The late WHO Secretary-General Lee Jong-wook and Father Lee Tae-seok's
special exhibition commemorative album

"We are that somebody"

Here are two great doctors. WHO Secretary-General Lee Jong-wook, who became the first Korean head of an international organization, and Father Lee Tae-seok, who dedicated his life to South Sudan, Africa. Unfortunately, both of them passed away early, but the traces and spirit of their lives still deeply move and resonate with us.
This album contains the spirit and message of the two people who dedicated themselves to helping the poor and the sick, and practiced love and sharing across borders and religions. I hope that through music, they will be able to reflect on their lives and have new dreams and hopes for a better world.

“Someone has to do this, and that someone is us.”
“Somebody has to do it and we are that somebody.”

Participating musicians: Kreur, Ian Lee, Byeongseon Ham, Fuha Huang & Sawol Kim

A portion of the proceeds from this album will be used to fund the establishment of a public health center and school in Tonj, South Sudan, Africa, and support for Reiko (wife of Secretary General Lee Jong-wook) in Peru.

* 180g white color 12-inch LP
* Limited Edition
* Insert lyrics (insert)

Dong-A Ilbo, Lee Tae-seok Foundation / Music Bus
A very special album will be released in honor of the late WHO Secretary-General Lee Jong-wook and Father Lee Tae-seok's special exhibition. This is a compilation album featuring prominent figures in the indie music world, such as Lee Ian, the 'genius musician' of the indie band world, Kreur, the 'pure band', Ham Byeong-seon, the leader of We Are The Night, and Hwang Pu-ha and Kim Sa-wol, the 'singing pastor'.

Lee Ian, whom RM of BTS respects the most musically, is an all-round musician who directly proceeds from writing lyrics, composing, producing, and even mixing solo albums. In this album, he released the title song 'We All In This Together' with a very dreamy atmosphere. Ian Lee said, “Now, no one can exist as a completely independent individual unless they are drifting on an uninhabited island.” I wanted to contain it,” he said.

The first track, 'Drawing Diary', is a song by Kreure, a group that has expressed the inflection of emotions through emotional performances and vocals, and contains the hope that "everyone can have at least one dream."

Created by Ham Byeong-seon (9z), the frontman of 'We Are The Night', the most beloved young band in the current indie scene, 'Woo Soo-su' is a song that brings back memories of a warm spring day through dreams, love, hope, stars, sun, and galaxy. And expressed with pure white eyes. Ham Byeong-seon said, "I remembered someone hugging me tightly.

The last song, 'Brave Love', was written and composed by Hwang Pu-ha, who conveys deep comfort and courage in simple lyrics, and Kim Sa-wol, who is loved by many domestic musicians with a unique voice, participated in arranging and featuring. In the lyrics, “Let’s melt all gun barrels and make glowing trumpets and blow them,” reminds us of Father Lee Tae-seok, who made brass bands with teenagers and had them blow trumpets in South Sudan, a country devastated by a severe civil war. Puha Huang, who is also a musician and pastor, said, “Those who experienced salvation through Tae-seok Lee must have seen Tae-seok Lee as the Christ, but Tae-seok Lee said he saw Christ through them.”

Some of the proceeds from this album will be used to fund the establishment of a public health center and school in Tonj, South Sudan, Africa, and support for Reiko (wife of Secretary-General Lee Jong-wook) in Peru.

Participating musicians

* Kreure: Seo Young-joon, Park Min-young, Jung Seok-won, and Park Byeong-seok as members, and debuted in 2017 with the release of the single [Tsunami], expressing the inflection of emotions with emotional performances and vocals. Since then, with singles such as [Moving], [Ping], and [What Relationship], he has raised public interest by putting everyday emotions and moods into music.

*Lee Ian: Lee Ian, who is active as a solo artist with the band Mot and Night Off, is an omnidirectional musician who directly proceeds from writing lyrics, composing and producing, as well as mixing for solo albums. The regular album [Fragile], an album that melts the musical experiences he has accumulated through his activities in a concise form, has also resulted in taking first place on the iTunes charts in 76 countries. Since his debut, Ian Lee, who has presented various works such as modern rock, jazz, electronica, and glitch, is exploring the possibilities and spectrum of a new pop that has absorbed hip-hop and R&B idioms.

* Ham Byung-seon (9z): Ham Byung-seon (9z) is the frontman of 'We Are The Night', one of the most beloved young bands in the current indie scene. The basic emotion of Ham Byeong-seon (9z) is loneliness. He is said to gain energy through feelings of loneliness and depression. You can find out by listening to the representative works of the band We Are The Night, in which he is active as a vocalist, 'Deep Our Young Days' and 'Everybody Is Each Other'. His music has the power to advance the present at the border of depression. It is to overcome the uncertain tomorrow and today with the memories of past anxiety. Sometimes writing, taking pictures, and singing are probably his efforts to record what has passed and what is passing.

* Huang Pu-ha: Folk musician Huang Pu-ha conveys comfort and courage with deep stories in simple lyrics. He released his 3rd album [Two Faces] in December 2022 and is active.
* Kim Sa-Wol: Folk musician Kim Sa-Wol is a singer-songwriter who makes music that tells stories with her own unique voice. She started her full-fledged music career in 2012, and in 2019 won the Best Folk Album Award and two Song Awards at the 16th Korean Popular Music Awards. Currently, he is expanding his musical spectrum in various fields, including film music director.

Ian Lee, et al - [We are that somebody]

SIDE A
01 Picture Diary - Kleur
02 We All In This Together - Ian Lee
03 Woo Soo - Ham Byeongseon
04 Brave Love - Huang Puha (feat. Kim Sawol )

SIDE B
1 Drawing Diary (inst) - Kleur
2 We All In This Together (inst) - Lee Eon
3 Soo Soo (inst) - Ham Byung Seon
4 Brave Love (inst) - Huang Pu Ha (feat. Kim Sa Wol)

[CREDIT]

01 Kleureu / Drawing Diary

Composed by Youngjun Seo
Lyrics by Youngjun Seo
Arranged by Youngjun Seo, Minyoung Park, Byeongseok Park, Seokwon Jeong

Vocal,Synth Youngjun Seo
Guitar Minyoung Park
Bass Seokwon
Jeong Drum Byeongseok Park
Piano DOO

Recorded by Taeyong Kim @Studio Ampia
Mixed by Phatty.H

02 Lee Eon / We All In This Together

Composed by eAeon
Lyrics by eAeon
Arranged by eAeon

Vocal, Synth Bass, Keyboard by eAeon
Clean Elec. Guitar by John Eun
Chorus - sunwashere

Produced by eAeon
Mixed by eAeon

03 Ham Byeong-seon(9z) / Woo Soo-soo

Composed by Ham Byeong-seon(9z)
Lyrics by Ham Byeong-seon(9z)
Arranged by Lil FISH

Guitars, Bass, String, Programming : Lil FISH
Synthesizers , Sound Effects: Byungseon Ham(9z), Lil Fish

Recorded by Byungseon Ham(9z), Lil Fish
Mixed by Phatty.H

04 Puha Huang / Brave Love (feat. Sawol Kim)

Composed by Puha Huang
Lyrics by Puha Huang
Arranged by Puha Huang, Sawol Kim

Vocal by Puha Huang & Sawol Kim
C. Guitar by Puha Huang

Produced by Puha Huang
Recorded by Sangyong Min @studioLOG
Mixed by Sangyong Min @studioLOG

Album Credit
Executive Producer The Dong-A Ilbo, Taeseok Lee Foundation
A&R, Director Hojun Kim (Alienworks)
Mastered by Namwoo Kwon @821 Sound

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