what happened dean the rebel of the
Korean R&B and hip-hop scene one of the
most talented artists of our generation
and he is just beginning
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cover k-pop artists who have disbanded
or disappeared from the spotlight Dean
hasn't left
in fact he's planning something bigger I
just wanted to talk about Dean and his
history and what he's up to today I'm
big fan okay so to understand where Dean
is heading we have to look back but
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Dean grew up in Seoul as a high school
student he would grow to have a passion
in American hip-hop and rap some days he
would be locked up in his room after
school writing songs seeing it more of
an escape from stress of school and
studying than a career but Dean wasn't
quite yet confident in his newfound
talent he would keep his songwriting
hidden from his friends and especially
his parents but eventually his parents
would find out and what they did they
were supportive seeing his passion in
art they were convinced he would be
successful so with this support Dean
would find his identity in the stage
name D influenza as a songwriter but
then later simply as Dean named after
the American actor and rebel without a
cause James Dean the actors roles as a
rebel spoke to Dean while t influenza
was a play on words meaning he wanted to
be viral and make a mark in the music
industry Dean would begin his music
career at the age of 16 by being a part
of a crew performing and writing with
Keith ape a Korean rapper who would get
worldwide fame for his song et ma only a
couple of years later Dean at the age of
18 would become a hit songwriter under
the name I said before t influenza he
was a part of Jun bass music group and
an LA team under the wing of the
company's CEO yuxin as they wrote kpop
songs for numerous groups and artists
including writing EXO's growl Black
Pearl vase voodoo doll and even Justin
Bieber with the song one less lonely
girl
Dean's next step was a little different
from other k-pop stars I mean even his
beginnings were more diverse than most
but in 2015 Dean would make his US debut
first with the underground hit I'm not
sorry
teaming up with Grammy Award winner Eric
Bellinger and a completely English song
I'm not sorry it was strictly a New Age
R&B song with the unique bedspring
chorus beat this debut and collaboration
already set Dean apart from other Korean
artists in the same year Dean would
return home to debut again this time
with a single called pour up and a
familiar face bought by Zico featured on
the track it was a dark but smooth R&B
rap blend or up snatch the best R&B and
soul song at the Korean Music Awards in
2016 we would see the relationship
between Zico and Dean grow in time but
we'll get to that Dean would continue to
work with other established artists in
Korea including Santi crush junggigo in
24/7 and toki and i love it and dynamic
duo in how you do it
all these collaborations and efforts
made by Dean definitely molded him into
a well-rounded artist but connections in
both American and the Korean music
scenes Dean's first album would be a
collection of these collaborations with
the final being what to do
[Music]
featuring crush and Filipino American
singer Jeff for not Dean's first album
titled 130 mood trouble charted in
numerous charts upon release 10 on the
gaion chart number three in Billboard
world albums chart and 22 on Billboard's
Heatseekers chart the Tanner track of
the album and the new single that
emphasized his rebel image was also
released Bonnie and Clyde
[Music]
Bonnie and Clyde also went up to number
12 in Billboard Digital Songs chart 130
mood trouble was praised by receiving
nominations including artists of the
year and best arm being soul album 2016
would continue to be a hard-working year
for Dean as much more collabs were in
store and with more mainstream k-pop
artists including Taeyang with the
single starlight and haze with shut up
and groove this is when Dean's name was
mentioned more and more and soon he was
called it the arm B Prince of Asia
potential was high for Dean as Time
magazine wrote an article naming Dean as
one of the kpop acts attempting to enter
the American market along with names
such as Eric Nam and CL Dean would
literally team up with Zico and crush
again in the crew fancy child an R&B
hip-hop crew bringing together talented
musicians including Panama CO and Milic
fancy child put out Bermuda Triangle a
dream for K hip-hop fans having the top
artists of the genre in one song and let
me tell you it's absolute fire
[Music]
where we will never turn where will we
clear now
in 2017 Dean would lend his skills as a
producer on the addition shows show me
the money six along with Zico Dean's
team what won the competition trying his
hand at almost anything proved Dean is
creating what he called different R&B
[Music]
and that he did by the end of 2018 Dean
would released the single Instagram a
slow and ominous song about finding
temporary comfort in Instagram when he's
lonely
cursing social media for being addictive
yet harmful and a past love he can't get
over Instagram went on to top old Korean
music charts now in 2019 we get to see
Dean in yet another collaborative song
Dave fly this time with rad Museum and
FX members Sully so what happened to
Dean he had a short but impactful career
that I believe is just beginning having
an untraditional rise from songwriter to
singer while untraditional on kpop
creating a new age different rmb Dean is
unmatched in lyrics and feeling but what
is he up to now
well Dean doesn't come back as often as
others in Korean music but Dean I feel
is always working performing live in
multiple countries and the u.s. someday
is probably locked up in his room like
the days before he was deemed Dean like
Time magazine said can and probably will
break into the American music market big
time he's just taking his time and
making sure he does it right
[Music]
and that's it for me hope you all
enjoyed this one and I just wanted to
take this opportunity to just talk about
Dean I think he's an interesting and
one-of-a-kind artist and I love the
music that he makes this was an excuse
to talk about Dean I'm gonna be a
hundred percent honest with you
hopefully you enjoyed it hopefully
you're a fan of Dean as well if you're
not go at his stuff man it's it's really
good I really do believe alongside the
time magazine article that Dean is an
artist that can and will break into the
American market I would love to see him
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