HallyuTones

Category: Interviews

  • [Interview] Inside Jean Vice’s Creativity Between Silence and Violence

    [Interview] Inside Jean Vice’s Creativity Between Silence and Violence

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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones — always focused on sound, stage, and substance. Through hazy melodies, emotionally layered production, and stories rooted in imagination, isolation, and hope, Jean Vice quietly begun carving out a world entirely his own during his time serving mandatory military service. From the atmospheric serenity of “Negative” to the hip-hop-centric…

  • [Interview] Haeyoon: The K-Pop Star Teaching Others To Shine

    [Interview] Haeyoon: The K-Pop Star Teaching Others To Shine

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    Advertisement : This article is an interview with the artist Haeyoon, who provided the author with a complimentary one-hour vocal and Korean language session courtesy of her company, K.V.T. LAB. Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones – always focused on sound, stage, and substance. Today’s article celebrates a huge milestone for HallyuTones, as it has…

  • [Interview] Hai-Kyung Suh: A Pianist’s Rise to Global Acclaim

    [Interview] Hai-Kyung Suh: A Pianist’s Rise to Global Acclaim

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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones – always focused on sound, stage and substance. While HallyuTones generally focuses on K-Pop artists, we also like to offer a spotlight to other genres and styles of music. Music is an iterative creative art, meaning artists learn from, sample, and build upon the work of other creatives. Nowhere…

  • [Interview] Dailog’s ‘Cantabile’ And The Power of Love

    [Interview] Dailog’s ‘Cantabile’ And The Power of Love

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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones – always focused on sound, stage and substance. Long-time readers of HallyuTones may remember our interview from last year with singer-songwriter and producer Dailog. He has worked on soundtracks for many of Korea’s biggest dramas, providing an emotional backdrop to many memorable scenes and stories. When he announced his…

  • [Interview] JISUYEON’s Journey: From Weki Meki to Solo Artist

    [Interview] JISUYEON’s Journey: From Weki Meki to Solo Artist

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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones – always focused on sound, stage and substance. Computers – we all use them in work, school, and our home lives. However, despite the numerous ways in which technology can help make things more efficient for us, there is always an ‘error’ message or ‘blue screen’ waiting just out…

  • [Interview] When Art becomes a verb, with EL CAPITXN

    [Interview] When Art becomes a verb, with EL CAPITXN

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    Tshego Matsha
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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones — always focused on sound, stage, and substance. In the process of learning about how our favourite records come to exist, we find that the person behind the track often has just as intriguing of a journey as the performer. For most fans of K-pop in particular, their attention…

  • [Interview] EMBA: Lover of all things music

    [Interview] EMBA: Lover of all things music

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    Tshego Matsha
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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones — always focused on sound, stage, and substance. As mentioned continuously in my pieces, the work we do at HallyuTones is truly to ensure that we can bring all of the music lovers of the globe together, in particular through the lens of the hallyuwave. One thing that fans…

  • [Interview] AWU Soars Higher With WINXY

    [Interview] AWU Soars Higher With WINXY

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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones – always focused on sound, stage, and substance. Every K-Pop group has a unique story to tell. Years of auditions and training lead up to the public unveiling of a group. Promotions and comebacks showcase new sides to the members and emphasise their unique skills. Beyond that, stories diverge.…

  • [INTERVIEW] Yeju, who knit a ‘life vest’ from music

    [INTERVIEW] Yeju, who knit a ‘life vest’ from music

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    Tshego Matsha
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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones — always focused on sound, stage, and substance. We often speak here, at HallyuTones, about the power of the internet in connecting artists and fans. Our next guest is someone who took traditional marketing practices, like busking, to the internet. Yeju is an artist who shows the versatility of…

  • [Interview] Sojeong Shim’s redefining of the Harp

    [Interview] Sojeong Shim’s redefining of the Harp

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    Hello and welcome back to HallyuTones – always focused on sound, stage and substance. So, I fell down the YouTube rabbit hole — the algorithm was really hitting that day because through my recommended videos, I luckily discovered the channel harpistssovly. As someone who is unfamiliar with the harp, I was intrigued; when watching Sojeong’s…