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Yeeun, who always wanted to nap on a platform by the playground, opens an early-spring set with one guitar

A yellow vest and one guitar at an early-spring playground. From '흘러가다보면' (If You Just Flow), which opens with 'one, two, three, four,' to '낮잠' (Nap), which came to mind at the word 'playground'.

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Yeeun, who always wanted to nap on a platform by the playground, opens an early-spring set with one guitar
Photo: still from NONOL LIVE 'Yeeun'

Yeeun is a singer-songwriter who sings about everyday life in a clear voice. As the 25th musician on NONOL LIVE, Yeeun performed at Changgol Children's Park in Chang-dong, Dobong-gu, Seoul. Wearing a yellow vest and sitting on a bench next to a long tube slide, Yeeun sang four songs with a single guitar. The video description says Yeeun, dressed in yellow as if welcoming the coming spring, looked like a baby bird. Split the sound into strands, and there's no instrument other than the guitar and the voice. Times follow the video.

0:00 흘러가다보면 (If You Just Flow)

The video opens straight into '흘러 흘러 흘러가다 보면' ("if you just flow, flow, flow along") with the guitar. At 0:22 Yeeun counts "one, two, three, four," the guitar plays alone for a little over 10 seconds, and the first verse starts at 0:36. It's an original written during a time of many worries, with the comfort that even with lots of worry, if you go where things flow, you can smile in the end. Yeeun said the hope is that the song comforts the people who hear it, too.

3:26 이유 (Reasons)

An original written after watching the film 'C'est Si Bon'. It looks back on a past love and talks about the reasons for loving then and for missing them now. The guitar opens at 3:26, and the singing starts 17 seconds later at 3:43.

6:52 민들레 (Dandelion)

A cover of Oohyo's song. Yeeun said that walking in spring when the dandelions bloom always lifts the mood, and that a walk with this song playing would be lovely. The description says it was chosen because dandelion season wasn't far off, and it seemed to suit the blooming weather and a fresh young love. The singing starts at 6:53 with '우리 손잡을까요' ("shall we hold hands").

11:56 낮잠 (Nap)

The last song is an original. Yeeun said this song came to mind the moment the word "playground" came up while preparing for the show. As a kid, one of the things Yeeun really wanted to try was napping on a wooden platform next to a playground, and it still hasn't happened. Hearing this song brings back that memory. The singing starts at 11:53 with '선선한 바람으로 내게 다가와' ("come to me on a cool breeze").

At the end of the description is a behind-the-scenes note that children were riding a net-shaped swing during the shoot. The musician at the next playground was Summer.

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