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.

Wasn't the weather great today?

- Yes! - I'm guessing that's why...

we have such a big audience today.

First, I need to ask this. Is Cho Sae Ho here?

I can't believe he's not here again.

Anyway, today's first guests...

are artists we've been dying to meet more than Sae Ho.

I think it was back in March.

I'm sure you all know the legendary artist Bob Marley.

They're the first Asian artists to collaborate with Bob Marley's son.

We've never had them on our show before,

but finally we managed to invite them.

They are the leaders of Korean reggae music. It's Skull and Haha.

What's up, Sketchbook!

Stephen Marley!

- Ladies and gentlemen, sing along. - Hands up in the air!

Let's see those hands.

- Side to side. - Side to side.

Looks good.

One more time.

Let's go!

Isn't this an amazing song?

Side to side.

Everyone, we're Skull and Haha.

This is our song "Love Inside".

Do you think you can give it another chance?

- Can you? - Say, "Oh".

- Oh! - Say, "Yes".

- Yes! - Say, "Oh".

- Oh! - Make some noise!

- Reggae music. - Reggae music. Yes.

Wow.

With Skull and Haha here,

I feel like we've just welcomed summer.

Please welcome Skull and Haha, the leaders of Korean reggae.

- Welcome. - Hi, it's good to see you.

- We're... - Skull and Haha!

- Yes, man. - Yes, man.

You named your group "Skull and Haha".

Why did you put Skull's name first when you could've had yours first?

Well, Skull's clearly the leader of this group.

Also, he's the pioneer of reggae music in Korea,

so the name came naturally.

I just told him that I'd be a good lead vocalist.

- That's right. - You can tell how people...

think about you by the way they laugh at you.

And I can see that the audience here always mistreats me.

- They do. - You're never mistreated anywhere.

The tracksuit that I'm wearing today is trendy right now.

- Really? - Yes.

- It's very popular. - It looks like a sweat suit.

So initially, I was wearing one in pink.

On my way to the bathroom, I met one of the writers,

and she asked if I was headed to surgery.

So they looked like scrubs to her.

I was so upset that I changed into this,

but then she asked if I was off to a temple.

Yes, it does make sense.

Have you ever seen a monk with hair like mine?

- Of course not. - Like I said, I'm mistreated here.

The song you just sang for us is something I've never heard before.

Was it recently released...

or is it going to be released?

Near the end of March,

we put together a project of severe magnitude.

Yoo Gun Hyung who wrote "Gangnam Style"...

and "Gentleman", Stephen Marley,

Park Beom, Haha and I got together,

and it took us all about a year to come up with this song.

That's right. However, it became...

our most short-lived song on the charts.

- The one you just sang for us? - That's right.

How did it do on the charts?

We thought that it'd at least create a buzz,

so we thought it would reach up to top 30.

Because of the resources that were put in?

Yes, but it sank to the bottom only beating out Park Myung Soo's song.

Really? Exactly how high did it go up?

Ours ranked number 99, and his was number 100.

I don't know how, but people managed to capture it on screen.

We would've been better off if it didn't make the charts.

We heard the song, and it's not that bad.

First things first though. Who's Stephen Marley?

Right, well...

He's...

You all know who Bob Marley is, right?

- Stephen's... - The ambassador of reggae music.

That's right. Anyway, Stephen's his son.

Many Asian artists have asked him...

to work with them on a project.

- Japan is known for reggae music. - That's right.

Anyway, Stephen's been turning them all down.

- And? - So we were the first...

Asian musicians to get to work with him.

When we were working on this song,

he told me that he thought this would be a great hit.

He was genuinely excited about it.

- Really? - Yes.

I'd appreciate it if you kept it a secret.

He still thinks that this song was a huge hit.

I'm not kidding. He really does.

Why do you think it tanked?

Have you or anyone else gone over why it failed?

PSY said this to us over drinks once.

"You need a female vocalist."

He's onto something there.

"Let's face it. Your song is 99 percent mumbling."

"For instance, Roo'Ra was a success thanks to their vocalist."

- He's right! - Even after the rap...

Sang Min's rap was almost like a dog barking.

We can't seem to find a vocalist though.

A female vocalist?

I think having a female vocalist would be a great idea.

- Right, so... - How about Byul?

- Byul! - Byul!

- Yes, Byul. - Did someone mention my girl?

- Actually, - Yes.

my wife, Go Eun, also said...

that she'd do it for me,

- but my pride was so crushed. - Right.

- I know what you mean. - I said, "You just watch me."

- Your pride as her husband. - Yes, that's right.

- You know how it feels. - Yes, you want to prove it.

So I'm looking for the right candidate now.

Who are some of the candidates you're thinking of?

There's someone who caught my eye recently.

Who is it?

- What's wrong? - I should word it carefully.

That person's musical talent is what caught your eye.

No, I noticed her face first.

You're very honest.

I think she's very beautiful.

It's Seol Hyun, and I think she's great.

A girl group called I.O.I is also popular these days.

- I think they're awesome as well. - I agree with you.

Of course we'll pay them for the work, so I hope...

they won't be scared to work with us.

- I'd like to recommend someone. - Sure.

When it comes to extremely high notes, no one can beat her.

- Who is she? - Her high notes are perfect.

Her name is Park Ji Sun.

By the way, these two have been in the music industry for ages.

Skull, when did you first start out in the music scene?

When I was 20, I teamed up with an underground artist, MC Sniper...

and started out in the underground music scene.

You were also in Stony Skunk.

Yes. Stony Skunk was after that.

Stony Skunk is like a symbol of Korean reggae.

- That's right. - Haha. To be honest,

you've been so active on variety shows...

that your accomplishment as a musician is not as well known.

Haha initially debuted as a singer.

His debut was very memorable.

When was that?

You were pretty cool back then.

It was around the year 2000. Actually, I was in so many groups.

Which one shall I start with?

- I'll start with the second one. - Sure, that sounds good.

It's the most well-known group I've been in.

- It was called Z-Kiri. - Right, Z-Kiri.

We debuted in either 2000 or 2001.

By the way, what does the name, Z-Kiri, mean?

It showed our determination to protect Korea's music industry.

The owner of my agency at the time was a very quirky man.

Back then, two of the most popular groups were DJ DOC...

- and Country Kko Kko. - I see.

He wanted us to look as fun and witty as those two groups,

so he suggested we should call our team DJ Kko Kko.

I'm not joking right now.

- Are you serious? - There were three members.

I have talked about this in the past.

Then he came up with another quirky idea.

He wanted our names to be "We", "Already" and "Succeeded".

- The leader would be... - As your names?

- "We." - Yes.

- "Already." - "Succeeded."

- "Succeeded." - Hello, we're DJ Kko Kko.

- We're "We, Already and Succeeded." - "Succeeded."

That's what he wanted us to do.

We thought he was joking, but he was serious about it.

The leader was shocked, but he said that he'd take "We".

- He was anxious. - Totally.

- He wanted to survive. - That's right.

The other member took "Already" as his stage name,

so my name was "Succeeded".

- "Hello, my name is Succeeded." - "I'm Succeeded."

Skull, I heard that you just released a new song.

Or has it not been released yet?

It'll come out after this show airs.

- It'll be released after this show? - Yes.

- What's the title of the song? - It's called "Get Rich".

- "Get Rich"? - "Get Rich".

- What does that mean exactly? - Get wealthy.

That's literally what it means.

It's not much better than "We Already Succeeded".

They're similar.

- "Get Rich"? - Yes.

This song was also...