Top Balladeer Gives New Twist

Singer Shin Goes Strong Both in Korea and Japan

By Han Sang-hee

Staff Reporter

For a singer, it is important to have a signature style. But if that style stays for more than 15 years, that conventional trait may seem a bit boring for fast-paced fans today. That's why singer Shin Seung-hun decided to give a ``twist'' to his music.

``I've done mambo, rock and roll and even gospel, but people tend to forget those numbers and just put me under the label `ballad singer','' Shin, dubbed Korea's ``King of Ballads,'' told The Korea Times during an interview last week.

So the 40-year-old singer released his new project ``Three Waves: Unexpected Twist'' which includes three separate albums that