PSY 9th

After a five-year wait, the world-conquering K-pop phenom PSY has finally unleashed his ninth studio album, featuring guest appearances by BTS’s SUGA, Sung Si Kyung, HEIZE, and more. Here the Seoul singer takes us through a selection of his favorite tracks on the album. **“That That” (prod. & feat. SUGA)** “We have a saying in the K-pop industry. If the song is meant to be a hit, it’s made in a jiff. It was a ‘jiff’ I haven’t experienced in a long time. I wrote my part and sent it to SUGA, and SUGA took it. Then I wrote my verse, and just like table tennis, we went back and forth with ease. Hitting it off, they call it, right? We really hit it off.” **“You Move Me” (feat. Sung Si Kyung)** “I can put this song in one word: PSY vibes. We had those vibes in ‘Paradise’ and ‘What Would Have Been?’, and I have a feeling that this new track will become something beyond those songs. Having Sung Si Kyung as the featured artist was definitely the game-changer. I talk about life through rap while Sung Si Kyung sings about it, and that package of emotion is like a great blockbuster movie.” **“Sleepless” (feat. HEIZE)** “It was one of those nights when you toss and turn. I asked myself who would really understand how that feels, and I could only think of HEIZE. We all have those days when you feel down without a particular reason. As the lyrics of this song were written during one of those days, I hope this will make those who are going through one more bearable. HEIZE had asked me how she should sing this song. It’s almost a sin to give direction to HEIZE with this kind of song. I simply told her to sing however she liked to. Recording sessions ended really quickly that day. It was another one of those sleepless nights.” **“Now” (feat. Hwa Sa)** “This song is based on ‘When the Rain Begins to Fall,’ sung by Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora in 1984. In 1987, a Korean band named Seoul Family did a remake of this song. I knew Hwa Sa, who was born in 1995, wouldn’t even know this song, but I could only think of her when I heard this song. If she hadn’t accepted, I wouldn’t have included this track on my album. It’s a song you should sing your soul out within your vocal range.” **“forEVER” (feat. TABLO)** “It took only four days to write, record, and edit this song. But it took three years to share it with the world. I thought it might take forever, like the title of it. There are parts that I got to relate to better after time. I want to thank TABLO for being so patient. I’m sorry and I love you, TABLO!”