ENHYPEN has officially entered their romance era with their newest album, ‘ROMANCE:UNTOLD,’ out today. The boys share what it was like to transition from a “darker” sound to a softer one, their favorite tracks off of the album, working with JVKE and more!
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00:00It's a little difficult.
00:02What did you say, Song?
00:04It's a really untold romance.
00:07You'll be able to see it on stage.
00:12Oh, okay. We are waiting for that.
00:16Hello, we are ENHYPEN.
00:18And you're watching Billboard News.
00:27Hey, what's up? It's Tetris with Billboard News.
00:29Also known as the 8th member of this group, ENHYPEN.
00:35How's it going? You guys got a new album out.
00:37We are so excited to have you here to talk about it.
00:39Romance Untold.
00:41I was so nervous when I saw the album title.
00:43I'm like, oh my god.
00:45So tell me why that album title.
00:59We've shown you a lot of dark sides of us.
01:01But this time, we wanted to show you a boyfriend-like side of us.
01:09So the title track is also a romantic song.
01:16So the title is Romance Untold.
01:20It's a sweet song just by looking at the album title.
01:23So please look forward to it.
01:26And what's something that you feel like the fans have as untold to them?
01:30A romantic side that you're excited to share.
01:33That's a bit difficult.
01:36What'd you say, song?
01:38It's a really untold romance.
01:40You'll be able to see it on stage.
01:45Oh, okay. We are waiting for that.
01:49Oh man, and then the lead single, EXO.
01:51Talk to me about the song.
01:52And why you guys decided that was the first one you wanted to put out.
01:55EXO is a song that we did with Jake.
01:59Not me.
02:00The singer.
02:01In America, I think.
02:03He produced the song.
02:06And the first time we heard it, he did the demo.
02:09It was his voice in the demo.
02:11And we just felt like it was such a different kind of style.
02:16And that's why we were so interested.
02:19Like Jungwon said, this album is something that we've never really done, I guess.
02:24The whole concept.
02:25So I think the title song, EXO, is a perfect song to portray that.
02:29And also, it's really catchy.
02:32The first time we heard it, we would keep singing it after that.
02:36So we're very excited to show you guys our title song, EXO.
02:42It's playing in the background.
02:43It plays, it plays.
02:48What was cool about working with Jake?
02:50And why did you feel like he was a great collaborator?
03:14That's super cool.
03:15And something else you guys are doing with this album, you brought the heat back.
03:19Yes, yes, yes.
03:21So why was that the song you guys were ready to get out on stage and perform for everybody?
03:44Now, I don't know if this song has all the energy, but it made me a little nervous.
03:48100 Broken Hearts.
03:50So that sounds like a sad one.
03:52And Jungwon, you took part in writing this song.
03:54So tell me all about it.
04:00At first, this song wasn't a full song.
04:04There was a chorus and a verse.
04:07Oh, there was only the chorus at first.
04:10Chorus and verse one.
04:12Verse one.
04:13Verse one, yes.
04:14The chorus and verse one were sent to me by the producer,
04:21and he gave me the opportunity to write it.
04:24So I wrote the pre-chorus there.
04:28And I was so thankful for that,
04:31and that's how I got to write the song for the first time.
04:36Personally, I like the pre-chorus the most.
04:38Oh, really?
04:40Thank you.
04:41Thank you.
04:42Shout out to Him and Bang.
04:43Yes, sir.
04:44Oh man, that's so awesome.
04:45I'm so proud of you, Jungwon.
04:47And then also, this song you were writing as well.
04:49Yes.
04:51Highway 1009.
04:52So tell me, that's your first fan song.
04:54So why was it time to dedicate something to them?
05:02It took me a long time to come up with a good song.
05:08But I'm so thankful that I was able to come up with a fan song.
05:15I'm not lying.
05:19I wrote this song while thinking of ENGENE.
05:23It's a calm song with a guitar loop,
05:28and I thought it would be nice to sing along with ENGENE
05:33and make them feel happy.
05:37That's why I came up with this song.
05:40And I'm so thankful that our members recorded it so well.
05:45Please listen to it a lot.
05:46Oh, yeah.
05:47And did all seven of you end up working on the lyrics as well?
05:50Yeah.
05:51That's why it's really meaningful to ENHYPEN.
05:55Because we all did the lyrics and it's a fan song,
05:59and it just all came together really well.
06:01Oh, and I wanted to talk about this as well.
06:04What I felt while making the song was that
06:08it's good to sing along with us,
06:11but I wanted to have a momentum to breathe with ENGENE.
06:18That's why I sang along for that moment.
06:22So there's a moment like that,
06:27and I think it's good that we can sing along and relate to each other.
06:35That is going to be so cool.
06:36That's what I'm talking about.
06:37Yeah.
06:38It's going to be cool to see it in person when they learn all the words.
06:47And what do you hope, now that Romance Untold is out,
06:50that the fans take away?
06:51What is your final thoughts about the album?
06:53We've done a lot of dark and chic concepts,
06:58so I hope ENGENE can feel a lot of our different colors
07:03in the concept photos,
07:07as well as the songs.
07:14Thanks, guys, so much.
07:15I have so much fun every time you guys come.
07:17Thank you. Good to hang out.
07:18Thank you so much.
07:23Thank you.