Summer Calling | ||||
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Regular Edition cover
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Studio album by Jung Yong-hwa | ||||
Released | August 9, 2017 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 27:48 | |||
Language | English, Korean | |||
Label | Warner Music Japan | |||
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Singles from Summer Calling | ||||
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Summer Calling is the second Japanese studio album by South Korean musician and CNBLUE member Jung Yong-hwa. It was released on August 9, 2017, under Warner Music Japan in three editions: Regular Edition, Limited Edition, and a fan club-only Boice Limited Edition.
Summer Calling went on to debut at number three on Japan's national weekly Oricon Albums Chart. The singer is set to embark on the Jung Yong-hwa Concert 2017 "Summer Calling" tour from August to October in Osaka, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Kobe.
Summer Calling compromises four tracks previously released on Jung's Korean mini-album Do Disturb (2017), in addition to four new tracks. It was released in three editions: a Regular Edition; a Limited Edition that includes the music video and a special feature of "Summer Dream", and a Boice Edition that comes with a Yong-hwa Summer Bracelet.
Summer Calling is a pop record. Describing it as a summer album, Jung sought to create a "fresh" and "bright" atmosphere with his music. Feeling that balladry suits winter, he decided against including a standard ballad on the record. "Summer Dream" was described as a "trendy" dance track claimed to "cool off the summer heat". "Closer" is a light medium tempo song. In its lyrics, the narrator "asks his love to stick by his side". "Not Anymore" is a R&B-pop ballad which serves homage to the sound and lyricism of the 1990s by following the melodic progression and the implementation of a synthesizer common during that time period. It deals with the mourning of a breakup. "Password" is an "addictive" deep house track. His first attempt at the genre, he described as a "party" song with elements of pop music which fixates around "repetitive" hooks and lyrics. The album closes with "Navigation", a song which consists of piano and strings, as well as a "calm" melody. Set in medium-tempo, the song opens with the sound of ocean waves. It is a "lyrical" song which was inspired by his "poor sense of direction". The lyrics hint as "social isolation", but also intends to "cheer up the listener". Jung noted that "dreams and goals" help him "navigate" his life, and feels "lost" without them.