't the biggest

     producer in the industry but still

     someone well know for her

     versatility and ability to best

     adapt to each artist she works

     with. which results in a specter

     of vastly different songs and a

     style that is hard to pinpoint

     right back to her.

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         II. section

˗ˏˋ S O N G S ˎˊ˗

❝ the thing i worry

     making this album is how to

     make it feel like a unity. i have

     a bunch of different songs from

     a bunch of different artists who

     each have their style and sound.

     producer albums despite having

     different artists and voices on

     each song still feel cohesive since

     after all it is written by the same

     person and it has their own style

     in it.

     so,, the plan for this first part is

     too look over each song that turned

     up. capture the, let's say, idea of

     them and what kind of vibe do they

     have so i know what to do with them

     later.

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: ⇢ shaun | way back home

    the first song that came up,, it

     feels quite nostalgic but also

     kind of magical?? as if it's a song

     that would fit a fairy with the

     bouncy yet soothing instrumental

     accompanied with the extremely

     smooth soft voice.

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: ⇢ woodie gochild ft. hwasa | cotton candy

    fun and fresh is how i'd describe

     this one. i wouldn't call this song

     chill yet it's neither too hype. even

     the drop is weirdly balancing

     somewhere on that border. but it's

     definitely catchy and feels like a

     fresh breath of summer.

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: ⇢ one | instict

     the way this song starts feels so

     distant giving it a sort of heavier

     feeling right at the start. and then

     it just evolves into this rough and

     sharp kind of song that pierces

     through you. almost dirty sounding.

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: ⇢ sunmi | lalalay

    it's sort of hard for me to explain

     this song?? it feels confident but

     also kinda creepy which is the

     result of the light yet at the same

     time dark instrumental. it's defi-

    nitely a unique one, confusing

     even, but that doesn't stop you

     from getting completely hooked.

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: ⇢ seventeen (leader unit) | change up

    we love a funky bop! change up

     isn't necessarily too intense and

     flashy but it still manages to be

     extremely fun and makes you bop

     that head to it. it definitely has a

     lot of very interesting parts that

     make it an enjoyable listen each

     time.

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: ⇢ ravi ft. san e | bomb

    unlike other songs this one's

     definitely darker, way more intense

     and in your face. the instrumental

     almost makes it feel heavy but with

     the chorus and some other neat

     sections it's turned into a rather

     fun party song.

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: ⇢ lee hi ft. incredivle | official

     such a light and classy song.

     makes you feel like you're floating

     with the wind that is her voice

     taking you away. but as smooth

     as it is, the drums and the rap part

     still manage to give it a bit more

     of an edge.

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: ⇢ tvxq's yunho ft. taeyong | city lights

    there are some songs with the

     vibe that i would explain as a deep

     dark night and this is one of them.

     despite the almost completely

     smooth melody and voice, it still

    has this darker color. a bit more

     of a mysterious aura.

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: ⇢ rick bridges | son

    this song is a punch to the face

     right from the start. it's rough and

     definitely very impactful. i'd even

     say that it feels like a fight?? against

     yourself or the world around you.

    a song to boost your spirit.

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: ⇢ jimin park | low voice

    just like the previous song, this

     one leaves quite an impact. but

     in a sort of different way. it's

     powerful - both the music and

     jimin's voice. especially the chorus

     that gives the entire song a sort

     of more epic feel.

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: ⇢ jang jinyoung ft. barberettes | stranger's love

    another very powerful song. but

     this one solely relies on vocals

     to achieve that as its mostly

     accompanied with a simple piano

     and a sort of distant melody in

     the background. it feels strong

     and emotional,, like a song fitting

     for a movie.

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: ⇢ kanto | salty

    shuffle decided to spit out another

     very lively and funky song. this

     one literally sounds like colors.

     like crayons some kid threw

     around. it's simply that much fun

    and the catchy chorus just makes

     that fun level even higher.

