8 Hidden Gems You Probably Missed in "Epik High Is Here 下 (Part 2)"

This is an album that you have to listen to from beginning to end because the songs are literally connected. The last track from "Part 1" segues into the first track of "Part 2." If you listen to the two albums together in one playlist, you won't be able to notice the switch because the two songs are linked with Tablo whispering "wish you were here." And no surprise here, the two songs are fittingly titled "Wish You Were" and "Here." Similarly, "Here" segues into "Prequel," and "Piano For Sale" and "Family Portrait" are linked by the sound of a music box. Listen to the magical transitions in the compilation that Tablo made for us above.

"Prequel" is Epik High's story. The final verse of the song tells the story with an old record-player sound effect that makes the listeners feel nostalgic, but more importantly, the story includes the titles of all 10 of their albums in a wildly smart way. Here are all of the Easter eggs in this verse:

• "We mapped the human soul." — 2003's "Map of the Human Soul"
• "Got society high." — 2004's "High Society"
• "Sang our swan songs." — 2005's "Swan Songs"
• "Remapped to stay alive." — 2007's "Remapping the Human Soul"
• "The world tried to turn us to pieces." — 2008's "Pieces, Part One"
• "But the E-P-I-K never ceases." — 2009's "[e]"
• "Had 99 problems but it's do or do not." — 2012's "99"
• "Took our demons by their throats stuffed 'em in a shoebox." — 2014's "Shoebox"
• "We did something wonderful now there's nothing to fear." — 2007's "We've Done Something Wonderful"
• "When you're lost remember, Epik High is here." — 2022's "Epik High Is Here"

Pun alert — a bilingual one. The fourth track, "Gray So Gray" featuring Younha, is a song about the love, hate, and frustration between a couple. The song's original Korean name "그래서 그래 (geu-rae-seo-geu-rae)," which translates to "that's why," sounds exactly like "Gray So Gray." The Korean title describes the situation where the lovers are trying to explain things to each other, and the English title captures the mood of the song on point. Great, so great.

When answering a fan's question about where the end of "Epik High Is Here 下 (Part 2)" links to, Tablo tweeted, "back to zero." The last track "Champagne" takes listeners back in time to two decades ago. The beginning of "Champagne" is a sample recording of the group performing "Go" at their first-ever concert. The end of "Champagne" repeats the lyrics of "Dedication," the last song on their debut album: "Check one, two / you are my destination / I thank you / It's a dedication," only this time, the group changed the lyrics to "We thank you."

The last line we hear from this album is a gentle: "Epik High was here." The line is actually Tablo's freestyle. "I don't know why I did that. It was sort of just freestyle. Tukutz was like, 'Can you just say something at the end?' And I said a bunch of different things. And then at the end, I was like, 'Epik High was here,'" Tablo told NME Magazine, "I don't know. It just sounds right. You don't know with life. So, if that becomes literally the outro of my last work, I would like people to remember that Epik High was here."