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Your Eyes (Stray Kids song)

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"Your Eyes"
Single by Stray Kids
from the EP Circus
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedJune 1, 2022 (2022-06-01)
Length3:16
LabelEpic Japan
Composer(s)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Jun2
Lyricist(s)
Stray Kids singles chronology
"Maniac"
(2022)
"Your Eyes"
(2022)
"Circus"
(2022)
Music video
"Your Eyes" on YouTube

"Your Eyes" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It appears as the sixth and final track on their second Japanese-language extended play (EP), Circus. The song was released on June 1, 2022, through Epic Records Japan, as the second single of the EP after the Japanese version of "Maniac".

Release and composition

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Stray Kids' second Japanese-language extended play (EP), was announced on April 4, 2022.[1] Later the title Circus and track listing were revealed on May 16, including the sixth and final track "Your Eyes".[2] The song was released to digital music and streaming platforms on June 1, in conjunction with its accompanying music video.[3]

"Your Eyes" is described as a love ballad song driven by piano, written by Bang Chan and Changbin from 3Racha, an in-house production team of Stray Kids, and KM-Markit, and co-composed with Jun2. The song expresses the lover's gaze with the feeling of anxiousness sometimes but still wishing to be happy in the relationship.[4] It was composed in the key of D major, 130 beats per minute with a running time of three minutes and seventeen seconds.[5]

Commercial performance

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"Your Eyes" entered the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in the chart issue dated June 8, 2022, at number 68;[6] on its component charts, the song debuted at number 60 on the Streaming Songs.[7]

Music video

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An accompanying music video for "Your Eyes" was premiered on June 1, 2022, alongside the single release. It was preceded by eight member-individual teasers.[8] Directed by Novvkim,[9] the music video is described as a "virtual date", drawing the lover's perspective spend time doing several things with each member all day long, from the morning to the night.[10]

Credits and personnel

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Personnel

  • Stray Kids – vocals, background vocals
    • Bang Chan (3Racha) – lyrics, composition, all instruments, computer programming, vocal directing, digital editing
    • Changbin (3Racha) – lyrics, composition, vocal directing
    • Han (3Racha) – lyrics, composition, vocal directing
  • KM-Markit – Japanese lyrics
  • Jun2 – composition, arrangement, all instruments, vocal directing
  • Lee Sang-yeop – recording
  • Lim Hong-jin – mixing
  • Kwon Nam-woo – mastering

Locations

Charts

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Chart performance for "Your Eyes"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[6] 68

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Your Eyes"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various June 1, 2022 Epic Japan [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Stray Kids、来日する6月に日本2ndミニアルバムをリリース" [Stray Kids Will Release Japan 2nd Mini Album in June When They Come to Japan]. Natalie (in Japanese). April 4, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Stray Kids、日本2ndミニアルバム名は『CIRCUS』 アートワーク&収録曲一挙公開" [Stray Kids, Japan 2nd Mini-Album title is "CIRCUS", Artwork & Recorded Songs Released at Once]. Oricon (in Japanese). May 16, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Stray Kids、ヒョンジンとの歯磨きで始まる「Your Eyes」MV公開 (動画あり)" [Stray Kids Release "Your Eyes" MV, Starting with Brushing Teeth with Hyunjin (with video)]. Natalie (in Japanese). June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Stray Kids 恋人目線で描く、バーチャルデートMV「Your Eyes」を公開" [Stray Kids Released Virtual Date MV "Your Eyes", Drawn from a Lover's Perspective]. Spice (in Japanese). June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Key, BPM of Your Eyes by Stray Kids". Musicstax. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Hot 100 – Week of June 8, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Streaming Songs – Week of June 8, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  8. ^ "Stray Kids、「Your Eyes」の Music Video解禁スケジュールが公開!" [Stray Kids' "Your Eyes" Music Video Premiere Schedule Release!]. Stray Kids Japan Official Website (in Japanese). Epic JYP. May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Novvkim [@novvkim] (June 1, 2022). "Stray Kids - Your Eyes". Retrieved June 8, 2022 – via Instagram.
  10. ^ "Stray Kids、バーチャルデートMVにメンバー初挑戦" [Stray Kids Challenges Virtual Date MV for the First Time]. Barks (in Japanese). June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  11. ^ "Stray Kids、「Your Eyes」 先行配信&Music Videoの公開がスタート!!" [Stray Kids, "Your Eyes" Pre-Release Single & Music Video Released!]. Stray Kids Japan Official Website (in Japanese). Epic JYP. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.