Seo Taiji returns, and sweeps to the top

Seo Taiji’s new song “Sogyeokdong” has soared to the top of online music charts soon after it was released at midnight on Wednesday.

“Sogyeokdong,” from Seo’s upcoming new album “Quiet Night” became available at nine online music providers, including Melon and Naver Music.

As a musician who uses different styles on each album, Seo employs electronic sounds in the new song.

Sogyeokdong had drawn much attention even before its release as it is a collaboration with young K-pop star IU, who has already collaborated with Choi Baek-ho and Kim Chang-wan.

Sogyeok-dong, a neighborhood in central Seoul, was home to a military agency that forced college students to undertake moral education. The Hankyoreh reported that Seo also spent his childhood in this area.

According to Seo Taiji Company, the song seeks to tell “what happened in Sogyeok-dong in Seoul in the 1980s from the perspectives of a man and woman.”

Written and produced by Seo, there are two separate versions of the song, recorded by Seo and IU, respectively. The versions are two parts of the whole.

Seo’s concert “Christmalowin” will take place on October 18, and his new album “will be released on October 20.