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Four songs, all unreleased at the time: dongryeol sings '널 닮은 계절' (A season that resembles you) with a band at a Hwagok-dong playground

A playground live by dongryeol, a singer-songwriter who started as the vocalist of 1DB and appeared on 'Sing Again 2'. '널 닮은 계절' (A season that resembles you), first heard that day, became 'NONOL VOL 45' 204 days later.

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Four songs, all unreleased at the time: dongryeol sings '널 닮은 계절' (A season that resembles you) with a band at a Hwagok-dong playground
Photo: still from NONOL LIVE 'dongryeol'

dongryeol started making music in 2018 as the vocalist of the band 1DB. dongryeol first appeared on a TV stage in 2020 on tvN's '좋은가요', then on JTBC's 'Sing Again 2' in 2022 and Mnet's 'VS' in 2023. The description introduces dongryeol as a musician who plays guitar, bass and even drums, and writes, composes and arranges alone. On NONOL LIVE, dongryeol stood at the colorful wooden playground in Deoburi Children's Park in Hwagok-dong, with an acoustic guitar slung on and a band alongside, and in the first greeting promised to play all the songs not yet heard. Sure enough, all four songs that day were new, unreleased ones. Times follow the full version of the video on the NONOL channel.

0:18 널 닮은 계절 (A season that resembles you)

A song about how falling in love makes you want to spend every season with that person. After the song, dongryeol explained that every season is always a season like you, hence '너를 닮은 계절' ("a season that resembles you"). The lyrics include '흔들리는 풀잎도 아름다워 / 널 닮은 계절이 온 것 같아' ("even the swaying blades of grass are beautiful / it feels like a season that resembles you has come") and '넌 내겐 소중한 선물 같아' ("you're like a precious gift to me"). dongryeol handled the lyrics, music and arrangement alone (Bugs). It came out 204 days later, on September 12, 2024, as 'NONOL VOL 45', and it's listed on Apple Music under the English title 'A season that resembles you'. Apple Music

4:34 이 노래처럼 (Like This Song)

Written while walking the road of a musician dreamed of since childhood, with the wish to make music freely, and for a long time, like this song. The description says singing on stage is when dongryeol feels most free, and that the audience's eyes, the lights and the vibration of the instruments felt from behind are what set dongryeol free. dongryeol asked everyone to enjoy it together since it's a song that lets loose, and after it said singing outdoors like this was a real joy.

8:55 떠나간 사랑에 미소 짓죠 (I Smile at a Love That's Gone)

A song about feeling lonely while recalling a love that has drifted away. The description says it was made thinking of someone whose moments together stayed precious even after the breakup, so that remembering always brings a smile. dongryeol introduced it as a song that's good at dawn and good in the morning, too.

13:26 Runaway

The last song is upbeat disco. It was made in the hope that when you can't fight back against hard times, you can run away and have fun doing it. The people in the song all walk the same street and face the same moon.

동렬dongryeol노놀 라이브놀이터널 닮은 계절A season that resembles you노놀 VOL싱어게인2

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  2. 2.[Apple Music] NONOL VOL 45. dongryeol 'A season that resembles you'(2024.09.12) ↗
  3. 3.[벅스] 노놀 VOL 45. 동렬 ' 널 닮은 계절 ' 가사·크레디트 ↗
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