¡®BLACKSWAN¡®, a Global girl group that showed unrivaled musicality and unique charm with their previous album
¡®That Karma, is set to release their extension version of the 2nd single album ¡®That Karma - Pop Edition on 6th of September 2023 at 6pm(KST) globally.
¡®That Karma - Pop Edition¡® contains both English version of ¡®Karma¡® and Cat & Mouse¡® from the previous album ¡®That Karma¡®, which were loved endlessly by global fans.
This album is dedicated to lumina around the world who always give BLACKSWAN unlimited love and support.
This album¡®s abovementioned tracks do not simply be recorded tanslations of existing Korean lyrics, but use original lyrics written
by original producers to convey their intention and originality to listeners. Therefore, it conveys somewhat different feelings from the Korean version of the songs.
The third track and a new song ¡®A World Without Pain¡® has been produced with the aim of sharing the sadness of this world and
comforting it to create a better world. It¡®s a song that was made through a project that came up with the idea of how to help
the victims of the train accident happened in Odisha, the hometown of Sriya, as well as the music video location for ¡®Karma¡®.
This song is a pop genre track based on acappella. muuve and BEATCoin from the producing team (ÁÖ)¹Ð¸®¾ðµå¸²½º participated in the lyrics, composition, and arrangement, and several other producers and artists,
including a singer song writer blythe¡®s chorus making, came up with ideas and joined the project with positive intention. In addition to this song, a charity auction event will be held to donate the outfits that the members
wore during the last album¡®s promotion. We would like to give at least a little help to the victims of this accident and return even a little bit of the infinite love of the Lumina that the members have received so far.
-Song Introduction
-First track of this album ¡®Karma - English Version¡®
The album¡®s first 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. ¡®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.
-Second track and the title track of this album ¡®Cat & Mouse - English Version¡®
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.
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.
Especially, along with the release of this album, Cat & Mouse music video will be released as a gift for Lumina, so please stay tuned and show us lots of support.
-Last track of this album ¡®A World Without Pain¡®
The third track of the album, ¡®A World Without Pain¡®, is a pop genre track based on acappella, a project that was carried out after deliberation with the members and the staff shortly after the Odisha train accident happened in June 2023. Many tragic accidents
often occur unexpectedly all around the world. We¡®re all different in terms of races and languages, but we are all the same people after all. We intended to put BLACKSWAN¡®s beautiful voice to share and comfort all the pain in the world.
From the producing team (ÁÖ)¹Ð¸®¾ðµå¸²½º, muuve and BEATCoin participated in the song, and several artists, including singer-songwriter blythe¡®s chorus making, participated in the project to share the meaning
of the song with a good intention. Through this project, it will be an opportunity to think about how to return the great love BLACKSWAN is receiving from the fans, and show their ambition to make further efforts to ease the pain of the victims.
[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, muuve, BEATCoin @MillionDreams Studio
Chorus: AEUN, Soaky Siren, blythe
Recording Engineer: ±è¹ÎÈñ @821Sound, muuve, BEATCoin @MillionDreams Studio
Tune: ÀÌÁöÈ£ @821Sound, muuve, BEATCoin @MillionDreams Studio
Mixing: Á¶¾¾¾ÆÀú¾¾ @JoeLab(asst. °µ¿È£), David K. Younghyun, À¯Çü¼® @wave_yooo
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: ¼°æ¹Î, ±è¿¹¿ø @Á¤»ù¹° EAST
Make Up Artist: ÀåÁ¤±Ý, ÀÌÇö°æ @Á¤»ù¹° EAST
Make Up Assistant: ±èÅÂÀº @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
Producer: RON
DOP: Kim DOYEON @Rollcam
Lighting: Yongki @501 LIGHT
B Camera: Park Sangmyeon, Heejin Cho, Yu Dasol
Camera Assistant: Woo Hyunwoo, Haeun Kang, Jonghwan Kang, Eunji Jang
AD: EJ Jeon
DI: RON
CGI: OPIM
Animation: ARTPLUSM
Title Design: Hyemin Chun
Studio: Rcm Studio
Location: Teambotta exhibition of TAMHWALIM
ART
Photography: À̵¿À± @1FLOOR STUDIO
Album Art: waveee
GLOBAL PARTNER
Big Bang Music
Collective Artist Network
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Odisha Tourism
Bradley Cramp
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Haku, Junbo
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TRACKLIST
01. Karma - English Version
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: Keith Askey, Jeff Shum, Rosina "Soaky" Russell, John Ho, A Wright
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
03. A World Without Pain
Song intro:
¡®A world without pain¡¯ is a pop genre track based on BLACKSWAN¡®s voice to share and console the sadness of this world. It is a song that can once again show that BLACKSWAN has a wide musical spectrum.
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