Singer Lim Young-woong will release a regular album for the first time in three years.
The agency Fish Music announced on the 24th that Lim Young-woong will release his second regular album, "I'm Hero 2" (IM HERO 2), on the 29th of next month. This album will be released 3 years and 2 months after his first regular album, which was released in May 2022. Lim Young-woong has embraced a variety of genres in this regular album, including ballad, trot, pop, hip-hop, dance, and folk.
On the same day, Lim Young-woong released a video through his official YouTube channel conveying a message to his fan club, "Hero Era." Dressed in royal attire and appearing as "Wungjo, the 1st King of Geonhaeng-guk," Lim Young-woong said, "What is happiness? It's nothing special. Don't hate others, and if you live while sharing conversations with loved ones, that's enough."
He added, "I hope we can go on happily for a hundred years as we do now, along with the hero. Let's all make some noise together," laughing. Heart-shaped clouds rose against a sky-blue background symbolizing his fan club, and the album name and release date were revealed.
Earlier, on the 16th of last month, Lim Young-woong revealed his plans for the album release and a concert in the second half of the year through a live broadcast on his YouTube channel. At that time, he said, "I thought I had to include the stories I wanted to tell in order to enjoy myself more on stage, so it took quite a while to prepare." He added, "I composed it with diverse genres, and it really sounds great."