“2002WorldCup” by Hyukoh, Monday, August 2, 2021
Singer and guitarist Oh Hyuk (오혁) was raised in Northern China to parents who worked as professors. His dream was to be a musician, which was vehemently opposed by his parents. In his teens, he tried out for the three major labels in South Korea, but turned them down, citing musical differences. Oh Hyuk felt more aligned with indie rockers and listened to The Beatles and German-Norwegian band The Whitest Boy Alive . The young musician would go on to write vague lyrics as social commentary and about history, topics commercially unviable in the Korean pop scene. Moving to back to South Korea for college and dropping out, Oh's parents stopped supporting him. He was Bob Dylan's Rolling Stone--the birth of all good rockers: penniless and full of passion for music itself. WHEN YOU'RE NAKED (I'LL BE COMING THROUGH) . Like most indie music in Korea, Hyukoh started in Hongdae, the hip-college down located between several major private universities in Seoul. Oh Hyuk started as a