"After declaring his retirement with a 40th anniversary concert, singer Im Jae-bum delivered a deep resonance once again with his final publicly released new song."
Im Jae-bum released the new song Life is a Drama at 6 p.m. on the 6th through various online music sites; among the musical works he has long prepared, it is effectively the last new song presented to the public.
In particular, this new song was released the same day on Im Jae-bum's official YouTube channel along with a music video, leaving an even greater impression. Instead of flashy production, the music video was composed mainly of concert scenes shared with fans. Faces of audience members seen from the stage and moments of shared breathing were captured intact, making the message the song conveys even more poignant.
Given that he recently formalized his retirement, this music video felt not simply like a new song video but like a record of the time he spent with fans and a farewell.
"Life is a Drama" compares life to a single drama and treats it as a process to be continued rather than a conclusion to be decided. Even amid moments that feel like repeated setbacks and standing still, the song calmly sings of the desire to move forward again, using as evidence the many times one has fallen and risen again in the past.
"Don't you send me goodbye / 끝을 말하지 마" "You have already overcome something bigger than this before" "Life is just drama / 니가 쓰고 있잖아" "Behind the collapsing wall, see a new path" — these lyrics quietly retrace the times of choosing to stand up again instead of disappearing even before a fallen wall.
Rather than saying goodbye in words, it was an Im Jae-bum–style choice to leave it through song and memory, and it once again gives fans a stirring experience.<
[Photo] "YouTube"
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