Sam Kim’s ‘Love Me Like That’ is out now. She, you know what? No, no, she needs to… She needs to chill. And Do-hyuk, potato boy, he’s nice but a little too nice. “Because for one, Jaeon is a walking red flag. I think, Nabi should drop both of them and go into a mountain and meditate for a little bit before choosing a man.
If you had to choose who Nabi should end up with, whose side are you on: Team Jaeon, Team Do-hyuk or Team no one? It was like seeing my little sister that I haven’t seen in a while, so it was great.” Lastly, fans of Nevertheless have been divided about the show’s imminent ending. love to talk about a lot of little life things. “It was a lot of fun, and to shoot the music video with Su-hyun too was fun. He was like, ‘Dude, you’re doing amazing’. I think that’s what caused the nerves but, you know, once I got into the studio with him, he treated me so well. I think because, you know, Chan-hyuk hyung is such a recognised and famous singer-songwriter producer. Well, when Chan-hyuk hyung first called me to ask if I wanted to sing the song, I was very nervous. What was it like working together on the song ‘EVEREST’? “I’m thinking… Well I want to release a single before the year ends.”Īlso, you recently teamed up with Lee Chan-hyuk and Lee Su-hyun of AKMU on their collaborative EP ‘Next Episode’. When can we expect a follow-up to 2018’s ‘Sun And Moon’? But yeah, obviously my favourite has to be the one that I wrote.” Other than soundtracks, you’ve also been working hard on your own solo releases. And ‘Breath’ from It’s Okay To Not Be Okay, that’s just a really fun song to sing. Dokkaebi ( Goblin) introduced the name Sam Kim to more people. It’s an original track – that makes me like it the most. “Honestly, I would have to pick ‘Love Me Like That’ only because it’s one of the only songs that I actually wrote myself. Among those songs you’ve put out so far, which one is your favourite and why? ‘Please take care of me’ is the main message.” One thing you’re best known for is the beautiful soundtracks that you’ve contributed to popular K-dramas like Guardian: The Lonely And Great God and It’s Okay Not To Be Okay. Because I do get insecure, I am fragile, I break easily. “I think at that time that’s what I wanted to say the most, ‘Can you love me the way that I want to be loved?’.
“I wanted to portray how I felt when I’m in a relationship and how I feel, and I’m sure a lot of other people feel insecurities and they want to feel loved by their partner and stuff like that. So I started singing and playing the guitar, and the song just came out.” What is the real story that you wanted to tell with it? “But anyways, I remember feeling just kind of down and blue, and I wanted some love. When the 23-year-old isn’t producing or penning lyrics for his peers like IU, or most recently GRAY, Kim lends his soulful voice to notable Korean dramas, which have included the likes of Guardian: The Lonely And Great God (Goblin), Search: WWW and 2020’s megahit It’s Okay Not To Be Okay. Yet, almost six years since his big break, the Korean-American singer-songwriter has relatively laid low – in 2018 he released his first full-length album ‘Sun And Moon’, with a handful of singles and collaborations sprinkled in between.īut Kim’s niche seems to be in songwriting, composing and original soundtracks (OSTs). READ MORE: AKMU – ‘Next Episode’ review: a star-studded collaboration album that doesn’t disappoint.
Making his official debut in 2016 with the six-track EP ‘I Am Sam’, Kim first came to prominence three years prior, after he came in second place on the third season of the reality TV singing competition K-pop Star. Even if you’re not familiar with who Sam Kim is, you’ve probably heard of him plenty of times before – or at least, heard his songs through your favourite Korean dramas.