South Korea’s Legendary Band JAURIM Curates 25 Years of Inspiration — Spotify

This 12 months, South Korea’s legendary band JAURIM, which led the popularization of band music within the nation and helped pioneer a brand new style there, is celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of its official debut. 

And to commemorate the influence of this iconic band, Spotify has invited the group to be the primary contributor in our latest collection, Kurated by [     ]. These playlists can be curated by Okay-culture’s most interesting creators and masters themselves to share their very own tales and current their musical inspirations and tastes.

JAURIM is a pure alternative for inaugural curator. After two and a half many years on the scene, JAURIM holds the title of the nation’s longest present and performing coed band. At present the long-lasting group continues to make use of its distinctive, genuine sound to inform tales as profound and mysterious because the band’s identify—which interprets to “purple rainforest” in English.

Consisting of three members (vocalist Yuna Kim, guitarist Solar-Kyu Lee, and bassist JinMan Kim), JAURIM has established its personal style and solidified a particular place within the South Korean music scene. Due to its uniquely broad spectrum of music and efficiency, the band serves as an inspiration to varied fellow artists and creators each domestically and globally. Most lately, BTS member and chief RM confirmed his love and respect for JAURIM, visiting the band’s celebratory “Comfortable twenty fifth JAURIM” live performance held in early July in Seoul.

The band debuted in 1997 with the music “Hey, Hey, Hey” and has since made quite a few hits that contact upon youth, individuals, and social points. A few of its widespread songs embrace “Beeswax Angel,” “I’m my fan,” and “Track of Ha Ha Ha,” with particular observe titles “Boxing Helena,” “Fanya,” and “Track of Ha ha ha,” respectively—named so by the band to have fun its twenty fifth anniversary. To not neglect “Magic Carpet Trip” and “Twenty-5, Twenty-One,” the unique soundtrack of the Okay-drama collection with the identical title. The band dives deep into darkish human feelings like angst and displays on societal diseases, nevertheless it additionally calls out for hope and love that talk throughout time and generations. 

JAURIM continues to attach with listeners worldwide via quite a lot of Spotify editorial playlists. Most lately, JAURIM’s “Twenty-5, Twenty-One,” launched in 2013 and presently featured in Spotify’s official partnership playlist of the Okay-drama, captured the hearts of many Okay-content followers and listeners across the globe because of the recognition of the Okay-drama.  

Commemorating the band’s 25 years, Spotify and JAURIM put collectively the unique playlist Kurated by [ JAURIM ]—to assist followers and listeners around the globe join and really feel even nearer to the band. The band members selected 15 of their very own consultant songs and chosen 10 further tracks from different artists who’ve impressed them, together with Sinéad O’Connor’s “Why Don’t You Do Proper,” Led Zeppelin’s “Good Instances Dangerous Instances,” Queen’s “Don’t Cease Me Now,” and Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy.” 

Try the complete playlist under.

Spotify’s Kurated by [     ] collection goals to attach extra Spotify listeners worldwide with artists of varied South Korean music genres and with masters who’ve led numerous sectors of the Korean cultural and leisure business.