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-It's your first mini album.
▶(Ji-U) We've only ever released singles, but this time we can meet fans with a mini album with multiple songs, so we're happy.
(SuA) This is our third promotions following 'Chase Me' and 'Good Night' and when we tried with storytelling, we're going back to the beginning again. I'm glad we can let people hear the story of why we became nightmares. The song is also brighter than the two we've done before.
-The prequel format is unique.
▶(Ji-U) It's storytelling similar to a movie. The Prequel album was planning from the beginning. While we only ever showed an intense nightmare, we're giving you a lump in your throat and showing why we became nightmares.
(Siyeon) In the storytelling, we were originally ordinary girls. We're 7 ordinary girls living in a boarding school.
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(SuA) When you watch the music video, you will understand. Ji-U catches a spider. Yoohyeon kills it with fire. We kill the spider, so we receive that spider's curse and become nightmares.
-You debuted as Minx in 2015 and redebuted as Dreamcatcher this year. The difference between youthful Minx and dark Dreamcatcher is big.
▶(SuA) Our two new members joined and made a difference. At that time, when I heard about Dreamcatcher, I didn't think there would be storytelling. I thought vaguely that we would do a variety of genres, but it was a new, profound, dark concept. It was a really unexpected progression.
-Even so, you're a girl group. Why did you risk taking a 'nightmare' concept?
▶(SuA) Dreamcatchers are American Indian magical tools to chase away nightmares. It's a hopeful name. We wanted to show that unchanging concept to the public. Rather than hope, we chose a nightmare for dreamcatchers to chase.
(Ji-U) This time we prepared two version, Before and After. Before is a girl feeling, After is a dark feeling after we've become nightmares.
(SuA) The song even starts brightly and changes to a dark feeling. You will receive a neutral/balanced feeling.
-Dreamcatcher's synchronization has caught eyes. It's not easy.
▶(SuA) It's shared among 7 people, so it lessens the burden a little. I think it could be difficult for members who sing high notes. Because we must perform live in sync.
(Siyeon) We've gotten the hang of it. Honestly I never grasped the sense at first. So I grabbed my upper body and tried singing. Since doing that, I think I've gotten the hang of it.
(Yoohyeon) Um, I think I haven't gotten the hang of it at all (laughs). Each time a new song comes out, the choreography gets stronger.
(Ji-U) So each stage is thrilling. It's always new.
- This time that novelty has been added.
▶(SuA) Rather than in 'Chase Me' or 'Good Night', the synchronization line is pretty this time. There are a lot of turns. If you listen to the lyrics with your ears and watch the dance with your eyes, you will think that the dance matches the lyrics. For example, when we sing 'thorny roses' we express that. We practiced for 6~8 hours a day. We completed the choreography 7 days before filming the music video. And even then, we continued to modify it.
- The costumes are a bit different from the ones seen in the teaser images.
▶(SuA) For the costumes this time, the concept goes back to being girls. We're wearing school uniforms, so there are people who say they don't want it to be the same as other girl groups. So they're not just school uniforms, they're uniforms belonging only to Dreamcatcher. If you look at the shape and fit, it's a uniform that would be found in a fairy tale.
(Siyeon) When we talked about wearing school uniforms at the company, I was worried. As you know, school uniforms are a common item for girl groups. But this time our school uniforms are an uncommon style belonging only to Dreamcatcher. It adds a feeling of lighting a fire.
-The reason for 'Fly High' as the title song?
▶(Ji-U) We thought a lot about using putting 'Fly High" and "Wake Up" as title songs. Finally we chose 'Fly High'. This time, the singer wants to rise according to the song, so we chose 'Fly High' (laughs).
-Out of the track list, 'Trust Me' makes you feel the members' emotion well.
▶(SuA) It's not rock, so it was much easier to sing. We could add more sincerity. Haha. Honestly other songs in the rock genre are fast, so while recording, it's really hard to breathe. I almost fainted. But we didn't record a lot, finished it perfectly in a relatively fast time (laughs).
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