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Singer and producer SURAN has released her first mini album ‘Walkin’ with support from Primary, DEAN, CHANGMO, Swings, Suga, IAB Studio, and more.

After pre-releasing the track ‘Wine (Feat. CHANGMO) (Prod. by SUGA)‘, “the invincible newcomer” SURAN has now released her first mini album ‘Walkin‘. The title stands for SURAN’s motto of “I have been taking the same steps until now, I still am and I will keep going this way.” The EP includes five tracks about different topics but all with chill and sensible sounds.

A number of great artists is support SURAN in this album, and the title track stands out especially for featuring and being produced by DEAN who has worked with world-famous artists like Eric Bellinger, Anderson .Paak, and Syd.

For the music video with its dreamy and sensuous animation she worked with Mustache Films who previously created videos for KISUM, Seo In-Guk, Mad Clown, and Junggigo.
The album cover was made by I-AB Studio who already collaborated with SURAN on her swimming pool series with the singles ‘Calling in Love‘ and ‘겨울새 (Winter Bird)‘. The colorful, fantastic cover with the oriental background is impressive and looks like an Eastern version of Wonder Woman.

Check out the album highlights in the video below, you can also find the music video for the title track, the making of track one and three, and a live version of ‘Wine’.

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Track List, Credits & Descriptions:

Walking
Lyrics written by SURAN, Hyunseo Lee
Composed and arranged by SURAN, TAK
Retro chill house track featuring EDM producer TAK who won Seo Taiji’s ‘Christmalo.win’ Remix contest. Think of it as an extension of SURAN’s ‘Calling in Love’.
1+1=0 (Feat. DEAN) TITLE
Lyrics written by Deanfluenza
Composed and arranged by Deanfluenza, highhopes
MV: Mustache Films | Making Of
Minimal hiphop track with a catchy hook. The title is a wordplay on the Korean word ‘일’ (read: “il”) which can mean both “one” and “work.” Referring to the lives of people these days, the song says that when one does nothing but work and more work, nothing is left.
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오늘 취하면 (Wine) (Feat. CHANGMO) (Prod. by SUGA)
Lyrics written by SURAN, Slow Rabbit, CHANGMO, June
Composed by Slow Rabbit, SUGA, SURAN, June | Arranged by Slow Rabbit, SUGA
Making Of
An electro pop and future bass flavored trendy hiphop/R&B track about a breakup. Produced by SUGA of BTS and Slow Rabbit, it has a groovy rhythm and emotional melody.
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쩔쩔매줘 (Babybaby)
Lyrics written by SURAN, Kriz, Acserum
Composed by SURAN, Kriz | Arranged by Kriz
An easy to listen to, minimal jazz hop track that is like a conversation between lovers.
해요 (Yo) (Feat. Swings)
Lyrics written by SURAN, Acserum, Swings
Composed by SURAN, Primary | Arranged by Primary
A song of support and comfort for all the young people who have been working hard in difficult situations. Strengthened by Swings’ rap and Ham String’s beautiful string sounds, co-composed and arranged by Primary of Amoeba Culture.