K-pop audition participant Sam Kim debuts in Korea
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Sam Kim
By Kim Ji-soo
Korean-American teen Sam Kim, who finished as a runner-up in the 2014 K-pop auditions, has issued a debut release in Korea.
The first album of the 18-year-old singer-songwriter from Seattle, United States, is called “My Name is Sam.”
The title track for the album — “Mama Don’t Worry” – is Kim’s comfort letter to his mother as he remains in Seoul to pursue his music career. In a slow-tempo song, Kim features such lyrics as his mother telling him how he is so like his dad, and telling him to stop eating snacks. Kim also wrote other songs in this first-part of the debut album such as “Seattle” and “Your Song.”
Kim took part in the “K-Pop Star 3,” a local audition program in 2014, capturing fans’ attention with his guitar performance. Kim had said that he learned to play the guitar by himself. In “Mama Don’t Worry,” fans anticipate Kim’s guitar performance once again.
Since the audition, Kim has signed with Antenna Music, a talent agency led by Korean musician Yoo Hee-yeol in Seoul. Yoo also appears in the music video for the title track, which was shot in Kim’s hometown of Seattle.