Dimension: Dilemma [Charybdis Version]

by Enhypen

Overview

After forming in 2020 through Belift Lab's survival show I-Land, seven-piece boy band ENHYPEN swiftly became one of the year's most talked-about new groups. Their debut EP, Border: Day One, secured an impressive number two position on the Gaon charts. Now, having topped the charts with sophomore EP Border: Carnival, the group look to consolidate their artistic intentions -- and though their debut album is a little on the short side, it makes up for it with quality anthems. Titled DIMENSION: DILEMMA, the group's first LP puts them at a point of decision: taken aback by the wide possibilities of youth, ENHYPEN are striving to find the right ways forward. These decisions come in many forms -- the conflicting romance of "Just a Little Bit," the decisive impulse of "Go Big or Go Home," the "main character" energy of "Blockbuster" -- but all remain compellingly anchored in the group's emotive lyricism. Under the thumping, Daft Punk-like bassline of lead single "Tamed-Dashed" comes a distinctly candid plea: "Scorching sun, show me the way -- my compass, please don't leave me now." ENHYPEN's choice of production proves equally engaging. The wind-tunnel adrenaline of "Tamed-Dashed" is full and lively; "Upper Side Dreamin'" and "Just a Little Bit" are tinged with a warm, autumnal nostalgia; and "Attention Please!" pulls no stops with its main-stage guitar riffing. "Blockbuster," perhaps the most ambitious of the album's six full tracks, begins like an early-2000s Celldweller track before folding cleanly into the melodic rock fusions typical of the genre. The only real miss here is "Go Big or Go Home"; Jay and Heeseung's infectious refrain feels wasted on such a generic deep house cut. With only six songs and a runtime of just over 22 minutes, DIMENSION: DILEMMA perhaps oversteps by billing itself as a full album -- but the project nonetheless proves another solid instalment in ENHYPEN's climb to the top. ~ David Crone

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2021
Label:	Belift Lab
UPC:	0192641681844

Album Credits

Performance Credits

ENHYPEN   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Graux   Guitar
CASHCOW   Vocals,Vocal Director
Kyler Niko   Vocals (Background)
Heeseung   Vocals (Background)
June   Vocals (Background)
PUFF   Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Daniel Caesar   Vocals (Background)
Anna Timgren   Vocals (Background)
Ca$H Cow   Vocal Director,Vocals (Background)
DJ Frants   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Synthesizer
TOMORROW X TOGETHER   Featured Artist
Vendors   Vocals (Background)
Yeonjun   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Wonderkid   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Johan Alkenaes   Guitar,Keyboards
Joacim Persson   Keyboards
Andy Love   Vocals (Background)
Bang Si Hyuk AKA "Hitman" Bang   Synthesizer
Sebastian Ivanov   Vocals (Background)
Ludwig Lindell   Vocals (Background)
LDN Noise   Bass,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Synthesizer
Justin Reinstein   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Loui   Producer
CASHCOW   Narrator,Digital Editing
Hobyn "K.O" Yi   Producer,Composer
Kyler Niko   Composer,Producer
Yang Ga   Mixing Engineer
Lil 27 Club   Composer,Producer
Jay   Narrator
Sqvare   Composer,Producer
Softserveboy   Composer,Producer
Ciara Muscat   Composer,Producer
Twlv   Composer,Producer
Kang Eun-Jung   Composer
Yi Jin Yi   Composer
Jin Lee   Composer
Joacim Persson   Programming,Composer,Producer
Parker James   Composer,Producer
Sacco   Composer,Producer
PUFF   Composer,Producer,Programming,Digital Editing,Vocal Arrangement
Isran   Composer
Jinwoo Jeong   Composer
Carly Lyman   Composer,Producer
Jessica Eunjoo   Composer,Producer
Daniel Caesar   Producer
Jeong Jinwoo   Composer
Lee Lee Jin   Composer
Mok Ji-min   Composer
Slow Rabbit   Engineer,Digital Editing,Vocal Arrangement
Adrian McKinnon   Composer,Producer
Jeremy Tyrone Jasper   Composer
Lee Seu Ran   Composer
January 8th   Composer,Producer
Matt Thomson   Composer,Producer
Punch   Composer,Composer
Eun Jeong Kang   Composer
Caesar & Loui   Composer,Producer
Tay Jasper   Composer,Producer
Anna Timgren   Composer,Producer
Jung Jin Woo   Producer
Ca$H Cow   Arranger,Narrator,Digital Editing
Jang Yeo Jin   Composer
Alexander Karlsson   Producer,Composer
Alida Garpestad Peck   Producer
Alma Gudmundsdottir   Producer
Mot Mal   Composer
Max Lynedoch Graham   Composer,Producer
Shin Kung   Composer
Jeremy Jasper   Composer,Producer
Yeonjun   Composer,Producer
Danke   Composer,Producer
K.O   Composer
Dylan Huling   Composer,Producer
Ji-Min Mok   Composer
Wonderkid   Composer,Producer,Programming,Digital Editing,Vocal Arrangement
Can't Say   Composer
Johan Alkenaes   Composer,Producer,Programming
Tim Tan   Composer,Producer
Hunter Smith   Mixing Assistant
Andy Love   Composer,Producer
Bang Si Hyuk AKA "Hitman" Bang   Composer,Producer
Moa Carlebecker-Forsell   Composer,Producer
Greg Bonnick   Composer,Producer
Cazzi Opeia   Producer
Hayden Chapman   Composer,Producer
HYBE   Composer,Producer
Jxxdxn   Composer,Producer
Jake Levine   Translation
Soohyun Yang   Translation
Frants   Composer
Alex Karlsson   Producer
Sebastian Ivanov   Composer,Producer
Sam Klempner   Composer,Producer
Alida   Composer,Producer,Composer
LDN Noise   Composer,Producer,Programming
Alma Goodman   Composer,Producer
DJ Frants   Composer,Producer,Programming,Digital Editing,Vocal Arrangement
Steven Lee   Composer,Producer
Adam Hawkins   Mixing Engineer
Gabriel Brandes   Composer,Producer
Justin Reinstein   Composer,Producer
Serge Courtois   Mixing Engineer
Mitch McCarthy   Mixing Engineer