EP · 2018

Pastel Voltage

Five trainees, one practice room, and the first sugar-bright hooks they ever wrote for the mirror wall.

Tracks

1. Green Light All the WayOur very first song, written the week we became a group. It's literally the sound of five of us arriving at practice wide awake and slightly delirious.bubblegum pop, morning pop2:47
2. Wave Back at the Bus StopThe wave at the end of the chorus came before the melody did. We taught it to every stranger at the bus stop.idol pop, dance practice3:17
3. Sunrise Is Showing OffOur synth player stayed up to catch a real sunrise for this one. The sky really was showing off.80s synth-pop, sunrise pop3:25
4. Confetti HeartbeatThe racing-heart verse is how we felt before our first showcase. The shout-along bit just happened by accident, and we kept it.shout-along pop, idol pop2:33
5. Sticker on My NotebookA tiny star sticker on a fresh notebook, and suddenly everything feels possible. We kept the synths small and shiny to match.school-day pop, chiptune pop1:59
6. Battery FullWe close the record on a full charge and a plugged-in grin. The pulsing bass line is our nod to arcade power-up sounds.arcade synth, electropop2:16

Liner notes

We were five strangers from different countries sharing one cramped Seoul practice studio, and this is the sound of that room at six in the morning. Coffee, sunrise, scuffed sneakers, and a lot of counting eight-beats out loud. We wrote every hook around the choreography first, so if you can't dance to it, it didn't make the cut. Pastel Voltage is us finding out we could be friends and a group at the same time.

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