She had forgotten How the August Night
DSP x Poem
Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poetry Foundation
She had forgotten how the August night in the voice of Luhee Hyunkyung Shin is started from the poem with the same title by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The speaker set by Shin is modulated through digital signal processing (DSP) techniques and changes in various ways, breaking the sexual boundaries between a girl, a woman, a man, and a non-defined. It is Shin's interpretation of this poem and shows her exploration of identity. In addition, the melody theme also changes in its range and shape. Sounds reveal scenes and describe a woman's feelings. The August night she forgot is in the past, and it seems to reveal the heat of a moment that a girl who is not fully grown yet, but thinks she is old enough, happens to experience. Moonlighted spaces, beach and lake, the encounter with the boy, the sound of crickets echoing... Everything is buried in darkness at the end and becomes a secret of an individual with a woman's identity. The song shows how the lines themselves can be used as musical elements through DSP techniques and how the transformation of sound, not musical melodies, can evoke visual appreciation. It is also an attempt to create art by combining different fields of literature and music.