"Not By The Moon" is a song recorded by South Korean boy group Got7 for their eleventh EP Dye. It was released by JYP Entertainment on April 20, 2020.
On April 6, the group announced the upcoming release of the extended play Dye with the lead single "Not By the Moon" by posting a trailer film and ten cinema scripts, narrated in English. On April 7, the first set of solo teaser photos of each member was released. On April 8, a second set of solo teaser photos were released featuring each member with masquerade ball masks. On April 11, the band released a group photo teaser done up in a vintage style. On April 12, 4 sets of teaser photos featuring four different sub-units were released. On April 15, the first music video teaser for the lead single "Not By the Moon" was released. A second music video teaser was released on April 16. Both "Not By The Moon" and Dye were released on April 20.
"Not By The Moon" lyrics were written by Park Jin-young and Lee Seu-ran. It was composed by Park Jin-young, Jay & Rudy, Isaac Han, Aaron Kim and OKIRO.
The song is composed in the key F Minor and has 152 beats per minute and a running time of 3 minutes and 25 seconds.
Got7 first performed "Not By The Moon" on Mnet's M Countdown! on April 23. KBS's Music Bank on April 23 and May 1. They also performed on SBS's Inkigayo on April 26 and May 3 as well as MBC's Show! Music Core on May 2.
The music video makes references to themes of "royalty", "astronomy", "mystical motifs" and "magic" as the band clad in white perform "complex choreography". It was heavily inspired by English playwright and poet William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Hobin (A Hobin Film).