Artist of the Week | 4Men

I am a huge fan of R&B! And K-R&B/Soul was literally probably one of the best things to ever happen to music… In my humble opinion.

Introducing 4Men.

4Men debuted in 1998 with four members. Over time, this dynamic changed and the group of Four has become Three, Kim Young Jae, Shin Yong Jae, and Kim Won Joo. They’ve released plenty of songs for OST’s like “I Remember You”, “Secret Garden”, and “Gu Family Book”.

I love their sound and I think they are absolutely incredible! Check out some of their songs in the featured playlist below!

브라운 아이드 소울 (Brown Eyed Soul) [Artist of the Week] (Playlist)

브라운 아이드 소울 (Brown Eyed Soul) [Artist of the Week]

Last week, you may have noticed that there wasn’t an Artist of the Week. My whole week was thrown off and I just completely forgot. However, it’s back and to start it off right, I picked a group that I completely love! If you’re into real soul and R&B music, this is a group you should get to know. They kinda remind me of late 90’s – early 2000’s American soul music.

브라운 아이드 소울 (Brown Eyed Soul) is an R&B/Soul 4 member male group. They debuted back in 2003 with the album Soul Free. Since then, they have gone on to release 3 additional albums and 4 mini-albums. Besides working as a group, they have each done their own solo work as well. Still staying within the realms of R&B. I love this group for not only their unique sound but also for their amazing harmonies! They are just absolutely amazing and I’m a huge fan!

Don’t forget to check out the Artist of the Week playlist featuring more of their music.

Artist of the Week:: Park Ji-min

I’ve kinda been following 15& just a bit. They’re still kinda new in my book. The officially debuted in 2012 so that makes them 3 years old. I’m sure by now you’ll probably heard of them though. Although the duo is not the Artist of the Week this week, one half of the duo is and that’s Park Ji-min.

Park Ji-min is an all around talent and is currently in the midst of her solo debut. She began as the first winner of K-pop Star and initially was given the option to sign with YG, SM, or JYP. She chose JYP, did a bit of solo music before being paired with Baek Yerin for the group 15&. Since then, they’ve done collectively (and solo) what I like to call “Pop-R&B”. It kinda teeters between the two sounds. And for a young duo, it’s a good place for them. But aside from singing, Park Ji-min has also done a bit of acting. She’s been in Dream Knight and MC’d for the After School Club.

Don’t forget to check out the featured Artist of the Week playlist!

Album Spotlight | Taeyeon “Purpose” 2nd Album

Taeyeon release her 2nd album on October 28th! I really like this! It’s a bit of a difference from her first album but doesn’t stray too much from her musical style. My favorite songs on this one are “Here I Am”, “Find Me”, “하하하 (LOL)”, “Wine”, “City Love” and “Blue”

If you haven’t heard her album yet, you can check out the full album below! It’s also available on Spotify and Apple Music for those of you who are looking for it on your streaming sites.

New Music Update! | [Videos]

I haven’t done one of these in a while and since I spent a good portion of the afternoon just listening to a lot of music and watching music videos, I decided to share some of my favorite new music so far!

New Music Alert! [Videos]

I haven’t done this in a while but sometimes while I’m just kinda relaxing on a lazy Saturday, I’ll just click on the recommended videos on YouTube and I’m always happy to hear the new music. Sometimes I get to hear new artists that I’ve never heard of before and sometimes it’s familiar faces with a creative visual for new music.

Album Spotlight | DAY6 “The Book of Us: Gravity”

I don’t know if I ever mentioned this before but I am a huge fan of DAY6 so I’m super excited about the release of their new album, “The Book of Us: Gravity”. I just had to share this as soon as I saw this video on YouTube!

Check out the album spotlight below!