[#12 K-POP] 재현 - J

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오늘은 2024년 8월 26일 발매된 

재현의 정규 1집 'J'에 대해서 리뷰해보려고 합니다.

ARTIST

- 이름 : 재현(정윤오)
- 출생 : 1997년 2월 14일
- 국적 : 대한민국
- 소속사 : SM엔터테이먼트
- 데뷔일 : 2016년 4월 9일

 

TRACK LIST

총 8곡으로 구성되어 있습니다.

INFORMATION

[앨범 소개]

NCT 재현, 첫 솔로 앨범 ‘J’ 8월 26일 발매!
타이틀 곡 ‘Smoke’ 포함 총 8곡 수록! 재현의 감성으로 가득 채운 작품! 

NCT 재현(에스엠엔터테인먼트 소속)이 첫 번째 앨범 ‘J’를 발표한다.  

재현 첫 번째 앨범 ‘J’는 8월 26일 발매되며, 타이틀 곡 ‘Smoke’ 한국어 및 영어 버전을 포함해 다채로운 분위기의 총 8곡으로 구성, 재현의 감성으로 보여줄 수 있는 다양한 색깔의 음악으로 가득 채웠다. 

이번 앨범은 재현이 작사, 작곡 참여는 물론 작품의 방향성, 앨범명 등을 직접 구상했으며, 평소 자신의 물건에 이니셜 ‘J’를 적는 습관에서 착안해 이번 앨범명도 ‘J’로 네이밍해 가장 재현답다는 의미를 표현했다. 

재현은 NCT, NCT 127, NCT 도재정 등 그룹 활동으로 탁월한 보컬과 퍼포먼스 실력을 증명한 것은 물론, NCT 음악 아카이빙 채널 ‘NCT LAB’을 통해 발표한 ‘Forever Only’와 ‘Horizon’ 등으로 자신만의 독보적인 감성도 선보인 바, 솔로 앨범으로는 그동안 차곡차곡 쌓아온 색깔과 음악적 역량을 보여줄 계획이다.

REVIEW

01. Smoke

https://youtu.be/lJGCD3H9xcg?si=M6PWrsqPFX4IuCSy

 

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Jump in if you feel it, yeah

Say what you say what's the play
Tryna get caught up with you
I'm in the coupe 채워 두지
가득 Fuel 오늘은
What you wanna do
I'm going all out

단 둘이 맞이하는 Evening
오늘밤을 너와 함께 Driftin’
better yet
I'm here to make it easier
on you so I

I’m pulling around to
come take you out yeah
앨범 한 바퀴 돌리고 난 후
It's your turn baby oh

하루를 맡겨줘
Let me take you out
(let me take you out)
조명을 낮추듯
Sun is going down
(sun is going down)
바뀌는 초록불
When you hit the dial

yeah I got the
I got the
I got the
I got the

(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
Smoke coming out the boombox
(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
(Smoke)
Smoke coming out the boombox

808 Trunk goin’ crazy
한껏 피는 아지랑이
Hot girl pump up the AC
Pump up the,
pump pump up the (AC)

해와 같이 타는 시소
해가 떨어지면 붕 떠 위로
왠지 네게 가는 길은 길어져
I don't know why

I’m pulling around to
come take you out yeah
앨범 한 바퀴 돌리고 난 후
It's your turn baby oh

You know what’s good for you
Let me take you out
(let me take you out)
조명을 낮추듯
Sun is going down
(sun is going down)
하늘엔 노란불
When you hit the dial

yeah I got the
I got the
I got the
I got the

(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
Smoke coming out the boombox
(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
(Smoke)
Smoke coming out the boombox

(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
Smoke coming out the boombox
(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
(Smoke)
Smoke coming out the boombox

I’m pulling around yeah
to come take you out
yeah 앨범 한 바퀴
더 돌리고 난 후
It's your turn baby oh

Let me take you out
(let me take you out)
Going down
(sun is going down)
I got to I got to
I got to take you out

Smoke coming out the boombox

02. Roses

https://youtu.be/_hWtuYSHiWk?si=jeS_HSnh5wabTibN

 

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Think I got it bad if I’m honest
Thought that I was good
turns out I’m a little far from it
yeah yeah

