- Hey guys, what's up?
It's Eric Nam and I'm back here today
at Buzzfeed to rank my songs.
I hate it, actually.
It's like picking your favorite child.
I know your parents may have a favorite child.
Mine don't, at least that's what they tell me.
But the cruel, cruel vicious people at Buzzfeed
are making me choose my offspring
and rank them, just vicious.
I just want to preface this by saying,
all these songs are absolute fire.
It's not of all time, this is just today, how I feel,
and it's going to change all the time.
All right, here we go.
(upbeat music)
And we start with the doozies.
I also love that you guys literally pitted
all the new ones, like my most recent favorite ones
against each other.
"I Don't Know You Anymore" and "Any Other Way"
are the first two singles off my new album.
I wanted all of these to get to the final four,
but you're just making me kill them from the very get-go.
It's just Savage.
Internally, like it's "Any Other Way."
Then I look at the numbers and I look at the streams
and I think of, I think of you, the viewer
and my fans, Nam nation.
We are a community, we are a family.
And the streams on "I Don't Know You Anymore"
are just like, freaking taking off.
So I'm going to go with, "I Don't Know You Anymore".
But "Any Other Way" is still great.
It's a really good song.
It has this addictive whistle in it, it's beautiful.
God dammit, the next one. (chuckles)
"Lost On Me" and "Wildfire."
Who said this is okay?
This is (beep) up.
I'm sorry.
(crew laughing)
Wait, we can't curse, can we?
"Lost On Me" is the new single off my album.
My album is called "There And Back Again".
It's out now and it's an incredible album.
"Wildfire" is like this haunting beautiful song
with an incredible drop moment,
but "Lost On Me" is the single for the album,
which is why I'm here at Buzzfeed to promote the album.
Let's call it what it is, okay?
So I feel like I have to go with "Lost On Me."
Next step, "What If" and "Admit".
Wow, we're just really tearing apart my new album.
"What If" is more of like, a retro, fun
what if we never broke up, kind of thing.
"Admit" is like, cold air, you have a jacket on
and you're driving somewhere and you're by yourself
and you're just like, reminiscing
and you just feel really emotional
and that's what "Admit" is.
Aren't you curious?
Yeah you should go stream the album.
Ah man, they're both really good.
Today, it's cold weather, it's frigid air
and so "Admit" wins.
Next up is "One Way Lover" and "Come Through".
"One Way Lover" is a song that Kevin Garret
took part in writing and "Come Through"
is off my first full length album called Before We Begin.
"Come Through" is like a classic for me.
"One Way Lover" it will become a classic
but right now to me, in this moment,
"Come Through" is singing my name.
♪ So to come through ♪
♪ Come through ♪
♪ I've been looking for you ♪
Oh sheesh guys, literally just,
you should've put some bad songs in here.
Oh wait, I don't have bad songs.
I forgot.
"Love Die Young" and "Congratulations".
Both singles off of my first English EP.
I'm gonna go with "Love Die Young".
"Congratulations" is a short song with Marc E. Bassy
but "Love Die Young" really just took off with a life
and legs of its own in being a very emotional song
and probably one of my most personal songs
that I've ever written.
Next up we have
♪ You're sexy I'm sexy ♪
Yes, I have a song called "You're Sexy, I'm Sexy"
and a lot of people laugh, but when you hear it
you realize damn, I'm sexy.
It's a very encouraging song, you should listen to it.
"How Am I Doing?" Is a sad song
and right now I feel sexy, so we're gonna go with
♪ You're sexy I'm sexy ♪
And then it's "Wonder" and "Trouble With You".
These are so different.
Both of these songs were written in Nashville.
"Wonder" is like, you're in bed at night
and you wonder if
♪ What if we would've ♪
"Trouble With You" is just like a fun love song.
I do think "Wonder" is much more of a heart string puller
so I'll say "Wonder".
Here's another doozy.
"Honestly" verses "Paradise".
Look, as much as I love "Paradise"
I think we're gonna go with "Honestly"
because it was representative of such a big pivotal moment
in my music career, a classic.
There we go.
We have knocked out eight songs.
Let's go knock out eight more.
Oh, okay, "How You Been" and "Down For You."
"Down For You."
I just performed it live for the first time
a few months ago at Music Midtown.
My dancers came up with a really fun dance for it.
There was a body roll, hip thrust, air guitar,
spinage, twirlage, and that's what I just thought of.
"Runaway" versus "I Don't Miss You".
It's tough, "Runaway."
These are all just classics.
"Potion" and "This Is Not A Love Song."
"Potion", it makes you wanna party.
It makes you wanna take a shot of tequila
and maybe loosen a piece of clothing.
I'm not telling you to, I'm just telling you
that's how it feels.
It's about having a good time.
Then it's "Lose You" and "Don't Call Me."
Oh, should we be emotional or should we say F you?
Don't wanna lose you just to find my way back to you,
or don't ever fricking call me.
What do you think?
I think we're gonna say "Lose You".
It's more of an epic song, so much emotion.
"Float" versus "Body."
"Float" might be the bigger fan favorite.
It was featured in Hotel Transylvania 3.
I don't know exactly how that happened but it happened.
The other one is a collaboration
between myself and Timbaland.
They're both pretty like, meaningful songs to me.
