We want to gain recognition through ‘The Chaser’.Sunggyu: Something I want us to get recognized for is our challenge mindsets? And I also want to hear that we did the new challenge coolly as well.Woohyun: I want to get recognized as the front-runner in informing people about K-pop. My wish is to make the world learn about South Korea and the whole Korean maze that’s in K-Pop, with the sailor’s chant lyrics in our title song, ‘The Chaser’ or our melody that is similar to Korean culture.Sungjong: I want to receive recognition from the company’s staff and the composers, Sweetune. When the lyrics first came out, there were other propositions but through discussions, it was decided like this ‘We’ll do it with eogiya diyeoracha’; These days the KPOP storm is huge and we planned to try out something new with a Korean feeling. To fix Infinite’s only color, all the members are working hard with the singing or the performance. Because we’re doing so, of course, we got even more attached.Hoya: Honestly, for the first lyrics, writing a rap that was giving off an even more Korean feeling was a mental breakdown, in my situation. At first, I was worrying a lot but in the end, we wrote it our way.Dongwoo: These days, KPOP’s influential power is amazing, to get Korea known a bit more, I believed in the words ‘The most Korean thing is the most international’. We wanted to mix a dance track leavened with a Korean sensitivity and beauty to give off the best synergy effect well once. For the things we wanted to win through this song, the ranking is important but over that ranking, it was the reaction about Infinite’s other face and new image.Sungyeol: A new try. It would be unfamiliar to the public but I hope to gain recognition as they get used to it and acknowledge that ‘This is exactly Infinite’s peculiarity’.L: The Chaser is the important album that appeared after a very long hiatus after ‘Be Mine’ and ‘Paradise’. I wanted to show that now, to some extent, we could have a transformation and have a different style while staying in Infinite’s music frame. We’re not scrubbing off one color totally, we wanted various colors to live and coexist in Infinite’s inherent color. To do so, it’s a good thing to experiment a few things.
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