Love Story (4 Season Project 季) is the fourth extended play by South Korean singer and Super Junior member, Kyuhyun. The EP was released on January 25, 2022, by Label SJ, SM Entertainment and distributed by Dreamus Company, in Korea. It contains six tracks in total, which were released as a four-season project from 2020 to 2022. The release of the EP marked the finale of Project: 季.[1]
| Love Story (4 Season Project 季) | ||||
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| Released | January 25, 2022 | |||
| Genre | K-pop | |||
| Length | 24:31 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
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| Singles from Love Story (4 Season Project 季) | ||||
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| Music videos | ||||
| "연애소설 (Love Story)" on YouTube | ||||
| "커피 (Coffee)" on YouTube | ||||
| "투게더 (Together)" on YouTube | ||||
| "내 마음을 누르는 일 (Daystar)" on YouTube | ||||
| "Dreaming Special Clip" on YouTube | ||||
| "마지막 날에 (Moving On)" on YouTube | ||||
Background edit
Kyuhyun announced the release of Love Story (4 Season Project 季) at midnight on January 10, 2022, on Super Junior's Twitter account. He stated in the video uploaded via Twitter Media Studio that the track "Love Story" would conclude the series and aims to stimulate the emotions within a relationship during winter.[2]
For this project, Kyuhyun wanted the listener to experience the different moods of love and genres representing each season.[3]
Each of the music videos for "Love Story",[4] "Coffee", "Together" and "Moving On" gives the audience a snippet of the love story between two schoolmates who stuck together until they became adults. The music videos starred actor Gong Myung and actress Chae Soo-bin.[5]
Separately, the music video for "Daystar" starred Hospital Playlist actor Yoo Yeon-seok. Kyuhyun has known the actor through variety shows, working together in the musical Werther, and also sang the OST "Confession is Not Flashy" for the drama Hospital Playlist.[6]
Special performances edit
A remastered version of the song "Love Story" featuring artist Soyou, was released and performed on Hidden Singer Season 7, where Kyuhyun had appeared as a guest star, on August 17, 2022. [7] The track is also now available on streaming platforms.
Composition edit
The EP opens with "Love Story". It is a ballad song about yearning for a lover though the relationship is already part of the past. The lyrics speak about reminiscing the memories of a past relationship, as if flipping through a novel.[8] Each track has an epilogue, in which all six tracks string together a storyline, in line with the title of the EP Love Story.[8]
Packaging edit
The Love Story (4 Season Project 季) physical album consists of two versions: "Letter" and "Story". The albums are structured like a novel with chapters, including pictures of Kyuhyun from photoshoots of the different music video locations, and each version comes with a bookmark.[3]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Story" (Korean: 연애소설; RR: Yeonae Soseol; lit. Love Novel) | Kenzie | Kenzie | Kenzie | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Coffee" (Korean: 커피; RR: Keopi) | Kenzie | Kenzie | Kenzie | 3:42 |
| 3. | "Together" (Korean: 투게더; RR: Tugedeo) | Kenzie | Kenzie | Kenzie | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Daystar" (Korean: 내 마음을 누르는 일; RR: Nae Maeumeul Nureuneun Il; lit. The Thing That Suppresses My Heart) |
| 1601 | 1601 | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Dreaming" | Hong Seok-min | Hong Seok-min | Hong Seok-min | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Moving On" (Korean: 마지막 날에; RR: Majimak Nare; lit. On the Last Day) | Hong Seok-min | Hong Seok-min | Jeon Da-eun | 4:57 |
| Total length: | 24:31 | ||||
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References edit
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- ^ "규현, 25일 네 번째 미니앨범 '연애소설' 발매..." 규현, 25일 네 번째 미니앨범 '연애소설' 발매... (in Korean). January 13, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "규현, '연애소설' 발매 당일 음원 차트 1위". MBC News (in Korean). January 26, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ "슈퍼주니어 규현, '연애소설' 감미로운 목소리...아련-애절 티저". 시사포커스 (in Korean). January 20, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ "규현, 사계절 프로젝트 'Project 季' 드라마 뮤비 공개". 스타투데이 (in Korean). January 28, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ OSEN (October 15, 2020). "'철파엠' 규현 "최애 별명은 조정뱅이, 별명이 일을 만들어줬다" [종합]". mosen.mt.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ 손, 봉석 (September 17, 2022). "'히든싱어7' 규현X소유 '연애소설' 음원 발매". sports.khan.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Kyuhyun tells Love Story with his voice". The Korea Times. January 25, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-02-21/p/2" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ "Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2022-02-21" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of February 16, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ 2022년 05주차 Album Chart [Album Chart – Week 5, 2022]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ "Gaon Album Chart – January 2022". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved November 21, 2022.