But being able to work with the legend that is Timbaland,
performing on stage with him
I think "Body" has a little bit more
of a like, wow moment for me.
Then there's "Into You" and "Cave Me In."
Collaborations, one with a duo named KOLAJ
and the other one with Tablo of Epik High and Gallant.
"Into You" is a great EDM, tropical song.
"Cave Me In" is memorable because so many people loved it.
To this day, I feel like so many people
are asking for part two of this song.
I'll just throw it out there, the talks are happening.
We're just all very busy.
All right, we're almost to the end of the first round.
These are so many songs guys.
"Can't Help Myself" versus "Good For You."
We're gonna go with "Good For You."
I would like to think that Olivia Rodrigo
really was inspired by my song "Good For You."
"Good For You" is one of the first songs in Korea
that really took off for me.
It became kind of like my theme song.
I feel like I've sung this song thousands and thousands
and thousands of times, it's just a classic for,
not just me but for a lot of people so "Good For You."
Olivia, if you wanna like smash this together.
Good, good, for, for, you.
We could have "Good For You" part three?
Up to you.
'Heaven's Door" verse "Interview".
I've gotta go 'Heaven's Door".
The first song that I released as an artist.
Did I know what I was saying when I sang it?
No, did I pronounce things properly?
Hell no, but it was still my first song.
So it will forever have a soft spot in my heart.
Between "Heaven's Door" and "Good For You"
honestly for me easy, it's "Good For You."
It's more representative of what I want to do
and I wrote that song.
'Heaven's Door" I did not write.
Royalties are important, kids. (chuckles)
"Cave Me In" and "Body."
I'm gonna go with "Cave Me In."
It's fun to be able to say that I have great song
with two people that I consider to be really good friends
as great and as cool as Timbaland is.
Between "Lose You" and "Potion"?
Potion.
The choreo is fine, I get to pretend
like I'm drunk on stage.
"Down For You" verse "Runaway", oh this is kinda hard.
I still think "Runaway."
So many people love that song.
I don't wanna get canceled by my own fans
for choosing a song that they all love
so this is out of fear. (chuckles)
"Honestly" and "Wonder", "Honestly."
It was just a big song for me.
"Love Die Young" and "You're Sexy, I'm Sexy."
They're so different, how do you compare the two?
Oh man, this is tough.
I think I've gotta go "Love Die Young."
It hits too close to home 'cause I wrote it.
It's just too personal of a song
for me to give up over.
We also have a drunk song over here, we're fine.
"Admit" and "Come Through."
Ooh, I'm gonna say "Admit."
I feel like this is like a new era of music.
New beginning of musical exploration and creation for me.
It's much more in line with where I wanna take my music
and so today, we're going with "Admit."
Now "I Don't Know You Anymore" verse "Lost On Me."
I don't know.
"Lost On Me" is like, makes you think of
you're standing on a beach sipping a Margarita.
Meanwhile, "I Don't Know You Anymore",
people love it so much.
What do I do?
My mind and my heart are so different right now.
We're gonna go "Lost On Me."
We're gonna invest into this new baby.
We have eight more songs.
Between "Lost On Me" and "Admit", "Lost On Me."
"Love Die Young", "Honestly" oh shoot.
"Love Die Young."
"Runaway" and "Potion", "Runaway."
"Cave Me In" and "Good For You", "Good For You."
It's the final four, baby.
Okay, this is really hard.
"Good For You" verse "Runaway".
"Good For You" the first song that I was able to put out
that I felt like I had a significant part
in writing and producing the record.
It was also the song that got me nominated
for Best Male Artist at MAMA.
"Runaway" is a single that kind of signaled
a shift in my sound a few years ago.
But the one that has more weight on me
I think it's gonna be "Good For You."
"Lost On Me" and "Love Die Young."
"Love Die Young" when I was writing it,
I was in a very dark place.
It was kind of a form of therapy for me.
"Lost On Me" again, it's the new single.
Do I need to say more?
It's like one of two of my favorite songs
on the entire new album.
It was new in the type of sound and the textures
and the lyrical content that we were trying to create.
It's a new starting point for me as an artist
so between the two, my two little babies.
Drum roll please.
(drum rolling)
We're going "Lost On Me."
"Lost On Me."
And then it's the final two,
and I think you guys know what I'm gonna do here.
I think we're gonna go with "Good For You."
No I'm just kidding. (chuckles)
Everyone was like, what?
We're gonna go with "Lost On Me."
Da-da-da-da-da-da, Da-da-da-da-da-da, Da-da-da-da-da-da
and here is a little preview.
♪ Everything about you now ♪
♪ Is bittersweet ♪
♪ Bittersweet ♪
♪ That song and the symphony ♪
And there we have it!
We ranked, how many songs is this?
32 songs and we've landed at "Lost On Me."
Check out the new album
which is called "There And Back Again"
and the new single, "Lost On Me."
It will not be lost on you,
you're just gonna really vibe with it,
you're gonna love it.
I'm also on tour in 51 cities.
As of right now, you can find everything
that you wanna know, probably more than you need to know
about me at ericnam.com.
Buzzfeed thank you for having me, it's always a pleasure.
I hope I never have to pick between my children ever again.
Everybody stay healthy, happy and safe.
Thanks guys, see you soon!
Bye!
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