The group’s children shared their thoughts on the team name change.

On the 19th, a press conference was held to commemorate the release of Idle’s 8th mini album[We are].

Soyeon said on this day, “This is the album we’re releasing after 10 months, after renewing our contract.Please look upon it kindly,” Miyeon said, “We’re starting again with the album title[We Are].We prepared hard.It was a difficult but fun process,” Minnie said, “It’s our first group comeback in a while.All the members produced it, so please show interest,” Yuqi said, “It feels like a big transformation, so I think the fans and the public will like it.I’m looking forward to it too,” and Shuhua said, “We tried many different things from head to toe.Please look forward to it,” sharing her thoughts on the comeback.

Along with the renewal of the contract, the group changed their team name after 7 years of debut, dropping’ G(여자) ‘.Miyeon said, “I’ve been wondering about(G)since our debut and wanted to drop it someday.I think we’ve finally found our real name.Even before the change, we greeted each other as ‘아이들 (kids)’.I feel relieved that we changed our name,” emphasizing the meaning of the rebrand and new start.

[We are]contains a total of 6 tracks, including the title song ‘Good Thing’, the pre-released song ‘Girlfriend’, as well as ‘Love Tease’, ‘Chain’, ‘Unstoppable’, and ‘That’s Okay ‘.As an album that announces a new beginning with’ us ‘, all the members of I-DLE participated, adding more meaning.

The title song’ Good Thing ‘is a song that Soyeon participated in writing and composing, following the pre-released song’ Girlfriend ‘.The lyrics are cool and confident, which is unique to Idle, and the addictive hook is attractive.Soyeon also participated in writing and composing’ Girlfriend ‘, and it was completed by adding Idle’s own unique color to the song that conveys comfort to a friend who has gone through a breakup.

In addition to this, you can experience the members ‘musical worlds in “Love Tease, “ a disco genre song composed by Woogi, “Chain, “ a dreamy top line composed by Minnie, “Unstoppable, “ a medium R & B pop track that is Miyeon’s first self-composed song to be included in a group album, and “That’s Okay,” a ballad song that Shuhua participated in writing the lyrics for the first time since her debut.

The boys’ 8th mini album[We are]will be released on various music sites at 6 PM on the 19th.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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