Global girl group ¡®BLACKSWAN¡®s 2nd single album ¡®That Karma¡® is set to be released on 19th of May 2023 at 6pm(KST) universally.
BLACKSWAN, who imprinted the unique presence of a global group to K-Pop fans around the world through their last single album ¡®Close to Me¡® will make a comeback after much perseverance.
The name of the group means that it will become the only globally recognized idol who shows unique and differentiated charm among swans(ordinary K-pop idols) prevalent in the global music industry.
BLACKSWAN is the only K-pop girl group consisting of only foreigners without Korean members in current K-pop scene. And it consists of Fatou from Belgium, Gabi from Brazil & Germany, NVee from the U.S. and Sriya, the youngest from India.
Especially, Gabi, Sriya, and NVee were selected through DR¡®s own global audition project, Cygnus Project, and received K-pop training ever since they join the company.
Through this album, Their goal is to raise the topic of the direction they are pursuing and proving themselves to the numerous question marks about K-pop groups consisted of only foreigners who do not include Koreans.
BLACKSWAN has already performed twice in front of thousands of people in Belgium and has been invited to the 2023 Odisha Hockey World Cup Opening Ceremony performing in front of about 60,000 audiences.
-The title track ¡®Karma¡®
The album¡®s title track ¡®Karma¡® which shows BLACKSWAN¡®s determination to continue to move forward without giving up their dreams after overcoming countless hardships to become a global group,
was written and produced by producer Alina Smith, Gisselle Acevedo, Shark, A Wright and JEDI who have produced various songs for ITZY, Red Velvet, Chung Ha, Twice etc. The Korean lyrics have been written
by Tessie(153/Joombas) and ³ªÁ¤¾Æ(153/Joombas). ¡®Karma¡® is a song of dangerous but unstoppable attraction, and the lyrics are characterized by honestly having what you want at this moment.
In addition, choreographer ¹ÚÁØ¿ì of the team Lay back, who worked on choreography such as ÀÌÁرâ, KARD, Momoland, ±è¼ÒÈñ, and April, participated in the song¡®s Coreography, further highlighting the powerful performance and unique charm that only BLACKSWAN can express.
-Cat & Mouse
Double title track, Cat & Mouse is a minimalist bass driven track about love and fun that¡®s described by cat and mouse. The unique melodies display BLACKSWAN¡®s artistic side but also the rap section shows how multi-talented artists the members are.
The song was written by Keith Askey, Jeff Shum, Rosina "Soaky" Russell, John Ho, and A Wright, who made numerous hits by top-level artists such as Maroon 5, Kendrick Lamar, Demi lovato and Chloe Bailey, and
the lyrics was written by S8S from 153/Joombas. The choreography of the song also created by ¹ÚÁØ¿ì of Lay back, who presents a soft and sweet performance contrary to the powerful performance of the title song "Karma," showing another charm of BLACKSWAN.
This album is dedicated to Lumina who always support and cheer for the members no matter what, and look forward to the future moves of the members who dream of becoming global number one.
[Credit]
Executive Producer: À±µî·æ
Executive Director: Philip YJ Yoon
Producing & Marketing: DR Music Entertainment
MUSIC PRODUCTION
Music Supervisor: A wright, Joe Hann
Co Producer: ä½Â¿ë
Vocal Director: Joe Hann, Jay Kim
Chorus: AEUN, Soaky Siren
Recording Engineer: ±è¹ÎÈñ @821Sound
Tune: ÀÌÁöÈ£ @821Sound
Mixing: Á¶¾¾¾ÆÀú¾¾ @JoeLab(asst. °µ¿È£), David K. Younghyun
Mastering: ±Ç³²¿ì @821Sound
TALENT MANAGEMENT
Artist Manager: ±èÀÎÈ£, ÀåÀμ±
CONTENTS PRODUCTION
Contents Director: Mawang, little me_time, K_rome
VISUAL
Visual Director: À̵µÀÌ & Team Doii
Hair Stylist: Â÷Â÷, °ÇÑ @Á¤»ù¹° EAST
Hair Assistant: Ãֹοµ, ±è¿¹¿ø @Á¤»ù¹° EAST
Make Up Artist: ÀåÁ¤±Ý, ÀÌÇö°æ @Á¤»ù¹° EAST
Make Up Assistant: ÃÖÁö¿¬ @Á¤»ù¹° EAST
CHOREOGRAPHY
Performance Director: ¹ÚÁØ¿ì, ÀÌÇϼ± @Lay back
TRAINING
Vocal Training: Jay Kim
Rap Training: xitsuh
Music Composition Training: leanon
MUSIC VIDEO
Music Video Director: Sagan Lee @ZANYBROS
DOP: Hyunwoo Woo, SangMyun Park @Rollcam
AD: Ron, EJ Jeon
Line Production House: S-3 MOVIES
Line Producer: Samaresh Routray
Production Executive: Amit Talukdar
Production Controller: Arindam Das
Location Manager: Lipika Chakrabarty
Production Manager: Ajay Barik
Drone: Aditya Narayan Padhi
Production Boy: Sujit Moharana
Odissi Dancer at Dhauligiri: Sampurna Panda
Dancer at Lingaraj Temple: Khirosha Raj, Yasaswini Panigrahi
Small girl Odissi Dancer at Lingaraj Temple: Tanishqa Routray
ART
Photography: À̵¿À± @1FLOOR STUDIO
Album Design: Á¤Çý¸°
GLOBAL PARTNER
Big Bang Music: Gaurav Wadhwa, Raghav Meattle, Aparajita Misra, Anirudh Jay Kumar, Vishesh Ghate
Collective Artist Network: Jovan Martins, Jasmine Singh, Akanksha Namdeo, Shonali Chowdhury
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Odisha Tourism
SsoLux Eyewear: ¼±â¼º, ¼Õ±Ù¿µ, °û¿¬¿ì, ¹Ú»óºó, ÁöÀι®
L¡®ENCLOS: À̼ҹÌ
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TRACKLIST
01. Karma
Song Intro:
Karma is an impactful and trendy song that allows BLACKSWAN to display their performance abilities. The International sound represents the global diverseness that is BLACKSWAN.
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Lyrics by: S8S(153/Joombas)
Composed by: Keith Askey, Jeff Shum, Rosina "Soaky" Russell, John Ho, A Wright
Arranged by: Keith Askey, Jeff Shum, Rosina "Soaky" Russell, John Ho, A Wright
Chorus by: Soaky Siren
Recording Engineer: ±è¹ÎÈñ @821Sound
Tune: ÀÌÁöÈ£ @821Sound
Mixed by: David K. Younghyun
Mastered by: ±Ç³²¿ì @821Sound
04. Cat & Mouse - Instrumental
Composed by: Keith Askey, Jeff Shum, Rosina "Soaky" Russell, John Ho, A Wright
Arranged by: Keith Askey, Jeff Shum, Rosina "Soaky" Russell, John Ho, A Wright
Mixed by: David K. Younghyun
Mastered by: ±Ç³²¿ì @821Sound