Jo Hyu-il (born 1982),better known as The Black Skirts, is an indie rock musician based in South Korea. In 2010, he released his debut album, 201, which won Best Modern Rock Album at the 2010 Korean Music Awards. He has since released the albums, Don't You Worry Baby (I'm Only Swimming) (2011),Team Baby (2017),Thirsty (2019) and Teen Troubles.
Jo was born in Seoul, South Korea, on December 5, 1982. He moved to the United States when he was 12 years old and grew up in New Jersey. His musical taste was influenced at an early age by what he would learn from American music media such as MTV and Rolling Stone. He was also heavily influenced by Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and the first album he ever purchased was Michael Jackson's Dangerous.
1.Team Baby
Big Love
So much love between you and me
There is a depth that others cannot reach
So much love, even when we fall apart
I've never been worried
sending you away
I always stay in the same place
In a crowd of people
I recognized you at a glance
My love is straight as if measured with a ruler
never wrong
Even when it's as thin as a thread
It never gets tangled
So much love between you and me
There are some things that won't melt on your tongue
So much love, when was it different?
Much better than the first time
My love is straight as if measured with a ruler
never wrong
Even when it's as thin as a thread
It never gets tangled
Baby I love you
I love so much
Baby I love you
My my my my my my big love
Straight as if measured with a ruler
My my my my my my big love
I'm never wrong
My my my my my big love
Even when it's as thin as a thread
My my my my my my big love
It never gets tangled
2.Thirsty
Hawaii Black Sand
the island you want to go to
i can't go
As you know, my sins It’s heavy today too oh
The place we knew must have become a tomb.
Covered with memories
A lot of Rose of Sharon
It bloomed far away in the Pacific Ocean
the island you want to go to
i can't go
As you can see my feet are still
I'm tied up here
The waves we heard won't come back
The night sea we walked holding hands
On the black sand
All that remains is broken glass
Oh, the shadow of last year follows me
I guess I'm finally becoming my shadow
But I can't take even a handful of sunlight
In my room, not even a little air moves.
The place we knew must have become a tomb.
Covered in memories
A lot of Rose of Sharon
It bloomed far away in the Pacific Ocean
3.Teen Troubles
Ling Ling
Will you tell me again?
I didn't hear anything
The fire is out
I can't see anything now
I knew it for a second
It's time to get tired of the excitement
Ring Ring Ring Don't make a sad face
To my heart without boundaries
There's no suspicious design
Ring Ring Ring Don't try to understand me
with only weak worries
That's how I'm supposed to be
Will you tell me again?
I didn't hear anything
Even though you're looking for something new
I'll keep remembering the past
We're gonna crash
But it's better than being dizzy
Ring Ring Ring You are so stupid
I love you as much as I do
There's no one like that
Ling Ling Ling You'll find out eventually
Normal things are for you and me
It doesn't suit me at all
My crush
You will always be my crush
Ring Ring Ring Don't make a sad face
To my heart without boundaries
There's no suspicious design
Ring Ring Ring Don't try to understand me
I'm always like that when I only worry about being weak
Ring Ring Ring Don't say anything
On the day you come back
He's not abandoning us anymore
Ling Ling Ling This is a handful of sand
The moment you spill it, you float away
That's how we're supposed to be
4.201
Antifreeze
We've had no choice for a long time
I was alone in space and lonely
At some point, when the sun and moon overlap
You'll understand everything
It's raining in the sky. It's wet to the bone
After a while, it stopped raining. Instead, it snowed
When there's a blizzard that you haven't seen in a movie
You're the first eye I've ever seen
Even though the familiar streets sparkle like mirrors
Even if there's thin ice on the coffee you're giving me
The two of us won't freeze
I'm gonna melt the sand in the ocean
I'm going to dance and fight despair
Over the frozen asphalt city
In the breathtakingly cold air
Your body temperature is seeping into me
The two of us won't freeze
I'm gonna melt the sand in the ocean
I'm going to dance and fight despair
Over the frozen asphalt city
What if you and my generation are the last
What if another ice age comes
There's no love that won't change for a long time
I'm looking for someone who'll wait for that love
There's no love that won't change for a long time
I'm looking for someone who'll wait for that love
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