“Background” is the sixth track on Jin’s second solo EP, Echo, released on May 16, 2025. The song is a soaring ballad that highlights Jin’s vocal sophistication and emotional depth.
Set within the album’s blend of pop-rock and ballad styles, “Background” offers a tender, reflective moment that complements Echo’s overall themes of candid empathy and personal storytelling.
Musically, the track showcases warm band instrumentation supporting Jin’s expressive delivery, inviting listeners into an introspective space filled with heartfelt emotion. It fits perfectly into Echo’s narrative arc, balancing more upbeat tracks with sincere and vulnerable moods.
Following his debut solo EP Happy (2024) and after completing his military service, Jin’s Echo marks his artistic growth with a rich mix of sounds and moods, and “Background” exemplifies this evolution with its emotional resonance and vocal clarity.
Background Jin Lyrics
Ajik nan geogi sara
(I’m still living there)
Neoui sesangi da nayoetdeon gyejeore
(In the season when your world was all me)
Na hollo doeneoneun mal
(Words I repeat alone)
Dasi doragandamyeon museun mareul halkka?
(If I could go back, what would I say?)
Neol bulleodo
(Even if I call you)
Dasi mea ri cheoreom ullyeo, nal haechyeo
(It echoes back like a reverberation, hurting me)
Gidarimdo
(Even waiting)
Naegen sarangirago aesseo, ooh
(I try to call it love)
Byeol hana eomneun i kkamnan bam
(This dark night without a single star)
Bul kkeojin mudae wiro
(On the stage with the lights off)
Neujeun jansangcheoreom nama
(Remaining like a late afterimage)
Ajik hemaego isseo
(Still wandering)
Maybe in another place, another time
Doedollil su itdamyeon
(If I could turn back time)
Geuttaen gyeote naega isseulkka?
(Would I be by your side then?)
Neol gidarineun na, I’ll be here in the background
(I’m waiting for you, I’ll be here in the background)
Dareun saekkkallo geurin
(Painted in different colors)
Seoro muldeun chae dwisakkeo gadeon kkum
(Dreams mixed and colored together)
Jeomjeom ijhyeojindaneun ge
(The fact that it’s gradually forgotten)
Ttaeron michil geot gatji but I still choose you
(Sometimes feels crazy but I still choose you)
Nege jeonbu
(To you, everything)
Gwageoga dwaebeorin nae heunjeok, da haejeo
(My traces that became the past, all fading)
Gidarimdo
(Even waiting)
Sarangira kwe halmanhaejyeo
(Feels quite worth it to call it love)
Byeol hana eomneun i kkamnan bam
(This dark night without a single star)
Bul kkeojin mudae wiro
(On the stage with the lights off)
Neujeun jansangcheoreom nama
(Remaining like a late afterimage)
Ajik hemaego isseo
(Still wandering)
Maybe in another place, another time
Doedollil su itdamyeon
(If I could turn back time)
Geuttaen gyeote naega isseulkka?
(Would I be by your side then?)
Neol gidarineun na, I’ll be here in the background
(I’m waiting for you, I’ll be here in the background)
Here in the background (Oh)
Modeun iyagi ga kkeutnan bam
(The night when all the stories end)
Bul kkeojin mudae wiro
(On the stage with the lights off)
Neujeun jansangcheoreom nama
(Remaining like a late afterimage)
Tto neol hemaego isseo
(Again, still wandering for you)
Maybe in another place, another time
Doedollil su itdamyeon
(If I could turn back time)
Geuttaen gyeote naega isseulkka?
(Would I be by your side then?)
Neol gidarineun na, I’ll be here in the background
(I’m waiting for you, I’ll be here in the background)
