Kim Yoon-hee, Kim Kwang-seok‘s ‘Those Days’ Remake... Released on the 25th

MUSIC Jan 24, 2025

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[Photo by K-Moon F&D]
[Photo by K-Moon F&D]

Singer Kim Yoon-hee will release her fourth remake song, ‘That Day’, on the 25th at noon. This song was written and composed by Kim Chang-ki of Zoo, and is a famous song included in Kim Kwang-seok‘s second album released in 1991.

Kim Yoon-hee, who remade ‘That Day’, said, “I approached this song thinking of it as reciting a beautiful poem written by teacher Kim Chang-ki. I want to leave the interpretation and appreciation of the song up to the listeners.”

Park Kyung-hwan of ‘Talented Boy’ participated in this remake as a producer and maximized the dramatic atmosphere of the song. Park Kyung-hwan said, “Kim Yoon-hee’s voice is specialized in conveying a heavy and strong melody with her own emotions. She created a dramatic composition that is different from the original song by going back and forth between 6/8 and 4/4 beats. The cello melody and dubbed piano lines that intersect with the song are connected to the memories of that day that are pouring out fatally,” she said, explaining the differences in the song.

Kim Yoon-hee‘s ‘Those Days’ adds weight to her delicate and restrained vocals with two pianos, and the single-line cello heavily contains the deep pain of the song. In addition, the classical arrangement maximizes the emotion of the ballad genre, and the emotion of the original song is reinterpreted in a modern way to complete the song that the new generation can relate to.

Kim Yoon-hee plans to continue the ‘My Playlist: Time Travel into My Playlist’ series by remaking the music of her senior artists that she has always admired.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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