Dragon Pony “As CEO Yoo Hee-yeol advised, we honestly included ‘autobiographical stories’’

The band Dragon Pony explained their new album and its title track.

At the release commemorative showcase for their second mini-album ‘Not Out’, held at Yes24 Wonderlock Hall in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the 19th at 2 PM, Pyeon Seong-hyeon said about the title track of the same name, “It was taken from a baseball term. As we live, when we are tired, having a hard time, and frustrated, I wanted to say, ‘It‘s not over yet, it’s just beginning’, and we wanted to hear those words too. We wanted to melt our deep emotions into it more”.

The name of the album and the title track ‘Not Out’ is a baseball term meaning a strikeout, the only strikeout in which a batter can still get on base. Kwon Se-hyuk said, “I wanted to deliver a message to those who, including us, are trying hard and working hard but feel like things aren‘t going as planned. “It contains the feeling that we will keep going, whether the end is destruction, success or failure,” he said. “It’s a song that stays true to the basic elements of the band. I worked on it while imagining a scene of us all running around and having fun at a festival.”

‘Not Out’ is Dragon Pony‘s new album, released about six months after their debut album, their first EP, ‘POP UP’, was released in September of last year. Ahn Tae-gyu mentioned CEO Yoo Hee-yeol’s advice, saying, “He talked about Dragon Pony‘s direction. He said, ’Since you‘re a band, you have to create Dragon Pony’s worldview and concept yourself with honest stories.‘ Based on the CEO’s advice, this album contains more autobiographical stories than their previous work. He said, “It helped us to better convey our own honest stories, and we also tried hard.”

This album is Dragon Pony’s autobiographical narrative and a cross-section of imperfect youth, and like their previous work, the four members took the lead in writing lyrics, composing, and arranging all the songs as main producers for this album as well. It includes a total of five songs, including the title song of the same name, ‘Not Out’. It will be released through various music sites at 6 p.m. today (the 19th).

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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