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I haven't really contributed much to the music section of this blog and a couple months ago, I discovered this Korean artist who is terribly underrated.

Watching his MVs, I was surprised at how little views he has. Thus, I decided to hopefully bring some awareness to this guy.

Dean is honestly similar to Jay Park in a way. He continuously releases new music and every song is pure gold. I'm embedding some of his work down below but he is also featured on a lot of other songs with different artists. If you do a little hunting on YouTube, you'll be sure to find them.

This guy is incredibly talented. Not only is he a singer, but he has also written some top hits for others. Here's a bio from his website.

DEAN – a South Korean future R&B artist and Multi-Platinum songwriter. DEAN began his musical journey as a hip-hop artist at age 16, beginning his career as part of a crew with Korean rapper Keith Ape (whose single ‘It G Ma’ boasts over 18 million YouTube views), but by the age of 18, DEAN discovered his talent for singing and his gift of creating infectious melodies. Now having written chart toppers for K-Pop boy bands such as VIXX and EXO, DEAN has already proven himself as a successful hit maker. Recently DEAN wrote ‘Unfair’ for EXO, ‘World Tour’ for Lee-hi, and ‘Bingle Bingle’ for Block B in 2016.

DEAN is committed to becoming one of the greatest cross-over acts to break onto the music scene both in Korea and the U.S. DEAN has worked with several in-demand artists and producers such as Mr. Camack, DJ esta of Soulection, Anderson .Paak, Eric Bellinger, EXO, Crush, ZICO and more.

In July of 2015, DEAN released his first English single, ‘I’m Not Sorry’, featuring Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter/producer Eric Bellinger. To-date, the video has racked over 1.5M views on YouTube.

With the second Korean single “Pour Up (Feat. ZICO)” he received the Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year by the Korean Music Awards, one of the most recognized and respected awards in Korea.

His recent Korean single ‘What 2 Do (feat. Jeff Bernat, Crush)’ released on 28th Jan 2016 ranked top 11 on the MELON chart (No.1 digital retailer’s chart in Korea) putting him in the Top 20 along with other well established Korean superstars such as Zion. T, Zico, IU, Beenzino, Taeyon from GG and followed by more superstars like Big Bang, Sam Smith, Maroon 5 and EXO in the Top 100.

<130 mood : TRBL> is DEAN’s very first EP including three previously-released tracks, “I Love It (Feat. Dok2)”, “Pour Up (Feat. ZICO)”, and “What 2 Do (Feat. Jeff Bernat, Crush) with four new tracks: ‘And You? (Skit) (Outro)’, ‘Bonnie & Clyde’, ‘D (Half Moon) (Feat. Gaeko)’, and ‘21’. The meaning of title is – ‘130’ is kind of symbol of James Dean as he put the number 130 on his car. It is revealed that DEAN has been inspired by James Dean. ‘TRBL’ stands for ‘trouble’, and it’s from DEAN’s nickname ‘DEAN TRBL’.

The whole album is in reverse order of one man’s love story, from falling in love with a 21-year-old girl to suffering heartbreak, which seems to be a part of our life. : It will win the sympathy of the listeners through his storytelling.

He has shown his talent at many of the industry’s major events and festivals including SXSW—Spotify House and Hypetrak.

Check out his new album [130 mood: TRBL] on SoundCloud and iTunes.

I found out about Dean through my sister, who told me to listen to this. It's his 2nd most watched video on his YouTube channel. (can't embed but you can watch the lyric video here)

I'm so obsessed with this song like the chorus ahhhh. Also as the first comments says, the MV really is Sims x Tumblr. (again same problem -.-)

My friend linked me this song a while ago since it features Zico! Dean's singing paired with Zico's fire rap is utterly perfect. Out of all his songs, this is the video with the most views. (omg i give up trying to embed)

This MV is hands down one of the most visually stunning videos Dean is in. The clean white snow shot in Japan contrasts the red glove beautifully. Plus this song features Crush, who I've also recently become a fan of.
(I'M SO GLAD THIS ONE WORKED BC U HAVE TO WATCH THIS ONE IT'S A MUST)

Dean only released this a month ago but it's definitely one of my favourites. I've already listened to it more than 100 times, no joke. (embedding yt clips is a joke smh watch the MV here)

Soon after, he also released this song. The beginning two lines are so beautiful. On his Facebook page, he shared a duet who covered this song. Dean collaborated with Gaeko this time. Have you noticed how both of them have a really sharp jawlines and strong cheekbones? (LOL.)

There are sooooo many other songs to share but this post is already getting kinda long. Anyways, I highly recommend this guy's music to anyone, kpop or non-kpop listeners since he sings fluently in both English and Korean. He's amazing live too!!

Follow his links here:

Sound Cloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/deantheofficial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deantheofficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deantheofficial
Instagram: https://instagram.com/deantrbl
Official Website: http://officialdean.com/

x

Melissa