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2017 studio album by Psy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4×2=8 is the seventh studio album by South Korean singer Psy.[a] The album was released digitally on May 10, 2017, by YG Entertainment, School Boy Records, and Republic Records.[1]
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| Released | May 10, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–2017 | |||
| Genre | K-pop | |||
| Length | 35:32 | |||
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| Singles from 4×2=8 | ||||
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This was Psy's last album under YG before his departure on May 15, 2018.[2]
On May 1, YG Entertainment officially announced PSY's comeback by unveiling a poster of the comeback schedule, along with the title of the album 4×2=8.[3] From May 4 to May 7, the track list was released, revealing the title track and featured artists, including Big Bang's G-Dragon and Taeyang, iKON's B.I and Bobby, Zico, Tablo, Lee Sung-kyung and Park Jin-young as a producer.[4][5][6][7] One day before the release of the album, illustration teaser images were unveiled for each song.[8]
Most of the songs were written and composed by YG Entertainment artists, unlike his last album Chiljip Psy-da which didn't feature any YG artists.[9] Psy stated in an interview that he wanted young blood for the album, and didn't want it to sound old, so he worked with B.I, who co-composed three tracks on the album. BigBang's Taeyang is featured on "Love"; iKon's B.I and Bobby on "Bomb"; and actress Lee Sung-kyung is featured on "Last Scene". Tablo participated in writing the lyrics and is featured on "Auto Reverse" with B.I. BigBang's G-Dragon took part in writing the lyrics for, and features on "Fact Assault", which is notable for having profanity, Psy stated "this track has so much profanity, and I don't even expect it to pass the censorship rating".[10][11]
Actor Lee Byung-hun is featured in the music video of "I Luv It", while Apink's Son Na-eun played the title role in the music video of "New Face".[12] The music videos cumulatively reached 8 million views within 14 hours, with "I Luv It" surpassing 4 million views and "New Face" surpassing 3.7 million views.[13]
On January 1, 2018 "New Face" surpassed 100 million views.[14]
PSY performed the songs in his new album for the first time on SBS's Inkigayo on May 14 and Fantastic Duo 2.[15] He also promoted on JTBC's Knowing Bros sho and MBC's Radio Star show.[16]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "I Luv It[b]" |
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| Yoo Gun-hyung | 3:09 |
| 2. | "New Face[c]" | Psy |
| Yoo Gun-hyung | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Last Scene" (마지막 장면; Majimag Jangmyeon featuring Lee Sung-kyung) |
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| 4:11 |
| 4. | "Love" (featuring Taeyang) |
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| Yoo Gun-hyung | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Bomb" (featuring B.I and Bobby) |
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| 2:53 |
| 6. | "We Are Young" |
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| Seo Won-jin | 4:01 |
| 7. | "Fact Assault" (팩트폭행; Paegteupoghaeng featuring G-Dragon) |
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| Yoo Gun-hyung | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Rock Will Never Die" |
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| Yoo Gun-hyung | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Place to Lean On / Refuge" (기댈곳; Gidaelgot) | Psy |
| Seo Won-jin | 4:34 |
| 10. | "Auto Reverse" (오토리버스; Otoribeoseu featuring Tablo [d]) |
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| Yoo Gun-hyung | 3:48 |
| Total length: | 35:32 | ||||
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Ref. |
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| Worldwide | May 10, 2017 | YG Entertainment, School Boy, Republic | Digital download | [1] |
| South Korea | May 15, 2017 |
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| Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| Mnet Asian Music Awards | Song of the Year | "New Face" | Nominated |
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