Kim Woojin would release his third EP and first release with KUSTOMADE on April 22nd 2024 with the English title track ‘I like the way’. The EP itself contains musicial influences and elements of both K-Pop, Pop, r&b and soul with the following tracks: I Like The Way (Title Track), Pretty Mess, What U Say and To. My Friend. Kim Woojin is currently actively taking part in variety and music show promotions such as Simply K-Pop, Mnet, ‘I Like the Way’ Challenge, and even performing live on the popular South Korean YouTube Channel ‘Dingo Music’ with ‘I Like the Way’ and more.
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Kim Woojin would be the latest idol to be featured on the South Korean YouTube Channel ‘WishTrend TV’ series [ After Stage Tea ]. As self described by WishTrend TV is that they are a channel focused on health, skin and body care. Encouraging and helping individuals since opening in 2013. The series itself offers a calming, relaxing and comfortable interview like setting where idols, musicians and stars can talk about doubts at the Lairs Seoul Location and Sinsa tea room. Since the first episode back in December, numerous artists and members from different groups have appeared on the series, showing a different sides of themselves to fans and a different side of their charms.
To begin the video with his official soloist debut, Kim Woojin would talk about the song ‘Still Dream’ and how it was a main favourite amongst his solo fanbase (lovingly known as ‘Cubs’). He would explain how much he cherished the track itself, stating that it was a track that anyone chasing their dreams can relate to at any point of their life. Later around the 0:47 mark, Kim Woojin would also talk about another fan favourite ‘Drive Away’. The song itself featured as the 4th track on his 2023 EP ‘The Moment: BOUNCE’.
When discussing the track, the artist would take a second to think about his words before describing the beloved track as:
“Drive Away is about those moments, when you just want to get away. Like those times when you just feel like taking off somewhere. That’s what the song captures.” “Its like when you finish work for the day and you just want to get away without thinking about anything. Drive Away is a light hearted song with that vibe.”
Then, the artist would talk about one of my personal favourite tracks ‘Say Something To Me’. Within the episode itself, Woojin would describe the 6th track on ‘The Moment: Bounce’ EP as: “Say Something To Me is about asking somebody for a bit of comfort. It’s the first song where I talk about feeling down or going through tough times amongst my songs, its quite significant and memorable for me.”
Kim Woojin would then go on to try out various skin care and health products featured on the site based in Seoul before introducing one of his close colleagues he would give the items to as a gift. A well known song writer and producer who have worked with EXO, Taeyeon and Oh My Girl to name a few before the two would talk about the song they worked on together ‘Say Something To Me’ and other topics.
To view the whole video you can do so below, as well as checking out the official MV for ‘I Like the Way’.