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: ⇢ n.flying | heartbreak

    if a lonely rainy autumn day had

     a sound, it would be something

    like this song. whether it's rapping

     or singing, you can simply hear

     that much pain in seunghyub's

    voice here. it's simple yet still

     powerful and creates a storm of

     emotions in your heart.

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         III. section

˗ˏˋ T I T L E   T R A C K ˎˊ˗

❝ having talked about

     each song, it is time to pick the

     title track. the song that would

     leave the biggest impact and be

     able to make the listener intrigued

     enough to check out the rest of

     the album. but at the same time,

     a song that wouldn't contrast the

     rest of it too much.

     looking over all of the songs again,

     i guess it's safe to say that it's a

     mess. there's no certain type of

     songs that decided to stick out.

     there are some intense ones, darker,

     funkier, even those more emotional.

     so how to pick just one to best

     capture the idea and sound of this

     album? it probably would've been a

     good idea to perhaps have a certain

     visual idea in advance instead of

     trying to base it on one song out of

     so many different ones.

     but i did pick one in the end. it was

     a struggle between 'cotton candy'

     and 'city lights'. i think both of them

     would be a more or less solid repre-

    sentation of the album and while i

     feel like cotton candy has a bit more

     of an impact, city lights perhaps

     goes better with the entire album.

     while being torn like that, a thought

     finally popped into my mind: why

     not have a pre-release as well? and

     simply avoid my problem of

     choosing?? which is exactly what

     i did.

     they're not too different but still not

     too similar either. giving two different

    perspectives over what it could be

     expected from the album.

⇢ cotton candy . . .

pre-release

⇢ city lights . . .

title track

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         IV. section

˗ˏˋ C O V E R ˎˊ˗

❝ so this is kinda the

     cover of the album. i'm not much

     of an editor and idk what an album

     cover is supposed to be like,, i just

     knew i wanted it to be a bit darker

     cause i feel like the majority of the

     songs either have a bit of a darker

     or heavier vibe. i think the final

     product also captures the feeling

     of 'city lights' quite well so i'm

     satisfied with that part. it also

     ended up somehow having a lot of

     art influences in it??? so the name

    i gave it is 'lost art' - not much

     meaning behind it tho.

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         V. section

˗ˏˋ T R A C K L I S T ˎˊ˗

❝ i'm not sure how

     important the order of the songs

     usually is but there are some

     patterns that could be noticed in

     kpop albums. most usually it's "lit

     songs at the start, ballads at the

     end" kind of thing.

     anyway,, my only goal here was

     not to give the listener a whiplash

     caused by a nice chill song one

     moment and then being slapped

     by something too intense.

    and here's the final thing. i wrote

     it in a way that the original artists

     are a feature just so it would fit the

     idea of them being songs on a

     producer album a bit better.

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O1. stranger's love ft. jang jinyoung,

barberettes

O2. city lights ft. yunho (tvxq),

taeyong (nct)

O3. way back home ft. shaun

O4. cotton candy ft. woodie gochild,

hwasa (mamamoo)

O5. change up ft. s.coups, woozi

& hoshi (seventeen)

O6. lalalay ft. sunmi

O7. low voice ft. jimin park

O8. instict ft. one

O9. bomb ft. ravi, san e

1O. son ft. rick bridges

11. salty ft. kanto

12. official ft. lee hi, incredivle

13. heartbreak ft. seunghyub (n.flying)

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    i definitely knew i wanted to put

     'stranger's love' first cause it just

     has this grand and powerful side

     that i think is a great start for

     something. and it also serves like

     a good song before 'city lights'. the

     third song is somewhat similar to

     the title track but still has a some-

    what different vibe so i think it

     would be a nice follow up.

    and the rest i went with the logic i

     spoke about before. putting the

     more intense and darker ones first

     and then slowly shifting into those

     a bit more mellow and emotional.

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. . . ⚘ . . .

and that is the entire

album. i really hope i managed

to make everything have sense

and that it was more or

less enjoyable

thanks for reading!

bye

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credits to all the original owners

edits by me