Before I die

"The first two EPs by South Korean-born producer, vocalist, and DJ Park Hye Jin introduced her compelling fusion of house, techno, and hip-hop, pairing brisk dance beats with coolly detached, bilingual rapping and singing, occasionally tipping both into more aggressive modes. Her self-produced full-length debut feels more elaborate than her EPs while also seeming impulsive and off-the-cuff. Hye Jin's lyrics are more emotionally direct, and her steadfast vocal delivery is commanding, even when she's pining for her family, as on the loping, slo-mo title cut".

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"Singing and rapping in Korean and English, the Los Angeles-based electronic producer takes tentative steps toward reinventing herself as a songwriter".

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"Park Hye Jin makes all her own beats, sing-rapping in a mixture of English and Korean; she sounds both box-fresh and jaded. As on her previous EPs, Hye Jin continues to deal in simple melodies, in lyrics that double down on one central emotion, and an accomplished array of mainstream-plus-niche sounds".

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