HAI CHENG, THE8:
Seventeen’s performance team member The8 released his single Hai Cheng on March 18th.
Along with the track, a music video was released and showcased deep and heartfelt emotions which were felt by fans.
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He described that the title of the song is the name of his hometown. He also expressed his artistic side in the music video which describes the song to have poetic meanings and portrays a romantic atmosphere.
220318 QQMusic #THE8 #디에잇 #Hai_Cheng #海城 @pledis_17
— THE8 海城 💙 (@mansehao) March 18, 2022
🐸: Hello QQ Music fans and friends, I’m Xu Minghao, The8! It’s been a while, I’m back with a single <Hai Cheng>. Firstly, Hai Cheng is the name of my hometown, secondly, this song uses poetic meanings and romantic [cont] pic.twitter.com/edwENYx44n
Hai Cheng is written based on The8’s emotions and how he felt, fans assumed the song was written for his mother and the music video is dedicated to her.
This MV could also represent his mom. (Since Hai Cheng is his hometown & where his mom gave birth to him.) His mom is his only lady & the dance part, he dances since his mom was a dancer. ㅠㅠㅠ
— mi원우지💋 (@miwon17_) March 18, 2022
He incorporated dancing scenes in the music video, as he did mention before his mother loves to dance. The8 also posted a video of them dancing together once.
when i saw the dancing part in the music video, the first thing that came to mind is minghao dancing with his mother 🥲 pic.twitter.com/qTmLz2AVkx
— louis (@jeonmanwon) March 18, 2022
The8 also included his paintings in the music video as he loves art and uses it to express himself.
the painting that appeared in the hai cheng mv is one that minghao painted himself, and it’s the same one he previously said is his most memorable piece of work 🥺
— 새벽 🍒 (@dawncheol) March 18, 2022
he mentioned before he came across this heart-shaped rock by chance and worked on a painting of it for 3 months. pic.twitter.com/1s6E3UdwiG
The song has deep and meaningful lyrics that Seungkwan mentioned on Weverse that he does not want to song to be over.
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— SEVENTEENISM | Stream Hai Cheng 🌊 (@SeventeenismTWT) March 16, 2022
🍊: Hmm... how do I say this. When listening to the song, I wish for the song to not be over. I was feeling that kind of feeling after a long time#SEUNGKWAN#SEVENTEEN #세븐틴@pledis_17 pic.twitter.com/nPSXoaMYEg
The track is written by him and SEVENTEEN's producer Woozi, fans assumed that Woozi also did the background vocals of the song.
the8 and woozi 😭💗 @pledis_17 🔗https://t.co/IRoRnUgvXl pic.twitter.com/FD1u2fD5Q8
— ai | med school 📚 🩺 (@miss_svtmafia) March 18, 2022
woozi 海城 (Hai Cheng) backing vocals 💙
— 🍚 (@woozimedia) March 18, 2022
support minghao 🎱
🔗 https://t.co/1hMmlRiHpf pic.twitter.com/AlcG7GrnId
Listen to The8 new single Hai Cheng now!