It Starts in Summer and Ends With a Request to Smile
Neighbro's full live session is up. Three voices share four songs.
In three lines
- Neighbro's full live session is up. Four songs run back to back.
- The order is 'How Are You Doing', 'That Summer', 'Can't Sleep' and 'Smile Now'.
- They are a ballad group of three who split a single song between them.
The order of the four
| No. | Song |
|---|---|
| 1 | How Are You Doing |
| 2 | That Summer |
| 3 | Can't Sleep |
| 4 | Smile Now |
How three voices divide a song
Neighbro are three. By their own account, Jung Won-bo takes the low register, Kim Sung-han the soft one, and Joo Jae-woo the aching one.
When three people share one song, positions open up inside it. It starts low, slides into something softer, and another voice comes in at the line about regret. That kind of handover does not exist in a solo ballad.
"We paint songs like films" is how they put it. The phrase makes sense once you think of three voices each taking a different scene.
A parting that starts in summer
The second song, 'That Summer', recalls the past of a couple whose love began and ended in summer.
The third, 'Can't Sleep', holds the wish that the person you love dreams well. The members say it is their own favourite.
The last, 'Smile Now', sings what you feel watching the final back of someone leaving. They prepared it for a NONOL compilation album.
It starts at the beginning of a summer, passes through a sleepless night, and ends with a request to smile. The last thing said to someone leaving is a request to smile.
Where this was filmed
Mangol Neighborhood Park in Yongin. It was a hot morning, by the crew's account, and for twenty minutes it stopped passers-by where they stood.
Today, like this
Play the four in order. The movement from summer to a request to smile is the first thing to follow.
Then try to tell the three voices apart. Who is low, who is soft, who is aching — and how the handover works in each song.
Last, play 'Smile Now' again on its own. How that request sounds at the end of the session is the last thing to check.
A new song has arrived at the playground today.
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