The production team behind "FONKY" the new single by four-piece K-pop boy band Ulala Session, deserves major points for originality.

Throwing together a pumping 1970s funk bass line with the stylized singing of the Korean pop style from the same era called trot (provided by legend of the genre Sul Woon Do) is an innovative move.

But by bringing those two style together with the "get down and dance" style of early hip hop, the boys have stumbled into something hot.

Even the vocal hooks in "FONKY," which do seem to remind the listener they are listening to a boy band, have the party atmosphere that made the Backstreet Boys a guilty pleasure for many musical purists coming of age in the ultra self-conscious 1990s.

The overall result is a song that uses familiar styles to create something fresh and new.

The singing and rapping provided by the four members of Ulala Session, Goon Jo, Kim Myung Hoon, Park Seung Il and Park Kwang Sun is impressive and upbeat.

They keep the party going without seeming to try too hard or take themselves too seriously.

But the clear standout star of the track is Sul Woon Do.

The singer, whose rep told MyDaily that he participated in the song "to show the proper essence of trot music," absolutely annihilates the hook, putting in a jaw dropping performance that is both moving and anthemic.

In the process, he boldly takes hip hop to places it has never gone before.

Your heart is moved, but your fist keeps pumping up and down, seemingly of its own accord.

He isn't autotuned or pitch corrected. He isn't trying to be what he's not or change the sound of his voice.

Sul stands and delivers a knockout take, simply being the artist that he is.

The choice to make the legendary singer the centerpiece of the video for "FONKY" is a masterstroke.

The four-minute clip, which also features dancer Poppin' J and the dance crew BWB, offers a major nod to trot in style as well as sound.

South Korean artists would be well-advised to follow Ulala Session's lead.

Instead of mining the same well-trodden American top 40 that a majority of K-pop artists seem to favor, the "Superstar K3" winners are looking to their own country's musical heritage.

In the process they create something that no one, anywhere else could serve up in the same satisfying way.

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