We were able to interview the wonderful Dongyi who recently won the Korean Music Award for the Best Global Contemporary Album of 2023. Selection committee member Hyun Ji-woon wrote this about the album: “[…] when we reach ‘Ikaino’, we reach the ultimate settlement where all fences and borders that are bound by identity are destroyed. Could this bittersweet feeling of ...
We’re back with a new interview and this time we chatted with the R&B singer-songwriter Milky Day. If you like a good lo-fi R&B track, keep on reading! When did you realize you wanted to become a singer? I was actually interested in music production first, before I knew I wanted to become a singer. Since I had some prior ...
Jang Ijae is a singer-songwriter who recently released her first mini-album ‘Nine O’Clock Song’. The mini-album is stunning and I loved it on first listen, so I reached out to see if she would answer some of my questions and luckily she agreed! In your album description it says you’ve been active in broadcasting, publishing and film. Can you tell ...
Hani is a singer-songwriter who has released a couple of singles, most recently she came out with ‘If young people don’t listen to you anymore’ which we featured in our Weekly K-Indie Report. We contacted her to ask some questions about her life, her career and her music. Who is Hani? I’ve been playing the piano from a really young ...
The Korean indie band Asian Boys, Crying recently released their latest single ‘I’m a kid’. We’ve been super intrigued about their music, so we reached out to ask a couple of questions! Keep on reading to get to know the band and their music a bit better. I’m a kid What’s the theme of ‘I’m a kid’ and What does ...
TE.O is a Korean R&B artist who came out with his new single ‘Payphone’ last week. The groovy track is a lot of fun. We were able to ask him some questions about his musical journey. What inspired you to make music? I’ve been interested in music since I was young. I liked singing, too.There isn’t really a special origin, ...
This week we’re proud to share our interview with drummer and producer Choi Gyu-cheol who you might know under his stage name OoOoot! He was a member of the rock band Johnny Royal and a founding members of CADEJO. He’s also performed alongside jazz legend Kim Oki. As OoOoot he released the new mini-album ‘WANT’. If you want to learn ...
H.M. Moon is a Korean indie singer-songwriter and recently released his mini-album ‘White Night, Dawn’. The work is incredible and we were lucky enough he wanted to answer some of our questions. How did you get into music?어떻게 음악을 시작하게 되었나요? 더 어렸을 때는, 헤비메탈이나 락 음악에 빠졌었어요, 그러다가 ‘Damien Rice’, ‘Ray LaMontagne’ 같은 포크 음악, ‘검정치마’ 같은 한국 인디음악도 ...
If you’re familiar with Korean R&B you’ll probably have heard of the singer ABOUT. He released a ton of music this year, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to reach out to ask him some questions about his art, his career and his latest album ‘OMNIBUS’. Note: This is a shortened version of our interview with ABOUT. You ...
CHOIYUDAM recently released his new album ‘NEO’. The Hip-Hop artist based the album on the story of ‘The Matrix’. We got in touch to ask him a couple more questions. On Inspiration “I got into Hip-Hop after watching ‘Show Me The Money 3’ in 2014. Out of curiosity, I listened to Oltty’s ‘Oil Ready’. As Koreans will know, the lyrics of ...