Sometimes a single voice stays with you long after a drama has ended. From ‘Seoul Here’ in ‘Reply 1994’ to ‘Peach Tree’ in ‘Captivating the King’, we gathered six OSTs sung by Roy Kim in order of release. ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Another Miss Oh’, ‘Call It Love’ and ‘My Demon’ are here too. Spanning 2013 to 2024, it’s a selection that looks back on the cities and relationships, the wounds and the love of very different works. You don’t need to know every plot to use this list. Recall a scene you loved, or simply follow the feeling carried in the song itself. If his recent OST ‘Neowaneun’ sparked your interest, you can get to know his earlier drama music as well.
Roy Kim — Pinocchio
The title track of ‘Pinocchio’ OST Part 2, released on November 27, 2014. Composed by Rocoberry, in the drama it carries the feelings Dal-po holds for In-ha. Think of a situation where someone is on your mind but you can’t easily show it, and the song’s tenderness comes closer. Listen as well to the mood created by the guitar line and his voice. For those who remember the drama it’s music that brings a character’s scenes back to life; for those meeting it for the first time, it becomes a song about a hidden heart. The drama and the song share a title, but this is a three-minute-range OST heard through Roy Kim’s vocals, not an instrumental piece.
Roy Kim — Whenever, Wherever
The second OST of ‘My Demon’, released on December 1, 2023. It calls to mind the wish to be someone the other person can lean on and rest with, whatever kind of day they’ve had. Lee Ki-hwan, MORE and Ko Hyung-eun took part in the composition, and over the understated arrangement you can focus on a voice delivering love. If you liked the romance in the drama, lay the afterglow of its scenes over the song; if you’re thinking of someone you want to be with for a long time, lay the heart of a promise over it. The Korean album title is ‘Roy Kim X My Demon’, and the English song title is ‘Whenever, Wherever’. It’s one to choose when you need a song about a relationship that stays by your side even on hard days.
Roy Kim — Maybe I
Released on May 24, 2016 as the fourth OST of ‘Another Miss Oh’. Composed by Yoon Young-jun, in the drama it’s the love theme conveying Park Do-kyung’s growing feelings. Its English title is ‘Maybe I’. Listen while recalling the moment you slowly realize your heart is turning toward someone, and the song’s romance feels closer. Choose it when you want to think back on scenes from a drama you loved, or when you’re looking for a love song that doesn’t hurry. If the previous track ‘Pinocchio’ leaned toward feelings that are hard to reveal, this one carries the listening on in the direction of a heart that keeps growing.
Roy Kim — Seoul Here
The first OST of ‘Reply 1994’, released on October 18, 2013. It’s a new arrangement of an existing song that connects with the story of young people who came up to Seoul from the provinces. This main vocal version runs about 4 minutes 24 seconds, and is distinct from the short acoustic version and the guitar instrumental version in the same part. Listen while remembering the days when you first lived in a big city, having left a familiar place with everything feeling strange. Even if you haven’t seen the drama, you can lay over it the feeling of having moved somewhere new. It’s a good song to start with when tracing Roy Kim’s voice in dramas back to his early career.
Roy Kim — Flower
Roy Kim’s vocal track from ‘Call It Love’ OST Part 2, released on March 2, 2023. Introduced as Han Dong-jin’s theme, it holds the hope of blooming again even within memories tinged with regret. It’s worth listening to how the sound shifts, starting with acoustic guitar and moving into strings and drums in the latter half. Lucky Clover took part in the lyrics, composition and arrangement, and the English song title is ‘Flower’. It suits a day when you’re drawn less to bright excitement than to the process of moving through a wound. ‘Wae Geureoke Nal Barabwa’ (Why Do You Look at Me Like That) in the same OST part is a separate song sung by Hyun-ji, so you can also get to know the two characters’ themes side by side.
Roy Kim — Peach Tree
Released on February 18, 2024 as the fourth OST of ‘Captivating the King’. Holding a love that seeps in slowly, it lets you follow the romance of Yi In and Kang Hee-soo through his voice. Listen to how the instruments gradually blend into the vocals, and feel the impression of a relationship drawing closer. In this list of songs from contemporary dramas, it’s the final track that widens the view to the story of a period piece. It brings a different work and a different emotion from ‘Flower’, even though both call a flower to mind. The overseas release title is ‘Peach Tree’, but the Korean song title is ‘Geudaeraneun Kkonnip’ (A Petal Called You), so it’s worth remembering that title when you search for it again in Korean.
Memories of living somewhere unfamiliar can be laid over ‘Seoul Here’, and feelings you never managed to express over ‘Pinocchio’. ‘Maybe I’ and ‘Peach Tree’ connect through love in two different eras, while ‘Flower’ and ‘Whenever, Wherever’ make you look back on wounds and promises in different ways. After listening again to the song from a drama you loved, pick one track from a work you’re meeting for the first time. The gap between hearing a song while knowing its scene and imagining one from the voice alone is another pleasure of enjoying OSTs.
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