Can’t even leave the apartment
Cause everything red’s
a cold reminder of you, like

you don’t call me (yeah yeah)
you moved on like you’d had enough
(Say what?)
and now the memories
be hitting me differently
I’m six feet deep oh when I see

Roses (roses) Roses (roses)
It’s killing me
to know there’s someone else
out there buying you
Roses (roses) Roses yeah (roses)
I’m triggered every year Valentines
Don’t wanna see no

Roses

Got me living in the past
Overthinking all your words
Maybe they were all lies

Quit me like a cigarette
Played me like a clarinet
See the river I’m crying

My heart is sore
From pulling out these thorns
These mended scars
they reopen every time

like you don’t call me (yeah yeah)
you moved on like you’d had enough
and now the memories
be hitting me differently
I’m six feet deep oh when I see

Roses (roses) Roses (roses)
It’s killing me
to know there’s someone else
out there buying you
Roses (roses) Roses (roses)
I’m triggered every year Valentines
Don’t wanna see no

Roses
Oh no
You wanna be mine baby
I said you wanna be mine baby
You wanna be mine yeah
I bet you wanna be mine

03. Flamin' Hot Lemon

https://youtu.be/TV0n9YyM674?si=c6cXhz8PSmqDrdfx

 

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My flamin’ hot lemon
As amazing in that denim
She’s sweet like watermelon
I love the way you taste
My flamin’ hot lemon
As amazing in that denim
She’s sweet like watermelon
I love the way you taste

Mmm no, guess she outta my league
Stay begging, got me on my knees
Keep fishing like I’m on your line
Pull me in, we can go all night

Fall back, this the girl of my dreams
Let me hear you,
if you know what I mean
Keep fishing like I’m on your line
Pull me in (we can go, we can go)

Girl I’ve been crushing for two weeks
but I just keep it to myself
You got options but I hope
that you don’t pick nobody else

My flamin’ hot lemon
As amazing in that denim
She’s sweet like watermelon
I love the way you taste
My flamin’ hot lemon
As amazing in that denim
She’s sweet like watermelon
I love the way you taste

oh oh yeah oh oh yeah
oh oh oh oh oh yeah

I love the way you taste

Attitude spicy,
while holding an ice tea (ice ice)
I don’t even know
if she really like me
Giving me this look
like I scuffed up her Nikes
Giving me this look
like I dirtied her white tee

Girl I’ve been crushing for two weeks
but I just keep it to myself
You got options but I hope
that you don’t pick nobody else

My flamin’ hot lemon
As amazing in that denim
She’s sweet like watermelon
I love the way you taste
My flamin’ hot lemon
As amazing in that denim
She’s sweet like watermelon
I love the way you taste

oh oh yeah oh oh yeah
oh oh oh oh oh yeah

I love the way you taste

I love the way
So hot the taste
I love the way
So hot the taste, I

04. Dandelion

https://youtu.be/hSLBDQpC0JY?si=QeUrn_wiVVBPBGx5

 

 

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Dandelion in the sky
Hard to see
when the sun is in my eyes
Call it blind
너는 왜 덩그러니 길가에?
We'll be great either way
오 속삭인 순간 My oh my
Flyin’ high
You’re my little dandelion

반짝인 눈빛 아래 Dancing
Spitting poetry like a romantic
For you I’ll buy 
a boat across the Atlantic
Sinking to the bottom 
get the keys to Atlantis

There’s no place I’d rather be than
which you’re sitting next to me
cuz you give me my gravity
You pull me back through
지금 따라 부르는
네 가느다란 목소리
얼굴에 웃음꽃이 핀 이유 (It's you!)

Dandelion in the sky
Hard to see
when the sun is in my eyes
Call it blind
너는 왜 덩그러니 길가에?
We'll be great either way
오 속삭인 순간 My oh my
Flyin’ high
You’re my little dandelion

둥둥 떠다니는 잡히진 않는
My mind’s above me
My feet are on the floor
춤추듯 둘이서 맞춘 입맞춤
Maybe I’m just high
Bring me back to earth, ‘cause

There’s no place I’d rather be than
which you’re sitting next to me
cuz you give me my gravity
You pull me back through (what!)
지금 따라 부르는
네 가느다란 목소리
후 불어봤던 그때의 나로 (With you!)

