'Before We Begin' EP Is Just a Taste of What Eric Nam Has to Offer U.S. Music Industry: 'We Still Have So Much to Do'

  • 📰 billboard
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 43 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 63%

South Africa News News

South Africa South Africa Latest News,South Africa South Africa Headlines

We chatted with EricNamOfficial about his new English-language BeforeWeBegin EP

-- who have pursued careers in the K-pop industry as an alternative to the U.S. market, where musicians of Asian descent are few and far between. But now he’s taking that first leg of his career and taking a step in the direction of his homeland at a time when the entertainment industry is seeing shifts in representation, with the likes ofbringing attention to Asian talent in Hollywood, and the world at large.

“I was like, ‘All I feel is, like, unhappy and I'm burnt out. So how do we write about this in a way that people can relate to and understand, and they don't feel like this is like a weird ass song?’” he recalls asking co-writers. “As we were doing it, I had these moments, kind of an existential crisis of like, 'OK, I'm exhausted.

Signed to Stone Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of South Korean entertainment behemoth CJ ENM, Nam knows that time is a matter of profitability, especially in the highly competitive K-pop world. “If you're on break, you're not making money.” Over the years, he's managed to keep momentum going while working more or less on his own terms, looking to grow his audience both in Korea and beyond; the general feel from his management label gradually became more hands-off.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

ericnamofficial 😍😍😍😍

ericnamofficial إريكا الحب❤️🤧

EricNam_staff ericnamofficial Wow 😍😍😍

ericnamofficial King....😇😍 ericnamofficial

kategecko ericnamofficial Fancams are a scourge... But Eric is lovely!! So proud of my baby!

ericnamofficial People! It's about Eric. Please don't put fancams from other groups. 😒 daetrbl kthslows alohaminhee please...😓

ericnamofficial king

ericnamofficial KING

ericnamofficial YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THATS MY FUCKING HUSBANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 112. in ZA

South Africa South Africa Latest News, South Africa South Africa Headlines