It embraces the slightly silly, buoyant feeling of falling in love instead of trying to make it grander than it is.
Listen for
Listen to the way the melody seems to lift in the refrain and how the rhythm keeps that lift buoyant.
What else to know
By foregrounding light, direct joy over harmonic complexity, it reveals another side of Kim’s songwriting.
Behind the song
Released in 1999, written and composed by Kim Hyun-chul.
WHY KOREA LOVES THEM
His signature lies in turning ordinary scenes into polished harmony and rhythm, from ‘A Train to Chuncheon’ and ‘Neighborhood’ to ‘The Fall of the Moon.’ EBS has highlighted how his early work translated then-unfamiliar bossa nova and jazz colors into accessible Korean pop.
