K-Pop Daebak w/ Eric Nam: “20,000 followers and Brian dances” Episode 5 PARK BOM, GRAY and NU’EST Recap

K-Pop Daebak w Eric Nam

Eric is back with his 5th episode of the podcast and he shared his hectic schedule as he was preparing for his single “Runaway” during this time and how he almost lost his voice due to that! Luckily, he’s alright and sat down to record the podcast for us ‘Daebak show’ listeners!

First artist for this episode is PARK BOM, the former 2NE1 main vocalist, with ‘4:44’ featuring ’s  . For those who are new to K-Pop, Eric kindly explains who Park Bom and 2NE1 is.

2NE1 was one of the biggest K-Pop girl group in the industry. They have worked with Will.i.am from Balck Eyed Peas, their music was featured in Apple commercials and so forth. The reason why this is huge is that these were something that happened all before K-Pop became a global phenomenon that we see today.

Eric continues with introducing some of the numerous achievements 2NE1 made in the past and said that their songs are timeless and very relevant to today’s music(So if you don’t know them, Eric highly recommends to check 2NE1 out!)

The music video for ‘4:44’ is banned for broadcasting as it violates the traffic laws in Korea. He also shared one of his song being banned due to the same reasons in the