Singer Im Jae-beom said, "Music gets harder and harder," on his 40th debut anniversary.
Im Jae-beom held a press conference commemorating the launch of his 40th anniversary national tour concert "I am Im Jae-beom," which was held at Ilji Art Hall in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, starting at 2 p.m. on the 17th, and shared his reflections.
On that day, regarding marking his 40th debut anniversary this year, Im Jae-beom said, "When I was young, when I first started music, I mistakenly thought I could do everything without fear. As 10 years, 20 years and 30 years passed, each thing became frightening and scary and I am anxious about whether I am doing it properly," and candidly said, "It gets harder as you go."
At the same time, Im Jae-beom said about colleagues' congratulatory remarks on the "40th anniversary," "The one I remember most is, 'You have aged a lot.' They say, 'Now you're bent, you've worked hard.'"
To mark his 40th debut anniversary, Im Jae-beom plans to open the curtain on his eighth studio album with the new song "Greeting" and meet fans through the national tour concert "I am Im Jae-beom."
He is preparing to release his eighth studio album, and "Greeting" will be pre-released today at 6 p.m. Im Jae-beom explained, "I have been busy. I am preparing the eighth studio album and the 40th anniversary concert. It is later than planned, but I plan to make it diligently."
The pre-released "Greeting" is a new work announced about three years after the 2022 seventh studio album "Seven Comma (SEVEN,)," and is a pop-gospel style song that fully contains feelings of apology and gratitude toward fans.
With the release of the eighth studio album, Im Jae-beom will hold the 40th anniversary national tour concert "I am Im Jae-beom" starting in November. This concert is held about two years and eight months after Im Jae-beom's national tour concert "The road back home…" which continued from 2022 to 2023, and additional performances are planned across the country starting with the Daegu performance on Nov. 29, followed by Incheon in December and Seoul and other regions nationwide next year.
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