I practiced in WOOZI's room [Recording the digital single "海城 (Hai Cheng)"]
Are we rolling? [Curious]
Okay!
[With a shout, THE 8 gets ready for the recording]
I want to do both but let's start with the Chinese version first
[Focused]
[Checking the parts to fix before recording]
There's a lot to touch up today
I kind of think [Worried]
that the emotion here is good
We can check on the parts to fix [Discussing with the producer]
This is actually because of the pronunciation
In Chinese
It depends on where I put the accent
I'm talking (about how to fix this part)
For example
[Pronunciation is very important since it's a Chinese song]
There's a difference
So we're revising all those parts
[Practicing hard]
What are you gonna do then? [Checking the pronunciation again]
Is it like this?
Kind of
[Officially starting the recording]
Let's go again
Can you raise the volume on my voice a bit?
Okay
The "Cheng" is like "Hai Cheng" [The pronunciation is trickier than they expected (Stumped)]
You can do it like that
[Trying again after the direction]
This sound, right?
Make this sound
Okay
I think it should be a bit longer [Still not perfect]
[Recording the next part]
[The recording goes on]
Good
That was good
Let me hear it again
I'll play it from the start
[Monitoring the recording before wrapping up]
[Such a sweet voice (Immersed)]
I think this is it for now
Let's try both the Korean and Chinese versions [After recording, MV choreography practice]
And the part where you step out from the side
we can try different versions of that too [Planning to make many different choreographies]
4 versions in total
Let's do 4 versions
And after I practice them all
[Serious]
We can think of
some fun moves
Let's do this [Syncing dance moves with his partner]
Hold on, I forgot (the choreo)
[One by one, the two sync their moves]
This move has to be perfect And then you tug your body here [Choreo training with the choreographer]
So your energy is over here
Your center is over here
Your center has to sway to this side [Energy]
And when you go this way
your hand follows
You have to do it
like this
And spin
Heart, make a heart
Make a heart, like that
Make a heart
Don't forget the hand details because they can get in the shot [Checking the formation for the MV as well]
Make the staccato sharp
I think we should make this move clear
I follow after you
so we should go over it again
This move is really important
[Practicing hard]
How about with the music this time?
[Practicing the choreography with the Korean version song]
[The silhouette is key in this choreo]
Let's try it again
[Again!]
Good
Good, good
It was good
I thought it was good
-as I was dancing -Right? [Satisfied]
Yeah, you can see the difference
It shows
[Monitoring thoroughly]
Your expressions!
Both of your expressions could be more... [Still awkward with facial expressions]
Loving?
"My wind"
I'm sending a heart like a wind
But you wouldn't know it's a heart if the camera doesn't directly film this
And this
She does this and I copy her [Wants to express the lyrics with the choreo]
Just these parts I think we could freestyle everything else
I get what you're saying
Alright
It's nice
[Okay]
Let's do the Chinese version now
[Practicing the Chinese version choreography this time]
[Expressing the choreo differently for the different lyrics]
[Unsatisfied and practicing again]
This part
has to be faster [Passion 1]
A half step [Passion 2]
faster
1 2 and then hold [THE 8 checks every detail]
Make it more natural
[Practicing with music again, this time more naturally]
Good
Try to breathe here
The running is a bit...
[Unsatisfied]
It could be a bit...
A bit...
Can we practice running?
Sure
Right away
Oh wait! [Unexpected jump practice with the choreographer]
You look more relaxed [The final monitoring]
Alright
-You did good -Okay
Let's take a break
[Exhausted]
You did great
The MV itself
only has a bit of choreo
But the choreography isn't just a dance
It's an expression
We're trying to express another language
so that's why we're practicing now
We're actually preparing 2 versions of the choreography
The actual choreo (in the MV)
is only about 20 to 30 seconds
It's really short
But since there's a Korean version and a Chinese version
I wanted to express them differently for each version
For example
"My wind"
I express this (heart)
like I'm sending my love with the wind
In the Chinese version, the same part says "footsteps"
and I do a different move for that
so it expresses the lyrics better
and fits the situation
So I'm having fun working on that
[Recording day with WOOZI who participated in writing the song]
I'll play you the Korean version [WOOZI comes in humming]
Which part should I do in the chorus?
I didn't decide on anything yet
The original version was good [WOOZI is particularly worried today]
I didn't do that much for the guide recording
[WOOZI listens to the song carefully]
[THE 8 comes in to the recording booth]
[Hi hi]
[WOOZI starts recording first]
[Elaborate warm-up]
[The chorus recording continues]
♪ It's like a dream ♪ [Moving on to the next part!]
♪ Or is it a dream? ♪
♪ I don’t want to wake up ♪
♪ It's like ♪ [WOOZI is getting tired from the difficult recording]
[Way to go WOOZI]
♪ It's like a dream ♪
-Yes -That's it
Don't worry if the timing isn't perfect we can just fix that later [Discussing with THE 8 in between]
Push it back?
Just a bit
Both! Yes sir [Skillful directing even during a discussion]
Isn't this better
than when it's too clear? I think so [The two continue the recording through discussions]
Good
[Finally it's THE 8's turn to record]
Let's listen to it
[Monitoring]
Maybe we should let WOOZI hear it
Should I play the full song?
Loudly?
[Monitoring altogether]
[Deeply absorbed]
[Satisfied]
[Whoo!]
I think this is
-okay, isn't it? -Yeah, it's good
It's really good
We're gonna mix it later anyway
It's great
Why did you come today?
I'm here for THE 8's "Hai Cheng"
"Dream Steps" in Korean
to do the final touches on the recording
and record the chorus and wrap it up
We just finished right now
Just now
The producer and I wrote the lyrics for the Chinese version
but WOOZI read the Chinese lyrics
and wrote the Korean lyrics in his own style, thinking of me
So it has both THE 8 and WOOZI's vibes mixed in
I really like it a lot
Working on this song
I got to deeply communicate my feelings with Minghao
so I really enjoyed working on this song
We wrapped it up well
Now I have to shoot the MV
and
please look forward to it!
Please do your best till the end
Thank you!
It's going to be a great song
Please look forward to it
Look forward to it
Bye-bye
[On the set of THE 8's April Allure Korea photoshoot!]
[Using various props for the shoot today!]
[Hello, 8?]
[THE 8 shows off his own charms like a model]
[Charisma]
I'm doing a photoshoot right now
It's a solo shoot
We're doing a lot of different concepts
I'm having lots of fun with it
And I keep thinking about
how to express the background or the props
I'm trying to think of creative ideas
It's really fun
[Using artificial flowers for this shot]
[Cool]
[Changing into a fashionable outfit]
[Chic]
[THE 8 monitors his cuts in between]
[Doesn't know what to do with the staff's cheers (Shy)]
Let me do some more shots first
[The photoshoot is coming to an end]
[THE 8 looks good in hats too]
Today's shoot was really different
I tried some things on the spot with the staff
We all worked really well together
All of us
So it was a fun and comfortable shoot for me
I'm really excited to see how the photos will turn out
I trust that the results will be great
but I loved the process even more
It was a really good day
Please look forward to it
Bye