Client: DAZED
But NewJeans haven’t gotten comfortable in their success. Their signature music style is present but it’s urged forward on Get Up; for instance, there are new, rough edges in the skittering snares and bass on “Super Shy” or the lyrics of “ETA” (“My heart hurts when you can’t let him go / Trust me you deserve better than that, I’ll give you a hand, he’s just playin’, Boys be always lying, yeah). What began on the New Jeans EP – the exploration of girlhood’s complexities, the watchful and carefully constructed exterior that hides the maelstrom of emotions within – bares just a little more fang on Get Up.
But, as 18-year-old Hanni says, sat alongside her bandmates in their pristine label offices in Seoul, Get Upis, at heart, an album born for the hottest months. “I think it’s very much packed with how we would, kind of, represent NewJeans’ summer. The album itself is just full of really fun, exciting summer vibes,” she says. It runs, like a good anthology, across a gamut of situations and feelings. “There’s a large variety of emotion and stories in the songs,” she adds. “We have songs that are a good vibe to party with your friends, we have some songs about nostalgic feelings and farewells, and also falling in love. It’s just a full package so I hope everyone enjoys it as much as we do.”
With their new record and their first-year anniversary as a group fresh in hand, NewJeans talk with Dazed about trying to capture memories in a hectic year, what their future holds, and how they feel about being seen as serious game-changers in the K-pop industry.
Taylor Glasby 