Yaeji Processes Her Own Growth With New Song “One More”

Music News

09/25/2018

Dusty Henry

After releasing two excellent EPs in 2017, Yaeji’s gone from packing out late-night dance parties in basement venues to headlining spaces like the Showbox in record speed. It’s no wonder why – her effervescent brand of house music blended with her vocals that swerve effortlessly between English and Korean is a marvel to listen to. Her musical output has been quiet throughout 2018, but recently she’s emerged once again. First by remixing Charli XCX’s “Focus” and now she’s returned with an original track of her own, “One More.”

The swooning rhythms, pulsing underneath Yaeji’s breathy auto-tune, hits all the high marks that made her EP2 pop up on so many year-end lists. The hypnotic production and dance rhythms are just the groundwork for Yaeji to open up with some of her most personal writing yet. She explains the song’s genesis in a press statement:

“‘One More (한번만더)’ is a track I started while experiencing deep growing pains. I felt lost in my life’s quick change of pace and betrayed by someone I trusted. I needed to write this song to understand what was happening around me. Throughout the next few months, I kept revisiting the track, adding and taking away bits, changing the synth completely, rewriting a part of the lyrics; —it was a constantly changing piece that documented the process of my transformation. Listening to the earliest version of the song through its evolution, I remembered the times I was confused or angry, processed those feelings, understood my pains, and finally felt like I gained a bit of control over it all. ‘One More’ is about enduring and coming to terms with pain until you have the strength to forgive and move on.”

Listen to “One More” and her remix of Charli XCX’s “Focus” below. Yaeji is currently on tour, performing at Portland, Ore.’s Wonder Ballroom on Oct. 22 and Seattle’s The Showbox on Oct. 23.