GOT7 are back with new single Not By The Moon (Picture: JYP Entertainment)

GOT7’s new song Not By The Moon is a ‘hard-hitting, in-your-face’ return from the K-Pop group, say producers Jay and Rudy.

After weeks of teasing, the group’s fandom Ahgase are looking forward to finally hearing the title track, taken from their mini album DYE.

Songwriting duo Jakob Mihoubi and Rudy Daouk, from Denmark, were part of the team that worked on the lyrics and melody for the bombastic pop song, which they say veers into the ‘unusual’.

And according to the pair, GOT7 ‘nailed’ the intensity of the track.


Jay told Metro.co.uk: ‘They’re all very skilled singers and rappers.



‘We both used to be artists so when we do the demos for the songs, we sing it in and we send the song so they know how it should sound.

‘With GOT7 I was really, really surprised with how well they did that song. They completely murdered us!

‘Usually we’re pretty confident in what we do and that we send a good demo – of course it’s in English by then and theirs in Korean.

‘But just like, speaking about the vocal performance and the intensity in their voices, you can hear they’re all really skilled singers and rappers. The rappers are really good.’

Adding that the track sounds ‘banging’, Rudy said: ‘It’s very emotional. And some of the notes are really high. We gave everything to this song to make it sound 100 per cent and they nailed every note of it. Better than we could.’

Jay added: ‘We’re only the songwriters so of course their version should sound better. But from top to bottom they nailed it, all the way through. Also the production side, it sounds amazing.’

He explained that Not By The Moon should take listeners on ‘a journey’, but initially they had concerns they maybe went a little too weird.

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‘It’s very in-your-face as a chorus. We feel like it’s really catchy. And it’s kind of hitting some notes that you wouldn’t normally do,’ Jay went on.

‘I remember when we wrote it the first time. Rudy came up with the melody for the chorus part and he immediately thought, “Can we do this? Is that normal?”‘

However they came to love it because, according to Rudy: ‘It’s not a melody that’s typical.’

Songwriting duo Jakob Mihoubi and Rudy Daouk are no strangers to K-pop (Picture: Supplied)

Jay agreed, telling us: ‘What we tried to do is create a story where you start very intensely and you build it from there into a chorus that is very hard hitting, very emotional, but also high.’

Having previously worked with the likes of VIXX, Jonghyun, NCT127 and Super Junior since they first travelled to South Korea in 2014, they are no strangers to K-pop.

While they had heard of GOT7 and were into their music, this time they got the chance to do a deep dive into their discography and were blown away by their talents as musicians and performers.



Rudy told us: ‘We looked at each member and said, “Okay for this member what kind of part is he gonna add?” and then we built around that. When people listen to Not By The Moon they’re gonna see each part is different but it still fits perfectly together.

‘There’s a lot of detail you have to pay attention to. We love their music, it’s amazing and we’re proud to be on that list of songwriters who have worked with GOT7.’

A satisfied Jay added: ‘It’s an honour.’

Not By The Moon is out later today.

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