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서태지
12+ albums
k-rockKoreanrockNu Metalkorean rock
about
Seo Taiji (born Jeong Hyeon-Cheol on February 21, 1972) is a South Korean singer and musician. At the age of 14, Taiji participated in several amateur rock bands. In 1989, at age 17, he was recruited into metal group Sinawe (shee-nah-wee), popularly hailed as the first Korean heavy metal band. Taiji chose to drop out of school, a system that he felt did nothing but corrupt the minds of youth, and became a professional musician. After the break up of Sinawe in 1991, Taiji switched gears and formed the dance group Seo Taiji and Boys (Seo Taiji and Boys) with dancers Lee Ju-no and Yang Hyun-suk. The introduction of the first Seo Taiji and Boys album announced a complete shift in the focus of popular Korean music that is still felt today. Their first single, “Nan Arayo” (난 알아요, “I Know”) was a hugely successful hit, being one of the first songs in K-Pop to meld contemporary dance sounds with urban-influenced rap lyrics. Seo Taiji and Boys broke up in 1996 after four wildly successful studio and two hugely popular live albums. Taiji suddenly disappeared from the music scene for the next two years, moving to the US and living a low-profile life. In 1998, Taiji returned to the music scene with his first solo album, Seo Taiji V. His self-produced album continued with his long established sound of mixing contemporary American rock and pop music with Korean vocals. His comeback album, coming in as the best-selling South Korean album of the year, quickly put him back onto the pat
