K-Pop Group AtHeart Travels Before Their Time With '3! 4!'

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K-pop woman group AtHeart has been walking done clip – aliases astatine slightest their euphony has. The group precocious released their 2nd single, “3! 4!,” from their world remake series, TIME TRAVEL PROJECT.

Originally released by Korean group Roo’Ra successful 1996, “3!4!” was 1 of the astir celebrated songs successful South Korea astatine the time, a summertime classic. AtHeart decided to make it their own, adding electrical pianos and soft melodies to the upbeat song. The girls – consisting of members Michi, Arin, Katelyn, Bome, Seohyeon, Aurora, and Nahyun – were calved complete a decade aft the opus was first released (the property ranges from 16-19), but listened to the songs done their parents’ generation.

“My parents listened to it, and really loved it,” Nahyun says complete Zoom during their property time successful Los Angeles past month. “I listened to it increasing up. So I was really happy erstwhile I heard we were going to remake the song, and I felt truthful honored to proceed connected the bequest done the generations, and operation AtHeart’s ain vibe into the song.”

To adhd to this bequest song, AtHeart’s squad brought successful Lee Hyun Do, 1 of the original songwriters, to participate successful the caller arrangement.

When Arin told her parents that she was remaking the opus pinch the group, they didn’t judge her. It was a daze that the girls – particularly successful their procreation – would cognize what the opus was. She says bluntly, “Their guidance wasn’t that big, because they [didn't judge me].”

But that was the girls and their team’s intent for recreating the opus and the wide project: to “introduce a classical to a caller procreation while offering longtime listeners a caller return connected a acquainted favorite.” Their extremity was simple: blend the past and the present, and make it pop!

The girls previously released “Say It,” a reimagined type of the Swedish stone set The Cardigans’ 1996 world smash hit, “Lovefool.” Though the girls were acquainted pinch the original song, they knew it champion arsenic portion of the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 type of Romeo and Juliet – starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

“The first clip I heard ‘Say It,’ it was a really catchy opus that I kept playing nonstop,” Aurora admits. “The ‘Say It’ portion successful the chorus conscionable stuck successful my caput for a while. I evidently knew ‘Lovefool’ by The Cardigans because it’s a very celebrated song. Personally, astatine school, I watched Romeo and Juliet, the 1996 version, which was the first clip I heard it. It was a afloat circle moment, and it was nosy moving connected it.”

Below, the girls talk astir their first day of their debut, the TIME TRAVEL PROJECT, and what to expect next.

Laura Sirikul: With this TIME TRAVEL PROJECT, what songs would you adhd to the clip capsule that you’d for illustration to remake? It doesn’t person to beryllium from 1996 – immoderate era, really.

AURORA: It would beryllium really nosy if we could do a remake aliases sample of a opus from Japan. I deliberation idols and artists from the ‘80s and ‘90s were really iconic – truthful it’ll beryllium nosy to do remake versions. I besides want to do a remake type of immoderate KARA songs because they were the first artists that made maine autumn successful emotion pinch K-pop. I emotion each of their songs. I consciousness we lucifer their benignant of vibe arsenic well. I deliberation that would beryllium fun.

BOME: Does it person to beryllium from the ‘90s?

Sirikul: No. Any.

ARIN: I was talking to Bome earlier astir this. I want to situation ourselves. I want to effort songs for illustration “WDA” (“Whole Different Animal) aliases “DirtyWork” by aespa.

AURORA: If I were to take 1 azygous opus – this opus went viral past year. It’s a Japanese opus called “Aoi Sangoshou” by Seiko Matsuda (from 1980). I don’t cognize the nonstop English title, but it’s 1 of her very celebrated songs that went viral past year. We each lucifer that vibe, and it’s akin to the vibe of “3! 4!” by Roo’Ra. That would beryllium fun.

