Kim Yoon-hee, Kim Kwang-seok‘s ‘Forgotten Thing’ Remake… Released on the 25th

MUSIC Mar 25, 2025

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

Singer Kim Yoon-hee presents a new remake song filled with lyrical emotions that are perfect for a spring day.

Kim Yoon-hee will release her fifth remake song, ‘Forgotten Thing’, through all music streaming sites at noon on the 25th. ‘Forgotten Thing’ is a song written and composed by Kim Chang-ki of Zoo. It has been widely loved by the public since it was included in ‘Zoo 1st Album’ released in 1988, and then through Kim Kwang-seok‘s ‘Sing It Again 2’ album.

Kim Yoon-hee, who remade Kim Kwang-seok’s ‘The Days’ last January, reinterpreted the emotion of the original song with a modern sensibility and drew the sympathy of a new generation, has taken on another challenge through this remake of ‘Forgotten Thing’, reproducing the hazy and beautiful melody and emotions of reminiscence with a plain and elegant voice.

Kim Yoon-hee said, “While preparing this song, I thought deeply about ‘Forgotten Thing’. “The things that are being forgotten came closer to me in a painful way, as if I could touch them one by one, and it was a time when I became more mature as I felt the various faces of spring once again,” she said of the remake. “I once again express my respect and gratitude to Mr. Kim Chang-gi, who created such a beautiful and sad song.”

Choi Jin-kyung of South Korea’s representative crossover band Second Moon participated in this work as a producer, increasing the level of perfection. Choi Jin-kyung delicately wove Kim Yoon-hee’s signature clear and hazy vocals with the emotions of the original song, reviving ‘thing being forgotten’ with Kim Yoon-hee’s own emotions.

Choi Jin-kyung said, “I wanted to capture the quiet and hazy emotions of the original song in more depth. Here, with the addition of Kim Yoon-hee‘s vocals, a special resonance was completed where the longing for the past and the emotions of the present intersect,” he said. “I hope that many people will feel the joy and emotion of hearing the melody that was gradually being forgotten again with a new voice.”

In addition, Kim Yoon-hee’s ‘Forgotten Thing’, Second Moon‘s Lee Young-hoon’s classical guitar further enriched the original song‘s analog sensibility, and Choi Jin-kyung’s accordion naturally matched Kim Yoon-hee‘s vocals and led the song smoothly. Here, Kim Yoon-hee’s emotional vocals with clear and deep resonance will be added, and she will convey various impressions on the ‘forgotten things’ in the new season.

Kim Yoon-hee will continue the project series ‘My Playlist: Time travel into my playlist’, in which she remakes the music of senior artists she has always admired.

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

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