AWE [Regular ver.] [B&N Exclusive]

by XG

Overview

With their second EP, the weirdly mercurial AWE, Korea-based Japanese girl group XG ("extraordinary girls") returned to Japan's Top Three (and Korea's Top 15) with their dramatic blend of dance-pop, smooth R&B, and hip-hop. AWE reaches cinematic heights at times, including with its shimmery, orchestral synth intro track, "Howl." It lends a Halloween-y atmosphere to the proceedings even before the eerie, strutting raps of "Howling," a song with human-, animal-, and electronics-aided howls. The mood brightens on songs such as the urgent "IYKYK," which leans into melodic R&B, and on the U.S. dance hit "Something Ain't Right," an uplifting, house-injected track despite its unsettled lyrics. The EP introduces space themes before it's over, and no less than eight guests are featured on the paranoid, over-six-minute "WOKE UP REMIXX," but when the more intimate and optimistic "IS THIS LOVE" closes the set list, it ultimately overtakes any sense of foreboding. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	12/06/2024
Label:	Xgalx
UPC:	0762184044323

Album Credits

Performance Credits

XG   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Jay Park   Featured Artist
AKLO   Featured Artist
Tak   Featured Artist
Ozworld   Featured Artist
Dok2   Featured Artist
Paloalto   Featured Artist
Awich   Featured Artist
Chang Min Jun   Bass (Upright)
Verbal   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Bianca Atterberry   Lyricist,Composer
Jay Park   Composer,Lyricist
Charles Anderson   Arranger,Composer
Akil King   Composer,Lyricist
AKLO   Composer,Lyricist
KnavE   Composer,Lyricist
Johnny Goldstein   Arranger,Composer
Tak   Composer,Lyricist
Manny Park   Mixing
Kwon Nam-Woo   Mastering
Feli Ferraro   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist
Paloalto   Composer,Lyricist
JAKOPS   Producer,Digital Editing,Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Lyricist
Tayor   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Digital Editing
Nick Kandler   Composer,Lyricist
Jaeyoung   Composer,Lyricist
Tild Tomorrow   Arranger,Composer
Lyricks   Composer,Lyricist
Mychole "Starr" Anderson   Composer,Lyricist
Bastian "B" Testori   Arranger,Composer
Paulina Cerrilla   Composer,Lyricist
Ozworld   Composer,Lyricist
Han Goo Kim   Mixing
Dok2   Composer,Lyricist
Mason Sacks   Arranger,Composer
Chancellor   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer,Digital Editing
Heroism   Arranger,Composer
Awich   Composer,Lyricist
Shintaro Yasuda   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist
David Yungin Kim   Mixing,Mastering
KayOne Lee   Engineer,Digital Editing
Xansei   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist
Verbal   Composer,Lyricist
KayOne   Engineer,Digital Editing
Benjmn   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist