Unboxing #4 - Ga-In's step 2/4

Hello, and happy Sunday! (Or it was when I started this post...)

Oops.  I meant for this post to be out a little sooner than now, but eh.  Good enough.  Today, as I stated in an earlier post, I will be doing a photo unveiling of Ga-In's first solo album, step 2/4!  An impressive solo debut, Ga-In takes a tango-esque approach to her six track mini-album.  Along with the CD, step 2/4 also includes the music video of her title track, "돌이킬 수 없는, (Irreversible)".  I love how different this collection of songs sounds in comparison to what's popular in Korean music now.

The album wasn't packaged in the most careful of ways when the seller shipped it, so you may notice that my album has a few funky corners.  Breaks my heart, that it does. D:  But at least everything else is okay.

The flimsy packaging.  Boo.

Am I the only one who keeps those little stickers they have on shrinkwrapped items?

The lovely cover!  The cover is matte and the title and her name are in glossy print.

The back cover and track list.  Track list for the DVD not written.

Side view.  I like how the album is a cream color.

The contents!

Closer look at the discs.  The brown one with "Hate" written on it is the DVD.  The cream one with "Love" written on it is the music CD.

The photo booklet is attached the to front cover.  Photos contain still shots of the music video with the song lyrics.

I loved the passionate/sensual concept for this album, especially since Ga-In pulls it off so well!  She's also a pretty decent actress, if her 11 minute music video is anything to go by.  The music video is incredibly long, but it didn't drag and was well executed.  Won't spoil it; you'll have to watch it to get the full effect.  Also included in the DVD is a making of the video, outtakes, uncut scenes, and such.  All in all, I think it totals to about 50 minutes worth of footage.  Pretty incredible.  The music video uses "Irreversible" (obviously) and her sixth track, "진실, (Truth)" as the themes.  What's interesting is that the instrumentals of "Truth" are almost exactly like "Irreversible".  It's kind of eerie how two songs with similar arrangements and all that could produce two songs that are so different.  The songs are sort of like twins.  Very similar, but each their own individual entity.  Hm.  Anyways, I think the only thing I'm not a fan of is the packaging of the album.  And I don't mean the shipping packaging.  The foamy bits that hold the discs in place are quite tall, so it's difficult to take out the discs without bending them. D:  Also, I wish the photo booklet wasn't attached to the cover.  The booklet pages are wonderfully high quality: large, thick paper and fantastically chosen still shots of the music video.  However, because the pages are so large and thick, (please, no yo' mama jokes, thanks) they are quite heavy.  The adhesive holding the booklet to the front cover is already coming off.  Also, the pages are hard to flip through, attached the way it is, especially if you want to keep the booklet nice and crisp.  Would have made it easier to look through if the booklet could be taken out, but it's all good.  Anyways, purchase step 2/4 quickly if you can!  It's getting harder and harder to find it at a reasonable price.  As I've mentioned before in a previous post, I bought my at Amazon.com, but you are able to purchase it at other online retailers such as KpopHeaven, etc.  So don't be shy! ~_^

As I've said before, I think the next unboxing post I'll be doing is Alexz Johnson's Skipping Stone, which should be arriving shortly.  Also, her second digital album, The Basement Recordings II, is coming out on the 30th of April, so if you can, please support her and her music!

And now, I'm going to get dinner to appease my stomach (read: THE BEAST).