Singer-songwriter O3ohn (O3ohn) returns with a solo album after about two years.
O3ohn will release the remake album "I am now / those times when my heart wasn't the same" at 6 p.m. on the 4th.
"I am now / those times when my heart wasn't the same" is an album that retraces the emotions of parting plainly yet deeply, revealing the unfamiliar sense of farewell over time in O3ohn's own way. It includes Kang Seung-won's "I am now," known as an answer song to "Around Thirty," and My Aunt Mary's "those times when my heart wasn't the same," which O3ohn drew attention to when performing it on music programs in the past.
"I am now" was recorded in one take with guitar and vocals simultaneously, capturing the breath and tremor of the song as they are. Rather than adding unnecessary embellishments or overinterpretation, the focus was on recording the current emotion and voice encountered at the closest distance. This more clearly shows O3ohn's musical texture, which depicts emotion with delicate sensibility.
In "those times when my heart wasn't the same," while maintaining the lyrical flow of the original, a newly created alto saxophone line was added to further soften and expand the song's sentiment. The restrained performance naturally guides the song's emotional line, making it a piece that captures the sense of parting viewed by O3ohn today in a more three-dimensional way.
Through this album, O3ohn calmly reflects on the feelings of letting go, the feelings of leaving, and the times that did not flow as intended. Following the texture of the remaining emotions and rewritten with the current voice, this remake album is both a record that looks back at traces of the time O3ohn has passed through with a plain gaze and an album that opens a new musical chapter.
Following the remake release, O3ohn will hold the year-end concert "Rest : 2025" at Seoul Nodeul Island live house for three days from the 26th to the 28th. It is a solo concert O3ohn is holding for the first time in three years, offering the audience a warm time to look back on a busy year and conclude it calmly.
Meanwhile, O3ohn's remake album "I am now / those times when my heart wasn't the same" will be available to listen to on various online music sites from 6 p.m. on the 4th.
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