4 Akdong Musician Songs Before 'PLAY' Worth Listening To

They first rose to popularity across Korea as the fun-loving and talented siblings on K-Pop Star 2.  Now Akdong Musician is taking the charts by storm and charming fans around world with their official debut album under YG Entertainment.

As AKMU‘s newest album release PLAY continues to amount to steady success and popularity, it is especially worth mentioning a couple of great and uplifting tracks that were released before the official debut of Lee Chan Hyuk, 17, and Lee Soo Hyun, 14.

1. "Foreigner's Confession" (외국인의 고백)

One of their best songs sang for K-pop Star Season 2, “Foreigner's Confession" is probably the epitome of pleasant songs – it is adorably sweet, lovely and interestingly puts English to good use.

It no longer comes as a surprise when one hears K-Pop songs abusing English words, and mispronouncing the words at every chance they get. But fortunately, AKMU proves to have a knack for English, showcasing much vocabulary and rather spot-on articulation on the words.

The use of English in the Korean Language have given rise to a popular phenomenon and term “Konglish”, in which the frequent use of it in "Foreigner's Confession" is in fact the highlight of the entire song.

It is a lively and easily likeable song that could perhaps be put to good use when one wishes to confess to a special someone.

2. “Crescendo” (크레센도)

“Hoping everyone will notice me”. “Hoping everyone can understand me”.
The song begins on a rather sweet yet emotional note, and culminates to a hopeful, upbeat chorus. Like any other AKMU song, it carries a rather muted yet powerful message and is touching and captivating.

3. "Is It Ramen?" (라면인건가)

A song that would perhaps make one feel like eating Ramyun/Ramen (Korean-style instant noodles), it is an upbeat and quirky song that has an extremely catchy chorus with the repetition of the words from the song title. “Is It Ramen?” is bound to get you singing along with the chorus at anytime.

4. "I Love You"

One of their more popular songs is “I Love You”, a track featured in K-Drama All About My Romance that stars popular actress Lee Min Jung. The song is penned by brother Chan Hyuk and complements the angelic voices of AKMU that never fail to blend together in perfect harmony.

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