''4×2=8'' is the eighth studio album by South Korean singer

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. The album was released digitally on May 10, 2017, by

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, and

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. The title of the album is a Korean pun; the mathematical formula can be read in Korean as 'sa yi pal' (사이팔), which means '4 times 2 is 8,' the wordplay referring to the fact that this is Psy's 8th album. This was Psy's last album under YG before his departure on May 15, 2018.

Background

On May 1, YG Entertainment officially announced PSY's comeback by unveiling a poster of the comeback schedule, along with the title of the album ''4×2=8''. From May 4 to May 7, the track list was released, revealing the title track and featured artists, including

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and

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's B.I and

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as a producer. One day before the release of the album, illustration teaser images were unveiled for each song.

Songs

Most of the songs were written and composed by YG Entertainment artists, unlike his last album '' Chiljip Psy-da'' which didn't feature any YG artists. Psy stated in an interview that he wanted young blood for the album, and didn't want it to sound old, so he worked with B.I, who co-composed three tracks on the album. BigBang's Taeyang is featured on "Love"; iKon's B.I and Bobby on "Bomb"; and actress Lee Sung-kyung is featured on "Last Scene". Tablo participated in writing the lyrics and is featured on "Auto Reverse" with B.I. BigBang's G-Dragon took part in writing the lyrics for, and features on "Fact Assault", which is notable for having profanity, Psy stated "this track has so much profanity, and I don't even expect it to pass the censorship rating".

Music videos

Actor

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is featured in the music video of " I Luv It", while

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played the title role in the music video of "New Face". The music videos cumulatively reached 8 million views within 14 hours, with "I Luv It" surpassing 4 million views and "New Face" surpassing 3.7 million views. On January 1, 2018 "New Face" surpassed 100 million views.

Promotion

PSY performed the songs in his new album for the first time on SBS's ''

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'' on May 14 and ''

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2''. He also promoted on JTBC's ''

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'' sho and MBC's ''

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'' show.

Track listing

Notes

Release history

Awards

References

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