When you think of Korean soul, R&B or indie artists who do you think of? Jannabi, Bloo, B.I, 10cm, HyukOh, OoHyo, Car the Garden, Justin Park, Cosmic Boy, Code Kunst, COLDE, G.Soul, JUNE, Nlve, Zelo, Dvwn, wave to earth, Junny, from20 or others often come to mind for many. What comes to your mind?
However, what about new artists within the industry or recently debuted artists? For this post, we will dive a little more into the artist who debuted underneath Milliaround in 2018.
Who is oceanfromtheblue?
oceanfromtheblue (์ค์ ํ๋กฌ๋๋ธ๋ฃจ) who originally was known to fans purely as ‘OCEAN’ is born Kang JuWon on June 23rd 1993. He is an R&B and soul singer who has numerous releases: Girl Feat. Bloo’, ‘Super Mario’, ‘icy girl’ (feat. SOLE), ‘Talk!’ (feat. MRSHLL), etc.
2020 in itself was a busy year for the singer as he would release the following albums: “khaki”, “episode ii” and “Luv-fi 2020”. Only to follow up in 2021 with, “Messages”, “forward”. Before he would officially release 12-piece self-titled album “oceanfromtheblue”.
Since the original drafting/idea creation of this post, Ocean has seen an increase of followers on his YouTube. (19.9K from February 10th 2022 -> 20.3K subscribers as of March 20th 2023). The below screenshots are his current stats as of February 10th, 2022.
Within the K-Industry having a connection with fans is one of the most important things artists can hope for, similar to indie artists. oceanfromtheblue is often known for taking this to the next level not only for asking fans for feedback about his most recent release but also to take to an Instagram Post. Stating:
Since then the artist is slowly becoming more known and has assured fans that even if he quit social media during the time he fought with C.19. He took the time to recover and think about his life, even updating fans with pictures assuring them his two pet snails were doing well, taking part in a fellow K-Indie artist (Jung GiGoโs) SoulbySel track ‘I wannaโ, appearing on Avatar Singer, Kangol Korea and more.
Be-lated congratulations to oceanfromtheblue for the self-tilted release. Know more about oceanfromtheblue? Consider sharing it within the comments below and if you have any favorite tracks by the artist.
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