Verse 2

Verse 2 is the first extended play by South Korean male duo JJ Project. It was released on July 31, 2017 under JYP Entertainment and incorporates a variety of genres like pop, hip-hop and rock. The album contains eight tracks, with two only available on the physical release. The track "Tomorrow, Today" was chosen as the lead single for the promotional cycle. Background and composition In 2012, JB and Jinyoung originally debuted as JJ Project under JYP Entertainment with the upbeat hip-hop single "Bounce". Two years later the duo returned as part of the boy group Got7. Verse 2 is the duo's first album after five years. The album contains eight tracks of various genres from pop and alternative rock to hip-hop, adopting lyrical but bright-toned melodies. Among them, Jinyoung and JB added their own solo songs "The Day" and "Fade Away" as a hidden track that can only be heard on the CD. According to the duo, they wrote lyrics based on their anxieties going through life in their 20s. Calmness, vagueness and loneliness permeate the record. "Coming Home" opens the record with the message "now I'm back", and was written by Jinyoung on the airplane while feeling melancholic and missing his parents. The lead track of the album, "Tomorrow, Today", is co-written by the duo and Park Jin-young, the founder of the label and the duo's producer. It features coming-of-age stories of the two in a more laid-back style and its lyrics are more personal and intimate than the duo's previous efforts. The song features a gentle, percussive rhythm and harmonious melodies and its lyrics highlight the difficulty of making decisions about the future while being tied to the present, talking about the time when young people who have infinite potential and endless weaknesses face their lives, and the agony of having to choose one of two paths. The accompanying music video is in line with the song's message and shows JB and Jinyoung traveling in an old car, closing with the two reading books such as J.D. Salinger’s "The Catcher in the Rye", which is a quintessential book for rebellious youth, and Paulo Coelho "Veronika Decides to Die". It was filmed in Hokkaido, Japan. "On&On" talks about the world's rules, "Icarus" speaks of running toward a dream and takes inspiration from Icarus's myth, while "Don't Wanna Know" is the story of JB's youth and the troubles he has felt.