Korean Pop Culture
Korean movies, Kdramas, bands in Korea, afterparties and more. (한국 영화, 드라마, 한국의 밴드, 파티 등.)
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The Soul of Seoul | Operation High Jinks
When it comes to summer, all I can think about is getting out and about and having fun. For me, fun includes walking in parks, swimming in the ocean and playing games. I LOVE a good game. I’ve got a competitive spirit but I also don’t think games are just for the kids. Last year, I noticed that there just weren’t events of the get out and about and learn while playing sort. There used to be many years ago, but seems the groups that used to plan adventurous games stopped. So I took up the helm and planned not one, but two scavenger hunts with the help of some…
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Every Single Day: Nothing Of It & An Interview
The Korean indie band Every Single Day has released their 6th full length album titled Nothing Of It. Nothing Of It features new songs and also some old favorites that have been re-done or collaborated on. “Tick Tock”, originally from the drama Pasta, the first drama the band wrote and produced music for back in 2010, was reworked with the female vocal styling’s of Lee Sang Yu (이상유) of Rocket Tree (로켓트리). When discussing how they chose the songs to pull from their past, Sung Nam explained that “on the original Pasta OST we thought “Tick Tock” didn’t sound as good as it could so that’s why we chose to give it a make-over on…
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Every Single Day: Rocking Out With a New Album
My husband, Jae-oo Jeong, has been super busy lately in the studio with his bandmates jamming and recording new songs as well as collaborating with other bands on old songs for an upcoming sixth album, Nothing of it. To get people pumped, they’ve been releasing a couple digital singles each month for the past two months and will continue to do so for another couple until they release their entire album at the end of November. (This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a certain percentage of a sale if you purchase after clicking at no cost to you. Thank you for your support.) Every Single Day has worked…
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Every Single Day on Super K-Pop
Check out the live performances of Every Single Day's songs '에코', Echo from the I Can Hear Your Voice OST and '모래시계' Hourglass from the Golden Time OST.
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Every Single Day: A Pictorial History Lesson
Here are some of my favorite pictures that I've taken while I've gone to concerts with my husband. From backstage, behind the band and to standing with thousands of people in front of the stage at festivals, this is Every Single Day from my perspective.
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Underground Art & Music with Crazy Multiply!
The Crazy Multiply Art Collective had yet another fantastic show bringing together artists and musicians under one basement roof in the Hongdae area this past weekend under the title of 쪽, “Jjok”. This show focused on line and direction and if the title of the show is confusing, just say what you normally say to your taxi drivers in your head a few times and you’ll figure out where the “jjok” is coming from. The show was not only quite successful, they brought in 175 people continuing to improve on their numbers with every show, but it was also a “goodbye” and “we’ll see you later” as two of the…
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Pia Watching In a Small Hall
In a somewhat small concert hall set down very close to the bridge heading south over the Han River near Hapjeong Station, mostly girls, and a few guys they’d drug along, filed down the staircase to the hall to find their numbered seats to see Pia. Pia had already played here in 아르떼홀 both Friday and Saturday night and were rounding out the weekend with one last concert. The fans found their seats and it was clear this was a show for those hoping to get some pictures of one of their favorite Korean bands and not a show for their die-hard moshing fans that attend shows in bigger places…
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Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
If you have an hour to spare and I hope you do, this is what you should watch today. Culling together clips from over 11,000 videos submitted, directors Park Chan Wook and Park Chan Kyong, known together as PARKing CHANce, made this movie using 141 clips from Korean and international submissions to represent Seoul and I think they did an amazing job. It’s not just the pretty view of the city or even the pretty people of the city, it’s real life and real moments with black and white clips of historical moments in Korea from archives to today. There are the kind people we meet on the streets and…
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Crazy Multiply!
