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Gravity placed where a person's name should be

Hi-Fi Un!corn's 'Gravity' arrived yesterday.

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Gravity placed where a person's name should be
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In three lines

  • Hi-Fi Un!corn's new song '너라는 중력' came out on August 28.
  • They hold a solo concert 'TELESCOPE' at Seoul's YES24 Wonderlock Hall on November 29.
  • In Japan they released the single 'Telescope' on August 19.

The clip below is the performance video from their official channel.

Photo: courtesy of the agency
Photo: courtesy of the agency

What arrived yesterday

Item Detail
Artist Hi-Fi Un!corn
Song '너라는 중력' (Gravity)
Release August 28
Solo concert November 29, YES24 Wonderlock Hall, Seoul
Show name TELESCOPE
Japanese single August 19, 'Telescope'

A title that calls a person a force

'너라는 중력' calls a person gravity. It's a metaphor, and an unusual object of comparison.

Gravity is a force you don't choose. It never pushes, only pulls. And it grows stronger the closer you are.

Call someone gravity and your own will drops out of the relationship. You aren't approaching because you want to; you're being pulled. A title that speaks of affection and helplessness at once.

Telescope and gravity

The concert is called 'TELESCOPE', and so is the single they released in Japan.

A telescope is a tool for seeing what's far. If gravity is a force that strengthens with closeness, a telescope draws in what distance has hidden.

The two words sit on opposite sides. One works only up close; the other is useful only at a distance. Song and concert handle different distances.

The same name in two countries

In Japan it's the August 19 single 'Telescope'; in Korea it's the November 29 concert 'TELESCOPE'.

The same name attached to different formats in two countries — a recording on one side, a performance on the other.

Unifying the name binds the two activities together. You don't have to remember each separately; one word does. For a group planning an Asian tour, that's practical.

What to check today

Listen for which direction the gravity runs. Whether the speaker is being pulled or doing the holding is where it divides.

Then set the concert name beside it. Gravity and telescope work in opposite ways with respect to distance.

Last, mark November 29 — YES24 Wonderlock Hall.

That's the last of the numbers. Now, the music.

하이파이유니콘너라는중력텔레스코프신곡밴드

유튜브에서 보기 ↗애플뮤직에서 듣기 ↗스포티파이에서 찾기 ↗
  1. 1.[TV데일리] 하이파이유니콘, 오늘(28일) 신곡 '너라는 중력' 발매… 'KWDA' 수상까지 ↗
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