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이 밤이 지나면 by 부활

이 밤이 지나면

부활

Korean rockPower ballad
PerseverantHopeful
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Interpretation

"이 밤이 지나면" (When This Night Passes) is one of 부활's most enduring statements, built around the idea that suffering has a duration — that there is a morning on the other side of any darkness if you can only hold on long enough to reach it. Kim Tae-won's guitar work here is at its most dramatically expressive, shifting between quiet passages of almost classical delicacy and eruptions of hard rock fury that feel like the emotional extremes of a long, sleepless night made audible. The song's architecture mirrors its meaning: verse sections hover in uncertain, suspended tones before the chorus breaks open with the kind of cathartic release that makes audiences grip each other's arms at concerts. Lyrically the song refuses easy comfort — it does not promise everything will be fine, only that the night will end, which is its own kind of honest mercy. Korean rock of this era (late 1980s, early 1990s) carried the weight of a society moving rapidly through democratization and economic transformation, and songs like this absorbed that collective anxiety. Listened to now, it feels like a time capsule of a specific emotional courage — not optimism exactly, but the stubborn refusal to surrender before dawn.

Attributes
Energy7/10
Valence4/10
Danceability3/10
Acousticness2/10
Tempo

medium

Era

1980s

Sonic Texture

dynamic, dramatic, cathartic

Cultural Context

South Korea

Structured Embedding Text
Korean rock. Power ballad.
Perseverant, Hopeful. Hovers in suspended uncertain tones before erupting into cathartic chorus release — honest mercy rather than false comfort, only the promise that night ends.
energy 7. medium. danceability 3. valence 4.
vocals: dramatically expressive, dynamically wide, emotionally intense, hard rock delivery.
production: classical delicacy to hard rock fury, dramatic dynamic shifts, guitar-led architecture.
texture: dynamic, dramatic, cathartic. acousticness 2.
era: 1980s. South Korea.
During a difficult stretch when you need music that acknowledges the darkness honestly while pointing toward morning.
ID: 227038Track ID: catalog_91304618d52bCatalog Key: 이밤이지나면|||부활Added: 4/27/2026Cover URL