Crazy Multiply is an art collective based in Seoul, Korea that promotes contemporary Korean and international artists. They aim to bring artists and musicians together and explore different themes in a variety of mediums. According to Amy Smith, one of the founders and curators, Crazy Multiply started from a desire to show their own work. A friend departing Korea wanted to have an art show before departure and a roommate suggested paring it with some music and thus an idea was born. The first few shows went so well, Amy Smith along with Olivia McNair and Laura MacDonald chose a name and the collective was established in the hopes that…
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Every Single Day Covers “I Don’t Care”
Back in 2010 Every Single Day played a concert at Club ta in Hongdae and a cover of the 2NE1 song “I Don’t Care” made it onto the set list. [wpvideo SQONbhGW]
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ESD ~ Echo
If you enjoyed the drama I Hear Your Voice and want to have a quick four minute reminder of the show while listening to Every Single Day‘s song “Echo”, this is the perfect music video for you. The video splices together the band and all of the ups and downs in the relationship between the two main characters of the show played by actors Bo Young Lee and Jong Suk Lee. Every Single Day has a busy month ahead of them with concerts around Korea and also in Japan. Check out their facebook page to find a concert near you to see them live playing their music from not only this…
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ESD: Yes, I’m in love
Coinciding with the recent release of their EP Sky Bridge the band Every Single Day also released a new music video for the title track on the album “Yes, I’m in love”. It’s been two years since the release of a CD from this group and even longer for a music video. Their last music video was for “Lucky Day” the title track on their album The Bright Side back in 2008. Their new music video features the guys at a campsite grilling out, swimming and enjoying a weekend away and if you’ve ever wondered what they were like offstage, this is exactly what they’re like. Check it out. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGZfcskpRM&w=640&h=480]…
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Every Single Day ~ Nap: A Music Video
Every Single Day got together with Woohee (우희) of Dalshabet (달샤벳) to make a fun little video in their music studio featuring their song Nap (낮잠). This song comes off of their new EP Sky Bridge (구름다리) that will be released on September 3rd of this year. It’s been two years since they’ve released a CD under their own name. Of course fans of ESD haven’t been lacking for their catchy beats as they’ve been writing and producing music for TV dramas such as Golden Time, Cheongdamdong Alice and most recently the extremely popular I Hear Your Voice. Here’s a taste of what the music on the EP will sound like.…
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Every Single Day Plays @ Jisan World Rock Festival
Love Stage, one of the three stages at Jisan World Rock Festival this year, hadn’t had nearly the crowds that the main stage had leading up to Every Single Day taking the stage at 4:30 but as their time neared and they stepped up to sound check the people emerged. Their set included Echo from the recently popular Korean drama I Hear Your Voice, Lucky Day and Tik Tok from the first drama they wrote and produced music for Pasta and one of the big highlights of the show was Downpour, Sonagi (소나기) in Korean, from Cheongdamdong Alice in which they had the entire audience singing along. They played an acoustic set…
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I Hear Your Voice: Musicians and Actors Collide
This week, the number one drama across the country for the past six weeks, I Hear Your Voice (너의목소리가들려) wrapped up production and aired the final episode. The after party for the very popular show was probably as you would expect: very famous people with lesser famous people with a bunch of staff that wanted photos with each one of the famous people. I was in attendance with the music team and let’s be honest, the show would not have been nearly as great without the amazing musical talents of Sung-nam Moon and Jae-oo Jeong of Every Single Day, Sung-hoon Choi of Romantisco, Cha-sik Jung of Rainy Sun, Hee-chan Kang…
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ESD Making a New Music Video
Every Single Day, the Korean band responsible for the music on such dramas as Pasta, Golden Time, My Princess and Cheongdamdong Alice are just about to wrap up working on the current very popular SBS drama I Hear Your Voice. To celebrate another very successful drama, ranking number 1 across the country for the last six weeks, they have not only been in the studio recording for the OST, but they’ve also been in front of the camera preparing a brand new music video. They haven’t made a music video in quite awhile and it’s certainly time for a visual reminder of just how great these guys are. Here’s a…
