My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.
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I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.
I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
Before I started writing for myself, I was writing country records, and they were coming out dope.
When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged.
Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country.
Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record.
Country music belongs to America.
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they were like, 'What?'
I'm always kind of surprised how much I'm associated with country music.
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