I think that we felt a sense of commonality as we had both been in this line of work for over 10 years. We did the same thing again when we were discharged. Yoon Doojoon, who is close with SHINee’s Minho, said, “He contacted me when I enlisted and I contacted him when he enlisted. I hope that all artists will be able to enjoy their time as we push and pull each other.” I really got a lot of strength from watching SHINee. I think that it’s a source of strength to each of us that the groups that debuted around the same time are still able to do music and approach the public. I heard that 2PM is making a comeback soon. We also prepared an album that shows our unique color. They’re artists who promoted around the same time as us back then. Lee Gikwang said, “SHINee recently finished an amazing run of promotions.

The 2PM members also recently completed their service and are preparing for a comeback. SHINee recently made a group comeback after Key, Onew, and Minho completed their mandatory military service. I want to thank the directors and staff who recruited us.” I’m grateful that we got a lot of offers. I think a lot of those still have yet to be revealed. There’s a lot more web variety and online content than before. Yoon Doojoon said, “The trends have changed a lot. I’m worried about whether we’ll be able to do well.” I don’t have any confidence in my ability to stare down a camera for almost 10 seconds. I thought that our juniors were truly amazing people. We thought about and discussed things like that. He continued, “There’s ‘ending poses’ now at the end of music show performances. Our colleagues all want to meet fans as soon as possible.” Yang Yoseob said, “, I thought a lot about my junior artists and how much they must want to meet their fans. And when we finished our service, there still weren’t a lot of chances to meet fans offline, so it was disappointing. The group also talked about how the K-pop landscape had changed since their last comeback. I think often, ‘I don’t know when this moment will come again.’ I’m grateful for all the things I can do with fans.”

I think that there’s a greater gratitude for little things, gratitude to be able to do music together.

I thought about what the members were good at while I was making the song.”Īsked if their mindsets had changed after they came back from the military, Yoon Doojoon said, “Something has definitely changed, but it’s hard to say exactly what it is.

The members also actively gave suggestions as we did recordings and we had fun preparing. We did a blind test with three songs and this is the one that was chosen. Lee Gikwang participated in writing and producing the new title track, “Not the End.” He said, “I worked hard on it, but it was chosen because the members liked it. Their last comeback was in November 2018 with the special album “Outro,” but Yoon Doojoon did not participate in promotions as he had enlisted earlier that year.Īsked about the preparations leading up to the album, Yoon Doojoon said, “There was a surprising amount of time to spare.” Yang Yoseob said, “We had a lot of time to get it right, but it would be wrong to say we didn’t feel a sense of pressure about releasing a good album.” Yoon Doojoon added, “We continuously prepared for the comeback for almost two months.” This is the first comeback that Highlight has made since all four members returned from completing their mandatory military service. On May 3, Highlight held an online press conference about the release of their third mini album “The Blowing.”

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