I’m well, thank you!

Thank you so much! I’m really glad you’re enjoying it. I wouldn't say there’s too much of a deeper meaning within the lyric “Kiss me like it’s 9 to 5,” but I will say that I’m more than aware that a 9-to-5 job can be really annoying and tiring for a lot of people. I thought, what if I gave something so tedious and monotonous a new meaning? The song, about making love to someone for that long, is the product of this thought.

I would say the indie influence was because I was just starting to learn how to make music – I am still learning! I believe I’ve just gotten a little better at understanding different genres and in doing so, I’m beginning to enter a genre that I truly love, which is alternative R&B.

It was written for a few special people… I opt to plead the 5th! (Laughs).

My dream has always been to pursue a creative journey. Ever since I was young, everything I did always revolved around creativity. I used to love the attention I got out of my drawings when at school, and later I loved the attention of performance. All genres of music have always been an integral part of my life growing up and the second I started to create music myself, I became addicted. I’m grateful to say I made it to this point at which I can make my music a reality.

I would love to be a pro at piano! I can play small chords but I can’t play anything incredible. The same goes for guitar as it happens, there’s still so much to learn. I’d love to master both instruments. I believe there to be something so powerful about learning an instrument to the point where it’s almost like a muscle in your body. A strength that after years of training you can flex in front of the world!

I would say that as much as I love being Korean, I feel as if I don’t draw much cultural inspirations from Korean culture in my creation of music. Of course, growing up I would listen to whatever Korean music my dad played on his car radio. The exposure was definitely there. However, I feel like my sound comes from stars like Prince, Frank Ocean, Elton John, Sza, d’Angelo, Pharell, Miguel, etc. The list of Western inspiration could go on!

I definitely do feel more freedom producing with only myself. There’s still a lot for me to learn as I continue down this road and it’s definitely more work as a ‘one-man-band’, but I have always found it challenging to work with other producers. In my head I know what I want, and it’s difficult for everyone in the room to read my mind like that. That’s why I learned to produce by myself.

2024 is going to be what it’s going to be (laughs). I’d love to explain in more depth and apologies for the cliché, but who am I to predict the future! From my experience of this question I think all I can say is stay tuned and expect bigger and grander things from me as an artist. I believe that as an artist I am changing and growing in a way I've always wanted to!

I’d love to tell artists to think of who you are individually, focus on that, draw inspiration from it and that will make you happier (and more successful!). If I could tell my younger self anything, I wouldn’t. I believe I am who I am because of what I’ve gone through.