” We are Korean, so obviously they call our music K-pop. But we never thought of our music as K-pop. Our music is just our music. “
” It would be better to be recognized first for music, but people go with what they like. If I’m here because I’m recognized more so as a style icon, then, if I’m smart enough, I will use this opportunity to share more insight about my music. “
” We make our own music, and the songs appeal to the public well, and the public likes them. “
” As a musician myself, I wouldn’t be confident if I received some other composers’ song, because I choose to express myself through the music that I make. “
” There was this hip-hop collective called People Crew. And at the time in Korea, there was no real place to access rap music. So People Crew used to host this summer school program, which taught rapping and dancing. I begged my mom to attend that school to learn how to rap. “
” I just listened to regular commercial music from Korea. I would just follow the choreographed dance routines. I didn’t have any ambitions of pursuing rapping. I liked dancing, so I did that. “
” I occasionally rapped along to some homegrown Korean rap. And then a friend introduced me to Wu-Tang and played me ‘Enter the 36th Chambers.’ It was very shocking. And then I started to look for different albums. This was pre-Internet, so it’s hard to find the music, and it was even harder to find music videos. “
” I wasn’t trying to be famous when I started making music. I mean, that wasn’t the first thing I wanted. “
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