Yu Huiyeol's Sketchbook (You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook / 유희열의 스케치북)

Hello, it's nice to meet you.

Welcome to Sketchbook everyone. I'm Yu Hui Yeol.

Unlike any other days,

we have something special for today's episode...

because we've invited musicians you can barely see on TV...

and indispensable artists in the music industry.

It's called Worth Keeping Rare Songs.

All right.

Our first guest singer is...

someone you can barely see on TV.

It's really hard to see him on TV. Let me tell you about him.

All the musicians he'd chosen became big stars.

I'll give you the names of those musicians.

Zion.T, Beenzino, Oh Hyuk, and Su Ran.

They all became popular through him.

He's Columbus of Korean pop music industry.

He's the producer, Primary.

And we have some musicians who're here to support Primary.

There's a song called "Some".

She's the songwriter and singer of "Some", Esna.

Also, we have a monstrous rookie, Sam Kim.

Esna.

What's up, Sam? - What are you up to today?

I'm going to Sketchbook today.

Really? Me too.

Everyone, are you ready to have some fun?

Yes!

I can't hear you!

Yes! - All right.

Let's get it.

Let's go.

Everyone.

1, 2, 3.

Here we go.

One more time.

Thank you.

All right.

As I said,

they are musicians we can barely see on TV.

He's Columbus of Korean pop music industry.

He's the producer, Primary, and they're rising stars.

Let me introduce Esna and Sam Kim. It's nice to meet you.

Hello. It's nice to meet you. - Hello.

Sam, please introduce yourself.

Hello, I'm a singer-songwriter, Sam Kim.

It's nice to meet you.

Hello. I was here a year ago.

I'm a singer-songwriter, Esna.

Hello. I'm a producer, Primary.

It's nice to meet you.

Gosh, Primary.

You look handsome.

The box.

It reminds me of Primary sometimes.

Whenever I receive a package, I wonder how he is doing.

I think of him when I see some boxes.

Why did you start putting on a box?

It may look awkward,

but this box is made by an artist.

You're lying. - I'm serious.

Are you sure? - Yes.

He's an artist in New York, and his name is Yoon Hyup.

In fact, there's a thing called junk art...

where artists use junk to make art.

I see.

Actually, I want to make a modification.

I want to change it a little, so it won't get a dent.

But it's made by an artist, so I'm still using it.

Was it five years ago?

He took off the box here.

He revealed his face here for the first time.

Then a lot of people understood why he was wearing a box.

Do you remember that? - Yes, I do.

Now that your face is revealed, why don't you take it off again?

Let's have a conversation without the box. It's okay.

It has a helmet in it.

All right. - Hello.

You look good.

I know. He's handsome. - Thank you.

He doesn't look better than the box, but he looks fine.

Thank you.

Primary doesn't sing his songs,

but guest singers sing his songs. - You're right.

Why do you do that?

If I could sing well,

I would've sung the songs myself.

But I'm a terrible singer.

As you can see, I have a deep voice,

so I gave up singing when I was in my early teens.

I decided not to sing.

I've heard him singing before,

and I know he's right about that. So?

Since then, I gave up singing...

and decided to write songs instead.

He's not like me.

You know what? I can sing very well,

but I have other artists sing songs I write...

because there are singers who are better than me.

Of course, I can sing my songs well.

Sam, I'm the main vocalist in Antenna Music, right?

Are you smiling?

We had a concert together. Please tell them. You heard me sing.

Does he sing well?

Of course I do. I'm pretty good. - Can he perform a live stage?

In fact, I think Hui Yeol has a touching voice.

I mean... - What?

Your voice shouldn't be heard from the ear, but from the heart.

He must be saying this because you're the boss.

Of course. I always remind people at my concert...

that many artists sound just like their records these days.

What's the purpose of a live show then?

I don't sound anything like my records...

which is why people come to listen to me singing.

It's already been four years...

since we worked together, - Right.

and I've been waiting for this moment.

While you were putting together your album,

we worked together on "U and I" at my house.

He helped me arrange the song.

During our session on that day,

he actually recorded its demo.

I hope to play this on Sketchbook someday,

and I've kept the file on my computer...

for four years without deleting it.

And today, I handed it over to the staff.

Gosh. Why didn't you delete it?

The original song is sung by Crush and Beenzino,

and it's normal for songwriters to record demos as quick sketches.

I sang for it at his house. Why didn't you delete it though?

Was it that good?

Let's listen to it first, shall we?

I don't even remember how I sounded.

The ad lib part.

He now ad libs.

Now you'll rap.

I loved how he said, "Now you'll rap."

Wasn't that incredible?

I can't believe you didn't delete this yet.

It felt like such an honor,

so I thought I had to keep it.

Sam, what did you think?

Gosh, to have him here is most embarrassing.

I'm always touched by your singing.

Whenever Hui Yeol sings,

he sings as if he has an inferiority complex.

An inferiority complex? - That's right.

While listening to his demo,

I could picture him singing with veins popping out of his forehead.

Is it an inferiority complex or a passion?

Which one is it? - A passion.

Did you mean a passion?

I'm sorry. We're Korean Americans, so our Korean isn't good.

To hear him saying that I sing as if I have an inferiority complex is...

the most infuriating of all comments I've heard.

All right then.

Primary is known to discover talented artists.

Like I introduced him as Columbus,

every artist he points out makes it big in the industry.

You are really great at spotting talent,

Thank you. - and the list includes...

Zion.T, Beenzino, Oh Hyuk,

and Su Ran.

This time around,

Sam Kim and Esna made that list.

What do you find so charming about Sam?

The reason I wanted to work with Sam is...

because I'm a huge fan of audition programs as well.

After listening to his album, I wanted to work with him more.

The more we work, the more...

In interviews for other media outlets,

I said this about him.

"It's insane."

He has insane talent,

and I believe that he'll hit it big this time.

Really? - Yes.

You seem satisfied with that answer.

It's nice to hear that.

It's like asking the teacher how well your child is doing,

and he says, "Oh, my."

"Sam came in 1st in the 100m race."

That's what it feels like, and I'm glad to hear it.

Sam, I'm happy to know that you're doing well.

I heard that you all worked together on Primary's first ever duet song.

Tell us about the lead single.

The title is "42", but it's quite tricky.

It's a tilde symbol followed by the number 42.

Yes, 42. - That's right.

I wanted to make some fun...

which was why I expressed it that way.

Not everyone gets the wordplay though.

While we were wrapping things up,

we were in a hurry to leave the studio.

Good ideas kept popping in my head, so I texted Primary.

She made many suggestions. - We should name it "42".

It sounds similar to relationship. - Right, relationship in Korean.

It was still ambiguous...

because we didn't define what relationship it is,

so I suggested putting a tilde symbol in front.

He loved the idea, so we stuck with it.

The tilde symbol is literally like an unknown wave.