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Big Naughty faces his 19-year-old self in a raw Nostalgia session

Big Naughty revisits the emotions behind Nostalgia, pairing his 19-year-old frustrations with his 24-year-old voice in a Seongsu-dong live session.

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Artist Big Naughty (Seo Dong-hyeon) shared his inner thoughts regarding the song 'Nostalgia,' which contains the emotions he felt at age 19. This work is a project where the emotions left by his 19-year-old self meet his current perspective at age 24.

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In this work, Big Naughty placed his 19-year-old self and his current 24-year-old self side by side, recalling the moment the song was created. The title 'Nostalgia' contains the emotions felt while facing his past self.

19-year-old Seo Dong-hyeon and 24-year-old Big Naughty

He brought out the emotions he felt during his 19-year-old years without reservation. The frustrations of that time and the emotions encountered in that process became the roots of this song. Five years later, Big Naughty looks back at those days through the eyes of a 24-year-old.

He also reminisced about the specific moments while making the song. The frustrations of his youth did not remain only as pain, but became new material within Big Naughty's music.

A live session capturing 'what it means to become an adult'

The changes after growing up were also evident in the texture of his emotions. Sharing his thoughts on 'what it means to become an adult,' Big Naughty brought out the raw emotions of his 19-year-old self again with his current voice.

In the live session, he expressed the story contained in 'Nostalgia' directly with his voice. This project was completed through the meeting of Seongsu-dong's sensibility and Big Naughty's music, and he left the song without erasing the deficiencies of his past.

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