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Easy (2024)
Where the lyrics of Easy take you, and where it was really made.
The opening track was described as an 'unruly' rock and roll song, while the lead single is a trap and R&B track.
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Recorded at Hybe Studio, Seoul (2024)
Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The album was recorded at Hybe Studio in Seoul. The point is set at city-centre level, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.
Album story
Overview
- Easy: third extended play by South Korean girl group Le Sserafim
- Released 19 February 2024 by Source Music
- Contains five tracks including the lead single 'Easy'
- The lead single 'Easy' is a trap and R&B song about how the group makes hard things look easy
- Intro track 'Good Bones' described as an 'unruly' rock and roll song
- 'Smart' described as an Afropop-inspired Amapiano song
- 'We got so much' was first performed on the Flame Rises Tour and features crisp synths
Background
- Source Music announced the EP on 22 January 2024
- The album draws from the members' uneasiness and worries behind their confidence
- Comeback trailer released 26 and 27 January
- Five track sampler videos released on 7 February
- Track listing released the next day, with 'Easy' announced as the lead single
- Music video for 'Easy' released alongside the EP on 19 February
- Two live events held on YouTube and Weverse before release to introduce the EP
- Easy Crazy Hot Tour in 2025 promoted this EP along with the later EPs Crazy (2024) and Hot (2025)
Recording
- Recording studio: Hybe Studio, Seoul
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Good Bones | 2:40 |
| 2 | EASY | 2:44 |
| 3 | Swan Song | 2:37 |
| 4 | Smart | 2:46 |
| 5 | We got so much | 2:45 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Le Sserafim is a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music, a sub-label of Hybe.
- The group debuted on May 2, 2022 with the extended play Fearless.
- The name is an anagram of the phrase "I'm Fearless" and refers to the seraphim, heavenly beings with six wings.
- The group was originally a six-member ensemble; Kim Garam departed in July 2022.
Members
- Current members: Sakura Miyawaki, Kim Chaewon (leader), Huh Yunjin, Kazuha, and Hong Eunchae.
- Sakura and Kim Chaewon were members of the project girl group Iz*One from Produce 48.
- Kazuha trained as a professional ballerina before joining the group.
Career
- Second EP Antifragile (2022) became the group's first million-selling release and debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200.
- Japanese debut single "Fearless" was released in January 2023.
- First studio album Unforgiven (2023) was the group's first number-one album on the Circle Album Chart.
- English single "Perfect Night" (2023) became the group's first number-one song on the Circle Digital Chart.
- Easy (2024) and Crazy (2024) both debuted in the Billboard 200 top ten, and Hot followed in 2025.
- The Easy Crazy Hot Tour (2025–2026) became one of the top 10 highest-grossing K-pop tours of 2025.
- Second studio album Pureflow Pt. 1 was released in May 2026, followed by the Pureflow Tour.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Easy was met with mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics.
- NME's Rhian Daly gave the album four stars out of five, saying it presents a new evolution in the group's work, not just thematically but musically too.
- Lee Seung-won from IZM gave the album 2.5 stars out of five, saying it has a lot of charm in its sound but more flaws than any of the group's other works.
- David Crone of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of five, praising 'Good Bones' and 'Easy' but saying the album's sub-three-minute song lengths and heavy-handed influences put a ceiling on its potential for intrigue.
Records
- According to the Hanteo Chart, the album sold 783,358 copies on its first day of release.
- In Japan, the album sold 107,000 copies in its first week, the group's highest first-week sales in the country.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The Good Bones promo video was directed by Yu Kwang-goeng, one of South Korea's major commercial film directors.
- The EP was promoted through the Easy Crazy Hot Tour in 2025, which also covered the later EPs Crazy (2024) and Hot (2025).
- The intro track's narration is delivered in Korean, Japanese and English.
- Before release, the group held two live events on YouTube and Weverse to introduce the EP.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org
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