Cobalt (EP)

Cobalt (Korean: 코발트, stylised COBALT) is the extended play (EP) by South Korean singer-songwriter Meaningful Stone. The album was released on 8 September 2021.[1] The album's track Dancing in the Rain (비 오는 거리에서 춤을 추자) was nominated for Best Modern Rock Song at the 2022 Korean Music Awards.[2]

Cobalt
EP by
Meaningful Stone
Released8 September 2021 (2021-09-08)
GenreIndie pop
Length42:25
LabelPoclanos
Producer
  • Meaningful Stone
Meaningful Stone chronology
A Call from My Dream
(2020)		 Cobalt
(2021)

Background

After the success of her first studio album A Call from My Dream, Meaningful Stone began recording on a new EP.[3] In an interview with IZM, she mentioned the album and the title track as a heartbreaking love story she wrote for the first time in a long time.[4]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
IZM[5]

Kim Seongwook of IZM reviewed "Music of youth recorded by a young musician as old music style, has blossomed blue from its glorious peril."[5] "The song beautifully proved the current trend of the rock genre, which fell into a long recession but functioning again as the language of youth." The member of the selection committee for the Korean Music Awards Kim Doheon described the album's track Dancing in the Rain as "It beautifully proved the current trend of the rock genre, which fell into a long recession but functioning again as the language of youth."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."COBALT"4:32
2."Most" ("중요해")3:37
3."Dancing in the Rain" ("비 오는 거리에서 춤을 추자")3:43
4."Mangwon Street" ("비 오는 망원로")1:23
5."Fly" ("훨훨")3:18

References
  1. Ahn, Gwangil (2022-07-07). "김뜻돌, 멜론 '트랙제로' 출연…"한대음 신인상, 또 받고파"". Raon News. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. "김뜻돌 '비 오는 거리에서 춤을 추자'". Korean Music Awards. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. Springer, Daniel J. (2021-12-29). "10 Korean indie singles to remember 2021". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. Park, Soojin (June 2023). "[이즘 뮤직 클라우드] 마음 가는 대로, 눈치 볼 것 없이, 지금은 록스타 김뜻돌". IZM. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  5. "Cobalt - IZM". IZM. October 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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