‎[Korean Song of the Day]LeeSSang(리쌍) _ Hard To Be Humble(겸손은 힘들어) MV

[Korean Song of the Day] Check out this cuuuuuute MV for Leessang's new song "Humility is Hard"


LeeSSANG is back with their pre-released song "Hard to be Humble" from their 8th album [Unplugged]!
The hardest thing for LeeSSang is to be humble... which helps to understand their insane confidence!
LeeSSang's "Hard to be Humble" is a perfect transformation from emotional hip hop to band sounds.

Having created the modifiers "LeeSsang syndrome", "all-kill of music charts", "long-term control of charts", "music textbook", "musicians' mentor" last year, LeeSSang is back after a year with their full-length 8th album [Unplugged]. 

Released on May 25th, their first pre-released song "Hard to be Humble" is a reinterpretation of the original song by the guru of the Korean music scene Cho Young-Nam into LeeSSang's refined and unique taste. Based on the retro band sounds of the 60s and 70s, the song breaks out from LeeSSang's existing image with its radical musical experiment. As the title suggests, it features a humoresque lyric full of confidence with the dry chorus of Chang Ki-Ha making the song more enjoyable. 

LeeSSang(リサン) _ Hard To Be Humble（謙遜は大変) MV
リサン、8thアルバム［Unplugged］の最初の公開曲「謙虚は大変」でカムバック！
リサンが苦手なのは謙遜．．．自信に満ち溢れている彼らに共感できる理由！
感性ヒップホップからバンドサウンドへ完璧に変身したリサンの「謙遜は大変」。

昨年、'リサン症候群'、'音源チャート席巻'、'音源チャートの長期掌握'、'音楽界の教科書'、'ミュージシャンたちのメンター'などの修飾語を作り出したリサンが1­年ぶりに8ｔｈアルバム［Unplugged］で帰ってきた。

5月25日電撃公開されるリサンの8ｔｈアルバム［Unplugged］の「謙遜は大変」は、韓国音楽界の巨木チョ・ヨンナムの「謙遜は大変」をリサンならではの洗練され­た独特の感覚で再解釈した曲だ。 60、70年代風のレトロなバンドサウンドをベースに、既存のリサンのイメージから脱して果敢な音楽的実験を加味したこの曲は、曲のタイトルからも感じられるようにリサン­の満ち溢れる自信を面白く書いた歌詞とチャン・キハ特有の無味乾燥なコーラスが楽しい曲だ。

리쌍, 8집 앨범 [Unplugged] 첫 번째 선공개곡 '겸손은 힘들어'로 컴백!
리쌍에게 제일 힘든 건 겸손... 그들의 미친 자신감에 납득이 가는 이유!
감성 힙합에서 밴드 사운드로의 완벽한 변신, 리쌍 '겸손은 힘들어'

작년 한 해 '리쌍 신드롬', '음원 차트 올킬', '차트 장기 집권', '음악계의 교과서', '뮤지션들의 멘토'. 이 모든 수식어를 이끌어낸 리쌍이 1년 만에 정규 8집 [Unplugged]로 돌아왔다.

5월 25일 전격 공개되는 리쌍 8집 [Unplugged]의 첫 번째 선공개곡 '겸손은 힘들어'는 한국 음악계의 거목 조영남 원곡의 '겸손은 힘들어'를 리쌍만의 세련되고 독특한 감각으로 재해석한 곡이다. 60, 70 년대 느낌의 복고적인 밴드 사운드를 기반으로 기존 리쌍의 이미지에서 벗어나 과감한 음악적 실험을 가미한 이 곡은 곡 제목에서부터 풍겨오듯이 리쌍의 넘치는 자신감을 해학적으로 풀어낸 노랫말과 장기하 특유의 무미건조한 코러스가 듣는 즐거움을 선사하고 있다.

SM meets L.A.

SM Entertainment’s hottest groups, Girls’ Generation, TVXQ, SHINee, f(x) and Super Junior are set to perform at a concert in Los Angeles on May 20.
The event, co-hosted by MBC and SM Entertainment, will be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim under the title “MBC Korean Music Wave in L.A.”

MBC made the announcement on April 3 that the performance will be full of dynamic acts by SM’s top performing stars. The program will also be broadcasted on the MBC network. 

The Los Angeles performance is but a portion of the world tour launched by SM Entertainment.

The world tour began in 2008 and the agency has hosted two concerts so far under the banner of “SM Town,” featuring a bill of the aforementioned groups. 
After the Los Angeles performance the K-pop groups will tour Korea and Japan in August and various other locations in Asia. The dates for other venues have yet to be confirmed.

Big Bang, 2NE1 enter Oricon top 5 on the same day of album releases

Big Bang and 2NE1 took the second and fourth spots on Japan’s Oricon regular album chart on Wednesday.

The feat was made more remarkable as the albums, “Alive” by Big Bang and the “best of” album by 2NE1, were released the same day they entered the chart.

“Alive” is Big Bang’s fifth EP and was produced with the intention of marketing the band to the world, as opposed to focusing on the Asian market as it has until now. It was released here on Feb. 29. The Japanese edition of the album contains the same songs, but they are sung in Japanese.

Currently, the boy band is busy promoting its album in both countries, after which it will travel to Thailand.

Meanwhile, 2NE1’s “best of” album features the girl group’s biggest hits, including its Korean debut “Fire” as well as the all-time favorite “I Don’t Care.”

The two groups will join forces to participate in a Japanese R&B and hip-hop festival on Saturday. Lmfao and David Guetta are also slated to perform.