2010 Pati Pati, ELLE Japan, You Music ~ About "I don't know why"

Pati Pati 2010 Oct

-- “I don’t know why” is very interesting. It feels like it’s made mixing the best of different genres of music. The creation process must have been interesting too.

YH: It was a big challenge, and that’s why we’ve been concerned about people’s reactions (laughs). I’ve been trying out things with the synthesizer these days. I can just key in some commands and hear how the different instruments  sound like as a whole.

-- The percussions and guitar in the intro result in this Latin music feel. It’s very impressive. Then the melody that follows varies much… What else did you pay particular attention to composing the song?

YH: Like you said, I’ve paid attention to the intro and the main melody. Besides, though we are a band, I want to make the studio-record kind of music too. So I also compose songs which are more complex. This particular song is showing the kind of thing I’ve been pursuing.

-- The lyrics of  “I don’t know why” are all English… Was it a challenge too?

YH: It’s difficult to write in a language which is not my mother tongue, but I somehow find that I can be freer expressing myself, showing a wider side of me. And using English makes it feel closer to the kind of studio record I intend to make.

-- To reveal your feelings honestly in your music, it seems everybody likes your style now.

YH: I usually can’t express what I’ve been thinking in my everyday life. So through this song, I’m telling a lot of my thoughts about “love”. I used to feel anxious … as I’ve said a lot in the song, the anxiousness is gone (laughs).

(Based on Chin translation from onlycnblue.com)

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Elle Japan 2010 Dec

-Your 2nd single [I don't know why] had been released.

YH: I write and compose the song [I don't know why]. I thought that I want to try doing what I've never tried doing before and Sweden synthesizer had been popular to use these days, so i experimented with that kind of style. It's a song that captures  the emotion after debut until now.

(Eng translation from Korean by blue_jus7)

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You Music 2010 Dec

CNBLUE members are good at composing music and writing lyrics. “I don’t know why” was composed and written by Yonghwa.

YH: It was a rainy day and I was at home thinking about a lot of things. Then I wrote the song. The arrangement was to match the vibe of that day, and my emotions, too. In order to show these perfectly, I used the synthesizer.

(Based on Chin translation from jungshinstar.com)