Cholim locks the door on distorted words in new single

Artist Cholim sang about the wounds that the gazes of others and distorted words leave on a person with her new song 'Lock the door'. The starting point of the song is the bewilderment felt at the moment when a peaceful daily life collapses due to a single word, and stories created in one's absence harden into truth.

In 'Lock the door', the narrator ends up remaining as a 'rude person' at the end of stories they did not intend. Cholim captured the emotions of repeated distortions occurring in unseen places and the process of gradually losing people in that process within the song.

The heart of the narrator who became a 'rude person'

The emotion permeating the song is isolation and loss. In a situation where the words and gazes of others pile up like a wall, the narrator locks the door to protect themselves. The title 'Lock the door' directly embraces that moment of defense.

Cholim sings of the confusion that arises when an illusion created by others shakes an individual's essence. The scene where the actual self and the self defined by others drift apart within distorted stories leaves a bitter sense of empathy.

Cholim, who took charge of songwriting, composing, and arranging

In this project, Cholim personally took charge of composing, songwriting, and arranging. She refined the textures of emotion while writing the lyrics with Lauren Rose, and Yoon Junho's bass and Kim Young-hyun's drums were added to the sound designed by Cholim.

Rather than putting sadness at the forefront, Cholim expressed the heart wavering within relationships through her own musical language. 'Lock the door' remains as a record of the narrator who, between the 'me' defined by others and the actual 'me', ultimately locks the door to protect themselves.