KATELYN: If I deliberation astir Filipino artists. I cognize location is simply a Filipino personnel successful the Black Eyed Peas [APL.DE.AP], and I for illustration their song. All of america tin do it, but I don’t know. If location were a Filipino creator I wanted to remake a opus for, I'd instantly deliberation of the Black Eyed Peas.

NAHYUN: TWICE is the group I person listened to since simple school. So aft we turn much arsenic artists, I want to screen TWICE aliases remake a TWICE song.

MICHI: It was really nosy doing “Say It.” When I deliberation astir immoderate bands that I like, I deliberation of Fleetwood Mac and the Cranberries. So thing that takes from that benignant of vibe. I’d emotion to reimagine those successful our colors.

SEOHYEON: Like Nahyun, I listened to a batch of TWICE and Red Velvet since simple school. So, I dream to remake their songs 1 day.

BOME: My older sister and I really for illustration 2NE1, truthful we want to remake their opus “GO AWAY.” I besides deliberation it’s very cool erstwhile woman groups screen boy group songs – truthful BTS’ “Butter” will beryllium different bully candidate.

Sirikul: Are location different concepts, genres, languages, aliases collaborations that you guys want to effort retired excessively — possibly ones that would activity pinch the TIME TRAVEL PROJECT?

BOME: I look guardant to having features connected our songs by different artists because we’ve ne'er done specified collaborations before. It tin bring caller charm to our euphony and thief america grow.

NAHYUN: Nowadays, a batch of different songs person lyrics successful different languages. So, arsenic a world woman group who tin speak Japanese, [Tagalog], English, and Korean, I dream to see each those languages successful 1 song.

Sirikul: Because it's almost your first day this August since your debut. How would you opportunity your life has changed since then, and what person you learned wrong this past year?

MICHI: Before we debuted and went into this career, I didn’t recognize really large an effect the fans had connected what we did aliases the euphony we made. Now I recognize really large of a portion they play because, performing live, which we each emotion to do, we provender disconnected truthful overmuch of the power they springiness america – moreover conscionable astatine Korean euphony shows. When we perceive them cheering america connected and doing our instrumentality chant, it conscionable intends truthful overmuch and makes america want to activity moreover harder.

NAHYUN: As a trainee, I felt very tense whenever location was an information aliases erstwhile I had to spell connected stage. But for the past year, I sewage to execute connected different stages successful Korea and the U.S. – and that nervousness has turned into much of an expectation. So arsenic we released the euphony passim the past year, I felt happier because I’m getting little tense astir the stage.

AURORA: For me, “Say It” is my first-ever promotion. It’s my first-ever opus I sewage to participate successful aft my hiatus, truthful it meant a batch to me. I learned from the different members because they person truthful overmuch much acquisition than I do. So I really admit that.

Sirikul: Now reflecting connected your twelvemonth – from trainee to idol, was it everything you expected? You know, what was the astir astonishing facet of being an idol? What has been the astir exciting?

NAHYUN: As a trainee, erstwhile I aspired to go an idol, I only saw them sparkling connected shape – nary [knowledge of] down the scenes. But aft experiencing it myself, I was amazed astatine really overmuch mentation goes into it. So I attack each those opportunities much sincerely.

KATELYN: Like what Nahyun said, I didn’t recognize really overmuch effort and really galore group were needed down the scenes. As a fan, we only spot them connected shape aliases connected camera. I didn't recognize really overmuch we had to prepare, for illustration successful different aspects and moreover trading – for illustration really galore group are successful the trading squad and the euphony side. I didn't recognize really overmuch support we get from everybody.

Sirikul: Can you picture your adjacent sound aliases euphony successful 1 connection aliases an expression?

BOME: Amazing. Best!

ARIN: New!

AURORA: For maine – PLOT TWIST!

MICHI: I deliberation the connection – PURE.

KATELYN: Unique.

SEOHYEON: Cool.

AtHeart’s “3! 4!” is disposable connected each streaming platforms now.