Actor Lim Se-ju is releasing a self-composed song, ‘I Want to Be Loved’, for the first time in 16 years.

Lim Se-ju, who is an actor and singer-songwriter, released a digital single, ‘I Want to Be Loved’, on the 5th. This single was officially released through Bugs Music, and is an indie soul R&B genre song that Lim Se-ju directly participated in composing and writing the lyrics for.

‘I Want to Be Loved’ is a song that contains the feelings of a woman who no longer sees love in her long-time lover but cannot easily let go of the relationship. Lim Se-ju completed the song by adding recent lyrics and melody to a song he had worked on as a guide 7 years ago. This single is his second self-composed song. It is his first new song in 16 years since ‘Suzan - Yesterday’, which was included in the OST album for the 2009 drama ‘Invincible Lee Pyeong-gang’. It is even more meaningful because the musical sense and deepened emotions that have been honed over a long time are fully incorporated into it.


The album cover also adds to the specialness. This work, which was done with a video crew that he has had a long relationship with, was carried out by taking Polaroid shots in Im Se-ju‘s room after many discussions. The black-and-white, vintage-feeling images sensually capture the dry appearance of a couple whose love is fading away, and this matches exquisitely with the emotion that the song is trying to convey.

Meanwhile, Im Se-ju is currently appearing in the Genie TV original drama ‘Riding Life’. ‘Riding Life’ is a work that depicts the life of three generations of mother and daughter in Daechi-dong, where passionate working mom Jeong-eun (played by Jeon Hye-jin), who is about to take the ‘7-year-old civil service exam’, entrusts her mother Ji-ah (played by Jo Min-soo) to ride her school. Im Se-joo plays the role of Han, a junior colleague at work who respects and follows Jeong-eun, and appears as a strong supporter who takes care of Jeong-eun as she struggles between childcare and work.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter, projecthong@donga.com

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