Dandelion in the sky
Hard to see
when the sun is in my eyes
Call it blind
너는 왜 덩그러니 길가에?
We'll be great either way
오 속삭인 순간 My oh my
Flyin’ high
You’re my little dandelion

In the sky
You’re the sun that’s in my eyes
My oh my

uh yeah
ooh dandelion
You’re my little dandelion

05. Completely

https://youtu.be/syFNMj8vBL0?si=T2yfyY0bF13zbhbf

 

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Baby, tell me your favorite love song
I wanna sing it with you
Baby, show me the streets
where you come from
I wanna walk ‘em with you

Take it right from the start
Tell me who you are
Every piece of your heart
Every bruise and scar

I wanna know
Everything there is to know
Don’t you dare leave nothin’ out, no
I’m gonna love you completely
oh show me a map of your soul
Every second from now
I'm gonna love you completely

Call me crazy
Wanna read you like a book
sipping on a glass of wine
I wanna get under the surface
and get to the bottom of you

and lately I just wanna lie
awake looking in your eyes
Don’t care how heavy the hurt is
I wanna carry it too

Take it right from the start
Tell me who you are
Every wish on a star
Every bruise and scar

I wanna know
Everything there is to know
Don’t you dare leave nothin’ out, no
I’m gonna love you completely
oh show me a map of your soul
Every second from now
I'm gonna love you completely

Through good times, bad times,
red lights, stop signs
The one thing you should know
is my love will always ring true ooh

I wanna know
Everything there is to know
Don’t you dare leave nothin’ out, no
I’m gonna love you completely
oh show me a map of your soul
Every second from now
I'm gonna love you completely

06. Easy

https://youtu.be/AR5KjLsayg0?si=QEHJap2h2h5pmaYh

 

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Easy come easy go
You just want
whatever you like
(whatever whatever you like)
Playin’ hot playin’ cold
baby you gon’ have to decide
(whatever whatever)
모른 척하는 것도 잠시
이제는 지쳐 가 조금씩
더는 싫어 Easy come easy go
You just want
whatever you like
(whatever whatever you like)

baby it’s electric
when it’s you and I
Some days I feel like
I found my ride or die
Shh 첫눈에 모든 걸 뺏긴 듯한
(whatever whatever you like)

ooh don’t get it confused
I’m that someone you
Don’t ever wanna lose (yeah yeah)
넌 말 한마디로
날 묶어 두고
매번 달아나 (yeah yeah)

난 그저 믿고 싶어 너를
So don’t come
by unless you really ‘bout us
너의 머릿속을 정말 모르겠어
Cuz with you it’s always

Easy come easy go
You just wan
whatever you like
(whatever whatever you like)
Playin’ hot playin’ cold
baby you gon’ have to decide
(whatever whatever)
모른 척하는 것도 잠시
이제는 지쳐 가 조금씩
더는 싫어 Easy come easy go
You just want
whatever you like
(whatever whatever you like)

네게 줄 수 있어 뭐든지
너도 대답해 줘 어떤지
I just need all of you next to me
I need your heart, your soul
I need your everything

Did you really think
that I was gonna give it to ya easy
Know you thinkin’ bout the future
and everything we could be
baby girl I know you know
there ain’t no one like me
누구도 이렇게 할 수가 없는데

난 그저 믿고 싶어 너를
So don’t come
by unless you really ‘bout us
너의 머릿속을 정말 모르겠어
Cuz with you it’s always

Easy come easy go
You just want
whatever you like
(whatever whatever you like)
Playin’ hot playin’ cold
baby you gon’ have to decide
(whatever whatever)
모른 척하는 것도 잠시
이제는 지쳐 가 조금씩
더는 싫어 Easy come easy go
You just want
whatever you like
(whatever whatever you like)

ooh yeah yeah
ah whoa oh yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah uhm

07. Can't Get You

https://youtu.be/yzAA-8CrWCY?si=26ZzzcABLQRIB04i

 

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Yeah yeah
I don’t know
somethin’ about you babe
The way you make me feel
It’s surreal, forreal tho

I see you when I sleep at night
뒤바뀐 낮과 밤
You know I dream you right

눈을 비비던 너와 들었던 음악
Old School “Sho’ You Right”

