Hoon Kim (Photo = Courtesy of Chart Korea)
Among the group members in the Korean music industry, there are two famous singers with the same name as Kim Hoon. They are Kim Hoon of ‘Kim Hoon and Trippers’, who made hits with ‘Old Nim’ and ‘Arirang over Me’ in the 1970s, and Kim Hoon of ‘Hooni and Superstar’, who enjoyed popularity with ‘Ora Rio’ in the 1980s.
Both of them quit their singing careers right after their heyday and went abroad. Hoon Kim of ‘Kim Hoon and Trippers’ left for the United States in the early 1980s and never returned. Kim Hoon of ‘Hooni and Superstar’ left for Germany in the late 1980s and returned to Korea a few years later, but returned to the music industry only in 2018 after running a business such as running K SPORTS TV, a badminton channel.
Hoon Kim of ‘Hooni and Superstar’ is surprising the adult music industry by demonstrating his perseverance in making the song ‘I Have to Send It’ (lyrics by Kyungmi Lee, composed by Hyeonseop Lee) released in 1980 as a hit after 42 years. ‘I have to send it’ is a song that Kim Hoon recorded together when he released his biggest hit song ‘Orario’ (lyricist Lee Baek-cheon, composition Lee Hyeon-seop) in 1980.
In 1983, when ‘Ora Rio’ became a big hit, Kim Hoon, who gained confidence, began to sing ‘I Have to Let It Go’ together. However, perhaps because ‘O’Rario’ was so popular, there weren’t many fans who liked ‘I Have to Let It Go’, so I wondered if it would remain as a forgotten song.
Hoon Kim, who had left the music industry for a long time, returned in 2018 and re-recorded ‘Ora Rio’ and ‘I Have to Let It Go’ with new arrangements. He sang the lyrical ballad “Ora Rio” with a disco rhythm, and also re-sang “I Have to Send It Away” with a new arrangement.
The remake of the 1983 hit ‘Orario’ received an immediate response and enjoyed high popularity. However, fans who first encountered the song ‘I have to let it go’, which was sung in a semi-trot format, reacted poorly.
Regardless of the fans’ reaction, Kim Hoon sang ‘I have to let go’ steadily. In 2021, fans who like this song with lyrics and lyrical melody with a short but deep and sad story began to form little by little.
As the summer of 2022 passed and autumn came, the best atmosphere was created. As the Corona 19 pandemic situation was resolved and Kim Hoon’s broadcasting activities increased, the number of broadcasts with ‘I have no choice but to send’ increased significantly.
(Photo = Courtesy of Chart Korea)
Entering October, ‘I have to send it’ started to rise and fall in first and second places on the ‘Chart Korea Top 100 Adult Is’, a broadcast ranking chart created by monitoring terrestrial radio and TV broadcasts across the country. And since it reached the top in the third week of November, it has been enjoying popularity that has firmly maintained its No. 1 position every week, and it has reached the year 2023. It has been 42 years since Kim Hoon first announced it and 4 years after the remake. it will be recorded
“I loved you so much/It’s you/But you have to leave/I have no choice but to send it like this/Don’t leave behind the words to forget/Until the day we meet/Until the day we meet/I have no choice but to spend it wishing you good bye~”
Song Tae-ho’s arrangement that maximizes the charm of Kim Hoon, who uses a soft singing style with a sweet voice, Ham Chun-ho’s guitar playing, and the female chorus, leave a long aftertaste for a long time even after the song ‘I have to let go’ is over.
Hoon Kim, who was active as a brass band drummer and trombonist in high school, started his career as a lead vocalist for Hooni and Superstar in the early 1970s, which advanced to the stage of the 8th U.S. Army. As the US 8th Army’s stage narrowed due to the reduction of US troops, Hooni and Superstar, like other groups, moved their stage to domestic nightclubs.
Hooni and Superstar, an 8-member group that reinforced three brass players in general formation such as guitar, bass, drum, keyboard, etc., quickly emerged as a popular group on the night stage with their solid skills. In 1981, after a performance at a nightclub, a scorpion asked to see me in the audience. Hearing rumors, he came to the scene to scout Kim Hoon accompanied by composer Park Seong-gyu.
Kim Hoon, who is 182 cm tall and has a history of participating in the National Sports Festival as a 3rd dan in Taekwondo in high school, also had a lot of fights with gangsters attacking band members around nightclubs at the time. He was also famous as a loyalist, such as stepping up and collecting appearance fees for other groups who did not receive the appearance fee.
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2023-07-04 20:59:45
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