Begin to Breathe explained

Begin To Breathe
Type:studio album
Artist:Eru
Cover:Begin to Breathe.jpg
Released:September 5, 2005
Genre:K-pop
Language:Korean
Next Title:Level II
Next Year:2006

Begin to Breathe is Eru's debut album, released in the fall of 2005 in South Korea. His first single off the album was a ballad titled "다시 태어나도" ("If I Was Reborn"). It also included the follow-up single "미안해" ("Sorry").

Production

The songs are accompanied with the string melodies that 100 people participated in.[1] The song 'Sorry' contains melodies of acoustic guitar strings, song "Finding Lost Memories" is about the loss of love, and song "If I Could Go Back" was self-written and composed by Eru.[1] Song "If I Was Reborn" tells a story of a man who recently experienced a breakup missing his ex, and was composed by jeon seung woo of boygroup XO.[2] [1]

Music video

The music video for "If I Was Reborn" was directed by Jang jae-hyuk.[1] Lee hyori and Kim Hyun-joong was expected to appear on the music video but it was cancelled due to the change of scripts.[3] This led to the two individuals mentioned in the thanks to section of the physical album.

Reception

As of 2005, october 5th, the album went no 1 in album sales on the hot tracks weekly best chart, passing the sales of Wheesung.[4]

Track listing

  1. 다시 태어나도 ("If I Was Reborn")
  2. 미안해 ("Sorry")
  3. 숨은 추억 찾기 ("Finding Lost Memories")
  4. 어떡해 ("What Do I Do?")
  5. 말해요 ("Speak")
  6. 내가 닮은 사람 ("The Similar Person")
  7. 돌아갈 수 만 있다면 ("If I Could Go Back")
  8. Life
  9. 모르잖아요 ("You Don't Know")
  10. 영원 그 다음까지... ("Until Forever After")
  11. 내내 ("My My")

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 이루, '다시 태어나도'로 데뷔...한국적 발라드 톱 목표.
  2. Web site: 신예 이루 "음악 위해 44kg 감량". 20 September 2005.
  3. Web site: 이효리, 뮤직비디오 연기 첫 도전 '무산'. 22 September 2005.
  4. Web site: 태진아 "신인가수 이루 아버지로 불러달라".