Park Hye Jin () is a South Korean singer, rapper, record producer, and DJ. In 2021, she released her debut studio album, "Before I Die". It won the Best Electronic Record award at the 2022 Libera Awards.
Biography.
Park Hye Jin was born in South Korea. After living in Melbourne and London, she moved to Los Angeles, California. She began experimenting with rapping and singing circa 2015, and began learning to DJ circa 2017. She taught herself to produce music on Ableton.
In 2018, she released her debut EP, "If U Want It". In 2020, she released the follow-up EP, "How Can I", on Ninja Tune. Her debut studio album, "Before I Die", was released on Ninja Tune in 2021. It won the Best Electronic Record award at the 2022 Libera Awards. In 2023, she released "Sail the Seven Seas".
She has also collaborated with other artists: Blood Orange on "Call Me (Freestyle)" (2020); Nosaj Thing on "Clouds" (2020); Clams Casino and Take a Daytrip on "Y Don't U" (2021).
Musical style and influences.
Park Hye Jin's music has been sometimes described as "K-house". However, in a 2020 interview, she stated that she does not want to be limited to that. Jade Gomez of "Paste" wrote, "The Korean multi-hyphenate is not content with sticking to one genre, instead building her own universe full of influences ranging from hip-hop to house."
She grew up listening to pop music, as well as old Korean music such as Yoo Jae-ha, Cho Yong-pil. When she was young, she also listened to Korean underground hip hop. She cited the Korean rapper Beenzino as one of her major influences. In a 2019 interview, she said, "On top of house music, my scope of genres ranges from pop, hip-hop to even old K-pop."