As we are

Seungmin looks back at the road he chose and sings gratitude without pretending it was easy.

Quick facts

Performer and lyricist: Seungmin
Korean title: “그렇게, 천천히, 우리”
Album: 合 (HOP)
Album release: December 13, 2024
SKZ-PLAYER: December 17, 2024
Composition: Seungmin and Hong Jisang
Arrangement: Hong Jisang

Watch the official SKZ-PLAYER

The player uses Stray Kids’ official upload and does not autoplay.

A ballad about choosing the slow road

“As we are” is Seungmin’s reflection on the path that brought him from an earlier dream toward music and the people walking beside him. The Korean title emphasizes becoming “us” slowly, which keeps the song grounded in time rather than instant destiny.

Hong Jisang’s arrangement begins with space around Seungmin’s voice, then grows without trying to turn sincerity into a vocal obstacle course. Seungmin writes and composes with him, so the track lands as a personal account rather than a generic fan ballad.

The road is the plot

The SKZ-PLAYER uses travel, guitar and memory-like images to keep the attention on progression. The visual does not need a twist. Its subject is the distance between who Seungmin expected to become and the singer standing here now.

RaeRae verdict

Replay: Yes, when a quiet song is allowed to earn its climax.

Best decision: Letting his clear tone carry the first half without decoration.

Complaint: One more live-in-room take would make a perfect companion.

Final call: A sincere solo with specific history under it. Seungmin does not rush the gratitude, and neither should we.

Sources

Profiles: Seungmin and Stray Kids.

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