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Hey I filmed and ran audio on this as a favor for my friend Umu from reacttothek a few months back. Adrian’s done stuff like KEY’s I WANNA BE Album (Imagine, Honest etc), NCT’s SUPERHUMAN, WAYV’s MOONWALK, EXO’s Obsession and more! Check it out!

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Adrian McKinnon on his musical background, songwriting process, writing for EXO, SHINee, NCT + more!

In this interview, singer/songwriter producer Adrian McKinnon talks about his journey from first getting into K-Pop to writing NCT 127's Superhuman, SuperM's Jopping, WayV's Moonwalk, EXO's Obsession, Tempo and more. Learn more about Staircase Digital here: https://www.staircasedigital.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Srk4YvSd6sda0XuQk2cgpngNmHWxCowrEmZc8c6LcbyYalpzbUEH-iPM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video and audio by: Form Of Therapy (https://www.youtube.com/user/FOTmedia) Video editing: Lazy Ace Dia (https://www.youtube.com/user/maninbackground) Follow Adrian on IG: @adrian_gram Follow Umu on: Twitter: @umucado IG: @_emcha_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0:58 Adrian introduction, musical background 3:47 Introduction to K-Pop + writing for it, (December 2014, A Winter's Tale) 5:15 Song writing process when working overseas 6:29 Who creates the song concept + title? (Lightsaber, Moonwalk) 9:07 K-Pop lyrics (Superhuman, 4Walls) 10:18 Do your vocals from the demo ever stay in the final song? (yes: "yeahhhh, superhumannn", "ooooooo" backround "ooooos") 11:29 Behind-the-scenes of Married to the Music MV 13:33 More stuff about Married to the Music's composition 14:44 What track was the most fun to write over? (Superhuman, View) 16:34 Writing parts of Obsession and Jopping 17:48 K-Pop choruses 19:44 What section of a song you've written are you most proud of? (Superhuman) 22:22 Writing lyrics

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alex b

Wait?? Those songs??? Literally all of those songs are incredible and I love them??? What genius is this that she interviewed???? I was already planning on watching this but now I’m proper hyped!!

Mats Lind

Great interview, thanks for being part of this. Superhuman is in my top 3 k-pop songs from last year, and it's really cool to hear from someone who was instrumental in how it turned out. (Also, how ridiculously underrated isn't that song, popularity-wise!)

Christina M Villa

Damn, I love Key's I Wanna Be album. Definitely need to watch this.

Kpop_Platypus

So what I'm hearing is that he's one of the main reasons I love SM's music so much. 😅 Seriously, I love every single song that was mentioned (particularly MttM - that's a showstopper all the way around), so allow me to express my awe and gratitude. 🤩🙇‍♀️