HYUKOH AND SUNSET ROLLERCOASTER TEAM UP FOR COLLABORATIVE ALBUM

SHARE LEAD SINGLE + VIDEO “YOUNG MAN”

AAA COMING SOON

Seoul’s HYUKOH and Taipei’s Sunset Rollercoaster have joined forces for the collaborative album AAA, which is coming very soon via DOOROODOOROO ARTIST COMPANY and Sunset Music Productions Co. Ltd.

To introduce the sound of the new album, HYUKOH and Sunset Rollercoaster share the single “Young Man,” which is a song speaking to the anxieties of the future weaved with an optimistic melody. On the song, each of the ten members of the Asian supergroup blend together seamlessly. Paired with the new song is the Pennacky-directed video which features each member of both HYUKOH and Sunset Rollercoaster along with each bands’ frequent collaborator and producer JNKYRD.

A casual chat in 2020 seemingly foretold the collaboration between HYUKOH and Sunset Rollercoaster. The conversation led to musical collaborations including Sunset Rollercoaster’s remake version of the HYUKOH track “Help” from their album through love and HYUKOH vocalist OHHYUK’s feature on the Sunset Rollercoaster track “Candlelight” from their album Soft Storm. When Sunset Rollercoaster visited Seoul for a headline show in March 2023, the audience spotted HYUKOH members at the show, which took the anticipation of a collaboration of the two bands to another level. After they discovered their chemistry in the studio, the two bands decided to create a full-length project together, the result being AAA.

The eight tracks of AAA were recorded over the course of a year during monthly meetings in various studios across South Korea including in the lush Gapyeong, buzzing Seoul and tranquil Jeju Island. HYUKOH and Sunset Rollercoaster considered themselves to be a “troupe of music wanderers” as they traversed South Korea together for inspiration and connection. With their collected experiences, they would return to the studio to jam together where those improvisations and demo ideas from various of the bands’ members would morph into full songs.

During an interview with the Substack Tune Glue in 2020, Sunset Rollercoaster’s Kuo said “Music is about the relationship or connection between human beings, because music is definitely a language. It’s kind of a lower language—you don’t need to understand cultural stuff for music to touch people’s hearts.” Although their paths of life and native languages are different, AAA is the musical dialogue between HYUKOH and Sunset Rollercoaster that caresses the tight bond built through numerous musical works and jam sessions together. This AAA dialogue will now be shared with audiences around the globe to explore.