/Photo = SM Entertainment ‘Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience’ covers the growth process of the first British boy group ‘dearALICE’ presented by SM Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as SM) and Kakao Entertainment’s North American subsidiary. : The K-Pop Experience’s original TV soundtrack will be released on the 1st.
The six-part TV series ‘Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience’, which aired on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from August to September and was distributed internationally by ITV Studios, stayed in Seoul for 100 days to provide K-pop training and advice. While receiving a lot of attention for vividly depicting the members of Dear Alice growing up as musicians, the first original TV soundtrack is being released to commemorate the end of the show. /Photo = SM Entertainment The original TV soundtrack of ‘Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience’ will be released in its entirety on various global music platforms such as iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify at 00:00 on November 1, and will be available only through Dear Alice. It attracts attention with a total of 6 cheerful and rhythmic songs that reflect the personality of and the participation of top global producers and composers.
In particular, the title song ‘Best Day of Our Lives‘ is a song with cheerful and bright energy, and the lyrics contain the message of overcoming self-doubt and fear, believing in yourself, and constantly moving forward to happily greet the best moments in life. It contains a message, and Steve Mac, composer of Ed Sheeran’s hit song and winner of ‘British Producer Of The Year’ at the ‘2018 Brit Awards’, Britain’s most prestigious pop music award. and British singer-songwriter Tom Grennan participated in composing and producing the song.
In addition, ‘Vibes’ is the song that Dear Alice first performed in front of viewers in the TV series and was invited to the British Embassy in Korea to perform on the stage, and the energetic song that performed for the first time in front of students at Seoul Performing Arts High School. The song ‘Solar’, and ‘Life is’, a collaboration between Korea’s leading composer and producer KENZIE and Dsign Music, a Norwegian composer group that has worked on hit songs by Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, EXO, etc. a Movie’ (Life is a Movie), etc.
In addition, ‘Classic’, which boasts a dynamic pop sound, features world-renowned composer Jake Torrey, well-known for his work with Justin Bieber and Charlie Puth, and has produced hit songs by British boy band One Direction, Westlife, etc. ‘Time With You’, written by Wayne Hector and composer Mike Henson, who helped produce the song, is impressive with its sweet melody and warm lyrics.
Before and after its conclusion, ‘Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience’ was broadcast by various influential local newspapers, including Britain’s leading daily newspapers The Evening Standard and The Guardian, and British magazine The Radio Times. As it has received strong recommendations and attention from the media and has been evaluated as having raised the status of K-pop and captured both topicality, viewership, and musicality, it is expected that this soundtrack will also attract a lot of attention from global music fans.
In addition, Dear Alice will be hosting the British survival program ‘Strictly Come Dancing: The Results’ on November 3, which is BBC’s flagship program that has been greatly loved in the UK for 20 years and is well known as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ in Korea. They are expected to attract a lot of attention as they are scheduled to appear on The Results and perform a special live broadcast with the title song ‘Best Day of Our Lives’.
Meanwhile, Dear Alice is a British boy group launched jointly by SM and Kakao Entertainment’s North American subsidiary and British entertainment company Moon&Back Media, and consists of Blaise Noon, Dexter Greenwood, and James It consists of five members: James Sharp, Oliver Quinn, and Reese Carter.
Kim So-yeon, Hankyung.com reporter sue123@hankyung.com
