↬ I AM YOU (OCTOBER 2018)
└ last part of I AM trilogy
└ conclusion that i really don't know who am i, but i hope YOU will help me get the answer
1. You.
2. I Am You
3. 편 (My Side)
4. 해장국 (Hero's Soup)
5. Get Cool
6. 극과 극 (N/S)
7. 0325
8. Mixtape #3

↬ i am NOT! i am WHO? i am YOU.
└ You as a person who can help me get answer who am i

1. YOU.
↬ intro
└ using punctuation to emphasize
answer/conclusion
↬ i still don't know who am i, but when i see you, i feel like everything is okay now and you can help me find the answer

2. I AM YOU
└ about feelings when i realize the answer was YOU
↬ YOU can be a very different person:
└ it could be "me" that is reflected in the mirror
└ those who left good influence in the path to my dream
└ Stays for Stray Kids

2.2 I AM YOU
↬ "i see myself in you, no one can replace you, i am you"

2.3 I AM YOU
↬ being grateful that you are next to me and i'll do everything for you too

3. 편 (MY SIDE)
└ song about words i want say to you

↬ construction:
└ rap heavy verses
└ melodic chorus

4. 해장국 (Hero's Soup)
↬ title:
└ korean: 해장국 (haejangguk) - hangover soup, eaten as a hangover cure in Korean cuisine
└ english: Hero's Soup - father as a hero
↬ inspired by Chan's father, he's eaten haejangguk when Chan was a kid and he is a hero for Chan

4.2 해장국
↬ soup symbolizing the burden their fathers carry
└ written about fathers, how they eat the same soup everyday and how SKZ don't understand why they like it
└ later SKZ starting to realize that their fathers have their own worries and anxieties

4.3 해장국
└ they understand why their fathers like haejangguk so much and what it really means for them
↬ change in chorus:
└ from: Father, I am my father's son, that's why I want to know
└ to: Father, I am my father's son, that's why now I know, so now I can understand

5. GET COOL
└ song about small happiness
↬ lyrics: "even the honeybees get honey/get cool"
└ honey - 꿀 (kkul), which sounds like "cool", so this line can be translated as either "get honey" or "get cool"

5.2 GET COOL
↬ ding-dong
└ lyrics: "Right after eating it, someone rang the bell, that was my package"

6. 극과 극 (N/S)
└ song about picking between two opposites, two choices are the best and everything is black or white and there is nothing between
↬ it's hard to pick between three options, it's better to go to the play station room to calm down

6.2 극과 극
↬title
└ 극과 (geukgwa) - extreme
└ 극 (geuk) - opposites, pole
└ 극과 극 - extreme opposites

↬word play
└ 남극 (namgeuk) - south pole
└ 북극 (bukgeug) - north pole
↬남극과 북극의 life 극과 극과 극
└ south and north pole life, extreme extreme opposites

6.3 극과 극 (N/S)
↬ adlibs
└ random background noises (made mostly by Jisung), but also "YONGBOK!" before Felix's part and with "오 필릭스의 목소리!" ("oh, Felix's voice") through Felix's part in chorus

source: @/imaskii

7. 0325
└ 2018.03.25 debut date
↬ Intros from three albums from I AM trilogy - NOT!, WHO? and YOU. combined in one song.
↬ 0325 as a start line, comeback with another album, new concept, new series Clé on 2019.03.25

7.2 0325
↬ planned from the beginning

8. MIXTAPE #3
└ originally: For You by 3RACHA
└ from mixtape Horizon
↬ song written as a comfort song for students, to gain strength for exams and remember that even if result is bad - exams don't determine your life, this isn't the end and many other blessings wait for you

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