The Promise (Fly to the Sky album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Promise
Type = Album
Artist = Fly to the Sky


Released = February 3, 2001
[Recorded =]
Genre = Pop music, bubblegum music, hip hop
Length =
Label = SM Entertainment
Producer = Yoo Young Jin
Reviews =
Last album = "Day by Day"
(1999)
This album = "The Promise"
(2001)
Next album = "Sea of Love"
(2002)

"The Promise" was the second studio album released by R&B duo Fly to the Sky. Like the debut album, the album included poppy ballads and upbeat dance tracks. Hits from this album includes "The Promise" and "Maybe God Knows." As a bonus track, the remix of "The Promise" is also included in the album. The album peaked at #2, selling more than 200,000 copies in its first month of release. [ [http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200102.htm Record sales of 2001.2] ] However, it quickly slipped off the charts, falling less than 4,000 copies short of surpassing the chart performance of the duo's debut album. The album features vocal collaboration by Kangta and BoA and songs written by R&B singer Kim Jo-Han.

Music videos

The Promise

Not following any plot, the music video of "The Promise" simply shows duo dancing and lipsynching along with the song. The video alternates between the two settings in which the two members sing in the dark and a scene in an aquarium-like place of surrounded by tall blue poles and water-filled floor.

Alternate version

The alternate version of the music video stars former boyband member Moon Hee Jun as a first-rate car racer who falls in love with a daughter of a tycoon. From the photos taken by a paparazzi, her father soon finds out about the romance and forbids her to date him. However, she goes against his father's wishes only to be caught by the bodyguards hired by him soonafter.

The bodyguards start a car chase towards Moon and his lover. After hours of car chase, Moon finally gives up and steps out of the car, and attempts to fight the bodyguards. He does not win the fight and severely injures his leg, which ends his autoracing career. He tells his doctor to lie that he is dead for her safety. The music video ends in the hospital with the couple passing each other on the opposite sides of the escalators each heading its separate path. The two do not see each other.

Maybe God Knows

Music video of "Maybe God Knows" shows Brian Joo as a gang member. As the introduction plays, the music video starts with the camera zooming into Brian, the heroine, and Fany who sings on a couch behind the movie screen that shows Brian. Brian is on a motercycle, glaring at his opponent. His girlfriend sits in the back and holds onto him wearing a worried expression.

The introduction is interrupted by a Gregorian chant that plays for about 20 seconds. During the 20 seconds, the video shows his girlfriend walking into a church looking troubled. The original song resumes as the camera closes up on Fany.

Throughout the duration of the song, the video continues to alternate settings showing Fany dancing in a parking lot, frustrated Brian destroying the furnitures in his room, and his girlfriend crying in a church. The video ends with Fany dancing in the parking lot. Throughout the video there are English captions such as "Game" and "Desire Vs Love" that give the video the impression of a movie ad. Some of them are Engrish such as "If he lose..."

Track listing

#약속 (The Promise)
#A Confession (고백)
#What U Want
#I Want (feat. Kangta and BoA)
#I Want You I Need You
#Retry
#Always Together
#Maybe God Knows
#In Your Eyes
#Crystal (Featuring Jinju)
#Don't Forget Me
#Shy Love
#Baby Love
#Should I Stay...
#약속 (CD Bonus Track, Booty Mix)

Chart performance

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