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One to watch: Balming Tiger
A tight unit with a riotous party spirit, K-pop collective are bringing their culture to the masses
Last year’s debut album, January Never Dies, is a collection of blissfully tongue-in-cheek songs that examine day-to-day life in Seoul, harnessing the rough edges of heavy metal with a pop sheen and exuberantly rapped verses. Kamehameha is a homage to chaotic drinking sessions, its video starring office workers who loosen their ties to get sloshed on soju, only to endure hungover hell at the next day’s meetings. “We started from a one-bedroom apartment in Seoul,” they told NME, “and now we’re about to shift the energy of the industry.” Next, they will share their short sci-fi film Moving for Word, a typically eccentric music video set across different locations from highways to swimming pools via underground bunkers.
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