A few exciting things have been happening for me on the music fandom front, and there’s quite a few things that I’m looking forward to in the next week or so as well.
FT Island came out with a new MV, 나쁜 여자야, from their latest mini-album Jump Up. It’s a little weird without 오완빈, and a little strange to see and hear 송승현 in his place, but the new guy fits in quite well and FT Island’s sound hasn’t suffered from the member change. If anything, their music sounds a little more mature than it did before, which is never a bad thing.
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Epik High‘s Tablo released a book last year in November, 당신의 조각들, which was a collection of short stories he’d written in 1998-2001. Originally in English, these stories were translated and published in Korean. But today the original English version of these stories were released in the English version of the book. I’m really excited! And there’s plenty more Epik High on the horizon too, with their latest album coming out next month.
신화‘s Eric has a single coming out tomorrow, which took most of us 신화 fans by total surprise. Eric has been saying for a few years now that he’ll release some solo works, and he never actually did it, just featured in other people’s stuff instead. Last year he said that he would release something after he had finished filming 최강칠우 and before he entered the army, but he didn’t do it then either (although I think the sudden death of friend and actor 이언 had a lot to do with that). I think most of us 신화 fans had given up expecting any music from Eric now that he’s serving his military time, but yesterday a video teaser was released!
[youtube:https://youtube.com/watch?v=SmvVgPu5ns4 490 409]
YES! should be released in full tomorrow, and was recorded before he entered the army. It’s exactly the style expected from Eric, and I am really looking forward to it. It seems like a catchy beat!
Fly to the Sky also have a new album coming out, on the weekend. It will be their 8th album, and this year also marks the duo’s 10th year together.
