So is the song that closes the album, ''Marching Into the Dark,'' which moves from guitar-plunking gospel roots into a surreal modern production and ponders individual sacrifice and the course of history.īut for the rest of the album, Legend quickly pivots back to love and pleasure with the rhetorically awkward yet undeniably catchy ''Penthouse Floor,'' which has a touch of Stevie Wonder in its dance beat.
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It's a connection to the socially conscious side Legend showed on ''Wake Up!,'' his 2010 album with the Roots, and in ''Glory,'' his Oscar-winning song for ''Selma'' with rapper Common. The album begins with a manifesto: ''I Know Better,'' a gospel-type hymn that has Legend, 37, declaring, ''Some folks do what they're told / But, baby, this time I won't'' and adding, ''My history has brought me to this place / There's power in the color of my face.''
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''Love Me Now,'' already a hit, is a seize-the-moment song with an overt sense of doom about the relationship: ''I know it'll kill me when it's over.'' Its track revolves around an insistent, lo-fi piano figure, and its chorus first arrives with Legend nearly alone, singing over simple, fading chords: pop with all of its misgivings built in. Drum tones are often woody and hollow keyboards and strings open up hazy spaces, sometimes without a beat. With a producer and co-writer from outside the usual precincts of pop and hip-hop - guitarist Blake Mills, who has worked with Alabama Shakes and Fiona Apple - Legend's music turns less glossy: earthier and often spookier. In his new songs, love can be a counterattack on mortality, a dangerous compulsion, a realm of sweaty adventures, a legacy from father to daughter, an escape from social media and a bulwark against forces of divisiveness. Without it, the love songs that regularly place him in the Top 10 - megahits such as ''All of Me'' from 2013 - are worthy and lucrative enterprises that can leave an unctuous, saccharine aftertaste.īut ''Darkness and Light,'' his fifth studio album, treats love as something far more complex than a panacea and a fount of perpetual reassurance, with music to match. LUMINOUS stays true with their team name that means “a bright light that shines even in dark places,” giving comfort to their listeners through music as a “light-like friend.” They are expected to captivate their fans once again through sincere lyrics and delicate performances by telling varied stories about youth.A little darkness serves John Legend well.
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The sharpness between hope and fear of life is created with a performance that pays homage to the Joker, giving a strong impact. The song itself talks about hope while accompanied by a heavy beat hip-hop base. In particular, the title song “All Eyes Down” is a song that shows LUMINOUS’ own unique color through lyrics that imply a question mark about fake hope inherent in people’s hearts. Through this album LUMINOUS will showcase a further expanded “LUMINOUS worldview” that depicts the youth asking essential questions about inner self and happiness. In their first mini-album “YOUTH,” LUMINOUS shows a story about “a tough yet beautiful youth,” giving warm energy through their music.
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They aim to form a bond with youth by expressing the story of a youth who is trapped in confusion. They will release their second mini-album Between Light and Darkness (Self n Ego) through various online music sites on January 20, 6PM KST, making their comeback after four months.īetween Light and Darkness (Self n Ego) is an album that expresses the chaotic situation in between ones “real self (self)” and “fake self (ego)” that acts like a mask, and serves as a comparison to “light” and “darkness” by using “Where am I” as the main theme. Showing their unique worldview through Between Light and Darkness (Self n Ego), Idol group LUMINOUS returns more maturely.