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"Your Eyes"
Single by Stray Kids
from the EP Circus
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedJune 1, 2022 (2022-06-01)
Length3:16
Label Epic 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

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

"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

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

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

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

Release history

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

References

  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.