SPICED RELEASES NEW MINI ALBUM ‘SOULSTICE’
ALBUM: SOULSTICE ARTIST: SPICED RELEASE: 2018/06/01 GENRE: INDIE, BALLAD, POP LANGUAGE: KOREAN ALBUM TYPE: MINI ALBUM PRODUCERS: HARLOWE, GEMI, SLΛDΞ (@92SLADE), LEO KIM (@kimvincis)
It’s been roughly half a year since Spiced’s last release, but the group has returned with their first full comeback since Smiley Spice’s departure in December. Soulstice is an opportunity to show the group’s softer side with several ballad and pop tracks, and even one acoustic track featuring Harlowe’s guitar skills. Unknown to some, but their trip to New Zealand wasn’t simply for the sake of filming for SPICED TV, but also to film both of the music videos for their title tracks. Both tracks Lonely Night and Is This Love? deal with the emotions leading up to and following a breakup. Is This Love? details the anxiety of a strained relationship, and wondering whether it’s salvageable or better to just let go, while Lonely Night tells the post-breakup story of trying to come to terms with the emptiness that follows.
On a different route, Our Night and Refresher are more upbeat tracks that tie into the group’s natural, aesthetically pleasing concept for the era. Our Night is a fun ballad track about sisterhood and seizing the moment. With the assistance of MSJA’s MΔΞSTΔR (@HAELICANE), Refresher follows along the same theme of leaving the confines of Seoul, even temporarily, to travel and enjoy oneself. The final track Prayer returns to the previous theme of loneliness and love lost, where the girls seem to express their final thoughts to their former partner. Though outside of their usual comfort zone, Spiced has once again proven the extent of their versatility and willingness to go above and beyond for their fans. Along with the mini album being written and produced mostly by the members (with additional assistance from DM RECORDS producers SLΛDΞ and Leo), the music video for Is This Love? was directed by Soojin and Harlowe. Both tracks Lonely Night and Is This Love? will be promoted on music shows over the next month and a half, and in addition to SPICED TV, the group will make appearances on several variety shows.
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Lonely Night Is This Love?
COMMENTS:
Perfect 💖💖💖
THE QUEENS HAVE RETURNED!
everything about this is so aesthetically pleasing. the videos, the songs, the girls, i love it all!
It’s just not the same without Minni... I hope they do well anyway.
Of course Gemi and Harlowe had to work on almost all of the tracks. They couldn’t give Jinny and Soojin a chance to write more than just one song? So selfish.
this is the perfect summer album! it’ll be on repeat until fall.
Will we actually get a full promotion cycle this time around or will someone fuck it up for the others? 🙄
The video to Is This Love? was breathtaking. I want to see more from Soo squared!
All these negative comments are so old. This is the Spiced that we have from now on, let’s show them our love and support.
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