K-Pop Daebak w/ Eric Nam: “Wingardium Leviosa” Episode 12 RED VELVET, STRAY KIDS, and SHINHWA + Eric’s Thoughts on BTS recent OST Recap

K-Pop Daebak w Eric Nam

In episode 12, Eric finally finished his European tour, sending you the listeners Daebak love from London! greeting everyone with his “Proper” British accent.

For starters, Eric shared how his successful tour has ended and had a little party with the team saying he had a drink..(since he wasn’t able to during the tour) or maybe ten. He mentioned how this tour was one of the best ones as he was able to visit and perform in some of the European countries for the first time!

With that, the first artist of this episode is Red Velvet with their latest release, “Zimzalabim”. As many of you may know, Red Velvet is a combination of two sides of theme. Eric explains how ‘Red’ represents poppy, and bright songs whereas, ‘Velvet’ represents darker, and hip kind of sound. Eric mentions that “Zimzalabim” may share both aspects of the theme as it has a poppy sound but also has a darker chorus and bridge. He also adds that the word ‘Zimzalabim’ is a German equivalent of ‘Abracadabra’.

The song itself to Eric felt like 10 songs put into one. To explore more into this song, Eric mentioned that the producer of “Zimzalabim” will be a featured guest in the next few we