붉어진 유리컵
검은 머리끈
빨라지는 Rhythm shh

I can’t get you out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my system
I can’t get you out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my system uh huh

(Can’t get you out of my)
I know you know
(Out of my)
I know you know
I know you know
I know you know

더는 감춰지지 않는
Beat of your heart
크게 Breathe in my arms
I feel you, feel me?

uh huh
oh yeah
헤매이던 끝에 In your space

(ooh girl)
Girl, 붉어진 유리컵
검은 머리끈
빨라지는 Rhythm

I can’t get you out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my system
I can’t get you out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my system uh huh

(Can’t get you out of my)
I know you know
(Out of my)
I know you know
I know you know
I know you know

(Can’t get you out of my)
I know you know
(Out of my)
I know you know
I know you know
I know you know

Anything I do, everywhere I go
If it ain’t with you
Everything is so so
If it ain’t with you, yeah
Anything you do, anywhere I go
If it’s not with you
Everything is so so
If it ain’t with you, yeah

Oh, darlin'

Anything I do, everywhere I go
If it ain’t with you
Everything is so so
If it ain’t with you, yeah

Oh!

I can’t get you out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my system
I can’t get you out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my
(Can’t get you out of)
out of my system uh huh

Anything I do, everywhere I go
If it ain’t with you
Everything is so so
If it ain’t with you, yeah
Anything you do, anywhere I go
If it’s not with you
Everything is so so
If it ain’t with you, yeah

Anything I do, everywhere I go
If it ain’t with you
Everything is so so
If it ain’t with you, yeah
Anything you do, anywhere I go
If it’s not with you
Everything is so so
If it ain’t with you, yeah

08. Smoke (English Ver.)

https://youtu.be/1UL4-0tTCnw?si=IcqJ40sCHOm4qBAi

 

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Jump in if you feel it, yeah

Say what you say what’s the play
Tryna get caught up with you
I’m in the coupe cruising
with a full tank we could spin
What you wanna do
I’m going all out

Tell me what you on for evening
Know you wanna
kick it put your feet up
better yet I’m here to make it easier
on you so I

I’m pulling around to
come take you out yeah
Let’s touch road baby
Slide you the aux
let you run that radio
You know what’s good for you
Let me take you out
(let me take you out)
I’m in your hood
and the sun is going down
(sun is going down)
You know you should
So that’s why you hit the dial
Yeah I got the
I got the
I got the
I got the

(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
Smoke coming out the boombox
(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
(Smoke)
Smoke coming out the boombox

808 trunk goin’ crazy
are we getting too wild, maybe
Hot girl pump up the AC
Pump up the,
pump pump up the (AC)

I could make you fall like the season
tell me if you need another reason
better yet I’m here to make it easier
on you so I

I’m pulling around to
come take you out yeah
Let’s touch road baby
Slide you the aux
let you run that radio
You know what’s good for you
Let me take you out
(let me take you out)
I’m in your hood
and the sun is going down
(sun is going down)
You know you should
So that’s why you hit the dial
Yeah I got the
I got the
I got the
I got the

(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
Smoke coming out the boombox
(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
(Smoke)
Smoke coming out the boombox

(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
Smoke coming out the boombox
(Smoke)
Hold up you’re too hot too hot
(Smoke)
Smoke coming out the boombox

I’m pulling around yeah
to come take you out
yeah let’s touch road baby
Slide you the aux
let you run that radio

Let me take you out
(let me take you out)
Going down
(sun is going down)
I got to I got to
I got to take you out

Smoke coming out the boombox

RATING

요즘 나온 아이돌 솔로앨범 중에선 가장 잘 나온 것 같습니다.

재현의 매력을 확실하게 보여줬다고 생각이 드네요.

 

재현을 생각하면 굉장히 댄디한 이미지가 먼저 생각났는데요.

1번 트랙부터 제 편견을 깨주네요.

 

각 트랙마다 장르가 바뀌는데 어색하지 않습니다.

재현의 소화력도 대단하지만 트랙을 구성한 방식이 좋은 것 같아요.

처음엔 강한 인상을 주더니 후반에 갈수록 원래 재현처럼 풀리더라구요.

 

오랜만에 좋은 아이돌 솔로 앨범이 나온 것 같아서 좋은 점수 주고 싶습니다.

 

평점 : 4.0 / 5.0