This collaboration is one of the most anticipated collaborations in South Korean music entertainment as two great musical artists with overflowing visuals share the same stage.
Jay Park (Korean name: Park Jae-bom) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and a record producer. Park was known as he rose to fame as part of the South Korean boy band, 2PM, founded by JYP Entertainment in 2008. He is a member of the Seattle-based breakdancing crew, Art of Movement, and founder of the hip-hop record labels, AOMG and H1gher Music.
Lee Ji-eun, known professionally as ‘IU’ is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress. She started off her career in 2007 where she was a trainee and debuted (2008) the moment she turned 15 with her first mini album called Lost and Found. Not only that she is very skillful in both singing and dancing, IU is also one of the most popular actresses in Korean known globally.
Last March 11, Jay Park released the first track ‘Ganadara’ and this was his first release under his newly established agency, ‘More Vision’. What’s unique about this song is that it is groovy and you will melt seeing the two artists’ personalities on screen, all kind of natural. This collaboration also comes with a music video showing the different side of Jay Park.
‘GANADARA’ is a reference to the Korean alphabet song and it is about two lovers who teaches each other about their own language so in that manner, they can both communicate effectively. It is specifically written for someone who falls in love with a person whom he or she can’t communication with because of language problems and barriers.
This song is under the R&B genre and has a melody that is easy to sing and vibe with.
‘GANADARA’ was produced by Woogie, the person behind IU’s ‘Empty Cup’ and Hwasa’s ‘Don’t Give Me’.